I don't run it in Uril. I use him as a missile that I'm launching at an opponent's face and giving him evasion, usually flying or trample, is better than making a pile of dead creatures. I could see this card working in Glissa, but Nemesis Mask and Gift of the Deity do the same thing better.
Read the last post of page 203.
Whoops. Don't know how I missed that post. And I see they made a bunch of Counterspell sorceries in that block.
This is always what I come back to when I think of hilariously bad cards. Even Great Wall could be fun to build around, and Pale Moon can have a measurable impact on the game, but Farmstead is simply throwing lots of mana into tiny lifegain. Is there any effect more negligible than "gain 1 life"?
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I've opened more then my fair share of this HORRIBLE card. I don't even like the artwork. At least when I figured out you could see the rare card in every pack through the wrapper, I stopped getting this piece of crap.
I just noticed: Gatherer needs an easy way to search for devotion. I just thought of hybrid mana cycles and well-known reanimator spells with a white flashback cost.
Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
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This is why I started playing magic in the first place. It wasn't PT aspirations just making noobs cry by doing things that are perfectly fair.
hahahaha....man, as soon as I saw card of the day I remembered this piece of crap. Pretty easily within the top 20, maybe even top 10, worst cards of all time. Wood Elemental is godlike compared to this thing.
Unlimited? Imagine opening a Beta starter and having this and Vesuvan Doppleganger as rares...and my buddy had a Volcanic Island and Mana Flare.
Hahha good times, good times but what a terrible card.
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A small efficient creature that doesn't see much play in my parts. For me, it's always been a decent creature and some good card advantage, but at the same time since it lacks evasion it can be hard to connect. I still look for places to add her though.
I like her a lot in my Daxos deck, which has a theme of swords, blades and other equipment.
Easy to cast, provides card advantage and life bonus and it passes the Sun Titan test. Just put random Sword of XY on her and bash
I've never run her, but I have been thinking lately about a Daxos deck and considering her for that deck. I'm glad to hear she's worked out well there for someone else.
I'll be honest, I like her better than Daxos, just because she lets you play your own cards, rather than someone else's.
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I love this card. Cheap and efficient. It has a relevant type, and fits in all sorts of decks. I use her in my Angry Hippos hate deck, and she is always a great draw.
Whoops. Don't know how I missed that post. And I see they made a bunch of Counterspell sorceries in that block.
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Just imagine opening up your Unlimited booster pack. Did you get a Moxen? A dual land? A sweet firebreathing dragon? Oh **** yeah, Farmstead! #swag
OP, yo! I can pay WW during my upkeep to gain a life. I'll be unstoppable!
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But seriously this card is awful.
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Farmstead story
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I was about to say, outside of EDH, MWD has a bunch of other options, all of them better than this POS. (Lieges, Privileged Position, Divinity of Pride and friends, Unburial Rites, Debtors' Knell, Plumeveil and friends, Boros Reckoner...)
I just noticed: Gatherer needs an easy way to search for devotion. I just thought of hybrid mana cycles and well-known reanimator spells with a white flashback cost.
@Skeptical Mario: Okay, really, explain to me how to build around Great Wall. It hoses four creatures, one bad enchantment,
kindasortanot really hoses Giant Slug, Traveler's Cloak, and Magnigoth Treefolk...On phasing:
Ya'll crazy.
Stay off my grass.
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If anything, it explains where they get all the life from.
I almost want to cast this on someone else's land to give them life, but according to oracle text, I can't even pay the WW for them. Sad days...
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I've always been confused about that because there seems to be no way to force the Farrel's Mantle ability to be used.EDIT: Nevermind, errata on mantle makes it work.
GX Tron XG
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GG Freyalise High Tide GG
UR Parun Counterspells RU
BB Yawgmoth Token Storm BB
WB Pestilence BW
Hahha good times, good times but what a terrible card.
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Find me at the Wizard's Tower in Ottawa every second Saturday afternoons.
A small efficient creature that doesn't see much play in my parts. For me, it's always been a decent creature and some good card advantage, but at the same time since it lacks evasion it can be hard to connect. I still look for places to add her though.
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I've never run her, but I have been thinking lately about a Daxos deck and considering her for that deck. I'm glad to hear she's worked out well there for someone else.
Currently Playing:
Legacy: Something U/W Controlish
EDH Cube
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Currently Piloting:
EDH
BGGlissa, The Traitor - Recursion (Primer)
WBRKaalia of The Vast
URGRiku of Two Reflections
WUBSydri, Galvanic Genius
UBRamirez DePietro
GWKrond, The Dawn-Clad
GWUDerevi, Empyrial Tactician
RGOmnath, Locus of Rage
Modern
UG Infect
I think that's the only deck where I've consistently played her.
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