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Today we review what is probably my favorite
card in Worldwake, Bazaar Trader. For just two
mana the 1/1 Goblin can give control of a
creature, land, or artifact to an opponent. The
number of combinations that can be had are far
too many to be named, but include pretty much
anything with a penalty to the controller and
the entire Islandwalk/Islandhome themes that
Blue has had for years.
For Constructed and Multiplayer this can
potentially see some play, but is a bit too much
of a gimmick and dependent on specific cards to
stand by itself. It may be played in decks that
switch Abyssal Persecutor to the opponent for
the win or find a particularly broken
combination to reach the tournament level. It is
still a bit early to predict exactly where this
card will go competitively if anywhere.
In Casual this is the kind of card that sets
the imagination on fire and will have decks
built around it for years to come. Puca's
Mischief is often mentioned for deck ideas and
this is cheaper, works on lands, has no timing
restriction, and doesn't require the opponent to
have a permanent with an equal or lesser mana
cost. In addition the artwork and flavor are top
of the line which makes this one of the best
purely fun cards in recent memory.
With Limited there aren't too many situations
where you'd have a permanent you want to give to
your opponent. Abyssal Persecutor being one
example, but running into both rares seems
fairly unlikely. Even with that limitation a 1/1
for two is somewhat playable, but this is not a
first pick when opening a pack in Booster. I'd
be more likely to take an uncommon over this and
possibly a common source of removal unless Rare
drafting. With Sealed just look at it as another
1/1 Goblin and play it if needed as a creature,
but don't expect the ability to come up very
often.
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 5.0
Limited: 1.5
Multiplayer: 2.5
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