Today’s review will be shorter than usual. I will not have a tournament report either because GQ did not have a tournament last weekend (everyone went to Yugioh regionals). Next week I can finally get back to GQ and start writing the regular tourny reports again.

 

Invincible Aura
Type: Spell
Civilization: Light
Mana Cost: Thirteen
Rules Text:
Add up to 3 cards from the top of your deck to your shields face down.
Flavor Text:
The Fire army has enough firepower to lay waste to a planet-but even that isn't enough to bring down the wall of Light.
Rarity: Very Rare
Set: Stompatrons of Invincible Wrath

 

Getting three extra shields sure seems good at first. But what does this really do for the tempo of a deck? Invincible Aura offers no hand, field, or mana advantage. Rather than help you win the game, it only prolongs defeat. This does not look good so far.

 

Now look at Invincible Aura from a mathematical perspective. There are already several shield-generating cards, so we can compare them. Mystic Inscription is the most similar. It takes just one card from deck to shield for a six-mana cost. Aura does the same for
only 4.3 mana per shield. That shows signs of promise, but the low ratio is offset by the ridiculous thirteen mana cost. No matter how you view Invincible Aura, it is anything but an invincible card overall.

 

Limited: 1.5/5
Most of the five major spells are horrible in draft. Invincible Aura is no exception. Try to avoid it if possible. Otherwise, just play it as mana everytime.

 

Constructed: 2.5/5
Invincible Aura would probably work best in some form of a stall or deckout strategy. Sadly, those decks normally do not incorporate Nature, which is needed to reach the thirteen mana casting cost. So Invincible Aura just takes too much work to pull off efficiently.