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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Scott
Gerhardt
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People
are just now starting to realize the fundamental
truth about Onslaught Block - scrubby decks are
good! Clerics, Elves, Zombies, Goblins, and
Wizards are just some of the main creature feature
decks that are not just for bad players now.
You will play what WotC tells you to play.
They want creature theme decks, and here they are.
So the Unholy Grotto, what otherwise seems like a
horrid piece of trash, becomes one of the perfect
recursion mechanisms for Zombies. And
zombies sure do have some players than don't mine
being recurred. Flipping back on top your
newly killed Skinthinner is the first one I can
think of. Rotlungs, usually reserved for
Cleric decks, become a single-man token generating
machine when it keeps coming back. Plus,
when they kill your big, fat Soulless one, bring
it back for more fun. It doesn't end there,
but my examples will. You only need one, but
sometimes it's all about improving the quality of
your draws - especially is Graveborn Muse is on
the prowl.
In limited, it's even
better. If you have some good zombies,
knowing that they can and will keep coming back is
always great. Limited environments can
result in several dead turns in a row. If
they're dead for your opponent, but you're drawing
Zombies, the odds are they're gonna be the one
dead next.
Constructed:
4.25
Limited: 4.5
Current Price:
$2.45 |
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Chris
Gerhardt |
Great in Zombie decks,
of course (kinda silly otherwise, eh?). I
can see this being pivotal if you need to reuse
certain Zombies, for instance if you are cycling
Gempalm Polluters.
In limited, if you
have some good Zombies, I'd include it.
Constructed: 3.75
Limited: 2.75 |
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Judge
Bill
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Unholy Grotto
This first card I
picked based on my FNM experiences over the past
couple of weeks. Although I think it is a tier 2
deck, I think there will be some people playing
Zombies at Regionals, so one of the questions
you may want to ask about the deck you're going
to play is, "Do you care if your opponent starts
recycling Rotlung Reanimators, Withered
Wretches, or Cabal Archons? If so, what can you
do about it?"
This is one of the
cards that makes the zombie archetype go. The
ability to reuse a zombie is very strong. Even
redrawing a Gempalm Polluter isn't the worst
thing with this card. If you're playing zombies,
I feel this is a must have.
In limited, if you
have a zombie that you would want to reuse (Rotlung/Archon/Skinthinner
etc.), sure. Otherwise, I doubt I would play
this.
Constructed: 4.5 (in
the zombie deck)
Limited: 2.25
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Unholy Grotto
Volrath's stronghold was good, and while this
isn't quite as strong, it's
cheaper and not legendary. Very important in
zombie decks, as it ensures
you always have one of several important resources
- withered wretch, the
muse, or gempalm polluter. In limited it can be
amazing with a skinthinner.
limited - 3.5
constructed - 3.1 |
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Scott Sager |
Unholy Grotto
Lately I've been
getting smashed (game 1 anyway) by the new zombie
decks that are abusing the crap out of this card
and a select few zombies. I think once November
rolls around and Odyssey block rotates out this
card will get the respect it deserves.
Ltd.: Great in
zombie decks (obvious), crap anywhere else (also
obvious).
Constructed: 3
Limited: 2 |
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Danny Tatro |
Unholy Grotto
This card is good in draft giving you
endless use of your zombies, except you have to
waste your draw on it and recast it. Late game you
could pull a endless skin thinner combo. But for a
land its ability is extremely useful in limited.
In constructed maybe only in block. Even
there I think there are much superior decks than
zombies. Cycle Gempalm Polluter every turn? I
dunno lol, sounds more like a fun deck.
Limited: 3.5
Constructed: 1.5 |
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John
Hornberg |
Unholy Grotto
Unholy Grotto's a card that is not a horribly
great card, especially
considering that it is only good in a zombie
deck. Zombie decks, while fun,
aren't exactly tier one in Type 2 at the moment,
and I doubt barring a
miracle will ever be.
Fortunately, when you look at it in a much
different light, it has potential
in a fun deck, and here's how:
Zombie Infestation + Gempalm Polluter + Unholy
Grotto = Not Nice Combo
Outside of ridiculous and circumstancial combo's
like the one above (which I
might be dumb enough to play for the fun of it),
this card is the kind that
is a last pick in a draft, and is a $0.25 throw in
when trading. You try
and pawn it off onto people instead of trading for
it.
In draft, it's much the same, except a lot more
circumstancial, a lot more
potent when used right, but in the end not a high
pick. It's a good card if
you're playing black, but not a pick that goes
before 7th or 8th.
Constructed (T2) - 2.0/5.0
Limited - 2.2/5.0 |
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