MTG Salvation

Magaan's Murder, Vona 3WB
Legendary Creature - Vampire Knight
Vigilance, lifelink
, pay 7 life : Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate this ability only during your turn.

What do you guys think about this guy?

It's pretty cool, but I don't know how in love with it I am. Black may be lacking 5s but white isn't, and orzhov might be the tightest guild in cube.

7 life is also a ***** ton, even with the built in lifelink ability.

And where do you think it should stands into the Top 10 from 2016?

Does it make it?



BTW, it's a shame Kaya isn't in there, but whatever

Probably not. I like it more than Unburial Rites if you're not running Gifts Ungiven, but that's not the greatest endorsement.

For me this would be competing with Obzedat, Ghost Council, a card I particularly like in spite of its challenging casting cost. Seven life is just so much, and this fails the Vindicate test pretty hard. So against aggro the ability is probably useless unless things were already going well for you; the lifelink body is solid, but only four toughness, so easy to burn away. Against a control deck, it'll demand an answer, but it's answered by almost anything. It's probably got a role against a midrange deck, where it can stall the offense while threatening to bust crucial permanents.

Orzhov is a really solid guild already. I'm inclined to call this a pass.

I can't see this making the cut over any of the usual suspects in the section.

Easy pass. As others have said Orzhov may be the tightest guild, and this probably doesn't even make the top 10 Orzhov cards.

Cheers,
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Blood Baron of Vizkopa and Divinity of Pride are already good cards in this exact slot that are largely unplayed, and I think the baron stands head and shoulder-hood over this guy. The card is good, and is cubeable if you're not worried about adhering to the top cards by guild, but it's not all that special, and it's not going to activate all that often.

I do like that the ability activates only on your turn rather than only as a sorcery. Instant speed would be better obviously, but small things are nice.

I really dig the art...
Messed up card in traditional limited, but failing vindicate test hard and 7 life activation is far too steep for a 5 drop in a guild.

WB is the most stacked guild. That being said, I think bigger guild sections should probably start becoming a thing.

Quote from steve_man »

You'd think for 7 life I'd be able to nuke TWO lands....

This new age of Magic is too soft!

You make a comment like that in the Rumor Mill forum and the Standard crowd will come after you with torches and pitchforks.

Quote from steve_man »

You'd think for 7 life I'd be able to nuke TWO lands....

This new age of Magic is too soft!

This is super close to what I thought when I initially read this card earlier. Seven life and I still can't hit even a nonbasic land? No thanks.

Love the card. Cube just demands too much though, especially in this particular section.

Still can't believe so many people still cube with Gerrard's Verdict...

Quote from spairy »

WB is the most stacked guild. That being said, I think bigger guild sections should probably start becoming a thing.

This is true. Fabulous gold cards come out every set and are simply shut out. Since my cube is so big, I can support a larger section, but if I were limited to five or six slots, I'd definitely make an auxiliary guild section to swap in.

Quote from Zetsu_Sensei »

And where do you think it should stands into the Top 10 from 2016?

Does it make it?

Orzhov Top 10Magic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards
1 Vindicate - 9.5 2 Lingering Souls - 8.65 3 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad - 8.2 4 Shambling Vent - 6.2 5 Anguished Unmaking - 5.9 6 Gerrard's Verdict - 3.1 7 Sorin, Grim Nemesis - 2.9 8 Magister of Worth - 1.8 9 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim - 1.6 10 Unburial Rites - 1.55

I'm actually interested in this. I have a few personal restrictions on my cube which eliminate the sorins and magister. I put lingering souls in my white section, and shambling vent in my lands. I dont run unburial rites because i feel i have a saturation of reanimator effects in my cube and that leaves me with only 4 cards in my 5 card orzhov section.

Something I missed the first time i looked at the card is that the activate only on your turn isnt restricted to sorcery speed so you can still swing with it, blow up their best creature before blocks for 7 life and then gain 4 life back. most times you are only going to end up paying 3 life to destroy their best non land permanent. seems like a decent rate. 4/4 vigilance lifelink can really stonewall a game if late game your opponent has spent up some removal on earlier threats.

Im probably overrating this but i think its a really cool card that will lead to interesting game play.

This needs haste.