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Mox
Diamond
Stronghold
Reviewed January 19, 2005
Constructed: 3.50
Casual: 3.25
Limited: 2.50
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Jeff Zandi
5
Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Mox Diamond
It's easy for some old-timers to look down on
Mox Diamond and Chrome Mox as being too far
below the original five Moxes in value and
usefulness to be worth talking about. In their
day, the original Moxes weren't valuable because
you could trade a fistful of them for a used
car, they were valuable because they could add
deadly speed to a deck. Mox Diamond, even with
the card disadvantage that it causes, can
deliver the same kind of deadly speed to a deck,
as has has been proven in a number of decks over
the years. Many decks were able to speed to
victory by being having access to two colored
mana on turn one.
CONSTRUCTED: 4.5
CASUAL: 4.5
LIMITED: 2.0 |
Ray "Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Mox Diamond
Mox Diamond has always been a card that I have
good and bad feelings about.
It provides me with a way to tap for any color
mana, but it costs me a card.
It can provide me with mana acceleration, but it
still costs me a card, and that card has to be a
land. So Land,Mox,5 non land cards is worse than
Land, Land, 5 non land cards. Add on to that the
fact that Mox Diamond is highly susceptible to
artifact destruction spells, and I always worry
the Mox is going to be killed early, costing me
card disadvantage without a lot of benefit. I
know the value of being able to go Mox Diamond,
pitch a land, play a Tundra, tap, tap, play turn
one Crystalline Sliver or Meddling Mage, but
still, I always feel like it may have not been
worth the risk.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 3
Limited: 1 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
Mox Diamond -
Wednesday
This card was such a beating when it first came
out. It was a highly useful card in five color
decks. Since then, it's popularity has waned a
bit. Some of this is due to the creation of
Chrome Mox.
It may not seem like much, but the ability of
the Chrome Mox lets you play less land and
that's a huge benefit for some decks.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 3
Limited: 3 |
Paul
Hagan |
Mox Diamond –
At one point, I would have said this card is
insanely powerful, and to a degree, it still is.
You can get that early jump on mana in the game,
which can be absolutely devastating if your
opponent is caught unaware. However, when Chrome
Mox hit the scene, I immediately began to ignore
Mox Diamond a bit. With Chrome Mox, you have a
little bit more variety, and it doesn’t hurt
that in case of emergency, you can always resort
to using a Wish to get your card back. The
Diamond, on the other hand, requires that you
lose a land from your hand that you could have
played in the future, with the benefit that you
get the mana now. Don’t get me wrong, Mox
Diamond is still a solid card, but other cards
have pushed it aside a bit.
Constructed Rating: 3.0
Casual Rating: 2.5
Limited Rating: 2.5 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Mox Diamond
Not used as much as first anticipated, It still
remains one of the fastest out-and-out
acceleration cards available, though in general
it has been trumped recently by chrome mox,
since chrome mox can go in a "land slot" in your
deck and this one is a bit harder to fit.
constructed 3
casual 3
limited 2.5 |
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Chris
Gerhardt
*
game store owner
(Shuffle and Cut) |
Mox Diamond
Retarded. Mox
Diamond is a very high powered card, and
demand for it is high. An artifact that can
be utilized in any multicolor deck, it's
well worth its cost. Mana smoothing is
always a good thing, and this card has found
its way into quite a few Extended and Type 1
decks.
In casual, a
bit expensive for the pocketbook, but of
course still an excellent card. In limited,
mana smoothing can never be argued with
except in a rare mono-color situation.
Constructed
- 4.5
Casual - 3.5
Limited - 4
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