MTG Salvation

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Égida de los Dioses (~Ephigy of the Gods?) - 1W
Enchantment Creature - Human Soldier
You have hexproof.
2/1

Instant cube staple, I believe. I love this effect, and unlike True Believer this is actually castable! Thoughts?

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Definitely trying that one out.

The Spanish probably translates to "Aegis of the Gods". Aegis was the name of the shield that Athena gave to Perseus to fight the Medusa.

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The Spanish probably translates to "Aegis of the Gods". Aegis was the name of the shield that Athena gave to Perseus to fight the Medusa.

Since this card's number is 1/165, you are probably right.

It's a pass for me. 2 drop at 360 are too tight for this.

Its a hit for me however. Combo cube likes it.

While Believer has one more toughness, Hexproof and Enchantment (Enlightened Tutor) makes this a nice upgrade, in line with RtB was over Night's Whisper.

How is this an "instant cube staple"? What does it even do? It makes you immune from discard, a few special effects here and there (like Gideon Jura and Bribery) and burn to the face. And the latter is quite uncommon, if you don't cube with the appropriate X-spells. This is a measly 2/1 with a situational ability. Spirit of the Labyrinth was at least a 3/1. This card here might be interesting in a combo cube, but in a normal cube, it is way too weak.

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How is this an "instant cube staple"? What does it even do? It makes you immune from discard and burn to the face. And the latter is quite uncommon, if you don't cube with the appropriate X-spells. This is a measly 2/1 with a situational ability. Spirit of the Labyrinth was at least a 3/1. This card here might be interesting in a combo cube, but in a normal cube, it is way too weak.

OK, "instant cube staple" was probably an overreaction
That said, I like this card. In recent sets, Wizards has given us more and more creatures with a disruption component (Thalia, Leonin Arbiter, Imposing Sovereign, Spirit of the Labyrinth, Voice of Resurgence); some of them are better suited for cube than the others, but we start to have a critical mass of "hatebears". This one in particular has an effect that should prove decent, as it shuts down not only burn to the face and discard, but also things like edicts or cards like Gifts Ungiven. I was probably incorrect in calling this card an 'instant staple', but I wouldn't call it 'too weak' either.

I forgot about edicts. Hm, there might be more cards in cube that this guy shuts down than I initially thought. Still, he is soooo bad in combat.

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How is this an "instant cube staple"? What does it even do? It makes you immune from discard, a few special effects here and there (like Gideon Jura and Bribery) and burn to the face. And the latter is quite uncommon, if you don't cube with the appropriate X-spells. This is a measly 2/1 with a situational ability. Spirit of the Labyrinth was at least a 3/1. This card here might be interesting in a combo cube, but in a normal cube, it is way too weak.

It shields your planeswalkers from all sorts of targeted non-combat damage alongside protecting you from direct damage, discard, edicts, curses, Gifts, Bribery, Clique, Obzedat, Ashiok off the top of my head. It's like a little flagbearer that cripples a lot of cards your opponent plays.

Aaaaand I forgot that this affects the player burn / planeswalker interaction, too. However, I still think that the body is just too weak. Imposing Sovereign is also just a 2/1, but she directly affects combat and helps you press damage through. Same goes for Azorius Arrester. I mean, I am not even sure if I would cut the latter for this new card...

I just don't see it. While I do love the hatebears, at some point you have to limit the amount of crappy offense in your white army. Thalia and Imposing Sovereign are way better than this guy, and I hate to continue to set myself up for the most depressing arc lightning ever.

I'm not feeling it either, I want my hatebears to affect the board more than this.

This will be a vanilla 2/1 far too often. Pass.

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It doesn't shut off enough spells to make up for the 1-toughness body. Needed first strike to be considered.

Honestly, is that effect better than Flying most of the time? I don't think so.

If he had hexproof himself, I would think about running him. Pretty much any beneficial creature keyword would have put him into the yes-please range. Probably would be too good for standard then, though.

A third power, flying or first strike would have made this quite a tempting add. Having hexproof doesn't actually protect you from that much stuff in cube; the Curses, discard, burn to the face and to PWs, and the odd random spell. As it is, I don't think it's good enough.

I would have preferred him to have defensive stats. Make it a 0/4 hexproof wall with this ability.

What do my aggro decks care about being targeted? I'd prefer a simple Pegasus or White Knight in those decks.

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A third power, flying or first strike would have made this quite a tempting add.

Exactly this. If it had one of those three buffs, I would cube with it, but not as a vanilla (for combat purposes) 2/1 for 2.

I think it could've had flying. I mean, it's not like the Pegasi are breaking any formats at common, and as a rare, a true believer effect would be a reasonable thing to strap to it.

I would have been so glad if it had flying! It is a bit embarrassing to play both Pegasi, but that is somewhat of a necessity at 600 cards. Getting a 2/1 flyer for 1W with a small upside would be pretty cool, since that would mean that I could replace at least one of them.

Ya, it would be a wonderful recipe for good cube cards. A "Pegasus +" almost anything worthwhile would be great. This effect isn't amazing, but it's randomly useful enough that I'd play it if it were strapped to a body with other uses.