Like many of the cards in the Time Spiral block,
this is a historical reference even though it
doesn't necessarily look like one: not only to
Legends' Urborg, but also to an obscure Visions
card called Blanket of Night. Since legendary
cards go by name rather than by type as
planeswalkers do, you can actually have this and
the original Urborg in the same deck, which is
pretty funny. Unfortunately, they don't
interact, but that doesn't really matter so much
when the Tomb of Yawgmoth does combine with just
about every black card in Magic. Its
applications from Time Spiral Standard, where it
was used to fit cards like Tendrils of
Corruption and Korlash, Heir to Blackblade into
multicolor decks to devastating effect, are
really just the beginning. Black is very likely
to remain one of the colors most likely
to encourage sacrificing color diversity for
power, and this card lets you mitigate that
sacrifice at very little cost to yourself.
Welcome back readers todays card of the day is
Urborg Tomb of Yawgmoth, poor Yawgmoth.. In
standard not legal moving on. In modern this
card could see a fringe amount of play helping
fix mana bases perhaps in some sort of combo
decks or just to fix a man base in a color heavy
deck. In legacy and vintage it could fulfill the
same purpose and can combine with Cabal Coffers.
In casual and multiplayer this card is insane
and combined with Cabal Coffers in everything
from commander to regular decks allows a player
access to loads of mana and allows Cabal to
count as a swamp. This card is also great
outside of mono black decks combined with cards
such as Karma as a cheap combo to take on
multiple opponents. In limited it could be
decent mana fixing so not the worst pick but not
the highest either it’s a money card however.
Overall a powerful card for mono black Cabal
Coffers fueled decks and mana fixing in general
and can open some interesting combo applications
as well.
Today's card of the day is Urborg, Tomb of
Yawgmoth which is a Legendary land that makes
all lands into a Swamp in addition to any
existing type or effect. This is an
excellent addition to any Black deck running
additional colors, particularly for effects that
count Swamps, when using lands without colored
mana production, or offensively for Swampwalking
creatures. Multiple copies would increase
the chances of getting it early, but adds the
drawback of possibly getting multiples and
costing a land drop by not being another option.
Overall this is an easy singleton to include in
nearly any Black deck as the only possible
downside is an effect that punishes non-basic
lands.
For Limited this is an excellent color fixer
that does have the possible drawback of fixing
an opponent's mana if they are also playing
Black.
This is less of a concern in a single table
Booster draft as it isn't likely for more than
one other player to be running the color and in
any size draft it is a solid first pick. In
Sealed this can easily allow splashing of Black
or just support a multicolor build and aside
from the chance of an opponent both using Black
mana and needing more when Urborg is played
there is no major risk in using this.
Welcome to
another great card of the day review here at
Pojo.com! We close out our week with a look at
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth from the From The Vault
Realms set, which comes out tomorrow. Urborg, is
obviously a land, but it is a legendary land.
Urborg turns all lands into Swamps in addition
to their other land types.
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth is one of my
favorite cards coming out in the new FTV: Realms
set. I had the pleasure of packing an Urborg.
The best use for it always was in Zombie decks.
You use Zombie Master, or find other ways of
giving Swampwalk, and there are a bunch, and
then go to town direct attacking your opponent.
Plus, turning all of your lands into a Swamp can
have other fun effects. Then your Nightmare is
as big as the number of lands you have, Mutilate
should clear the board, and there is so much
more.
I really loved Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth. There
are so many decks that it can go into, so many
different ways to exploit it, and just so much
fun to use. Of course, many people still run
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth so that they can give
Phage, the Untouchable Swampwalk and go in for
the kill.
