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Chris
Gerhardt
*
game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut |
Play this card with
Buried Alive (or some such) and
Reanimate, and you've got Combo heaven
happening. While you'll see him pop up in
extended, probably it's most popular format is
casual, where reanimating huge creatures that can
make a LOT of babies is pretty damn fun. RAR!
rar! rar! rar!
If they don't deal with Verdant Force, it gets out
of control pretty quickly. =)
In limited, you play
fat if they cost 8 or less. He does, so if
you're playing green, you play him. If he
hits the board, the game should be yours.
Constructed:
4
Casual: 5
Limited: 5
Current Price:
Verdant
Force - Tempest - $13.84
Combos
Well With:
Buried
Alive -
Odyssey - $5.26
Reanimate
- Tempest - $4.71
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Damn. I hadn't started writing yet when this was
last reviewed ( ;-) ). Oh well, on with the
review...
A big fat creature is welcome in most reanimator
decks. Throw in the extra body per turn, and you
have yourself a deal. Unfortunately, they've
nerfed the reanimator decks in the last round of
bannings. Not a bad card, but it's popularity
will rise again someday.
In casual or limited, he's a house. If you are
playing green, you should be playing this guy.
In limited, if you have this guy and aren't
playing green, why not?
Constructed - 3
Casual - 5
Limited - 5
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX)
* pro tour player
* Scrye writer since 2002 |
This is Jamie
Wakefield's illegitimate step child. If you
don't know you that name is, go look it up :)
Seriously though,
this card doesn't get played much except in
casual play and in reanimator decks. Casual
players love a free creature every turn. That's
OK though, it still sells really high.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 3.5
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Jeff Zandi
5 Time Pro Tour
Veteran
Level 2 Judge |
Verdant Force
A staple game-ending threat in the top reanimator
decks of the past few
years, Verdant Force is a great choice for Earth
Day. Verdant Force drops a
1/1 into play on each of your turns. Back in the
day, when he first
surfaced, a lot of judges had him dropping a 1/1
into play during each of
you AND your opponent's turns. The triple green
casting cost says
"constructed only". That having been said, Verdant
Force would look
excellent on your side of the board in any match,
limited or constructed, in
my opinion.
CONSTRUCTED: 4.0
CASUAL: 4.0
LIMITED: 3.5
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Verdant Force
There are a lot of creatures like this guy...
sliver queen, luminous
angel... but his biggest benefit is that he
generates a creature right away
(on their upkeep), in addiition to the standard
one on your turn, at no
mana cost. Kind of like a "tempo-friendly"
fatty. Even more amazing in
group games ;)
constructed 2.5
casual 4
limited 3 |
Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer
*Game Store Owner (Gamer's Edge) |
Verdant Force
This guy is the King
of all Fatties, just ask Jamie Wakefield. Short of
having Protection from Black, there’s very little
that would make him any better. His enormous
toughness already pretty much makes him Pro Red,
and his ability to make tokens every turn makes
him edict proof. This guy is simply one of the
best creatures ever printed, and is fun for one
and all.
Constructed:
4
Casual:
5
Limited:
4
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Jason
Matthews
* Level 1 DCI
Judge
*game store employee
* gaming for over 15 years |
Verdant Force The
scariest play I have seen outside of a turn one
kill in type one was at Pro Tour Houston when a
player got out a turn one Verdant Force before his
opponent could lay land one. If you can trick this
guy out early he is just plainly a house. The
ability to make a make a token in each upkeep for
free is just amazing. Play casual with this guy as
he is just plain cool. His casting cost does make
him a little hard to manage but that is why you
trick him into play.
Constructed 3
Casual 3
Limited 3 |
Jonathan
Pechon
2 Grand
Prix Top 8's
Multiple Pro Tour
appearances |
MONNNNNNNNNN-STAR!
Always a favorite,
once in play this guy causes worlds of hurt for
aggressive decks, generating a constant stream of
blockers to along with its own massive body. I
remember playing Secret Force and bringing this
guy out all the time; Survival/Recur also used to
do that regularly, breaking Recur with the
constant stream of fodder-creatures to be
sacrificed. A good, solid monster to be reckoned
with.
Is there a better
creature for fun games? Thanks to Jamie
Wakefield, this has become one of the most revered
creatures in Magic, finding a warm place in the
hearts of both casual and competitive players.
While you’ll never see this in Mental Magic
(probably), if you somehow get the chance, this is
your man.
Tempest draft was such
a fast format that a creature this expensive was
virtually unplayable. If you managed to get him
into play, however, I really don’t see how you
could effectively lose a game to anything except
evasion guys; this being Tempest draft, there were
an abundance of those, making this argument fairly
moot. If somehow you see him in other limited
formats, he should be a pretty fair amount of fun.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 5.0
Limited: 2.0
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Jason
Chapman |
Verdant Force is just
a great card. A 7/7 for 8 is beefy and not an
awful price to pay but the ability to constantly
gain little 1/1 critters is what breaks the card.
Using those guys to chump block while your Force
beats the opponent to a pulp is just the begining.
I don't know about you but off hand I can think of
a few hundred things to do with 1/1 token
creatures . . . and none of them are good news for
your opponent.
Constructed - A
million ways to break 1/1's and a beefy body - 4.0
Limited - 3 colored
mana means green must be your main color and the
card is harder to abuse - 3.0
Casual - Casual
likes beef and strange combos making this card a
winner - 3.5 |
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Verdant Force
One of the fun cards
in Reanimator. Gets you creatures every turn,
and it’s a 7/7 itself. Obviously, can only go in
Reanimator/other decks that get around its
horrid cc. Basically, horrible in a deck that
can’t get it out early, great in a deck that
can.
In Limited, it
costs a lot, but I think it would be worth it to
get in play. Nets you a chump blocker each turn.
Constructed: 1.5
(5 in reanimator)
Casual: 5
Limited: 4
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