Prior to her appearance in Commander 2014,Nahiri, the Lithomancer was one of the most mysterious characters in the game, since virtually nothing was known about her other than the fact that she played a role in imprisoning the Eldrazi on Zendikar. She was massively hyped and anticipated, just as both Ral Zarek and Kiora Atua were before their appearances, but, unlike them, I actually find her to be somewhat underwhelming, since all of her abilities are focused on equipment, meaning that she has a narrow focus and requires a specific type of deck to function at her fullest potential.
I do concede that her first ability, being able to repeatedly generate creatures for no mana, and attaching equipment to them, also free of mana, is very nice, and her final ability is very awesome, but her middle ability should have applied to any artifact, her starting loyalty is too low for her initial casting cost, and I also dislike how none of her abilities related to imprisonment, a practice in which the color white specializes. If she played a role in imprisoning the Eldrazi on Zendikar, I believe that she should have an ability that reflects that role.
What does everyone else say about this? Do you find Nahiri to be somewhat underwhelming after all the mystery and suspense regarding her? And does anyone find her title to be rather plain and unexciting?
I think if they did make her -2 ability any artifact it would just push her towards random artifact ramp and combos. I mean her other abilities would just be ignored if her -2 was basically put things like Blightsteel Colossus or some other expensive artifact into play for free. I think the card is fine but it should have started at like 5 loyalty I really don't see the reason why she has such low starting loyalty.
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I think if they did make her -2 ability any artifact it would just push her towards random artifact ramp and combos. I mean her other abilities would just be ignored if her -2 was basically put things like Blightsteel Colossus or some other expensive artifact into play for free. I think the card is fine but it should have started at like 5 loyalty I really don't see the reason why she has such low starting loyalty.
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