It doesn't grant you any lands, but teh fact
that it doesn't say "basic" is a great help. You
can go get your Mutavaults and Treetop Villages!
You can fix your mana for your 5-color
elementals! Of course, four mana is a bit much
for breaking even on land count, but then you do
get to thin your deck a bit as well.
Constructed: I have heard some hype about this
card during the Pre Release, but so far nothing
has really come up. It is set up for a green
heavy deck with the 2 green in its mana cost. It
can really thin you deck out in the mid and late
game. It is a little over cost for setting up
your mana base, there a better and cheaper cards
to do that. Not very usuable.
Casual: It's just another card to sit in the
binder. Some might use it but not around these
parts.
Limited: Sealed deck, I probably will not use it
except for the concept of thinning the deck out
of lands or setting up your mana base if you are
going more than 3 colors, but in Lorwyn sealed
deck why would you? Draft; not a top pick, alot
of better green commons and uncommons.
All it is a very expensive Crop Rotation. I
think if it was an instant it would have been a
whole lot better.
Let me know if it does better than what I rate
it.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 2
Limited: 2
David Fanany
Player since
1995
Scapeshift
The non-domain version of Gaea's Balance, and
arguably even better. You can sacrifice all the
lands you used to play Scapeshift to get four
Cloudposts; or an Urza's Mine, a Tower, a Power
Plant, and Vesuva; or two Mutavaults and two
Treetop Villages; or the Tabernacle at Pendrell
Vale, Karakas, Maze of Ith, and Rishadan Port;
or indeed any other game-winning combination you
like. Notice that unlike some recent cards that
scream "Combo!" or "Johnny-bait!", this card
actually makes good combos. Take advantage of it
while it lasts.
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 5/5
Limited: 3/5
The Missing
Linc
-Balding
for just over 5 years
-Playing MTG for just over 10
Scapeshift|
This is a card I love due to it's Jonnyness (is
that a word?). Anyway, many have talked about
the combo with cloudpost and vesuva and this.
Just be sure to have a cloudpost out when this
resolves as vesuva can only copy what is in play
when it comes into play. For me, I have been
trying to revisit this card in the old 42 land
deck. I think this may allow it to have greater
flexibility and make a comeback. Time will tell.
This card is narrow, but in the right deck,
powerful. Not a bad color fixer in limited.
Constructed: 2 in most 4.5 in some
Casual: 2
Limited: 3
PsychoAnime
#1
Magic Noob in Canada since 2002
Scapeshift
This card seems to have a lot of potential with
Cloudposts, and even the Urza lands, but if it
actually got them out better than other existing
methods, then it would have already done so by
now. It hasn't, so it is just outclassed by
other cards. It's not that bad though, and it
has potential as there could easily be some card
that's released that makes this very good, and
the other cards that outclass this are not
available in the format.
In limited, I don't see much use for this. If
you could play this, then you're likely not mana
screwed or colour screwed. At best it thins out
the deck, which itself could be a problem with
Jace Beleran in the format.
Everything about this card makes me want to give
it a high rating. It seems extremely powerful.
It almost seems like a card I want to include
even one-of in any deck that can cast it. Why
not clear out your lands and draw more goods? As
it stands though, no one seems to be taking
advantage of it. Maybe WotC managed ot make a
card with all the makings of a powerful tool,
yet it is completely balanced in every way.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 2
Limited: 3
Swordmaster13
Friday's card
is Scapeshift. This card allows you to sacrifice
as many lands as you want to play lands of the
same amount from your deck. You will probably be
running heavy to medium amounts of green thanks
to the casting cost, but Scapeshift can be great
in the right deck, fetching any land of your
choice. It could also be a way around
Countryside Crusher as well, allowing you to sac
your lands to make him bigger and get more.
I was sure this was going to be a good card when
I first saw it, but now I’m not so sure. In
theory, Scapeshift should be an elegant way to
essentially swap the lands you have in play for
other lands in your deck. But in limited, you
just never want to waste a turn playing this
card. In constructed, Scapeshift has not yet
become a big hit, but I can see it in Extended
decks that want to get a set of Urza’s lands
into play, or Cloudposts, or even to simply get
all five basic land types into play. It’s pretty
impressive that his card can search out
non-basic lands from your deck directly into
play.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.5
CASUAL: 3.5
LIMITED: 2.0
v0rac10u5
Scapeshift
Scapeshift has some fun interactions with
several cards. In Standard, it gets your
Countryside Crushers big in a hurry. In
Extended, it can get your Vinelasher Kudzu from
a 1/1 to a 9/9 in one turn (sacrifice four lands
to get four Flagstones of Trokair [+4/+4], they
kick and you get four Ravinica lands [+4/+4]).
In limited, I don’t know why you would want to
play this card.
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Constructed: 4
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Casual: 3
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Limited: 1
Miguel
Silva
Friday:
Scapeshift
Constructed: I have heard some hype about
this card during the Pre Release, but so far
nothing has really come up. It is set up for
a green heavy deck with the 2 green in its
mana cost. It can really thin you deck out
in the mid and late game. It is a little
over cost for setting up your mana base,
there a better and cheaper cards to do that.
Not very usuable.
Casual:
It's just another card to sit in the binder.
Some might use it but not around these
parts.
Limited:
Sealed deck, I probably will not use it
except for the concept of thinning the deck
out of lands or setting up your mana base if
you are going more than 3 colors, but in
Lorwyn sealed deck why would you? Draft; not
a top pick, alot of better green commons and
uncommons.
All it is
a very expensive Crop Rotation. I think if
it was an instant it would have been a whole
lot better.
Let me
know if it does better than what I rate it.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 2
Limited:
2
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