I had a Daxos of Meletis deck that was incredibly underpowered and had all kinds of creatures with combat damage triggers. I also ran Heliod's Emissary, Niblis of the Urn and Master of Diversion, because you gotta get those guys through somehow. It was a sweet deck, not very competitive, but the ability to tap stuff whenever you attack is actually pretty good. It at least forces people to leave multiple things back if they want to block. Niblis of the Urn is probably the best of the creatures with the ability, 2 mana is great.
The bestow cost is really bad on this one. I considered all of the W/G bestow creatures for my Krond deck, but only four made the cut, and at least two of them are probably going to be swapped out for something else before long. This unicorn didn't even make the initial cut.
I DO like the lore for this card though. They guy rides in on a shiny unicorn and everyone's like "Kill him. Take horse. Profit." and then when the horse dies they just start chasing it down like "Does want!"
You know who doesn't want? Me. Even if the idea of Stuffy Doll on a horse is hilarious and pretty decent.
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There are decent costed bestow creatures but this isn't one of them.Wizards were overcautious about besstow that it made the mechanic and basically the block abit underwhelming
I'll go against the grain here and say this card is deceptively powerful. It lets you swing and get the rest of your team in for damage, then do it again next turn. It acts as removal the first turn when you use the enchanted larger creature to take out a blocker or two. I think there are some games where this can win for you.
I'll go against the grain here and say this card is deceptively powerful. It lets you swing and get the rest of your team in for damage, then do it again next turn. It acts as removal the first turn when you use the enchanted larger creature to take out a blocker or two. I think there are some games where this can win for you.
That would all be great if there weren't other effects that do it better and more reliably. I'd play Nemesis Mask over this all day long.
I'll go against the grain here and say this card is deceptively powerful. It lets you swing and get the rest of your team in for damage, then do it again next turn. It acts as removal the first turn when you use the enchanted larger creature to take out a blocker or two. I think there are some games where this can win for you.
That would all be great if there weren't other effects that do it better and more reliably. I'd play Nemesis Mask over this all day long.
Pointing out that they're the same cost unless you're not using the mask the same turn you play it, and some decks want enchantments more than artifacts, so I think there are some decks that will prefer the quarry.
I seriously considered this card for my Stangg overrun deck. I may have even put it in at one point and then cut it again. Taunting Elf is a beast in this deck (paired with non-trample giving mass pump effects) and I'd really like a second copy. If the bestow cost was 3G this would be a slam dunk. As is, I think it's still better than Prized Unicorn, but it's far behind the elf.
I seriously considered this card for my Stangg overrun deck. I may have even put it in at one point and then cut it again. Taunting Elf is a beast in this deck (paired with non-trample giving mass pump effects) and I'd really like a second copy. If the bestow cost was 3G this would be a slam dunk. As is, I think it's still better than Prized Unicorn, but it's far behind the elf.
Pointing out that they're the same cost unless you're not using the mask the same turn you play it, and some decks want enchantments more than artifacts, so I think there are some decks that will prefer the quarry.
Nemesis Mask sticks around for more than 2 uses though. If you want a single shot: Armed // Dangerous is better if you want to go out on one turn. It also supports Voltron strategies quite well.
I seriously considered this card for my Stangg overrun deck. I may have even put it in at one point and then cut it again. Taunting Elf is a beast in this deck (paired with non-trample giving mass pump effects) and I'd really like a second copy. If the bestow cost was 3G this would be a slam dunk. As is, I think it's still better than Prized Unicorn, but it's far behind the elf.
I actually like Shinen of Life's Roar. I really want it to be good, such as by channelling it onto an opponent's creature as removal. Preferably as an x-for-1 by killing the attacker, and having some usefult things die on the other side, such as Prophet of Kruphix. The dream, it will happen one day.
This is a card created for limited, where two unblocked attacks can really swing a game. In the words of the great Don Vito, "these boats tain't made for the ocean"
I actually like this one, entirely because I can use it twice. (One thing I hate about Nemesis Mask is that, unlike Lure, it's reusable, and therefore better than...just about every green version of the effect. This is a huge problem with artifacts, but equipment is really bad about it.)
I do use some bestow creatures in aura-focused Voltron decks like Uril and Bruna, or to double up the number of +1/+1 counters I put on Kresh. That said, I never cast this on Uril.
