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Paradox
Engine
- Aether Revolt
Reviewed
Feb. 15, 2017
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 4.38
Limited: 3.25
Multiplayer: 4.00
Commander [EDH]: 4.00
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James H. |
Paradox Engine (2/15)
This one is sure to get the creative juices
flowing. Paradox Engine, like Gonti’s Aether
Heart, also has abusable elements to it, and
this one is specifically geared to work with
Improvise, Convoke, mana rocks, and similar
mechanics. Being able to untap everything that
isn’t a land means, if you have mana rocks,
spells can fuel future spells. This is part of
an abusable combo in Standard with Aetherflux
Reservoir; if you can untap all of your
permanents to cats even more spells, you can
build up a huge sequence of spells to drop a
lethal Aetherflux Reservoir trigger on them.
Fun infinite combos aside, this is still a 5
mana artifact that has to sit around for at
least a turn before it can really do what you
want it to. It's going to have use in Standard
and even other formats, because the effect is so
powerful, but I don't think the ceiling on this
is much higher than “fun toy".
Constructed: 3
Casual: 4.75
Limited: 3.5
Multiplayer: 4
Commander: 4 |
David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Paradox Engine
I don't have the book on hand right now, but I'm
pretty sure that there's a Pathfinder RPG book
that mentions a "Paradox Engine". It was a
passage intended to illustrate that St.
Cuthbert's Cudgel has been seen on innumerable
mysterious worlds and dimensions, and so didn't
have any detail so as to leave things ambiguous;
we have no reason to think there's any
relationship (the recent Zendikar and Innistrad
mini-sourcebooks for D&D notwithstanding). I
choose to believe there is, though. If Ajani
shows up in Amonkhet carrying an unadorned
wooden club that hits like a magic sword, we'll
know for sure.
Paradox Engine looks like it has a built-in
limitation, as our instinct is that we use lands
to cast spells. Of course, that would be
forgetting about Coalition Relic. Or Priest of
Titania - I think there's probably some kind of
infinite-mana combo possible with her (another
one, that is). It's a little slow for
constructed play, but the potential interactions
are sure to be very attractive in more casual
settings.
Constructed: 2/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 3/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5 |
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