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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Judge
Bill
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This can see play in
one of two types of decks ... UW control, or
White "Weenie".
The original card
that this card was based off of was Kjeldoran
Outpost, The Outpost was a land that required
you to sac a plains to get it into play. Once
you did, though, it gave you a 1/1 for 1W,T.
This card is very similar, only it requires you
to tap 3 mana to put it into play. As such, I
don't know how early I would drop it, especially
against a UG deck like I'm playing right now.
I'm sure it will see some play and some success
though.
The other way you
can use this card is in a White
"Weenie" deck, to provide you with
lots of attackers. However, this takes 6 mana to
make the first creature, and, as such, really
doesn't fit into the "weenie" curve.
But with the suckiness of white, this strategy
might see some play.
In limited, a token
maker like this is just wrong. How often did you
find yourself playing Squirrel Nest? You'll play
this more, as you don't have to worry about them
bouncing the thing it is attached to.
Type 2: 4
Extended: 3.5
Limited: 5
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Rob
Lawing
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This card could be
really good in limited. Angie (the wacky
stepchild) pointed out to me that lots of birds
in the format are also soldiers so you can
probably do some real head cracking when you
have a bunch of mini-Serras on the board. In
constructed the effect is ok but in a mostly
white deck the ability is too expensive to be
majorly good.
Ratings
Limited 3
Constructed 1.5
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Alex
Hockey
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Mobilization.
Limited: Not too bad, not
bad at all. A 1/1 token isn't going to win all by
itself but give this card time... The good thing
is that limited games are slower than constructed
ones so this "dork machine" has time to
work. Also, in limited, your opponent is less
likely to have enchantment removal to deal with
this. Its not a bomb exactly but it could be
useful. A 3.5
Constructed: The obvious use
is a soldier deck. Whether this will work depends
on how many tournament worthy soldiers there are
in the environment and if they form a good mana
curve, compliment each others abilities etc etc.
Although if whipcorder is anything to go by,
soldiers may be a force to be reckoned with. A 3
in constructed. I did have a thought that you
could kinda use this card to ressurect
counter-post. A number of other key cards are
missing (browse, soldevi digger, thawing glaciers,
swords) but some equally good cards are now around
(compulsion, obsessive search, life burst,
ancestral memories, iridescent angel). It probably
wouldn't work but it'd be interesting to give it a
try.
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DeQuan
Watson
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I
don't really like this card. It is good.
I just think it is going to promote more slow
control decks. That makes tournaments long
and boring. But hey, what does it matter,
green has a Disenchant now!
On a more serious note, I do think this card will
see a decent bit of play. It's endless
creatures. Also, if played in the right deck
it can be ruthless. This card and Glorious
Anthem or Divin Sacrament could be really good in
a white weenie deck. The other thing to take
into account is that this can be used AGAINST
control deck be creating endless creatures.
Constructed: 3.8
Limited: 4.8
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Scott
Gerhardt
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I look at this and
wonder. I think it's got the potential to be
very good. It might not, though. It's
an enchantment, and there seem to be more ways
than ever to remove them these days. On the
other hand, if they don't, there are SO many ways
this card can beat you. It's kinda
silly. The biggest head-turner for me was my
ebay auction pre-sale (yes, we are pre-selling
Onslaught cards on ebay under the name www*shuffleandcutgames*com)
went for $52 for 4 of these. The players
obviously see something in it. I think in
the end it will be a good card. Continuous
weenies are good, then just find some measure of
enhancer. Constructed:
4.5
Limited: 4 |
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