If this cost 2 or 3 mana, it could be OK, but 5 is ridiculous. By the time you've got enough counters to get your mana's worth, there's far too many lands in play for it to have any real impact (assuming the game is even still going...). If you want to pick off problematic lands, use things like Strip Mine . If you want to take out lots of land, run some proper MLD like Decree of Annihilation. Not this.
It is part of my upcoming musical counters deck using ramos. I mean, everyone has to use counters to make sure they are in time, right?.... Not a great card, but is going to be part of a fun deck, that's for sure.
Interesting in that the longer you let these grow, the more onus there is to destroy them, but just leaving a small amount of mana open is enough to intimidate people from doing so. It's when they get popped immediately that they show their suck.
Definitely a fair (haha) card for artifact based decks. The lifegain clause can usually be ignored, it's the optional tutor that makes this card good. If you're busy assembling a combo or some kind of rube goldberg machine, this is a good land to have.
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
I run this in quite a few decks as long as they're running enough artifacts to activate it reasonably. Works best in rampy nongreen decks with other critical artifacts.
Artifact tutor is obviously the primary reason to run this and it's great in any deck running enough artifacts to reliably activate it. Tutoring out of the manabase is hard to pass up.
Lifegain has kept me in a couple games where I otherwise would have died. Sometimes a couple points of life makes enough of a difference for you to stabilize and recover.
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The lifegain rider is easy to undervalue, but it's definitely quite useful. I run it in Kozilek as a reliable way to fetch up key artifacts, making it, I believe, the third land tutor in that deck (Eye of Ugin and Sanctum of Ugin being the other two) and getting tutors without taking up a "real" deck slot is ridiculously good.
Fantastic land - it doesn't ETB tapped, there's so many good potential targets for the tutor and getting three artifacts isn't that hard even for non-artifact centric decks due to the amount of mana rocks most EDH decks run. Plus the life gain is a nice little bonus.
I've got this in my Sisay deck primarily because it's tutorable with her, but it's solid for what's already been mentioned: ETB untapped, lifegain and artifact tutor. I wouldn't see taking it out unless it came down to it or Gaea's Cradle for now...
This is great in a Sun Titan package. Then again, there are a lot of artifacts that are as well. (Spellbombs, capsules, baubles, possibly replicas? And of course Strionic Resonator and Panharmonicon love them some titans.)
The lifegain is trivial. It can be useful as a trigger (e.g., a myr deck using it to trigger Archangel of Thune) but probably won't be.
And it only produces colorless mana? If your deck runs a bunch of artifacts, that's not really a problem, now is it?
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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!
I wouldn't say I'm in love with Inventor's Fair, but it's no slouch either. It's a truly costly tutor with a low opportunity cost (not unlike Razaketh's Rite, which actually kind of makes me want to try out Razaketh's Rite).
I can attest to this. I run Inventors' Fair in my Bosh deck where getting metalcraft is fairly easy with 44 artifacts in the deck, and fetching up Crucible is a solid value play that I have made.
I tried it in my Niv-Mizzet deck that also runs Crucible, but since that deck only runs 15 artifacts I ended up pulling it. You really need to pay attention as to whether you can consistently hit metalcraft before you add Inventors' Fair to a deck.
Makes me wonder if some kind of low-CMC Multicolour zoo-ish deck is viable. If it is, this'd be a 3/2 haste for 2 which isn't exactly bad, but there aren't many multicolour 1-drops one can run that actually have a good effect so...I doubt this ever gets seen.
Which is a shame 'cause that flavor text is on point for goblin philosophy.
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
I could see this in a balls-to-the-walls Saskia the Unyielding or Kresh the Bloodbraided deck, but even then you can get so much more power or additional effects in EDH that it's hard to justify running just a 3/2 Haste for two. You could do worse for sure, but can also do much better. While the color identity is powerful if you use Conqueror's Flail or Civic Saber or Knight of New Alara, I think this thing would be more playable if it were pure Rakdos for a Wort, Boggart Auntie list.
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Hard to justify this cycle in EDH. But still, they are my favorite three-color two-drops.
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Hard to justify this cycle in EDH. But still, they are my favorite three-color two-drops.
Oh for sure. I'd say Jund Hackblade is in the top five of best tri-color two drops of all time in the history of the game, which is sure something after 25 years of Magic :D.
