Is it too early to name Mirrorwing Dragon the best mythic for standard? It doesn't have haste, but the ability is downright brutal. There are a handful of situations where this could backfire, but often it will force your opponent to wipe their creatures. It may be enough to make people run Immolating Glare, Stasis Snare, etc. Being a dragon will also be relevant for a short time. It can also be used for a Zada, Hedron Grinder impression as well, but I'm not as concerned with that as hard hard to remove evasive threat. Maybe I'm falling for the old punisher mechanic though.
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3 creatures mean +1, +2, +3 = 6 extra damage if I had no clues. I get an additional +4 for the 4th creature and +5 for a 5th creature. Then I get extra damage equal to (#creatures * #clues before I cast Confront the Unknown)
This might just be an easy turn 6 win.
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Also, do not ever attack with that dragon unless you have sufficient blockers behind/vigilance. For all that protection that dragon grants itself, it also provides a free Zada-option for your opponents. Not fun swinging with a 4/5 dragon over a few 1/1s, then those 1/1s attack and a surprise pump spell targets your tapped dragon... and you can't invalidate the target unless you wipe your own board/have a sacrifice outlet. Fun times.
As for the worry that your opponent might use your dragon before you do - I wouldn't cast it until the turn I want it, unless my opponent were running Transgress the Mind or Duress
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I'm someone will have fun with these cards. Not sure who, though.
I mean maybe I'm paranoid but why would your opponent bother trying to kill Mirrorwing Dragon when they could cast, say, Giant Growth and kill you with their now huge creatures?
Did anyone else ever feel like it's weird that there are dragons on Innistrad? It really just doesn't feel like the plane for them at all. I was confused for a moment when I saw mirrorwing but then I remembered that there are dragons on the plane too... For some reason.
I feel you but they came up with a beautiful and unique style for Innistrad's dragons so I'm more than willing to overlook it. Delicate and elegant with wings like stained glass? That's incredibly Gothic.
I'm conflicted over the dragon. On the one hand I'm really glad it's not yet another damn eldrazi. On the other, I am really sick of seeing dragons on my gothic horror plane.
I'm conflicted over the dragon. On the one hand I'm really glad it's not yet another damn eldrazi. On the other, I am really sick of seeing dragons on my gothic horror plane.
I mean maybe I'm paranoid but why would your opponent bother trying to kill Mirrorwing Dragon when they could cast, say, Giant Growth and kill you with their now huge creatures?
There are no teir 1 or teir 2 standard decks that even run spells that would benefit from this. If my opponent wants to run giant growth effects to hedge against 1 card then I'm probably going to beat them anyways because of other deck building mistakes.
I had to re read the dragon. It's actually a lot better then I thought. Reflects all removal your opponents throw at it back at their own creatures and not ALL CREATURES like I thought, basically I was thinking it was more Ink-Treader Nephilim but this is a huge upside. <__< and yet another card I want to use with Natural affinity to give people a bad day, DAMN YOU WIZARDS STOP IT I'M EVIL ENOUGH AS IT IS!!!
In what universe? If you build a deck like that, and ever draw that hand, I will personally come to wherever you live, perform complicated acts of awestruck ********, then disembowel myself to escape the world that allowed something like this to occur and validate you.
Did anyone else ever feel like it's weird that there are dragons on Innistrad? It really just doesn't feel like the plane for them at all. I was confused for a moment when I saw mirrorwing but then I remembered that there are dragons on the plane too... For some reason.
I think it's kind of weird. Feels more like a marketing "dragons are most popular type" thing than them fitting the plane as much. They look unique and pretty but that is a pet peeve of mine.
That being said I like both cards here, they look interesting. I like the enchantment a lot, feels like a fun trickster kind of card.
Usually this red slot or similar slot is filled with big jank you wouldn't want to open. Someone goofed.
Could be abused.
I like it, haven't said that much so far this spoiler season.
Zada is still the better choice for the all-in combo version of the copy deck - leaves no chance for random blowouts. Lack of downside outweighs the few upsides.
That bring said, Mirrorwing has a chance to be good in Standard.
Eldrazi dragon was unlikely, and seems like a really poor choice for Innistrad. The entire point of Emrakul is showing the plane being warped, but dragons, while native, don't hit the theme of the plane as much as everything else. It would be like expecting an Eldrazi Lammasu if we visited Ravnica. It seems fine with where the corruptions been focused.
I want to put vessel of volatility in a deck with the blue enchantment and cast it turn five, realistically. Then watch my opponent who thought both cards were unplayable have their jaw drop as they have no idea how to respond. Okay, so they use dramokas command, but what if the top deck is one of their Gideon's and I get to cast take it. Seems unlikely, but they will have to worry about it, and I like that.
The problem with defining this format by what is "fun" is that everyone seems to define fun as what they don't lose to. If you keep losing to easily answered cards, that means you should improve your deck. If you don't want to improve your deck, then you should come to peace with the idea that you are going to lose because you chose to not interact with better strategies.
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Slip through Space + Confront the Unknown copied to all my creatures = GG.
3 creatures mean +1, +2, +3 = 6 extra damage if I had no clues. I get an additional +4 for the 4th creature and +5 for a 5th creature. Then I get extra damage equal to (#creatures * #clues before I cast Confront the Unknown)
This might just be an easy turn 6 win.
That's why I'd only ever run it with Dispel.
As for the worry that your opponent might use your dragon before you do - I wouldn't cast it until the turn I want it, unless my opponent were running Transgress the Mind or Duress
I mean maybe I'm paranoid but why would your opponent bother trying to kill Mirrorwing Dragon when they could cast, say, Giant Growth and kill you with their now huge creatures?
I feel you but they came up with a beautiful and unique style for Innistrad's dragons so I'm more than willing to overlook it. Delicate and elegant with wings like stained glass? That's incredibly Gothic.
I'm conflicted over the dragon. On the one hand I'm really glad it's not yet another damn eldrazi. On the other, I am really sick of seeing dragons on my gothic horror plane.
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Yea
But we may still get a eldrazi dragon type.
May be emerge card that requires red .
There are no teir 1 or teir 2 standard decks that even run spells that would benefit from this. If my opponent wants to run giant growth effects to hedge against 1 card then I'm probably going to beat them anyways because of other deck building mistakes.
I think it's kind of weird. Feels more like a marketing "dragons are most popular type" thing than them fitting the plane as much. They look unique and pretty but that is a pet peeve of mine.
That being said I like both cards here, they look interesting. I like the enchantment a lot, feels like a fun trickster kind of card.
Could be abused.
I like it, haven't said that much so far this spoiler season.
That bring said, Mirrorwing has a chance to be good in Standard.
It doesn't work. In order to copy the spell, that spell has to have exactly one target, and that target has to be a Mirrorwing Dragon.