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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Chris
Gerhardt |
Braids, Cabal Minion - Evil incarnate for mono
black constructed decks. She can keep you in
control if you have a deck that is built to suit
her. In limited, she is only decent if you
have a token generator to keep you in sacrifices
while dwindling your opponent's resources.
Otherwise, you can skip her as a pick.
Constructed:
3.75
Limited: 2.75
Current Price:
$4 |
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Judge
Bill
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What hasn't Martha
Stewart done over the years. She greatly helps
black against control decks, and provides a
solid body to boot. Just watch out for Sacred
Ground.
In limited, it isn't
as good, as it is symmetrical, and can't really
help you break through.
Constructed: 3.5
Limited: 2.25
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Crimson |
Braids, Cabal Minion
I actually was thinking about this card a few days
ago. I was again on a
quest to find a extremely fun casual multiplayer
deck. I had the idea of a
Green/Black deck, using Braid's ability to just
annoy my opponent, or
opponents, while weakening their power. I would
utilize green's token
creating ability to minimize her effect on me. I
could just stick a Squirrel
Nest on one of my land. That way, instead of
sacking a different land,
creature, or artifact every turn, I would just
have to keep tapping that
land to create a squirrel token to sacrifice.
I would have Verdant Succession in the deck, so I
could choose to sacrifice
one of my green creatures and just get a
replacement thanks to the
succession. Her ability could be used to my
advantage with having the
succession out, I could sacrifice green creatures
that have a worthwhile
"come into play" ability. A few examples of such
cards I would choose to
sacrifice would be Wall of Blossoms, which when
the replacement from my
library comes into play, I would get to draw
another card. If I have a
Wirewood Hivemaster out, I could sack an elf, and
when i get another one
from my library, the elf coming into play would
give me a insect from the
Hivemaster. And while Verdant Succession is in
play, Elvish Soultillers can
be put into the graveyard an infinite number of
times. The soultiller's
ability goes on the stack, he goes into the
graveyard, then you call elves
to be shuffled back into the library, so then
after he goes into the
library, he can be taken out with Verdant
Succession.
Hmm, I decided on a different deck to focus on
right now, but I'll have to
come back to this deck in the future.
Braids, Cabal Minion
Casual Rating: 3.7 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Braids, Cabal Minion
Land destruction, continuously, at no cost... but
it also hurts you.
Similar concept as armageddon, if you put
yourself ahead in the race,
she'll keep you ahead. In limited, that makes her
only a 50/50 shot
generally, but in constructed, if your deck works
with her in mind, she can
be very dangerous.
constructed - 3.3
limited - 2.9 |
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Danny Tatro |
Braids, Cabal Minion
Braids is like the edict queen, or maybe
she's been smoking a "Smokestack" but either way
she's good. The faster she comes out the better
she is, since she can easily lock out your
opponent who may only have a few permanents in
play by that time. Braids has seen play in both
block and T2.
In limited, she's a bad 2/2 for 4. She's
just too random there to be any good.
Constructed: 3.5
Limited: 1.5 |
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