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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
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Mycosynth Golem
Fifth Dawn Rare
Reviewed May 26, 2004
Constructed: 2.1
Casual: 2.6
Limited: 2.3
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
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While Mycosynth
Golem can make all your artifacts have Affinity,
and while Affinity is nice, this Golem doesn't hit
the board until late, making him not quite work in
tournament constructed.
He might find a
place in Casual, though. If someone has an
itch to play Affinity, this may be their card.
In limited, uh...find
something less strenuous to play, imho. Unless you
are going extremely heavy artifact, it just won't
be worth the wait.
Constructed:
2.5
Casual: 3
Limited: 2
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Super Affinity dude. This guy
will most likely come out on turn 4-6, which is
way too late for the affinity deck. It has
already won by then.
In casual, this will see a little
play, then be dropped, as not too many splashy
artifacts are out there.
In limited, this would be ok.
it's a large body, and he enables the rest of
your artifact creatures to come out essentially
for free.
Constructed: 1.5
Casual: 2
Limited: 3
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Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer
*Game Store Owner (Gamer's Edge) |
Mycosynth Golem
This card is like the
little engine that couldn’t. It gives other cards
affinity, and has affinity itself, but its cost is
so high that you have to empty your hand of
artifacts just to get the card to a cost you can
afford. Then you have no hand; so having your
other cards getting affinity is not nearly as
good. If you can get the card into play with some
alternate method, like reanimation or Show and
Tell, it may be useful, but I think there’s much
better things you can put into play with these
cards.
Constructed:
1
Casual:
2
Limited:
1
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Jonathan
Pechon
2 Grand
Prix Top 8's
Multiple Pro Tour
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Mycosynth Golem
Even with Affinity, 11
mana is a whole lot to expect to pay for
anything. The secondary ability is pretty
pointless since, in theory, you’ve already played
everything in your hand by the time you put this
gent into play. I’m sure there’s a combo that you
can put together with this guy that allows you to
win the game immediately, but I’m also sure that I
haven’t the foggiest notion of what that combo
might be.
For casual games, my
critique is almost exactly identical. Does anyone
care about this guy at all?
For limited…well…this
guy makes Little Orphan Annie look like a paragon
of love and affection by parents around the
world. I guess you play him if you’ve got a
pretty solid affinity deck, but he’s nowhere near
as powerful as the common Myr Enforcer from the
first set of packs. Bah!
Constructed: 2.0
Casual: 2.0
Limited: 2.0
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX)
* pro tour player
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Mycosynth Golem
This card seems like
it has some uses, but I can't think of any. If
there are uses, it's not overly practical. The
decks that use this card (such as the current
affinity builds) aren't any better with it than
they already are. It would be easily the
slowing card in those decks.
Casual players may
want this though anyway.
Constructed: 1.5
Casual: 3
Limited: 2
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Jeff Zandi
5 Time Pro Tour
Veteran
Level 2 Judge |
Mycosynth Golem
This card rocks! This card belongs alongside cards
like Broodstar and
Arcbound Ravager. This is one of those cards that
makes you want to play
Affinity. I would like this card if it simply was
a 4/5 creature with
Affinity for artifacts. The ability to give the
rest of your deck Affinity
for artifacts makes this card very powerful
indeed.
CONSTRUCTED: 4.0
CASUAL: 4.0
LIMITED: 4.0
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Jason
Chapman |
Mycosynth Golem is
very expensive even for Affinity builds. It is
unlikely that the Golem will even drop before 4th
or 5th turn and Affinity decks can win at around
this point anyway. Having said that, however,
decks that his ability is extraordinarily
interesting and I think some players, especially
in casual, will seek to take advantage of it.
Constructed - Not a
card that is needed in Affinity builds - 2.0
Casual - Possibly a decent card for Affinity
builds in Casual -2.5
Limited - A good
sized body for colorless mana, that's about it -
2.0 |
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