Lovely card, and definitely got the Jeskai feel to it. i.e., best played with U and/or R, and if you play this with Blue you can probably keep it alive very well in addition to its blink effect. (More Izzet Duplicate shenanigans)
If you are able to cast two non creature spells, Ojutai's Exemplar can gain first strike, deal damage and then flicker itself rendering itself unharmed.
I doubt it. It can only be protected if you have an instant and mana available to cast it, and it has no immediate impact on the board. It wants to be in Jeskai tempo or UW heroic style decks, but those decks generally want cheap creatures to pump up. If anything I think he would be good for those decks against control.
I doubt it. It can only be protected if you have an instant and mana available to cast it, and it has no immediate impact on the board. It wants to be in Jeskai tempo or UW heroic style decks, but those decks generally want cheap creatures to pump up. If anything I think he would be good for those decks against control.
Aetherling could only be protected if you cast it later to have flicker mana up, and had no immediate impact on the board. Your point?
The jeskai decka are incredible now. Deckbuilding is going to be so hard, just because there are so many good cards for those colors that I can't use them all.
As for this card, does anyone remember aetherling? Granted, they are very different cards, but the plan is similar: stall until this guy comes out, protect him and proceed to win the game. I like that, unlike aetherling, this guy's lifelink ability can help stabilize a low life total. Sadly, he can't dodge wraths, but I think that's fine, because he can basically fill the role of a wrath by protecting you from all your opponent's creatures. Love the card. I expect to see it in both UW(x) control and creature light jeskai prowess strategies with cards like monastery mentor, soulfire grandmaster, and the new narset.
I doubt it. It can only be protected if you have an instant and mana available to cast it, and it has no immediate impact on the board. It wants to be in Jeskai tempo or UW heroic style decks, but those decks generally want cheap creatures to pump up. If anything I think he would be good for those decks against control.
Aetherling could only be protected if you cast it later to have flicker mana up, and had no immediate impact on the board. Your point?
Aetherling only needed mana, this needs mana and an instant in hand that has a valid target. It's much, much harder to protect, that is my point. Elspeth makes an impact right away in the same colors and PLA, as much as I don't like the card, is much easier to protect. This is better for a more midrange/tempo deck to stabilize and finish with.
Pretty sweet; reminds me a bit of Aetherling, except that instead of spending mana just to protect or buff him, you spend the mana on other stuff and get the effect anyway. Of course that's contingent on having the gas in your hand, but the discounted CMC is still pretty darn good. I remember when a 4/4 for 4 CMC in white meant drawbacks, not awesome upside stapled onto it...
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It isn't, much, much harder to protect. Just harder. You just compared a creature to a planeswalker, and PLA is just bad. Only thing that makes me sad is it is a nonbo with Elspeth's -2.
So this is like a card that has super-special prowess. Seems like it could be the top of the curve on some kind of RW prowess deck. Being able to effectively cast a charm as a creature ability is pretty huge and potentially powerful.
If you are able to cast two non creature spells, Ojutai's Exemplar can gain first strike, deal damage and then flicker itself rendering itself unharmed.
How can the exile effect dodge removal? If my opponent casts a spell on it and I respond with exiling it, then it will still come back before the removal spell resolves? (And it will still be a legal target?)
When it comes back it's a completely different iteration of itself. So it's no longer a legal target (though technically it's the same physical card)
How can the exile effect dodge removal? If my opponent casts a spell on it and I respond with exiling it, then it will still come back before the removal spell resolves? (And it will still be a legal target?)
It comes back as a new "object". When a spell with targets is announced, those targets are locked in. If the creature flickers, it's no longer the same creature.
It's like how Auras and Equipment fall off when a creature flickers.
How can the exile effect dodge removal? If my opponent casts a spell on it and I respond with exiling it, then it will still come back before the removal spell resolves? (And it will still be a legal target?)
In MTG any spell that loses all its targets at some point will 'fizzle' and get countered.
How can the exile effect dodge removal? If my opponent casts a spell on it and I respond with exiling it, then it will still come back before the removal spell resolves? (And it will still be a legal target?)
It won't be the same target. Even if it's the same card, a creature returned from another zone is a different creature.
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As for this card, does anyone remember aetherling? Granted, they are very different cards, but the plan is similar: stall until this guy comes out, protect him and proceed to win the game. I like that, unlike aetherling, this guy's lifelink ability can help stabilize a low life total. Sadly, he can't dodge wraths, but I think that's fine, because he can basically fill the role of a wrath by protecting you from all your opponent's creatures. Love the card. I expect to see it in both UW(x) control and creature light jeskai prowess strategies with cards like monastery mentor, soulfire grandmaster, and the new narset.
Aetherling only needed mana, this needs mana and an instant in hand that has a valid target. It's much, much harder to protect, that is my point. Elspeth makes an impact right away in the same colors and PLA, as much as I don't like the card, is much easier to protect. This is better for a more midrange/tempo deck to stabilize and finish with.
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Only works for White monks aparently
Does seem like they have been on a streak with solid white mythics. Wonder why they can't do the same for other colors.
I dunno, Mono White felt massively shafted in RTR/THeros standard, the only devotion deck that didn't see any real good play.
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When it comes back it's a completely different iteration of itself. So it's no longer a legal target (though technically it's the same physical card)
It comes back as a new "object". When a spell with targets is announced, those targets are locked in. If the creature flickers, it's no longer the same creature.
It's like how Auras and Equipment fall off when a creature flickers.
In MTG any spell that loses all its targets at some point will 'fizzle' and get countered.
It won't be the same target. Even if it's the same card, a creature returned from another zone is a different creature.
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