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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Chris
Gerhardt |
Here's an interesting
note about Phage from the book's story line. Phage
is the "undead" Jeska, Kamahl's sister. Well,
little Jeska certainly has become a bada$$ in this
Wonder Woman version of her. Wizards apparently
considered her so lethal, that they put in the
provision that she must be played from your hand,
or you lose the game. Probably a good thing, as
she would be jaw-dropping, otherwise, in extended
recursion decks. How will she be in constructed?
At first glance, she seems a bit over costed to be
highly playable, BUT, she is good enough that
players may just find a way to make her playable.
But then you have to worry about slide. Slide out,
slide in, you lose as her coming into play from
other than your hand effect kicks in.
In limited, she's a
threat to reckon with, and will cause your
opponent's to hold their creatures way back. She's
not impervious, though, as her power of 4 leaves
her a bit vulnerable. Phage has a huge target on
her head that reads, "Kill me...NOW!" Also, having 4
Black in her casting cost make her horribly
difficult to play in sealed, and you better get
her first pack first pick in draft, because you have
to be very heavy black to play her. Still, a quick pick
if you see her at the draft table early and you
think the black at the table will support it.
Constructed -
unknown, but probably 3ish
Limited - 4.5 |
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Judge
Bill
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Thursday - Phage the
Untouchable
The hefty abilities
that this card has makes them add the clause
about having to play (see my Tuesday column) it
from your hand. Unfortunately, one card will
make this card unplayable. That card is Astral
Slide. The slide player just slides Phage out,
and when Phage comes back in, its controller
loses the game. And with the popularity of Slide
lately, I wouldn't even think about this.
In limited, this is
a much better card. Find some way to give this
first strike, and you should win the game
shortly thereafter. Even without an ability,
it's a tough guy to deal with.
Multiplayer games
will have to issue errata for this guy, as when
one player loses the game, everyone else wins. I
would suggest something like the following for
multiplayer games:
"If Phage deals
combat damage to a player, remove all permanents
that player owns from the game. That player's
life total becomes 0."
This will cause that
person to die, while still allowing the other
players to continue playing.
Constructed: 1
(against Slide), 3.5 (against anything else)
Limited: 5
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Zack Locke |
Phage the Untouchable
When I first saw this card on MTG.com, only 3
words came out of my mouth - "OH MY GOD." I
seriously love this card. Although it costs 3BBBB
to cast, I can see this being played in Mono Black
as a finisher. If your opponent drops this card on
the table, you have two options - Do something or
die. With Cabal Coffers, you can get it out
faster. Bounce really hurts it though. I pray that
I'll draft this in the upcoming Legions
Prerelease...
In Limited, they can't do anything to stop it.
It's a monster. Even better here.
Contructed: 4.5/5
Limited: 5/5
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Phage the Untouchable
It wins the game. For 7 mana, no evasion, and
the fact that you can't get
her out besides basically hard casting her, she's
still very tempting to
use. In limited, if you can make her fly or
feared for a turn...
constructed - 3.2
limited - 3.5 |
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Brett
Livingston |
Phage the Untouchable
I Play with astral slide, I dont fear this card...
Its first ability is ouchies, Last HOLY! all you
need
to do is let it go through unblocked...Nice
right? I
can see it as an alternate win condition for MBC
Limited better but not as good as akroma
Contructed:3
Limited:4.25 |
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Jason
Chapman |
7 mana. . . Not many
decks can produce that amount of mana but could be
good with fear effects or the various red cards
that prevent blocking which equals a win.
Otherwise, she would eventually win her way
through all the opponent’s creatures. Still, I
believe she is too expensive and not enough of a
bomb since she doesn’t have Haste. Also, not so
good in an environment with Astral Slide ;)
Constructed: With
the current environment, this card is suicide.
Maybe better in the future when Astral Slide
leaves us alone – 1.75
Limited: If you hit
4 black mana she could be a bomb but Black better
be your dominant color otherwise I wouldn’t pick
her at all – 3.50 (if Black is main color) |
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