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Glory Snow
Civilization: Light
Type: Spell
Mana cost: 4
Ability: Shield Trigger
If you have less mana cards in your
mana zone than your opponent, put the top 2 cards of
your deck into the mana zone.
Ok, here we have Glory Snow, Light’s
version of the Enchanted Soil. I got a chance to see
this in limited play, so I gots an idea on how it’s
like.
Also it’s almost midnight and I want
to go to sleep, so I’ll make it short
The Positive Side
In general, the card is needed if you
have trouble keeping your mana high. Sometimes, you
don’t really want to put cards in your mana zone,
which makes you feel bad since you’ll fall behind
your opponent. This card helps take care of that
problem.
It costs 4, so when it’s used, then
your ready to play the bigger guys the next turn,
which is cool. It’s also a shield trigger, so it
makes it sort of better.
So, the card isn’t all bad if you use
mono-light, since you have no access to enchanted
soil.
The Negative Side
The card really fails in comparison
to enchanted soil. They both really do the same
thing, but the glory snow needs to give up the
freedom of the ability for the shield trigger
ability, which is crap since this isn’t the best
shield trigger to have. The stipulation of having
less mana than your opponent really blows. It’s
really stupid, if you think about it. You need to be
behind your opponent to use a card that catches up
to him, when enchanted soil you can use no matter
what condition you’re in.
Glory Snow really isn’t that good. If
you use mono-yellow, I wouldn’t really use this card
since the mass blockers and stuff really help the
whole keeping your hand and mana in tact idea. In
mono-yellow, I would believe that you have so many
other things to play, since every move you do can
alter the later result. Mana would help, but it
would only be a matter of turns until you get there
anyway…
It’s pretty confusing, but trust me
on this one when I say that the card is really
pointless to use.
The Limited Side
This card really isn’t that effective
in limited either. Mana is strong, but with
enchanted soil in the set, it really doesn’t need to
be picked. Plus, it’s a rare, so you probably won’t
see it as much as enchanted soil.
The Recap
Here’s the + and – Rundown
Pluses
+ Good for mana building
+ Shield Trigger
Minuses
- Not as good as enchanted soil
- Doesn’t make much sense to use a
card that needs you to be behind when you always
want to be ahead
- The Shield Trigger doesn’t really
help
Constructed-1.5/5-
Not that good, choose enchanted soil, or just don’t
use it…mana production isn’t that vital in yellow
decks
Limited-1.5/5-
Pretty Bad, but it’s good for getting
out the big double breakers and stuff to wail on
your opponent.
Art- 3/5-
Aye, tis be a lovely snowy day…in
2385…Global Warming My ass…
That’s it for the short version of
the Review of Glory Snow. If anyone has any
questions, comments, concerns, or complaints, E-mail
me at
pt_1bc_2@yahoo.com
Later Days…
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