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Assuming you know a specific card in their deck, 1 should be a safe number to pick. I think there are more efficient ways to deal 8 damage though, and certainly better uses for 6 mana.
I seriously considered this card for my Stangg overrun deck. I may have even put it in at one point and then cut it again. Taunting Elf is a beast in this deck (paired with non-trample giving mass pump effects) and I'd really like a second copy. If the bestow cost was 3G this would be a slam dunk. As is, I think it's still better than Prized Unicorn, but it's far behind the elf.
Yeah, the Shinen is in there, so I guess I mean I would like a third copy. I'll look into the Licid, but I think it might be expensive, even being reusable.
Mind you, 4 mana Reveal Library would be pretty ridiculous.
That's an interesting question. What would be the right mana cost for a card that just read "Target player reveals then shuffles their library." I don't think they've ever published a card like that and, on the one hand, it seems so trivial that 1 mana might be too expensive, but on the other...
Mind you, 4 mana Reveal Library would be pretty ridiculous.
That's an interesting question. What would be the right mana cost for a card that just read "Target player reveals then shuffles their library." I don't think they've ever published a card like that and, on the one hand, it seems so trivial that 1 mana might be too expensive, but on the other...
It depends on the format, I think; Standard/Modern (Where every deck is copy-pasta off the internet in tourneys) would never see it played, as everyone already knows the matchups just by opening plays.
In EDH... I dunno. Could you imagine everyone suddenly pawing through your entire deck?
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Well we are playing EDH here. There are plenty of times when I know a card in my opponent's library through effects like Oracle or just having played the deck once. And when in doubt, name Sol Ring. So to me, the real question is, would you pay six man's to let everyone see a player's deck and deal them 8 damage?
I had the great fortune of opening one of these at the Champions pre-release.
It was garbage then and it's garbage now. The fact that you can be pretty sure people have a card in their decks (i.e. Sol Ring) and you KNOW how many copies their running makes it consistent, but a "consistent" 8 damage to a player only for 6 is not that exciting.
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I always thought the bestow creatures were overcost and undereffect, and this one is no exception.
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but yea, not that amazing...
weird though that unicorns are now green... i've always thought of them as white..
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You know who doesn't want? Me. Even if the idea of Stuffy Doll on a horse is hilarious and pretty decent.
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That would all be great if there weren't other effects that do it better and more reliably. I'd play Nemesis Mask over this all day long.
You might want to look at Tempting Licid or Shinen of Life's Roar. Incidentally, two cards I'd play over this one.
Nemesis Mask sticks around for more than 2 uses though. If you want a single shot: Armed // Dangerous is better if you want to go out on one turn. It also supports Voltron strategies quite well.
I actually like Shinen of Life's Roar. I really want it to be good, such as by channelling it onto an opponent's creature as removal. Preferably as an x-for-1 by killing the attacker, and having some usefult things die on the other side, such as Prophet of Kruphix. The dream, it will happen one day.
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I do use some bestow creatures in aura-focused Voltron decks like Uril and Bruna, or to double up the number of +1/+1 counters I put on Kresh. That said, I never cast this on Uril.
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Assuming you know a specific card in their deck, 1 should be a safe number to pick. I think there are more efficient ways to deal 8 damage though, and certainly better uses for 6 mana.
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Yeah, the Shinen is in there, so I guess I mean I would like a third copy. I'll look into the Licid, but I think it might be expensive, even being reusable.
You have to A) Guess a card, B) Guess the number of that card, and C) get to 6 mana.
Mind you, 4 mana Reveal Library would be pretty ridiculous.
That's an interesting question. What would be the right mana cost for a card that just read "Target player reveals then shuffles their library." I don't think they've ever published a card like that and, on the one hand, it seems so trivial that 1 mana might be too expensive, but on the other...
It depends on the format, I think; Standard/Modern (Where every deck is copy-pasta off the internet in tourneys) would never see it played, as everyone already knows the matchups just by opening plays.
In EDH... I dunno. Could you imagine everyone suddenly pawing through your entire deck?
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Maybe Mindblaze in a damaging deck?
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It was garbage then and it's garbage now. The fact that you can be pretty sure people have a card in their decks (i.e. Sol Ring) and you KNOW how many copies their running makes it consistent, but a "consistent" 8 damage to a player only for 6 is not that exciting.
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