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Horobi's Whisper
Betrayers of Kamigawa
Reviewed February 7, 2005
Constructed: 3.00
Casual: 2.87
Limited: 4.00
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Horobi's
Whisper
Each of the cards featured in Card of the Day
this week was also reviewed in my column last
Friday in which I detailed
the TOP TWENTY COMMONS in Betrayers of Kamigawa.
Horobi's Whisper is one of the very best of all.
Obviously, the best thing about this card is the
alternate Splice onto Arcane cost of removing
four cards from your graveyard. Splice onto
Arcane = reusable removal. However, there are
several things about this card that make it
tricky to use. The good news is that you can
destroy a Spirit OR a non-Spirit, as long as the
target is not black, making this card better in
some ways than Rend Flesh or Rend Spirit. You
have to control a Swamp for this card to destroy
a creature. It's funny, the way this card has
been worded, it's possible for you to play this
card without controlling a Swamp, legally
targeting a non-black creature, just to have
Horobi's Whisper be countered at resolution time
if you don't control a Swamp. In Champions block
limited, this won't be a problem, if you have
two black mana available, one of them is very
likely to be a Swamp. The requirement of
controlling a Swamp to RESOLVE this spell, not
to simply legally PLAY this spell, is something
you should be sure not to forget. The two black
casting cost threatens to make this card
unsplashable. On the other hand, with the
possibility to make this card reusable,
especially in the late game when you have more
cards in your graveyard and are more likely to
have two black sources in play even when
splashing, this card may be TOO GOOD to leave
out of a deck, even if splashing as few as four
Swamps or even two or three Swamps in a green
deck with some land search.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.5
CASUAL: 4.0
LIMITED: 4.0 |
Ray "Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Horobi's
Whisper
Well, its not quite the same as Dark Banishing,
requiring you to actually have a Swamp in play,
but still, its not bad. The card is Arcane,
making it fantastic in block decks, and in
general any sort of removal like this is going
to be wonderful in limited, where removal is
often the game winner.
While the Splice cost seems to be where the card
would really shine, I never seemed to get to
splice it. In block, however, it should be easy
to get multiple uses out of it.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 3
Limited: 5 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
Horobi's Whisper - Monday
This is a very interesting removal card. In
the block constructed format, something like
this could be really powerful. It is even
scarier when you consider the number of
arcane spells that are in the format. With
all of the recent creature removal spells it
will be interesting to see where this one
takes it place on the ladder.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 3.5
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Paul
Hagan |
Horobi's
Whisper --
I can't really say this card is all that bad,
but I just wouldn't play it. There aren't a ton
of Arcane spells that I want to play, especially
in black, so the Splice onto Arcane benefit is
minimal. It has an additional black mana in the
cost, meaning it is slightly harder to play in a
multicolor deck than Dark Banishing. Finally,
why would you play this card when Rend Flesh is
available? Overall, Horobi's Whisper isn't bad
-- there are just better cards available.
In limited, the old rule of "any removal is good
removal" still applies, and there is a slightly
better chance of you playing a few arcane
spells. Depending on what colors you are in and
how you are doing on removal, this could be of
first-pick quality.
Constructed Rating: 2.5
Casual Rating: 2.0
Limited Rating: 3.5 |
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