Countless combos have used this as their
lynchpin, to recur another spell and then
flicker the Witness to trigger its ability
again. Even if you're not using her to go
infinite, you're getting a 2/1 and a free card--
and that card isn't just a random draw off the
top, it's your pick of whatever you want from
your graveyard. Most of the time your graveyard
will consist of dead creatures and used-up
instants and sorceries, so you've got a much
better chance of finding something good in there
than in the luck of the draw. Sheer card
advantage does indeed win games, and this is
unquestionable card advantage.
This just happens to be my favorite Magic card
of all time. It's partly because it has
beautiful artwork drawn by my favorite Magic
artist. It's partly because it combines existing
card designs in a simple and elegant way to make
something bigger than the sum of its parts. It's
partly because it interacts with just about
everything ever printed, and it's hard to find a
deck that it doesn't improve. It's partly
because it single-handedly makes Forests and
other green cards a worthy addition to any deck,
in any format, ever. The only wrinkle is that
Standard probably needs her just as much as
Modern Masters does.
Today's card of the day is Eternal Witness
which is a three mana Green
2/1 that returns a card from your graveyard to
hand when it enters play. This is a
fantastic effect and at just one more mana than
Regrowth, but comes into play can be reused with
blink or other recursion like graveyard play
with Black. This is a case of a spell
costing more mana and having the vulnerabilities
of a permanent tacked on that isn't worse as a
result, which says a great deal. Overall the
card advantage gained by having a creature in
addition to a choice from your graveyard is a
worthwhile consideration for a large variety of
primarily Green builds across several formats.
In Limited formats that allow this it is only
held back by the double Green and is otherwise a
must play whenever possible. Appearing later in
the game is a benefit by generally having more
available in the graveyard and it is an
amazingly good topdeck. A possible first
pick in Booster if the rare isn't compelling and
automatic for Sealed, if the Green pool can
support the majority of the deck.
