I really wish thie card and it's affects had been colorless and maybe 1 more. As it stands, it limits the amount of decks you can play without, but isn't too broken or anything. As has been stated good both early and late game, but works better in a dedicated token deck. I'm trying to think of walkers outside of dedicated G/W decks that'd want to splash for it.
I really wish thie card and it's affects had been colorless and maybe 1 more. As it stands, it limits the amount of decks you can play without, but isn't too broken or anything. As has been stated good both early and late game, but works better in a dedicated token deck. I'm trying to think of walkers outside of dedicated G/W decks that'd want to splash for it.
Imagine if they made an "oath" card for each friendly color pair that shared the -1 cost for planeswalkers?
While a lot of players may think "I'll use OoA to pump my army!", I honestly see this as just as good for a single T1 creature aggro play, like with Dryad Militant or Wild Nacatl. You can always play a second OoA later once your field has grown. OoA also helps ramp into Ajani, Mentor of Heroes, which might help some kind of Modern Zoo Friends deck form.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Oath of Ajani feels like just an over all good card. You get a benefit for playing it early and getting ramp, you also get a benefit for playing it late game to pump an army of creatures up for a finishing swing. The only question is if it is better than Collective Effort, and I think that is largely dependant on how good the walkers are. If Abzan Ascendancy wasn't valued super highly at 3 cmc, this guy likely wont be the next coming of Oath of Nissa. Unfortunately, the real problem with the card is that it's green white, which I swear is like the under dog of color combos this standard.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Turn 1 Thraben Inspector
Turn 2 Thalia's Lieutenant or Smuggler's Copter
Turn 3 Oviya Pashiri, Oath of Ajani
Turn 4 Gideon and potentially a 1 drop or Big Nissa or Little Nissa and a 1 or 2 drop.
This Oath card doesn't seem too bad to me. It almost appears like it was made specifically for the color combination it best supports.
It might also be good in Frontier with the likes of Ugin, the spirit dragon or other walkers that need help getting into play. If this was around when Elspeth, Sun's Champion was legal I'd be ecstatic. What will make this card really shine is a deck that gets a benefit from both modes. It has to be able to make use of the creature boost and the cost reduction.
Private Mod Note
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Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
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Imagine if they made an "oath" card for each friendly color pair that shared the -1 cost for planeswalkers?
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Selling some cards I don't want.
Generally less than tcg mid.
Turn 2 Servant of the Conduit
Turn 3 Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter , Oath of Ajani
Turn 4 Ajani Unyielding
Seems good to me
Turn 1 Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
Turn 2 Servant of the Conduit
Turn 3 Oath of Ajani , Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
Turn 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar , Smuggler's Copter
I think I could live with that as well
Turn 1 Thraben Inspector
Turn 2 Servant of the Conduit
Turn 3 Thalia's Lieutenant , Oath of Ajani
Turn 4 Tireless Tracker , land, Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
or
Turn 1 Thraben Inspector
Turn 2 Thalia's Lieutenant or Smuggler's Copter
Turn 3 Oviya Pashiri, Oath of Ajani
Turn 4 Gideon and potentially a 1 drop or Big Nissa or Little Nissa and a 1 or 2 drop.
This Oath card doesn't seem too bad to me. It almost appears like it was made specifically for the color combination it best supports.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!