Mimic Vat has already attracted a lot of
attention as a build-around card for Standard
constructed. I'm sure other people are more
familiar with the current format than I am, so
we'll take their word for it and look forward to
seeing it there. I think a lot of multiplayer
decks are going to be equally excited to see it
- everyone loves playing with powerful activated
and triggered abilities like Vampire Hexmage
and Flametongue Kavu, but when there are a lot
of players in the game, it makes it much more
likely that someone will be able to deal with
them. Using abilities like that more than once
is great. Being able to do it at will, at
instant speed? That's just harsh.
Today's card of the day is Mimic Vat which is a
three mana artifact with Imprint, but the rare
option of being able to change what is imprinted
which adds dramatically to the versatility and
powerones of the card.
For the three mana activation cost being able to
reuse creatures that leave play at the end of
turn or with comes into play effects like the
Titan cycle this is a major bargain. It
can also be used against an opponent's creatures
that return from the graveyard by taking
advantage of the exile part of the effect adding
another level to an already impressive effect.
Overall this is an excellent card that is easy
to run in any deck as it is colorless with low
costs to play and activate, so expect to see it
popping up as a tech option in several designs.
For limited this is a major card that takes
advantage of any true bomb creature by making
more of them. A first pick from any pack
in Booster and an automatic choice to play in
Sealed as it compliments any deck running or
facing creatures. Even in the worst case
scenario this provides some benefit whenever you
have three mana available and the creature
choice can be improved whenever a stronger
creature is sent to the graveyard. The
only weakness is needing to have that creature
dealt with first, but aside from that this has
incredible potential and should not be
overlooked.
