General "Looking for a card"-Thread

[landofMordor]

And of course there are the Plainshift lair lands:

Just in terms of pure power, the Lairs are among the worst lands ever printed. Just FYI. From a drafter’s perspective, Synergy isn’t worth playing lands that are worse than basics.

I think the mirage slow fetches are sometimes worse than a basic, too, but the Karoo lands are usually a good bit better.

 

[Brad]

ISO cards that are good with a normal amount of mana, like 1-5, and with a nutty amount of mana, 10+.

Looking to have stuff that's fine in a regular game and is also a payoff for Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and Crypt Ghast types of cards. Stonecoil Serpent is a good example. Plays well at 3-4 mana and is a huge threat if you Ghast up 10 mana. Orcus, Prince of Undeath is another great one.

 

[ravnic]

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

ISO card

"ISO"?

 

[Brad]

"ISO"?

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Good suggestions if I wasn't producing primarily black mana! Ant Queen may still work, as it effectively would halve the cost with Nykthos or whatever out.

 

[Sheltem]

What about

 

[blacksmithy]

Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

 

[Nanonox]

Great at most points in the curve and the last mana dump is repeatable.

 

[sigh]

Really any of the "Finale of" that work for what your format is doing.

 

[Dom Harvey]

 

[Brad]

Warden and Grenzo are perfect. Effective early and eat lots of black mana later.

Cut/Ribbons was in my mind, but I kind of dislike how it sits in the graveyard and does nothing until it ends the game immediately.

I'm scryfalling m:x right now.

 

[blacksmithy]

yeah that is my issue with Cut/Ribbons as well. Can’t believe i forgot about my boi Warden, he over performs EVERY time we draft.
Hexdrinker is similar but… way more busted haha

 

[Brad]

yeah that is my issue with Cut/Ribbons as well. Can’t believe i forgot about my boi Warden, he over performs EVERY time we draft.
Hexdrinker is similar but… way more busted haha

Yeah. I had Warden in one list but not in the other, so I'm glad it was brought up.
I took a long look at Hexdrinker recently and had to tell them no.
A black version of Student of Warfare could be cool. Kind of what Warden is, I guess.

 

[Velrun]

I can't say what I've played a lot of board games, but here the cards really delight me. They are very atmospheric, with cool graphics and all the game functions on them are also well balanced. So charming.
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[Erik Twice]

So, what is the most powerful threaten effect in red beyond Zealous Conscripts? I'm looking to give my Aristocrat decks a bit of a push

 

[alvoi]

The most powerful is probably

 

[blacksmithy]

i’d go with Claim, as it is the one that is seeing play in constructed formats

 

[ravnic]

The very flexible casting cost and the instant speed option to kill one or two attackers make this one probably the best, after the Conscripts.

 

[sigh]

I'd agree with act of aggression, but would question if many aristocrats decks actually need this sort of effect to 'push' them. Often that card slot being lightning bolt or one of your own creatures will be just as if not more effective at helping the deck win.

 

[blacksmithy]

it’s perhaps noteworthy that constructed crats decks run approximately a billion sac outlets and maybe 3-4 Claim the Firstborn

 

[Dom Harvey]

The one that sees most play in Constructed currently is:



Which is also the most interesting in general IMO. It creates a really tense subgame over the next few turns and you can get extra mileage out of certain Blink effects like Restoration Angel or Thassa, Deep-Dwelling to keep the stolen creature permanently.

If your Cube's curve is super low and most decks will have cheap creatures than Claim is excellent - it's also a nice incentive to play with stuff that is higher up the curve since getting your five-mana finisher threatened is usually game over

 

[ravnic]

As far as I know, you can't steal permanently with The Aktoan War, since it's worded like Banishing Light and not like Oblivion Ring. Which is the reason they updated cards like these in the first place.

 

[sigh]

"Under YOUR control". You steal the creature, and then next turn you blink it back to your side of the field, breaking its connection to the saga and permanently making it yours.

 

[ravnic]

Oooh, you're right. I thought he wanted to blink the saga in response to it's EtB.

 

[Velrun]

Claim