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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Scott
Gerhardt
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Vine
Trellis
Constructed:
3
Limited: 3
Current Price:
$0.45 |
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Chris
Gerhardt |
Vine Trellis is
actually kind of a fun card to play in casual. It
offers a couple different things: First, it
can produce mana and give you a bit of
acceleration Second, it offers you some blocking
ability, especially early off in the game.
While I don't think it will prove as useful
overall as Llanowar Elves (LE's come down first
turn, cost only 1 Green, and can inflict damage),
it still could prove to be useful. Time will
ultimately tell.
In limited, it's
better.
Constructed: 2.75
Limited: 3.75 |
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Judge
Bill
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Vine Trellis
Our replacement for
Llanowar Elves, as it lost the vote to Birds. It
has a large rear, which can be helpful in some
situations. However, it costs 2 mana. This is to
supposedly alleviate being able to have 2 1cc
mana producers, which makes the environment "too
fast" (read: we can't counter the important
stuff, and the important stuff gets out too
regularly with Birds and Elves in.)
Anyway, because it
costs 2 mana, it is less likely to be played, as
you want to accelerate to 3 mana most of the
time, and not 4 mana. The butt helps, but not
really.
In limited, the
larger butt is more important than the mana
ability. You'll typically want to play it for
its blocking capabilities, and the mana ability
is just a bonus.
Constructed: 2
Limited: 3
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Vine Trellis
This is no wall of roots, but it does keep the
heat off you for a turn and
accelerate your mana. it's 2cc means it will see
far less play than llanowar overall though.
constructed 3.2
limited 3.2 |
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Jason
Chapman |
Vine Trellis Again,
Mana is good but I really want my Wall of Roots.
In an aggressive environment a quick wall can be
nice. Too bad it cant be a blocker if used during
your turn.
Constructed A decent
pick in Aggro environments, very playable 2.65
Limited Mana good,
blockers good 3.10
PEZ Wall of Roots is
just better but this isnt too shabby 2.65
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Scott Sager |
Vine Trellis
As sad as I am to
see Llanowar Elves leaving Standard when Eighth
Edition (nobody will call it "Core Set" just
like nobody calls Type I "Vintage") rotates in I
can't think of a better replacement. Serves
the same mana producing function, although a
turn later, you gain a more resilient mana
source that doesn't roll over to a cycled Slice
and Dice and can block all those nasty morph
creatures without a second thought.
Limited: A common
0/4 wall that taps for one green all for the low
low cost of 1G. Solid.
Constructed: 3.5
Limited: 4
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John
Hornberg |
Vine Trellis
This is the card that will replace Llanowar Elves
in the next set. As much
as I hate to see Elves leave Type II for the first
time, but its replacement
certainly fills its shoes well.
Vine Trellis makes a nice defensive tool, as well
as mana source for any
deck. It is sizable wall (0/4) and can tap for
mana. The key problem with
it, though, is that it is a 2cc, and it can't
attack.
In limited, it's a run of the mill middle pick for
green, at least for
Masques Block. With 8th, it cannot be gauged at
its usefulness, because a
spoiler does not exist yet. Judging from how most
walls are in limited,
this one smoothes out mana, and makes a nice
blocker, but is still a wall,
and not a spectacular one.
Constructed - 2.1/5.0 (Playable, but its not for
speed.)
Limited - 3.0/5.0 (Good ... for a wall.) |
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