I'll be honest, it took me a minute to realize what it actually said. For the briefest of moments, my brain went "Well of COURSE you control it, you put it on YOUR creatures!"
I haven't slept well recently.
Anyways, I like the card. It's not fantastic, but it seems fun.
I'm very glad to see Bestow used in this way. I know Bestow has to be uncomfortably overcosted all the time, which makes me sad, but I still like the card.
It's good if your deck wants a 1/1 flier early game that has the option of being a control magic in the end game. That's a fine place to be, but what decks out there want that particular combination of abilities?
I'm sad about the costing to it, but I am glad that they did this. I'm hoping there's a full rarecycle of Bestow that does stuff cards, like an Arrest-like effect or the like.
It's good if your deck wants a 1/1 flier early game that has the option of being a control magic in the end game. That's a fine place to be, but what decks out there want that particular combination of abilities?
It's good if your deck wants a 1/1 flier early game that has the option of being a control magic in the end game. That's a fine place to be, but what decks out there want that particular combination of abilities?
Mono blue devotion?
Not as effective or good as Judge's familiar or Cloudfin as a vanilla 1/1, and seeing as it's an aggro deck getting to 7 lands sounds like they've lost already.
I'm sure it's been mentioned somewhere before, Edric really loves this card for Commander. Another 1/1 flying one drop in colour, but wait there's more you get an extra ability incase something should go wrong. I can't tell you how much I like this card for the good ol' Spymaster of Trest.
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I dunno. I could easily see playing this in place of 1-2 Judge's Familiars. Mono-U usually runs a Nykthos, so getting a control magic is not at all unreasonable. If it can easily cast Cyclonic Rift, it can cast one of these. I'm gonna start it as a 1-of, and if it performs well, I may bump it up.
Playing it for its mana cost is almost never happenning. This is a Yavimaya's Embrace that gives +1/+1 flying instead of +2/+2 trample, and additionnaly leaves a blocker behind. Good, a bomb in Limited, but maybe not good enough for Standard.
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It's Spirit Away that gives +1/+1 less and can be cast as a Flying Men early game.
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I'm surprised this wasn't a 2/2 like it was originally intended to be. Actually it was supposed to be a dragon as well costing 2 and bestowing for 5. I wonder why they made it this bad :/
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I'm surprised this wasn't a 2/2 like it was originally intended to be. Actually it was supposed to be a dragon as well costing 2 and bestowing for 5. I wonder why they made it this bad :/
Source on this 'original version,' as I have a hard time seeing:
1. Red getting to permanently take control of a permanent.
2. A dragon in blue, that's a Bear, and all upside.
You don't call "dying to removal" if the removal is more expensive in resources than the creature. If you have to spend BG (Abrupt Decay), or W + basic land (PtE) to remove a 1G, that is not "dying to removal". Strictly speaking Goyf dies to removal, but actually your removal is dying to Goyf.
If Mono-U is a deck post-rotation, it's going to play this. Really, Judge's Familiar might be bad enough that this is worth playing over it. The deck is already willing to play a 1/1 flier for U with marginal upside, and the upside on this thing is huge if you get to 7 mana, which, given that mono-U plays 25 lands, happens a good amount of the time.
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Expensive, but this is sort of screaming for U/W Hero of Iroas deck
Sorry feel free to delete didn't see it when i first clicked the mothership thread
I'll be honest, it took me a minute to realize what it actually said. For the briefest of moments, my brain went "Well of COURSE you control it, you put it on YOUR creatures!"
I haven't slept well recently.
Anyways, I like the card. It's not fantastic, but it seems fun.
It's good if your deck wants a 1/1 flier early game that has the option of being a control magic in the end game. That's a fine place to be, but what decks out there want that particular combination of abilities?
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Sorry, it had to happen.
I'm sad about the costing to it, but I am glad that they did this. I'm hoping there's a full rarecycle of Bestow that does stuff cards, like an Arrest-like effect or the like.
Mono blue devotion?
Not as effective or good as Judge's familiar or Cloudfin as a vanilla 1/1, and seeing as it's an aggro deck getting to 7 lands sounds like they've lost already.
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At 6 it would be Mind Control with just enough of an extra to make it playable. At 7 - vomit.
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It's Spirit Away that gives +1/+1 less and can be cast as a Flying Men early game.
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Control needs more love.
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Source on this 'original version,' as I have a hard time seeing:
1. Red getting to permanently take control of a permanent.
2. A dragon in blue, that's a Bear, and all upside.
Otherwise go go gadget limited fuel. :/
Good thing this isn't a faerie!
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10/10, I tapped.
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Sower of Temptation has a decent price tag. This is in standard and will be a ten cent rare.
JOU is getting closer to AVR...
Good job Wizards. lol
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Modern can use Ranger of Eos to tutor two of these from the library.