Illness in the Ranks is still a thing. Yeah, it doesn't stop the life gain but it does stop the army that will swing out at you or prevent your attack or kill you with Tezz ultimate. It also helps hose any Kiki-Mite players and B/W tokens (provided they don't have one anthem effect down).
Rank actually shuts down the whole combo. With rank in play thopters wont trigger sword of the meek as there isnt a 1/1 entering play.
There IS a 1/1 entering play. It just dies to state-based effects.
That's not correct. Illness is a static effect, and thopter tokens will be 0/0 entering the battlefield, put into the graveyard as a state based action, then poof. At no point will it be a 1/1 on the battlefield.
If illness read, "Whenever a creature token enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature", then SotM would work.
A total troll move would be rain of gore. That would be great if your meta had a bunch of soul sisters as well.
That's pretty cool one although it's not game over for Thopter decks since many of them play some sort of permanent removal.
UW or esper have enchantment removal, but UB only has bounce. Also, it wouldn't keep them from making just enough fliers to beat your face for a few turns. It does stop the total grindfest though.
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That's not correct. Illness is a static effect, and thopter tokens will be 0/0 entering the battlefield, put into the graveyard as a state based action, then poof. At no point will it be a 1/1 on the battlefield.
If illness read, "Whenever a creature token enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature", then SotM would work.
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UW or esper have enchantment removal, but UB only has bounce. Also, it wouldn't keep them from making just enough fliers to beat your face for a few turns. It does stop the total grindfest though.
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