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Counsel of the Soratami
Champions of Kamigawa
Reviewed November 01, 2004
Constructed: 2.78
Casual: 2.50
Limited: 3.20
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Judge Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Monday - Counsel of
the Soratami
This is a card I really really like. It only
draws you two cards, compared to 3 with
Concentrate, but this is less color intensive
(it only has one U in the cost instead of 2),
meaning it can be splashed.
It's one less than Inspiration for the same
number of cards. It is a sorcery, but the cost
difference is big enough to overcome that.
It costs one more compared with Night's
Dealings, but it doesn't cost you 2 life.
If I were playing blue, I would definately
include this in any casual deck. I would also
play this in any Type 2 deck (if I were blue).
In limited, I tend to not like card draw, and
blue seems to be a weak color right now. This
would be better than most 23rd cards though, so
I would probably play this if I were blue.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 3.5 |
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Jeff Zandi
5
Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Counsel of the
Soratami
I don't think the best limited players in the
world want to play two or three of these in
their decks, but Counsel of the Soratami can be
the right kind of card for many limited
Champions of Kamigawa decks, allowing you to
drill down a little further into your forty
cards to find the cards you need to win. The
three casting cost is just fine for Kamigawa
limited formats.
Apparently, lots of people get the art on this
card confused with several of the small blue
flying creatures in this set, because they will
place Counsel of the Soratami on the table,
then, noticing what they have done, quickly grab
the Counsel and put it back in their hand,
replacing it on the table with a 2/1 or 3/1
flyer. This card has no particular use in
constructed play, where there are many better
options for card-drawing cards.
CONSTRUCTED: 1.5
CASUAL: 1.5
LIMITED: 3.0 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
Counsel of the
Soratami - Monday
This card has to be decent right? It's a
sorcery, so that might turn some people off, but
other than that, I'd expect this card to see
some play. Slower control decks love cards that
let them draw other cards. On top of that, it
will probably see a lot of play in Kamigawa
Block Constructed play. I wouldn't expect many
casual players to enjoy this card. It's not
really better at card drawing efficiency than
any other card that most are already playing.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 2
Limited: 4 |
Paul
Hagan |
Counsel of the
Soratami --
In days where there are very few instant-speed
card-draw spells, I can't complain too much
about Consel of Soratami. For the same amount of
mana, you can get one deeper with Thirst for
Knowledge, but you also have to lose one,
possibly two, so you wind up netting just as
many (or more) cards. It's splashable with the
lone blue mana in its cost, but overall, Counsel
of Soratami isn't anything special.
In any sort of casual environment, there are a
lot better cards available, making Counsel a bit
worse than it is in limited. When Accumulate
Knowledge, Fact or Fiction, Brainstorm, and many
others are available, why play a lesser card?
I would definitely play this card in limited.
Card draw seems to be that much better in a
limited format, and this card fits easily into
almost any blue deck.
Constructed Rating: 2.5
Casual Rating: 2.0
Limited Rating: 3.0 |
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Monk |
Counsel of the
Soratami
In Limited, this
card tends to make the cut every time, helping
refill my hand when I need it, or simply drawing
two extra cards on turn three if I don’t have a
turn three drop. Admittedly I play it most on
turn six or seven, when I lay my sixth land,
case a three drop and this spell. In
constructed, it simply doesn’t match up with
other card draw spells in the format, and is
unlikely to be used very often. Solid in
limited, just not quite making the cut in
constructed.
Constructed:
2
Casual:
2
Limited:
4
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