Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight
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In what kind of deck does it work best? Is it playable in any deck that can pay 
Chris Taylor
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I think it's one of those hard to evaluate cards you need to beat people with. Also it does help if blue is agressive.
Works best in a go wide deck obv, but if you've got juicy enough targets to copy it can work at a rate of 1-1 creature per card.
Also sick hidden mode: Target a germ or Zombie Army token for rout!
Works best in a go wide deck obv, but if you've got juicy enough targets to copy it can work at a rate of 1-1 creature per card.
Also sick hidden mode: Target a germ or Zombie Army token for rout!
Onderzeeboot
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Shout out to Vesperlark and Reveillark in this 0/0 world!
I have two questions regarding this crazy card:
1) Do you think it is good? (I support sacrifice and morphs/combat tricks are relevant)
2) Would you count it as black or colorless?
1) Not really because you're effectively losing two creatures to maybe save one. There are times where this will be fine, but it's really only exceptional when you're using it to save an important creature that is vital to your deck's function. I might be selling this card a little bit short given morph's status as a special action. This means the opponent can't respond to gift being turned face up, so the "kill your dude in response to you playing the aura" drawback is negated. It's better than a traditional aura, but still probably not great.
2) I'd say start it in colorless and then move it to black if it's not seeing consistent play outside of black based strategies. The card is only at it's best when it's being used as a face-down creature. It's not very black unless your players decide it is a black card for some reason.
How do we feel about this? I'm reviewing creature fall in my rebuild, and renata is a mono coloured more expensive good-fortune unicorn. Potentially allows the theme to become a pivot theme but at the cost of taking a precious green four drop.
For interest the other green creature fall cards are
But these all have other synergy overlaps. Thoughts on Renata?
Renata looks sweet. I'm not that big of the Good-Fortune Unicorn taking a two-color spot. I'll give her a try in my cube.
What do you guys think of this card as an additional/alternative Bonesplitter? Is the ability to replace itself too powerfull on an already cheap to equip equipment?
What do you guys think of this card as an additional/alternative Bonesplitter? Is the ability to replace itself too powerfull on an already cheap to equip equipment?
This card is super strong, in a good way. It's basically a second copy of Grafted Wargear for your aggro decks.What do you guys think of this card as an additional/alternative Bonesplitter? Is the ability to replace itself too powerfull on an already cheap to equip equipment?
I love this card.
I was looking for combat tricks in white and this one woke some interest innme:
Considering how sweet Shelter is in my cube, a combat trick that has the fail case of cycling doesn't seem bad, and if it works (95% of white decks are creature heavy here) it can easily give you a 2 for 1. Is it good?
Just wanted to call back, this gem has been suuuper good for us in just 3 tests. So easy to get a 2 for 1 out of it, and there are nice tricks with first strike on deathtouch or lifelink. It's soo gonna stay.
I've been testing them, they work pretty well at around a Peasant power level, I think these ones will likely stay
Not that the other ones were bad, I just don't want that many planeswalkers, and these ones I think are the best for my Cube.
I also have had great success with a few of the Starter Deck Planeswalkers around this power level, (except for Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears, too slow)
Not that the other ones were bad, I just don't want that many planeswalkers, and these ones I think are the best for my Cube.
I also have had great success with a few of the Starter Deck Planeswalkers around this power level, (except for Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears, too slow)
In a low to medium power cube, would this ever work as a black devotion incitement? Seems like it's just a bit overcosted for what it does compared to a card like skinrender
I'd say test it. I was thinking a lot about less powerful Flametongue Kavus and Nekrataals, and I'm still not sure which are the best ones. As I don't like Devotion too much, I didn't consider the Catoblepas really.
Skinrender is pretty damn powerful, I'd rather compare it with cards like Morkrut Banshee, Dakmor Lancer, Warfire Javelineer and Territorial Allosaurus.
Skinrender is pretty damn powerful, I'd rather compare it with cards like Morkrut Banshee, Dakmor Lancer, Warfire Javelineer and Territorial Allosaurus.
That's a good point! Might be unfair to compare it to skinrender, which might even be indicative that I shouldn't run it depending on the power level I want to end up at.
I recently cut FTK and Nekrataal, now I'm cubing Skirk Marauder. All based on things I read here in a thread about removal. I think this step was overdue, further flattening my power level and rewarding synergy over good stuff drafting.
Catoblepas looks like a sweet design. It lets you do some work for your 2-for-1.
Catoblepas looks like a sweet design. It lets you do some work for your 2-for-1.
I saw people talking about it on these forums a few times actually. Wish Cavern Harpy could bounce every creature back, regardless of colour.
Onderzeeboot
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Also works with Demonic Pact! And scrylands! It needs a slower environment, where you have time to gain value out of bouncing your own things, but it's a really cool engine when it does work.