Hi all... I am planning an article entitled "Bullseye Cards". Short, quick definition: a permanent that is put onto the battlefield that immediately makes that player the Archenemy of the table. In most cases, once this permanent is gone, then he/she is no longer the huge threat of the table and the game continues as normal.
In my EDH experiences, I have found Luminarch Ascension is the card that immediately turns the entire table against that player. If played on turn 2, the controlling player could easily have the 4 counters necessary to pump out Angels by the beginning of their next turn. Therefore, Luminarch has a bullseye painted on it.
What is that "one card" that immediately draws the wrath of all other players at your EDH table? Great answers may be included in my article, with source attributed of course.
EDIT: In order to add weight to the hatred of a card, feel free to list previously mentioned cards.
Additionally, Anger or [/c]Worldgorger Dragon[/c] in your grave. In reanimator any threat in a grave is just as scary as it being on the board sometimes.
In fact, just having one of the latter two as your commander will generally paint a target on you.
I agree fullheartedly with Omniscience.
I disagree however with Sharuum. With teh three different popular decks with Sharuum, it depends on the player and meta. I run Sharuum Shenanigans, not top tier by any means, but funny as hell. I refrained from Sharuum control as I had control decks already, and Sharuum good stuff was out of my price range.
Ensnaring Bridge usually turns the rest of the table's attention my way, as does Guardian Beast (though to a lesser extent).
Yeah, I think Guardian Beast is typical of this kind of thing.
Any time you have something out on the board that stops people from killing things, even in a general sense, it will probably draw the wrath of a certain lot, no matter what the card actually does. Support even something like Mana Rocks with Guardian Beast, and the Beast is probably the first thing to eat removal. A certain kind of mentality feels that it needs to answer everything.
Also, this happens when an obstacle or threat is presented that one deck can't deal with. If Humility is played and a deck has only creature sources of enchantment kill, then that deck will probably throw whatever they have at the Humility player, up to and including cases where they are dead on board against something they could otherwise stop with the same removal. Same thing with a deck that reveals itself as a combo deck. Decks that cannot interact with it very well will attack it.
The last thing is the spazz factor against something that draws visceral hatred. This can be pointed even at effects that are one and done. Say someone doesn't like Sylvan Primordial because of the trigger, they still might kill it over something else, just because they don't like it. Kill something liike Smokestack, and the player might point everything they have at you for the rest of the game, even after it's destroyed, just because they don't like it.
There are many others that paint a bullseye on you, but not quite to the same extent. These basically stop the game until they're dealt with. You can't say the same thing for a Mana Reflection (you'll certainly deal with it, but it's not always top top top priority).
Eldrazi. Phyrexian Preators. Your general if you are known to do things with him. Pretty much anything that gives you any advantage or allows for any synergy.
I know from personal experience that Mind Over Matter is the epitome of a "bullseye" spell. When people see that drop, they want to take you out ASAP, especially if you're playing Azami or Arcanis. Though, if you're resolving MoM, you should be doing it when you're in a position to win that turn.
Also Sharuum. She's a notorious general and often is auto-targeted just for showing up at the table. Unfair, probably, but considering her combos and synergies, understandable.
Not much is a bullseye outside of the obvious Bloodchief Ascension and Luminarch Ascension for me. However, a half completed combo should always be a bulleye, which includes Purphoros a lot of the time.
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Spiteful shadows... I think that is what it is called.... hmm. "whenever a creature dies you may deal damage to target player equal to the amount of cards in their hands"
whenever someone does a lot of things in one turn... draw a lot of cards, played a lot of lands or creatures etc.
Pretty much anything that gives you any advantage or allows for any synergy.
Seriously, this. If anything is powerful, brings any kind of advantage (specifically card advantage), or any synergy at all, it gets focused off the board.
And on a personal note, in my group I'm notorious for my politics. This means that if I play anything even vaguely potent, I get focus-fired into the ground.
I disagree however with Sharuum. With teh three different popular decks with Sharuum, it depends on the player and meta. I run Sharuum Shenanigans, not top tier by any means, but funny as hell. I refrained from Sharuum control as I had control decks already, and Sharuum good stuff was out of my price range.
so i went with Shenanigans.
You can use Omniscience fairly or poorly (or however you want to phrase it) too. Doesn't change the fact that you should still target the person with it. Sharuum is justified as a bullseye card even if you don't choose to use it for combos.
