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Today's card of the day is Vines of Vastwood
which is a new spin on the Giant Growth formula.
For one mana this can give a creature "troll
shroud" for a turn, but for two it does that and
gives +4/+4. As the most common answer to a
Giant Growth is the opportunity for your
opponent to remove the creature it is cast on,
so preventing that can work wonders for your
offense. Even more devastating is responding to
something like Path to Exile with this making
the creature your opponent wanted gone stick
around instead and temporarily increase in size.
Generally using it in response to an effect is
preferred as otherwise your opponent can simply
respond to Vines with their removal netting a
two for one card advantage.
For Constructed, Casual, and Multiplayer this
is a good alternative to playing Giant Growth
even with the added mana cost as it is more
versatile and far less vulnerable. The extra
+1/+1 can make a difference as well and I expect
to see some decks testing this out in all
formats.
With Limited this is a great card to play
when running Green as it can protect and
increase power as needed. If Green is your main
color in Booster this should be a fairly high
draft pick as there won't be much in the way of
removal, so protection and acceleration are
higher choices. In Sealed I'd include this in
pretty much any deck with a Green as the basis,
but would be a bit less likely to splash it. Two
Green for the full effect is difficult at
instant speed with a more dedicated mana base,
so be sure to check your land ratio to see if
casting this early on is feasible. If you are
unlikely to have two Green mana available on
your opponent's turn going into the midgame you
may want to keep this in the sidedeck unless you
expect a great deal of targeted removal and want
to use Vines in that role primarily.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 3.5
Limited: 3.5
Multiplayer: 3.5
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