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* Just missed: Banishing Light and Elspeth, Sun's Champion (both 3.2)
* Balance remains as White's #1 card, but with #2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant and #3 Armageddon/Ravages of War way closer this time (their had respectively 18.5, 17.6 and 16.4 points last year).
* Rise and Fall: #12 Council's Judgment and #19 Monastery Mentor are the two newcomers to the list, removing Banishing Light (#18 in 2014) and Elspeth, Sun's Champion (#16 in 2014) from the Top 20. Oblivion Ring (from #11 to #16) and Catastrophe (from #15 to #20) both fell 5 ranks, while Reveillark rose up 5 ranks (from #20 to #15).
* #7 Land Tax had the most variance in votes, with rankings ranging from #1 to #20 (and 3 no-votes), and yet somehow it managed to keep the same position as last year. The card with least variance was #2 Elspeth, being present among the Top 5 on all lists (and also keeping the same ranking from 2014).
* 42 different cards received votes. That number has to mean something.
I definitely rank Council's Judgement lower due to the double white in the mana cost. There are just few enough naturalize and vindicate spells for me not to care that its a sorcery and not an enchantment. I would rather be able to consistently take care of a problem on turn 3 or be able to splash for a powerful removal spell.
The Council can't be undone by Reclamation Sage. That's a big plus in its favor.
I don't doubt that Council is more powerful than O-Ring, but this is about first picking. I rarely want to commit to a colour just for a spot removal spell, that's why I'm surprised by its high rating (side note: I also ranked it among my top 20 nevertheless).
Oh sure. I expressed my opinion on high-picking spot removal in general on the main thread already.
CJ was my #19. It just still won over O-R, my #20.
Splashability is something I value really highly in a first pick as well, 6 of my top 7 only had a single white mana, so I ranked O-ring and Banishing Light higher than Council's Judgment even though CJ is a more powerful removal spell.
On the subject of white removal spells, I'm a bit surprised that people rank O-Ring and Banishing Light so differently that Banishing Light didn't even crack the top 20 while O-ring's at #16. I know it's possible to remove O-ring while the exile trigger's on the stack to exile its target permanently but I considered that such a corner case that I ranked Banishing Light immediately after O-ring. Is there really that much difference in the power level of Oblivion Ring and Banishing Light?
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On the subject of white removal spells, I'm a bit surprised that people rank O-Ring and Banishing Light so differently that Banishing Light didn't even crack the top 20 while O-ring's at #16. I know it's possible to remove O-ring while the exile trigger's on the stack to exile its target permanently but I considered that such a corner case that I ranked Banishing Light immediately after O-ring. Is there really that much difference in the power level of Oblivion Ring and Banishing Light?
Banishing Light was #21 (tied with Elspeth SC).
Just like with Wrath of God vs Day of Judgment (#9 and #12), most people did rank them close together. The difference in ranking mainly comes from the couple of cases of no-votes for BL/DoJ. Putting O-Ring at #17-#20 or so and excluding BL was more common than putting them at 5+ ranks from each other.
Little bit surprised to see Gideon jura that high, also i am very pleased to see Council's Judgment getting some love.
On the other hand despite i like Stoneforge Mystic a lot i didn't expect to see her as the highest white creature. Monastery Mentor is my favorite white creature now! Not saying is the best, just my fav.
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Any creature that tutors up a batterskull, jitte, or sword for two mana and can also cheat it into play is pretty crazy.
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant - 18.4
3 Armageddon (Ravages of War) - 18.0
4 Gideon Jura - 13.8
5 Swords to Plowshares - 13.5
6 Stoneforge Mystic - 13.4
7 Land Tax - 12.8
8 Path to Exile - 11.0
9 Wrath of God - 9.6
10 Hero of Bladehold - 9.4
11 Restoration Angel - 7.2
12 Council's Judgment - 6.4
12 Day of Judgment - 6.4
14 Mother of Runes - 5.9
15 Reveillark - 5.2
16 Oblivion Ring - 4.4
17 Brimaz, King of Oreskos - 4.3
18 Moat - 4.0
19 Monastery Mentor - 3.9
20 Catastrophe - 3.4
A full list of results, with all cards that received votes, can be found on this google spreadsheet.
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Trivia
* Just missed: Banishing Light and Elspeth, Sun's Champion (both 3.2)
* Balance remains as White's #1 card, but with #2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant and #3 Armageddon/Ravages of War way closer this time (their had respectively 18.5, 17.6 and 16.4 points last year).
* Rise and Fall: #12 Council's Judgment and #19 Monastery Mentor are the two newcomers to the list, removing Banishing Light (#18 in 2014) and Elspeth, Sun's Champion (#16 in 2014) from the Top 20. Oblivion Ring (from #11 to #16) and Catastrophe (from #15 to #20) both fell 5 ranks, while Reveillark rose up 5 ranks (from #20 to #15).
* #7 Land Tax had the most variance in votes, with rankings ranging from #1 to #20 (and 3 no-votes), and yet somehow it managed to keep the same position as last year. The card with least variance was #2 Elspeth, being present among the Top 5 on all lists (and also keeping the same ranking from 2014).
* 42 different cards received votes. That number has to mean something.
Again for reference, last year's Results thread.
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No big surprises this year in White, in my opinion.
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Oh sure. I expressed my opinion on high-picking spot removal in general on the main thread already.
CJ was my #19. It just still won over O-R, my #20.
On the subject of white removal spells, I'm a bit surprised that people rank O-Ring and Banishing Light so differently that Banishing Light didn't even crack the top 20 while O-ring's at #16. I know it's possible to remove O-ring while the exile trigger's on the stack to exile its target permanently but I considered that such a corner case that I ranked Banishing Light immediately after O-ring. Is there really that much difference in the power level of Oblivion Ring and Banishing Light?
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Banishing Light was #21 (tied with Elspeth SC).
Just like with Wrath of God vs Day of Judgment (#9 and #12), most people did rank them close together. The difference in ranking mainly comes from the couple of cases of no-votes for BL/DoJ. Putting O-Ring at #17-#20 or so and excluding BL was more common than putting them at 5+ ranks from each other.
Any creature that tutors up a batterskull, jitte, or sword for two mana and can also cheat it into play is pretty crazy.
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