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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Chris
Gerhardt |
Jayemdae Tome - Card draw leads to card advantage,
and card advantage wins games. I'll repeat that
until the end of time. Tome is slow though, and it
hasn't seen constructed play at all that I know
of. And now with the introduction of Mirrodin, it
really loses appeal as artifact removal becomes a
main deck consideration. In casual
constructed, it has it's place, but many casual
players tend to like life gain and big bodies more
than card draw.
In
limited, it's a must play. It's an artifact,
so it fits in any deck, and any and every deck
should play it, pure and simple.
Casual
Constructed: 2.5
Limited: 4
Current Price:
$2 |
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Crimson |
Jaymdae Tome
I can't see ever using this card. To draw 2 cards
it costs 12 mana, or you
could draw 2 with Inspiration for 4 mana. Draw 3
and discard one or two with
Thirst For Knowledge is cheaper yet. Yeah...dont
use this of your own free
will.
I asked someone "Jaymdae Tome, yay or nay" and he
he replied with "hell no"
Casual Rating: 1
Art Rating: 1 |
Shylo
Elliott |
I don't like this
card. Even in my Type 1 artifact deck [on
Apprentice] that tended to generate immense
amounts of mana, I used Urza's Blueprints instead
because it was a flat 12 mana to keep in play. The
two reasons this card is never used is because you
need to spend 8 to draw a single card. In the past
two Type 2 formats, Accumulated Knowledge, Fact or
Fiction, and Deep Analysis have proved to be more
efficient card drawing tools. In 8th Limited, it
might help but you're better off using another
creature.
Type 2: 2
8th Limited: 2 |
Andy
Van Zandt |
Jayemdae Tome
Not quite the powerhouse of card drawing it used
to be, it's still quite
solid in limited (I think more than a lot of
people give it credit for),
although treasure trove is better, this doesn't
require you to be in blue.
In constructed though, there's generally better
(read: cheaper) ways to get
your card advantage.
constructed 2.8
limited 3.3 |
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