Is there something about this card that
basically asks to be issued and re-issued in
mythology-inspired blocks? If you know what that
is, please let me know. It's pretty tempting to
turn any creature into a Birds of Paradise, but
of course that's not precisely what you're doing
- the activation cost keeps it from getting
entirely out of hand. Not to mention the fact
that there are a lot of creatures that you'd
probably rather be attacking with than tapping
to make more mana. Still, color fixing can be
hard to come by in limited settings, and an
extra color at the right time can literally save
the game.
Today's card of the day is Springleaf Drum
which is a one mana artifact that taps to tap an
untapped creature you control and add one mana
of any color to your mana pool. This is a
decent acceleration card that turns any creature
into a Birds of Paradise with Haste for the
turn.
While of particular use in a multicolor deck it
is also support for Inspired and is a solid
early game play for decks working towards more
of a middle or endgame strategy instead of pure
aggro.
In Limited this is a very useful card when
running multiple colors and the support for
Inspired, particularly on the turn the creature
enters play, shouldn't be overlooked. A
solid second or third pick in Booster as a low
cost mana fixer for any deck that also has
additional applications. In Sealed this is
almost an automatic inclusion as running more
than one color is generally required.