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I want more hybrid mana-costs :(. My first ever deck featured this cycle, combined with Ravnica bounce lands and Pillar of the Paruns. I actually had a playset of Amulet of Vigors before they were cool, and it was primarily for MP, so Breath of Malfegor was my finisher, ha. Anyway, I like the design. Potentially putting the same "boost" on 1cmc creatures would make me more inclined to build an EDH deck with them, but some are useful for what they are(Naya Hushblade is a pet card of mine).
Rings of Brighthearth too.
8.RG Green Devotion Ramp/Combo 9.UR Draw Triggers 10.WUR Group stalling 11.WUR Voltron Spellslinger 12.WB Sacrificial Shenanigans
13.BR Creatureless Panharmonicon 14.BR Pingers and Eldrazi 15.URG Untapped Cascading
16.Reyhan, last of the Abzan's WUBG +1/+1 Counter Craziness 17.WUBRG Dragons aka Why did I make this?
Building: The Gitrog Monster lands, Glissa the Traitor stax, Muldrotha, the Gravetide Planeswalker Combo, Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix + Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa Clues, and Tribal Scarecrow Planeswalkers
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest WUR Voltron Control
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun WU Unblockable Mirror Trickery
Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
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Interesting in that the longer you let these grow, the more onus there is to destroy them, but just leaving a small amount of mana open is enough to intimidate people from doing so. It's when they get popped immediately that they show their suck.
Anyways. Play the 1812 Overture as you proliferate until it's time to call the crescendo!
Definitely a fair (haha) card for artifact based decks. The lifegain clause can usually be ignored, it's the optional tutor that makes this card good. If you're busy assembling a combo or some kind of rube goldberg machine, this is a good land to have.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6
Lifegain has kept me in a couple games where I otherwise would have died. Sometimes a couple points of life makes enough of a difference for you to stabilize and recover.
EDH decks: 1. RGWMayael's Big BeatsRETIRED!
2. BUWMerieke Ri Berit and the 40 Thieves
3. URNiv's Wheeling and Dealing!
4. BURThe Walking Dead
5. GWSisay's Legends of Tomorrow
6. RWBRise of Markov
7. GElvez and stuffz(W)
8. RCrush your enemies(W)
9. BSign right here...(W)
This is great in a Sun Titan package. Then again, there are a lot of artifacts that are as well. (Spellbombs, capsules, baubles, possibly replicas? And of course Strionic Resonator and Panharmonicon love them some titans.)
The lifegain is trivial. It can be useful as a trigger (e.g., a myr deck using it to trigger Archangel of Thune) but probably won't be.
And it only produces colorless mana? If your deck runs a bunch of artifacts, that's not really a problem, now is it?
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I can attest to this. I run Inventors' Fair in my Bosh deck where getting metalcraft is fairly easy with 44 artifacts in the deck, and fetching up Crucible is a solid value play that I have made.
I tried it in my Niv-Mizzet deck that also runs Crucible, but since that deck only runs 15 artifacts I ended up pulling it. You really need to pay attention as to whether you can consistently hit metalcraft before you add Inventors' Fair to a deck.
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections
Makes me wonder if some kind of low-CMC Multicolour zoo-ish deck is viable. If it is, this'd be a 3/2 haste for 2 which isn't exactly bad, but there aren't many multicolour 1-drops one can run that actually have a good effect so...I doubt this ever gets seen.
Which is a shame 'cause that flavor text is on point for goblin philosophy.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
RCRDaretti: Superfriends Forever RCR
WGBDoran: Ent-mootWBG
GGGMultani: Group Bear HugGGG
GB(B/G)The Gitrog Monster: Dredgefall DurdleGB(B/G)
RGWGahiji, the Honored Group Hug MonsterRGW
UB(U/B)Yuriko, Ninja Trinket AggroUB(U/B)
WUBRGAtogatog: Assembling a OHKOWUBRG
On phasing:
Oh for sure. I'd say Jund Hackblade is in the top five of best tri-color two drops of all time in the history of the game, which is sure something after 25 years of Magic :D.
RCRDaretti: Superfriends Forever RCR
WGBDoran: Ent-mootWBG
GGGMultani: Group Bear HugGGG
GB(B/G)The Gitrog Monster: Dredgefall DurdleGB(B/G)
RGWGahiji, the Honored Group Hug MonsterRGW
UB(U/B)Yuriko, Ninja Trinket AggroUB(U/B)
WUBRGAtogatog: Assembling a OHKOWUBRG
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The Gitrog Monster
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
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