Bruna, Light of Alabaster gets hated out sooo quickly in my group. I will usually cast it a few turns after i achieve 6 mana, just to ensure it sticks.
though for some reason the biggest ones in my playgroup are Talrand, Sky Summoner (being played in a polymorph/spellslinger deck) and by far Horde of Notions, who has gotten killed the turn he comes into play 6 times in one game. It sort of became a cruel joke by the end of the game to kill it as soon as possible.
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In my EDH experiences, I have found Luminarch Ascension is the card that immediately turns the entire table against that player. If played on turn 2, the controlling player could easily have the 4 counters necessary to pump out Angels by the beginning of their next turn. Therefore, Luminarch has a bullseye painted on it.
What is that "one card" that immediately draws the wrath of all other players at your EDH table? Great answers may be included in my article, with source attributed of course.
EDIT: In order to add weight to the hatred of a card, feel free to list previously mentioned cards.
I write EDH articles on EDHREC and MTGCasualPlay. I hope you like them!
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In fact, just having one of the latter two as your commander will generally paint a target on you.
if not
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Any Gauntlet of Power effect.
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Additionally, Anger or [/c]Worldgorger Dragon[/c] in your grave. In reanimator any threat in a grave is just as scary as it being on the board sometimes.
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I agree fullheartedly with Omniscience.
I disagree however with Sharuum. With teh three different popular decks with Sharuum, it depends on the player and meta. I run Sharuum Shenanigans, not top tier by any means, but funny as hell. I refrained from Sharuum control as I had control decks already, and Sharuum good stuff was out of my price range.
so i went with Shenanigans.
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Yeah, I think Guardian Beast is typical of this kind of thing.
Any time you have something out on the board that stops people from killing things, even in a general sense, it will probably draw the wrath of a certain lot, no matter what the card actually does. Support even something like Mana Rocks with Guardian Beast, and the Beast is probably the first thing to eat removal. A certain kind of mentality feels that it needs to answer everything.
Also, this happens when an obstacle or threat is presented that one deck can't deal with. If Humility is played and a deck has only creature sources of enchantment kill, then that deck will probably throw whatever they have at the Humility player, up to and including cases where they are dead on board against something they could otherwise stop with the same removal. Same thing with a deck that reveals itself as a combo deck. Decks that cannot interact with it very well will attack it.
The last thing is the spazz factor against something that draws visceral hatred. This can be pointed even at effects that are one and done. Say someone doesn't like Sylvan Primordial because of the trigger, they still might kill it over something else, just because they don't like it. Kill something liike Smokestack, and the player might point everything they have at you for the rest of the game, even after it's destroyed, just because they don't like it.
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Melira PodRIP 1/19/15GWHatebearsThere are many others that paint a bullseye on you, but not quite to the same extent. These basically stop the game until they're dealt with. You can't say the same thing for a Mana Reflection (you'll certainly deal with it, but it's not always top top top priority).
Marath: Mirari's Wake, Dragonmaster Outcast, Purphoros, God of the Forge, the previously mentioned Luminarch Ascension, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, and Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite.
Kresh: Mostly just Gravepact, Sneak Attack, and Sheoldred, Whispering One here. Not much else is scary enough on it's own.
I will say that any time one of the Praetors hits the field, that player is going to recieve a bit of hate, generally.
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Also Sharuum. She's a notorious general and often is auto-targeted just for showing up at the table. Unfair, probably, but considering her combos and synergies, understandable.
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Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Iona, Kirishima, Kongou.
Dangan Ronpa: Asahina, Togami.
Freezing: Vibration: Chiffon, Satelizer.
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Anything that is wrecking a bunch of strategies at once... rest in piece, stoney silence etc.
Spiteful shadows... I think that is what it is called.... hmm. "whenever a creature dies you may deal damage to target player equal to the amount of cards in their hands"
whenever someone does a lot of things in one turn... draw a lot of cards, played a lot of lands or creatures etc.
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Seriously, this. If anything is powerful, brings any kind of advantage (specifically card advantage), or any synergy at all, it gets focused off the board.
And on a personal note, in my group I'm notorious for my politics. This means that if I play anything even vaguely potent, I get focus-fired into the ground.
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You can use Omniscience fairly or poorly (or however you want to phrase it) too. Doesn't change the fact that you should still target the person with it. Sharuum is justified as a bullseye card even if you don't choose to use it for combos.
though for some reason the biggest ones in my playgroup are Talrand, Sky Summoner (being played in a polymorph/spellslinger deck) and by far Horde of Notions, who has gotten killed the turn he comes into play 6 times in one game. It sort of became a cruel joke by the end of the game to kill it as soon as possible.
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