So punishing card draw tends to be in black. Any good way to punish the ramp part of the Theros queens' ability in RGWU? Seems likely to be in red, but I can't think of any cards at the moment.
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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]Losing life happens more often than damage that's why. Rules is that when you take damage, it's treated as a life loss afterwards. It makes Ludevic bad against painlands or anything else that lets you spend life as a resource, since your opponents will be able to trigger it very easily.
I know, that's exactly what I meant. Instead of forcing opponents to go into each other's throats for the draw, it just incentives them to pay more life. And, ironically, there will be plenty of times where it will be much harder for you to draw out of Ludevic than your opponents.
And as for the new spoilered Partners... yeah, just stick with Vial Smasher the Fierce. It's the only thing that makes Ludevic remotely playable. :/
Ludevic and Sidiqi play perfectly fine together, as Ludevic helps you fill your hand with large-butted threats, while Sidiqi incentives you to attack to help get draws and subtly points opponents in another direction with creatures by padding up your life total.
What's so off about ludevic he's a scientist who gains knowledge from other players bringing him body parts. The fact that Igor also gains knowledge doesn't bother him.
Yeah I can see how you make a more powerful version that also combined a reanimation effect. But this is still a good version of him
Reckless card drawing/looting effects are Izzet. Donate is both blue and red with Harmless Offering.
From a lore perspective, most couples tend to be red in Magic. Equally, considering we don't know their total history either as one could be Akroan originally.
Reckless card draw and donate are not among K&T's effects.
They're a couple, and they're from a plane that includes a red-aligned city (although they are identified by name with the blue-and-white aligned city). That's a pretty weak connection.
Ludevic is a failure. I don't buy the flavours some people are trying to force in because it doesn't work. The ability is bad and Wizards should feel bad for using Ludevic in this manner. Yeah the salt won't go away so soon.
Reckless card drawing/looting effects are Izzet. Donate is both blue and red with Harmless Offering.
From a lore perspective, most couples tend to be red in Magic. Equally, considering we don't know their total history either as one could be Akroan originally.
Reckless card draw and donate are not among K&T's effects.
They're a couple, and they're from a plane that includes a red-aligned city (although they are identified by name with the blue-and-white aligned city). That's a pretty weak connection.
As has been said before, the red connection is the weakest, but it is there: The effect gives the opponent a choice betweeen playing a land and drawing a card. It is weak, but offering choices for opponents is most often red (and very rarely blue). In my opinion they could have made it more obvious by giving them a red-aligned keyword but oh well, most of those are shared with other colors in this combination as well. After all, that's the problem with the design of four coloured cards in general.
I can sort of see justification for ludevic fitting flavor-wise. But that doesn't excuse how incredibly awful he is. Anyone trying to explain how he "synergizes" with another of the commanders is wrong, or at least I haven't seen any valid arguments so far. He helps you draw more stuff to support X? Yeah, so do the merfolk guy, the weaver, or even the other izzet guy if you need the same color identity, and all of those not only draw you more cards under most circumstances, they also don't horribly backfire by making it easier for your opponents to draw cards than for you.
EDIT: oh yeah, and sidiqi only gains life, ergo she is bad.
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The worst part? It is a MAY ability so you can't even use him like a pseudo nekusar. If they see cards out to punish them, they can just choose not to draw.
Ludevic is straight up BAD. Like.. holy *****e bad. HE turns shocks into draw spels, Phyrexian Arena draws 2 a turn, bitter blossom draws AND creates tokens...
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The worst part? It is a MAY ability so you can't even use him like a pseudo nekusar. If they see cards out to punish them, they can just choose not to draw.
Only if they have lands in their hand though... and then you can punish them for having so many lands out.
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I know, that's exactly what I meant. Instead of forcing opponents to go into each other's throats for the draw, it just incentives them to pay more life. And, ironically, there will be plenty of times where it will be much harder for you to draw out of Ludevic than your opponents.
And as for the new spoilered Partners... yeah, just stick with Vial Smasher the Fierce. It's the only thing that makes Ludevic remotely playable. :/
Yeah I can see how you make a more powerful version that also combined a reanimation effect. But this is still a good version of him
Reckless card draw and donate are not among K&T's effects.
They're a couple, and they're from a plane that includes a red-aligned city (although they are identified by name with the blue-and-white aligned city). That's a pretty weak connection.
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As has been said before, the red connection is the weakest, but it is there: The effect gives the opponent a choice betweeen playing a land and drawing a card. It is weak, but offering choices for opponents is most often red (and very rarely blue). In my opinion they could have made it more obvious by giving them a red-aligned keyword but oh well, most of those are shared with other colors in this combination as well. After all, that's the problem with the design of four coloured cards in general.
EDIT: oh yeah, and sidiqi only gains life, ergo she is bad.
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Ludevic is straight up BAD. Like.. holy *****e bad. HE turns shocks into draw spels, Phyrexian Arena draws 2 a turn, bitter blossom draws AND creates tokens...
This aint your girlfriends meta! This is a man's meta! TURBO META.
Only if they have lands in their hand though... and then you can punish them for having so many lands out.