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Nissa
Worldwaker
- Amonkhet
Reviewed
July 14, 2017
Constructed: 3.13
Casual: 4.13
Limited: 4.50
Multiplayer: 3.67
Commander [EDH]: 3.75
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Nissa, Worldwaker
Nissa looks very determined on this card, and
also younger than I thought she was. I'm going
to feel bad if ever I cast Nissa's Defeat, from
Hour of Devastation. Actually, there are a lot
of things in that set that are rather depressing
- I'm actually getting a little
apocalypse-fatigued with some of these new
expansions. For a lot of fantasy writers, the
extremes seem to involve either the entire world
being destroyed, or personal stakes where people
you've come to love die (hi, Game of Thrones).
Surely there's more of a middle ground
somewhere.
There are a couple of things to note about
Nissa, Worldwaker. The first is that the ability
which turns a forest into a creature is
permanent - don't forget which one you targeted,
and be careful of Hallowed Burial! The second is
that her other +1 takes you from five mana to
like ten or more, so it goes well with Eldrazi
(despite not really being in flavor with respect
to the Battle for Zendikar block); along with
her ultimate, I think this might make her
technically the most purely efficient green ramp
card ever printed, even for the high-ish casting
cost.
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 4/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5 |
James H. |
Nissa, Worldwaker
is...interesting. She was the first Nissa
planeswalker after they decided to make Nissa
their new green exemplar. Her abilities are
interesting, though there's an odd lack of
synergy between them at times, and she seems to
play pretty awkwardly at times.
She can go one of two ways
for her +1: untap a bunch of lands, or animate a
land to smash face. Untapping lands does help
with accelerating out your board faster, and it
even can be used to stick a four drop after
Nissa. Of course, if you don't need that, you
can just send Elementals into the red zone.
Her ultimate asks for you
to have a lot of basic Forests. A lot. That's
not always ideal for a deck, since you want to
pack in a lot of lands with utility beyond being
basic. That said, it's a way to amass an army to
end the game, as long as a board sweeper doesn't
ruin your day.
Constructed: 3.25
Casual: 4.25
Limited: 5
Multiplayer: 3.25
Commander: 3.5
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