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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Judge Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Friday - Artifact
Mutation
OK, so it's Christmas Eve (Pojo note: Well,
it should have been, but Pojo was out
gallivanting and didn't post in time). That means I have to
pick a card that is red and green for the theme
today.
Not to mention we are about 10 months away from
Extended rotating, and synching up with MTGO. So
naturally, I have to look there for inspiration.
And what do we find is the best deck, online, by
far? Of course, it's affinity. When we rotate,
we lose some of the really powerful hate such as
Energy Flux. so we have to look to cards like
this to keep control.
(Side note: Prices of cards from Invasion block
are completely insane online, as they are [a] in
short supply, and [b] being hoarded by a few
people to drive their price further up. If there
is a deck that comes mostly from Invasion block,
you may still see 2 different metagames after
the rotation, due to people not wanting to shell
out $1000s of dollars [yes, a deck with 16+
Invasion block rares in it WILL currently cost
you over $1000 online] for digital cards.)
When you can hit a card that cost them 0 mana to
play, and get 7 1/1s for yourself, life is good.
Just make sure to off the Ravager before you do
this.
In limited, it's not as big of a factor, as
there aren't that many artifacts you'd want to
hit.
Constructed: 4.5 (online extended), 2 (other
formats)
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 1.5 |
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Jeff Zandi
5
Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Artifact
Mutation
This is the definition of a good utility card.
Artifact Mutation not only gets rid of a card
that is bothering you, it also provides you with
free creatures. In some cases, you could end up
with a huge number of 1/1 Saproling tokens,
which could be incredibly game-changing. Keeping
all this power in check is the deceptive
red/green casting cost. As a two casting cost
spell, Artifact Mutation SEEMS cheap to cast. In
reality, since you need two colors to cast it,
the spell is virtually a bit more expensive. The
challenge to cast this card, however, is easily
offset by its overall usefulness in any
red/green deck that needs to get rid of
artifacts. This card should probably be a
sideboard only card in both constructed and
limited formats.
CONSTRUCTED: 2.5
CASUAL: 3.0
LIMITED: 2.5 |
Ray "Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Artifact
Mutation
Boy, wouldn't this card have been fun with
Mirrodin Block? Unfortunately, it was printed in
a block without much in the way of powerful
artifacts to be removed with it, so wasn't very
worthwhile, and was almost entirely useless in
limited. In serious constructed formats it seems
to rarely get good use as most main decks don't
use artifacts that are worth destroying in this
way, excepting perhaps the occasional
Charbelcher that has yet to blow you up. In
Casual, especially type Dan Gray, its a great
card to play that nearly always finds a target.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 1 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner |
Friday -
Artifact Mutation
At first glance, a card like this should be
great. For some reason it just never works out
though. If this card ever got played, it was
usually sideboarded. That's unfortunate though.
It's a great mechanic. I wish this card were
better.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 2.5 |
Paul
Hagan |
Artifact
Mutation --
I love this card! It's not because it is
over-the-top good or anything, but I am amused
with the idea of blowing up my opponent's
artifact and then getting a small horde of
tokens because of it. It obviously has limited
uses because of its casting cost, but if I knew
I would be playing against a lot of artifacts, I
was playing Green/Red, and I had the ability to
play Artifact Mutation (read as: Extended,
Casual, etc.), then I would sneak a few copies
into my sideboard.
In limited, this card's value dips a little bit
more, just because you have to luck out to have
the ability to play Green/Red and get this card.
If you do, then you have to ask yourself if you
think there will be enough artifacts to warrant
playing this card. If so, go for it -- the
benefits are worth it.
Constructed Rating: 2.5
Casual Rating: 3.0
Limited Rating: 2.5 |
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