artifact signpost. And speaking of cool designs, affinity and cascade are somehow really elegant together. I mean, this casts everything except Godzilla in my cube.Probably not wrong but I am runnnig a few more right now..
Both my cubes are getting a big ol' kick in the ass.
None of those are outlast creatures though, which was what the argument was about, that Abzan Falconer is the only worthwhile outlast creature in my opinion
Yep, just realized this lol apologies, everyone.None of those are outlast creatures though, which was what the argument was about, that Abzan Falconer is the only worthwhile outlast creature in my opinion
I definitely didn't read the card and assumed it was Icatian Javelineers 2.0... Damn
I think there's one outlast creature that is better than Abzan Falconer:None of those are outlast creatures though, which was what the argument was about, that Abzan Falconer is the only worthwhile outlast creature in my opinion
I was excited by it. But I have given it some thought:Am I the only one here excited for this sphinx? I think this is the
Really? I did test it shortly, but thought it was underwhelming. Every activation makes the mana to stats ratio worse, even Chronomaton felt better at the time (and I've cut that card a looong time ago). Am I missing something?I think there's one outlast creature that is better than Abzan Falconer:
Herald of Anafenza is awesome because it's an army in a can for Aggro and Midrange strategies alike. It can be good turn-one play for a Hypergeometric White aggro deck, or can help with re-building after a board wipe. The card slaps!
Well, it's a mana sink. Your aggro decks are mostly activating it to try to keep ahead on board when they start to run out of cards, and then start attacking with it once it's of a sufficiently large size. Spending 10 mana for a 4/5 and 3 1/1s isn't a great rate, but since you get to pay that in installments, it's not a big deal. This card is also better in faster environments where the average creature size is a bit smaller. If the biggest non-cheat creature is a 5/5, it's easier for the herald to get to a size where it can do something relevant compared to a format with larger creatures.
Right there with you, sir..I'm not even sure I want to play my artifact cube again until I have *ALL* of this goofy new shit in it, hahaha..
Agree 100% this seems like something that will basically be impossible to pull off. I won't test this guy at all!
This was pretty much my same experience with it. I liked it in KTK draft, but it was so slow to actually get going and wasn't what I was looking for out of a 1 drop white creature. It was pretty lackluster for me when I gave it a run years back, one of those cards that usually read way better than they actually played. That's kind of how Usher of the Fallen feels as well. Theoretically you love the idea of a 2/1 that can do other things as a mana sink later, but how often do you actually have that opening where you don't have anything better to do? Value definitely goes up if those tokens matter more (anthems, growing a Champion of the Parish, etc.), but without that feature it's less impressive.
I don't want to oversell Herald of Anafenza to you. This card is only something you should really be looking to play if you are supporting a "true aggro" mono-White deck, preferably in a format where the +1/+1 counters also matter to some extent. If your format is dominated by mostly midrange strategies with a somewhat high curve, I don't think this card has much value. It really shines in an aggro deck that always wants to curve out starting on the first turn. If that doesn't describe a deck in your format, this probably isn't a card for you. However, if that deck exists, Herald of Anafenza is a unique option to give aggro decks something other than a generic 2/1 to start the curve with on turn 1.
i don’t think it’s impossible at all in my environment, but certainly not something you can do repeatedly. so i want to see how often it happens the first time.
