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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Scott
Gerhardt
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Raven
Guild Master
Constructed:
3
Limited: 3
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Chris
Gerhardt |
Raven Guild Master -
10 cards, huh... you could deck someone in a
limited game in just 4 hits. Hmm... pair
this up with a Cephalid Pathmage (T: Target
creature with power 2 or less is unblockable this
turn)....scary. And it's low costed, so it
could actually be playable. Interesting.
In constructed, he
dies too easily, but he is blue... so I
guess he could end up in some control deck combo.
Who knows. We could enter into Scourge legal
season and some horrific combo deck could abuse
this card. It's feasible, since 1UU isn't an
unreasonable cost.
Note to self: Write Wizards and remind
them to never ever, under any circumstances, give
Blue diabolical spells that can be abused...
Constructed: 2
until someone finds a way to abuse this thing
Limited: 3 |
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Judge
Bill
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Raven Guild Master
Wow. A huge effect,
especially in limited. With the current state of
play in limited, I'd hit 10 cards on turn 4,
since nobody seems to block right now. That
would be huge, as that is 1/4 of a limited deck.
It's lesser of an
effect in constructed, where it can be Smothered
or removed in many ways. If only the casting
cost printed on the card was 1 more, it may be
able to see some play.
Constructed: 1.75
Limited: 3.5
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Raven Guild Master
This guy's really asking for the superman cape,
since it gives him the two
things he needs- protection and evasion. He's a
reason to play Crafty
pathmage in sealed. Still, in the slow-ish block
format, this guy may prove
dangerous in constructed too. Don't count on it,
but maybe.
limited 2.8
constructed 2.4 |
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Jason
Chapman |
Raven Guild Master
could be a new deck. If you can keep him alive he
just rips through the opponent’s library and those
cards don’t even hit the graveyard. The Morph is
especially nice as you can sneak him in at least
once. The ultimate Millstone!
Constructed – Possible
abuse here with a deck that can take advantage –
3.85
Limited – If you can
get him through that is 1/4 of the opponent’s
deck! – 3.50 |
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Scott Sager |
Raven Guild Master
This is probably the
card I'm most looking forward to trying to
break. This card might single handedly revive
the U/W control deck.
Limited: If this
guy hits just once, 1/4 of your opponent's deck
is gone (not to mention the other quarter
they've already drawn by turn three). If this
manages to get some kind of evasion, the game
can be over in three swings.
Constructed: 4
Limited: 4
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Danny Tatro |
Raven Guild Master
In constructed... this is as useless at
ebonblade reaper.
In limited- ditto, but it morphs at least.
In a funny situation this could do something, but
it most likely will land up being useless.
Especially since it turns into a 1/1.
Constructed: 1
Limited: 1.5 (In an odd situation... it could be
as useful as ebonblade reaper, except worse.) |
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John
Hornberg |
Raven Guild Master
This card has an interesting milling effect that
can be devastating, but may
be too random to work. Raven Guild Master is the
epitome of how Morph is
suppose to work, where a card is played face down,
and is meant as a
surprise when it attacks and morphs up into what
it is. However, the
problem with it is that, after the possible first
10 cards removed from the
game, what happens next? It gets blocked and
killed. It becomes the target
of EVERY single removal spell known to man.
This card, at least to me, strikes me as an anti
Wake card, or even anti U/G
madness. Anti Wake because if it gets through, it
takes out 10 cards that
the deck could need. Of course, Wake plays
Cunning Wish for a reason. Anti
Madness because Madness has a tendency to let the
other side swing at will
occasionally, and it makes them pay for doing so.
In limited, 10 cards out of the game is a hefty
chunk of cards. On top of
that, there's more ways to get this over to do it
again, and fewer (in the
sense that people aren't playing 4 Smother, 4
Edict in their deck) to kill
it with. Even if it swings once, it's done its
job.
Constructed - 2.5/5.0 (Good if you can get it
through.)
Limited - 3.0/5.0 (Where it gets picked it yet to
be determined, but uses
surprise to punish opponent a lot.) |
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