David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Outpost Siege
I do like the "choose Khans or Dragons"
template in the cycle which Outpost Siege
belongs to. In this specific case, it's probably
just as well that it uses it, since you may not
always be able to exploit both of them in the
same deck - the first option probably helps any
red deck (seriously, I look at it as sort of the
red Phyrexian Arena), but only one damage per
creature leaving play really wants some kind of
vast Goblin and/or token horde, and many decks
don't have that. I suppose you could cast
multiples of the Siege in sequence if you really
wanted to use both, but no matter what you
decide to do, there's a lot to like about a card
that invites you to build around it in not one
but two ways.
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 3/5
Multiplayer: 3/5
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Michael "Maikeruu" Pierno |
Today's card of the day is Outpost Siege which
is a four mana Red enchantment which has a
choice of two effects when played. The
first allows you to exile the top card of your
library at the beginning of your upkeep then
until end of turn you can play it. This is a a
sort of one-sided Howling Mine that can shore up
Red's tendency to run out of steam in the middle
to late stages of a game, particularly mono-Red
burn. The second choice deals one damage
to target creature or player whenever a creature
you control leaves the battlefield. This
is better suited to swarm builds like goblins or
Boros or a sacrifice engine for a more
controlled burn or removal. Overall this is a
versatile card for Red that can work in many
popular designs, though the slightly high mana
cost will likely keep it from seeing a great
deal of play competitively.
In Limited this is a strong first pick in
Booster that primarily would be used for the
card advantage as the second effect is less
efficient when swarming is unlikely to be
available. For Sealed the single Red in
the mana cost and card advantage offered add
quite a bit of value to the Red pool and it
should be played whenever viable.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 3.5
Limited: 4.0
Multiplayer: 3.5
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