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Revel in
Riches
- Ixalan
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
Constructed: 2.00
Casual: 3.00
Limited: 3.00
Multiplayer: 3.00
Commander [EDH]: 3.00
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Revel in Riches
This is a very tempting card to build around -
not just because of that magical "you win the
game" text, but because of all the gold
doubloons in the art! It's not as easy as some,
of course, because it's not only has a mid- to
late-game mana cost that gets you into the area
where you might actually be running low on cards
yourself, but also specifically needs your
opponent to have enough creatures to trigger it
reliably. It's certainly an interesting way to
punish opponents who rely heavily on graveyard
shenanigans of various kinds, and you can always
take advantage of the treasure-creating clause
on its own, although that might be a little slow
to include in a constructed deck that isn't
trying to win with the card.
Constructed: 2/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 3/5
Multiplayer: 3/5
EDH/Commander: 3/5
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James H. |
Revel in Riches (9/25)
He who dies with the most, wins. Or something.
Revel in Riches is definitely worth at least a
look, thanks to that little line of text at the
bottom: if you start a turn with 10 or more
Treasure tokens, you win. And it even makes you
Treasure with its static effect, giving you one
when an opponent’s creature kicks the bucket.
As a five-mana enchantment with little immediate
impact on the board, I don’t love this. There’s
a tension between using the Treasure you get to
make bigger and cuddlier things and hoarding it
to trigger the instant win, and it seems like an
easy trap to fall into, sitting on Treasure
until you die. If you can avoid that and mostly
focus on the token generation, this seems more
likely to benefit you long-term. And it also
gives your board wipes a massive upside, so
there is that.
I can see people trying to make this work in
Constructed, and it could well get there!
Treasure generation is definitely common in this
set, and this is a nice top-end reward for
looting and pillaging. Just don’t get caught up
in hoarding treasure to the exclusion of playing
the game.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 5
Limited: 2.75
Multiplayer: 4.5
Commander: 4.5 |
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