Ok, I've been silent about this card for sometime and I bet many others have been as well. While the metagame is much different then when token decks were the norm (aka no combo besides swans) and there is less support for tokens (I believe, could be obviously wrong of course).
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If you have less life than an opponent, you gain 6 life. If you control fewer creatures than an opponent, put 3 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.
While, this card is not Spectral Procession with no Flying, they are in a much more relevant creature type with a bonus upside, gaining 6 life. Its very obvious this card is not the greatest against the control mirror unless due to the fact the other person. Since control decks tend to not play many creatures early on, but lately control decks have been playing creatures like Wall of Omens, Sea-Gate Hardrives, and sometimes Squadron Hawk. So, at least some of the time you can get the tokens from it on so called worst case scenario.
Your opponent could sacrifice his creature(s), but besides from Vampires there hasn't been a creature worth playing with a sacrifice outlet which is also not bad for you. You would not mind an Edict with 6 life to boot against an aggro deck.
While for nostalgia purposes, I wished this card could be played in some Midrange W/X token deck with Ajani (as long as M11 is still legal), Honor the Pure, and Emeria Angel. With the format the way it is, however, such a deck probably would not survive the speed of the combo decks. This makes the use of the card only as a Kitchen Finks for control decks. Kinda like a Squadron Hawk + Kitchen Finks against RDW.
Its obviously this is something you probably consider siding out against the control mirror unless you can make the tokens more relevant by using Batterskull or the Swords. Did I mention Squadron Hawk doesn't look like its going to be in M12?
I never thought of this card specifically to use in some kind of token or soldier deck, but rather more as a general sideboard hoser against all manner of aggro decks.
Well it is easier to cast then Spectral Procession so it has that going for it but unless I was assured that every time I cast this I get 3 soldier tokens minimum I wouldn't play it in maindeck.
This could be a nice card for a control deck to play sideboard though great against faster aggro decks.
You can cast it for full value after you Beast Within your opponent's permanent and used a Gitaxian Probe to make your life lower than your opponent's. If this card had instant speed it would have more nutty applications in EDH perhaps.
I could see it in a deck with lots of Anthem effects, this card, and Hero of Bladehold. Your goal would be to play out enchantments and such, then get out Hero or tokens and kill them in 1 or two swings. This hinges on there being enough anthems in the format.
Yeah, this is a sideboard card for control, at best. No aggro deck will seriously consider this.
Indeed. The question is whether this provides enough value to run maindeck in a dedicated U/W control build. Gaining six life roughly amounts to a Time Walk against the average deck, and the three tokens can easily extend the stalemate long enough for you to draw into answers.
When I first saw this, my first thought was for Commander, but the more I thought of it, yeah it could get insane real quick especially with Phyrexian mana in the format.
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He said the card was trash (he never thinks of sideboards and I assumed this would be his line of thought, tbh) because you couldn't make it reliable and it wasn't even good enough of effects to ever make it worth the risk.
I said I tended to agree with him, for the most part... but I could actually see it as a really good possible sideboard card in the future. I was just pretty sure that I would totally even forget it existed and never play with it, even if it was a good sideboard option.
There are some cards you just forget are even actually in a format because it's just more effective to take shortcuts and completely write a few cards off... unless you're conley woods (and it's quite possible that he'd be more successful if he didn't often try to find the cute cards he sometimes uses).
I think this card is going to be one of those cards that people forget even exists (when it comes to serious constructed play).
The card is pretty nutty and will be played in control archtypes for the aggro matchups. This on turn three against RDW is pretty hot, or on turn 5 after a DoJ. Drawing two against RDW is nearly GG if you have any type of decent hand.
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I was definitely thinking of testing it in the sideboard of a RUW "superfriends" deck I'm thinking of, for use with new Chandra's -2. If aggro is enough of the meta it could be maindeckable, especially after Wall of Omens rotates.
I think this card is going to be one of those cards that people forget even exists (when it comes to serious constructed play).
I disagree. This card is as good as Kor Firewalker, if not better, for siding in against the aggro matchup. Aggro decks are not prepared to handle three creatures and 6 life on turn 3. I would sideboard this before I even sideboarded Kor Firewalker.
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I think this will at least be a good sideboard card vs. aggro. If it's sitting in your hand as a dead card, that means you're at a high life total and/or they don't have creatures. I'm fine with that.
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For reference:
:2mana::symw:
Sorcery
If you have less life than an opponent, you gain 6 life. If you control fewer creatures than an opponent, put 3 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.
While, this card is not Spectral Procession with no Flying, they are in a much more relevant creature type with a bonus upside, gaining 6 life. Its very obvious this card is not the greatest against the control mirror unless due to the fact the other person. Since control decks tend to not play many creatures early on, but lately control decks have been playing creatures like Wall of Omens, Sea-Gate Hardrives, and sometimes Squadron Hawk. So, at least some of the time you can get the tokens from it on so called worst case scenario.
Your opponent could sacrifice his creature(s), but besides from Vampires there hasn't been a creature worth playing with a sacrifice outlet which is also not bad for you. You would not mind an Edict with 6 life to boot against an aggro deck.
While for nostalgia purposes, I wished this card could be played in some Midrange W/X token deck with Ajani (as long as M11 is still legal), Honor the Pure, and Emeria Angel. With the format the way it is, however, such a deck probably would not survive the speed of the combo decks. This makes the use of the card only as a Kitchen Finks for control decks. Kinda like a Squadron Hawk + Kitchen Finks against RDW.
Its obviously this is something you probably consider siding out against the control mirror unless you can make the tokens more relevant by using Batterskull or the Swords. Did I mention Squadron Hawk doesn't look like its going to be in M12?
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This could be a nice card for a control deck to play sideboard though great against faster aggro decks.
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Indeed. The question is whether this provides enough value to run maindeck in a dedicated U/W control build. Gaining six life roughly amounts to a Time Walk against the average deck, and the three tokens can easily extend the stalemate long enough for you to draw into answers.
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He said the card was trash (he never thinks of sideboards and I assumed this would be his line of thought, tbh) because you couldn't make it reliable and it wasn't even good enough of effects to ever make it worth the risk.
I said I tended to agree with him, for the most part... but I could actually see it as a really good possible sideboard card in the future. I was just pretty sure that I would totally even forget it existed and never play with it, even if it was a good sideboard option.
There are some cards you just forget are even actually in a format because it's just more effective to take shortcuts and completely write a few cards off... unless you're conley woods (and it's quite possible that he'd be more successful if he didn't often try to find the cute cards he sometimes uses).
I think this card is going to be one of those cards that people forget even exists (when it comes to serious constructed play).
Helps protect planeswalkers as a bonus.
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I disagree. This card is as good as Kor Firewalker, if not better, for siding in against the aggro matchup. Aggro decks are not prepared to handle three creatures and 6 life on turn 3. I would sideboard this before I even sideboarded Kor Firewalker.
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