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Mechanized Production
- Aether Revolt
Reviewed
Feb. 20, 2017
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 4.25
Limited: 2.75
Multiplayer: 4
Commander [EDH]: 3.88
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David Fanany
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Mechanized Production
Alternate win conditions are always going to get
attention, and rightly so, especially when they
change the way a deck approaches a match. This
card is probably about as close as you're going
to get to an "economic victory" style in Magic,
and is an interesting twist for decks based on
copying and cloning things. It works equally
well when you're copying someone else's things
and your own things, and even when you are just
going all-in on Sharding Sphinx. I expect this
card to get a lot of attention in casual and EDH
settings, so be ready!
Constructed: 2/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 2/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5
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James H. |
Mechanized Production (2/20)
An instant-win card always will get noticed.
Mechanized Production is most notable for that
little bit of text (“you win the game” always
gets attention), but it’s better than a card
like Barren Glory in that it gives you something
even on turns you don’t win the game. The win
condition doesn't need to be 8 copies of the
enchanted artifact, too; it could be, say, 8
Servo tokens or 8 Thopters. Ideally Thopters,
because Thopters are legit.
It's a four mana enchantment that doesn't start
working until the turn after it resolves, which
is a problem. It’s an Aura, which also is a
problem (Auras are very fragile). If you can
protect this, it can legitimately win you
games. But protecting it can be a problem, and
you need a good shell to get this to do more
than maybe make one copy of an artifact during
the game.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 3.5
Multiplayer: 4
Commander: 3.75
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