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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
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Bloodline Shaman
Reviewed January 12, 2004
Constructed: 2.9
Limited: 2.0
Casual: 3.3
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner (Shuffle and Cut Games,CA) |
This card is really
fun in Elf decks. It's especially good in
Elves because they decks tend to be low mana
costs, so the decks usually run very light land.
So you have a very good chance of drawing an Elf
when using it. If you don't, you probably milled
away a land you didn't need anyhow. While I
don't see Elves being viable in competitive MTG at
the moment, they are still a really fun casual
deck. In limited, Bloodline Shaman isn't
really usable as you wouldn't likely have a tribal
deck of any consequence.
Constructed:
2.75
Limited: 1.5
Casual: 4
Current Price:
$1.25
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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A great card for
tribal decks. With a tribal deck, you usually
have about a 50% chance of "drawing" an extra
card. Also, since this is an elf, he can help
with the bonuses on Wellwisher, Caot of Arms,
etc. A great fit in a tribal deck in casual, a
bit slow these days in constructed.
In limited, you
usually don't have enough creatures of the same
type to justify running this. There are many
better things to do with your 2cc slot.
Constructed - 2.75
Casual - 3.5
Limited - 1.75
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX)
* pro tour player
* Scrye writer since 2002 |
Bloodline Shaman
It's so funny that I
had nearly disregarded this card as a whole for
constructed play. Later, we see that it's
pretty amazing in the elf decks. And amazing
might be an understatement. It's actually one
of the key cards that make the elf deck so
good. I'm just upset that I only discovered it
two days before it was revealed in the Magic
Online Qualifier.
In limited play,
this card isn't so great. Most of your cards
are of different creature types, so this ability
doesn't get used all that often. I would
imagine that this card has a lot more uses in
casual play when you can include a ton of
different combo cards from various formats.
Constructed: 3.3
Limited: 1.4
Casual: 3.5
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Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer
*Game Store Owner (Gamer's Edge) |
Bloodline Shaman
Rofellos... Eldamari...
Elvish Champion... you are not the glue that holds
the elves together. No, that title belongs to one
tiny little elf called the Bloodline Shaman. It is
she who keeps your forces coming in the face of
Earthquakes, Pyroclasms, Starstorms, Pestilence,
and lo, even the Wrath of God! It is she who
deserves the coveted honor of an Elf among Elves!
But she's not so
amazing in limited...
Casual : 4
Constructed: 4
Limited: 2 |
Jason
Matthews
* Level 1 DCI
Judge
*game store employee
* gaming for over 15 years |
Bloodline Shaman
A perfect card for an elf deck.
Bloodline Shaman is card advantage is green , a
color that normally has none. I played this card
in mono green elves and it can really get the deck
moving fast. One of the few problems is if you
have to use it early when you are behind on mana
you can sometimes put the lands right in the
grave. In draft I don’t value this card very high
as it loses some of its effectiveness.
Constructed 2.75
Casual 3
Limited 1.5 |
Jonathan
Pechon
2 Grand
Prix Top 8's
Multiple Pro Tour
appearances |
Bloodline Shaman
Elves loved him,
that’s for sure. In constructed, this guy reads,
“Tap to draw an Elf or put a land into your
graveyard.” Nothing else really plays him, and I
really don’t think much of anything else can, with
the weak exception of a Beasts deck, and this guy
neither accelerates your mana nor bludgeons your
opponent into the ground, thereby making him less
than stellar.
In limited, your
deck is going to need to be absolutely loaded with
a tribe in order for him to be worthwhile. I think
he was better in ONS/ONS/LEG draft than when
Scourge came into the mix, simply because green
was so much stronger and you could dig for
Timberwatch and Wellwishers. If you had the
super-Beast deck, you were probably just winning
anyway, but this guy could grease the wheels for
you.
Constructed: 2.0
Limited: 2.0 |
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Chase |
Bloodline Shaman
Welcome to a week full of
random (but not necessarily bad) cards. We start
off the week with a card that has been popping up
in elf decks. By turn 3, this card can be tapping
away and getting the player an extra creature.
This card is probably less useful after the first
game as you might accidentally put that sideboard
win condition into your graveyard. But otherwise,
you can read this as “tap: draw a card”.
In Casual, it could be a
nice addition to an elf deck but otherwise, you
don’t need it. If you’re playing wizards, milling
away counterspells isn’t a good idea.
In Limited, it isn’t as
useful here as it is in Constructed because it’s
much harder to focus a limited deck on all
creatures. Not to say it isn’t good, but it
requires more of a focus.
(Also, how many green
wizards are?)
Constructed: 3 (it depends
on the viability of elf decks)
Casual: 2
Limited: 2 |
Jason
Chapman |
Bloodline Shaman is
one of those 'almost' cards. It is almost great
but just not there. If the cards could be put
directly into play, it would be great. If you
could search a little further in the deck, it
would be great. If you could do it multiple times
a turn it would be great. The point is that you
can't do any of these things. Still, is is a solid
card and provides some additional acceleration for
Green decks. Try it with Flashback and you
shouldn't be disappointed.
Constructed - Just
lacks the little extra to make it great - 2.60
Limited - Drawing
creatures is awsome - 4.20
PEZ - Just not
strong enough or fast enough for an Uncommon -
2.20 |
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Jeff Zandi |
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Bloodline Shaman
Everyone first encountered
this card in Onslaught limited formats,
where the card was a qualified success. Some
people loved it, especially in limited decks
with a lot of Beasts or Elves. In Onslaught
block constructed, the Shaman was one of the
key cards to the all-Elf mono green deck
that had some success early in that format.
In a deck focused to make this card’s
ability useful, Bloodline Shaman provides
FAST card advantage for a color that doesn’t
see a lot of that kind of thing.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.5
LIMITED: 3.5
CASUAL: 4.0 |
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Andy Van
Zandt |
Bloodline Shaman
While this guy has shown up in elf decks
already, and is playable in limited, it's not
the potential powerhouse that the turn-over-4
guys were.
Still, it's potential card advantage, and the
better tuned your deck is to support this, the
better a 2 mana advantage gainer is.
constructed - 2.9
limited - 3
casual - 3 |
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