It's kind of a bonus effect in your deck. I've only seen Ormendahl show up a couple of times. He's ridiculous when he makes an appearance, but you shouldn't rely on this land always giving you a big fat finisher. It's like a fun side game you can throw into your deck.
Agreed with the comments here. Completely cuttable but totally fun card, rarely and randomly shows up in the token deck and flips and is hilarious. Has broken a few board stalls before too. I tend to value cards like this pretty highly, low floor, high ceiling and potential for a blow out for either player. I know removal is generally pretty great is most Cubes but I still haven't seen this guy Path'd or Swords'd yet.
Only if you're desperate for more 5-color fixing, imo. Tendo Ice Bridge and the new one are fine cards, but also not necessary (in small or medium cubes). Westvale Abbey is more interesting at least.
It's kind of a bonus effect in your deck. I've only seen Ormendahl show up a couple of times. He's ridiculous when he makes an appearance, but you shouldn't rely on this land always giving you a big fat finisher. It's like a fun side game you can throw into your deck.
This is exactly how I feel about this card - especially I've noticed most creature decks generally have way too many playables.
One extra point to this land - I always go with the rule of thumb of 4 pieces of removal in the mainboard for any creature deck. 2-3 if you're more combo centric and 5 if you're a Bant Flicker deck. (This number is disputable - I have colleagues that would go lower)
If I had this card in my deck, I would be slightly more confident with shaving an extra piece of interaction.
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This is exactly how I feel about this card - especially I've noticed most creature decks generally have way too many playables.
One extra point to this land - I always go with the rule of thumb of 4 pieces of removal in the mainboard for any creature deck. 2-3 if you're more combo centric and 5 if you're a Bant Flicker deck. (This number is disputable - I have colleagues that would go lower)
If I had this card in my deck, I would be slightly more confident with shaving an extra piece of interaction.
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