Not seeing it.
I'm not sure how to feel about this card.
If this were at 4 MV, it'd be one of my favorite cards of the decade.
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If this were at 4 MV, it'd be one of my favorite cards of the decade.
Other than recurring Strip Mine, is there really any good use to a single-use Crucible? Honest question
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it's basically a rampant growth that is probably grabbing a fetch or something (depending on your lands in hand situation; it's not actually ramping you, but is grabbing a land you otherwise wouldn't be playing). And swinging for a couple points.
Rampant growth isn't the best analogy... It plays you a land card you otherwise wouldn't have had (and swings)
it's basically a rampant growth that is probably grabbing a fetch or something (depending on your lands in hand situation; it's not actually ramping you, but is grabbing a land you otherwise wouldn't be playing). And swinging for a couple points.Rampant growth isn't the best analogy... It plays you a land card you otherwise wouldn't have had (and swings)
Other than recurring Strip Mine, is there really any good use to a single-use Crucible? Honest question
It's a slightly wacky design. I've been thinking on this very question, and the best I could come up with was a big one turn play with Fastbond and either a fetchland or a full graveyard. More than likely it will get back a manland or some other utility land. It'd be fun to mill through your deck, unearth this, and play a Shelldock Isle from the graveyard or a Volrath's Stronghold.
Ultimately, I think the unearth should be treated as iciing on the cake. The 7 toughness saving it from Wildfire or Devastating Force and being an artifact to weld back into play or fair-Tinker into is where the real value is at. I'm not sure that's enough to make the cut in my cube. It would've been great if it had Reach or a little something extra to put it over the top...mill ETB? something.
If you're filling the graveyard it's a nice bonus. It basically draws you a card in that case.
Other than recurring Strip Mine, is there really any good use to a single-use Crucible? Honest question
Big fan of this. I love modal cards. This is both a nice early game play and a potential finisher, plus it's an artifact creature that places counters.
Big fan of this. I love modal cards. This is both a nice early game play and a potential finisher, plus it's an artifact creature that places counters.
Yeah, this might have a home in my cube. A reasonably aggressive artifact body with blink upside. I don't support +1/+1 counters as a subtheme yet, but we are getting close to a density of support that it will soon allow it to be as seamless of an include as the artifact subtheme at higher power levels.
Okay, fine, maybe soldier tribal can be a thing. This seems okay as a Siege-Gang Commander/Sling-Gang Lieutenant-style gateway tribal card, and can maybe break open board stalls late game by dropping this, drawing two cards immediately, and being able to break parity (if you design your cube to have that density of soldiers, caveat caveat caveat, etc.). I kind of hate that Blue is getting lots of stats for cheap, but maybe that's just a better way for magic to evolve rather than keeping Blue the province of Snapcaster-alike spells on wimpy bodies. Still, it's a change for sure.
I'm going to lock in my vote for this as the worst flavor text in the set. And it would have been completely fine had they left out the little laugh!! WotC kills me sometimes.
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Chris Taylor
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You want a weird hybrid between Linvala, Keeper of Silence and Najeela, the Blade-Blossom? (Which, if you've never played with Najeela it's real powerful. The tokens make tokens. Yes this only makes tokens when it attacks, I get it, but it still has the doubling effect)
Man I remember when this would have felt necessary but now I know how to design cubes.
Still neat though, simple. I like it.
We're waiting for the other 2 cards, but this is a cute nod to the tron lands I think.
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yeah this can get PRETTY big
put the abilities on a dual land, coward.
Colorless pump is so significant. This is a strong card. I remember when Nantuko Shade was blowing everyone's minds.
I still love you, nantuko Shade, I won't give you up.
Kinda weird how pushed stats this set has for something so focused on retro flavor. So much power creep in creature stats.
