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Yavimaya Elder
Urza's Destiny
Reviewed November xx, 2004
Constructed: 3.90
Casual: 3.60
Limited:
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Judge Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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This was a key
card in one of my multiplayer decks. I used
Foster to replace this guy, so it was
actually 4 cards for me for free. It's great
to be able to use this guy as a chump
blocker if you have to, and then be able to
get 2 lands and a card to replace this guy.
For this reason, if you're playing green,
and you can play this card in the format,
you'd have to give strong consideration to
playing this card. He even fixes your mana,
allowing you to play multiple colors.
Constructed - 5
Casual - 5
Limited - 5
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Jeff Zandi
5
Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Yavimaya Elder
This card is more BROKEN than usual for a green
card. Like Wall of Blossoms, reviewed a few
days ago, one reason that Yavimaya Elder is so
good is because its a green spell that provides
card advantage. Green does not usually equal
extra cards. Yavimaya Elder is a green card that
you need to have a good reason NOT to have in
your deck. The Elder flat-out solves your
problems for multi-colored mana in your deck.
The most important thing to remember about
playing the Elder's ability is that even though
you put the Elder in the graveyard by activating
his secondary ability, his primary ability
resolves first (but only if you tell your
opponent that you are using it) and allows you
to go find up to two basic land cards, reveal
them and put them into your hand. THEN AND ONLY
THEN, you draw your card. Of course, this is
exactly how you would want this card to work.
You want to get the basic lands out of the deck
using the first ability AND THEN draw a card
from a freshly shuffled library that now has two
fewer basic lands in it.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.5
CASUAL: 3.5
LIMITED: 3.5 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
Yavimaya Elder - Friday
This guy is downright obnoxious. I mean that in
a totally good way. The Yavimaya Elder draws
cards. The Yavimaya Elder searches for land. The
Yavimaya Elder attacks. It blocks. It sweeps
your floor and then goes back to recharge
itself. No, wait, I think that's that little
robot thing. OK, so the Yavimaya Elder doesn't
clean your floor. That's probably all it DOESN'T
do :)
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 3
Limited: 4 |
Paul
Hagan |
Yavimaya Elder --
Whenever I build a deck with green in it that is
Extended or Type 1.5, Yavimaya Elder is always a
consideration. He has a decent body for his
cost, and he comes with two great abilities.
Card draw isn't easy to come by in green, and
Yavimaya Elder provides it for fairly cheap. The
fact that he thins your deck of land whenever he
goes to the graveyard makes him that much more
valuable.
In casual play, I don't see Yavimaya Elder as
being quite as useful, but I also wouldn't say
he is completely worthless.
In limited, Yavimaya Elder is probably between
my third and fifth pick, just on general
usefulness. If you get him out early enough,
thin your deck of a couple of land ,and draw a
card, then you are in a vastly greater position
than your opponent (usually), especially since
you are only running a 40 card deck.
Constructed Rating: 3.5
Casual Rating: 2.5
Limited Rating: 3.5 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Yavimaya Elder
Green's Ancestral Recall. Well, kinda. You're
almost guaranteed two
cards out of the deal, with an extra one if you
use the activated ability, and a potential 4th
one if you put some lethal damage on the stack
to another creature. Oh, and he attacks
sometimes too. Rock is a high card-quality deck,
and this is yet another shining example of some
of its illustrious past members. Yes, 2 of the
cards are land, but not only does this fix mana
problems, ensure higher end drops, and fill your
hand, but also thins your deck. Not to mention
recursion.
constructed 3.5
casual 4
limited 4 |
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