Testing this card due to it's performance in standard and my experiences with it in GRN limited. Noticed it didn't have a thread.
Think it has a chance to compete for #4-#8 izzet slot. Though, not sold yet.
-Expansion (not explosion) is a great sideboard card in any blue or red deck against counterspell decks (preferably with removal/draw spells that is worth copying). This increases the versatility of it.
-X spells in powered cubes are better than otherwise due to broken lands like tolarian academy, UR is the primary artifact ramp colors.
-An izzet deck with blue power will likely have plenty of use for a fork that can also alternate as a win condition in grindy matchups.
Think it's easy to underestimate a spell that has occasional efficient uses in the early game that can also win the game by itself in the late game.
Maybe too narrow/ doesn't enable decks that need enabling, but figured it was worth a test.
This would be a really cool option if Expansion had more general use, would give a lot of flexibility to this card. As is I think it's a bit too narrow.
I like it less in an Izzet than in red. Fork is always on the verge of playable, and Expansion isn't too much worse, but more castable in a lot of decks
Tested this card a bit and I'm surprised that this is not on a lot of people's radar.
Both mode has been amazing every time it's used. In my 500 powered list there's only a few spells expansion cannot target and most of those are board wipes which you generally don't want to copy anyway. And explosion is basically a UR sphinx revelation that works wonder in UR artifact deck and Jeskai control deck, especially when you top deck this late game.
I just watched two LSV drafts where he took this card and made it look fantastic. The combo of how each half is solid at different points in the game helps smooth out draws for your control decks and helps in flood situations.
Yeah, as cool as this card is, I felt like it wasn't really bringing anything special to the cube. For my UR section I want things that are distinctly good for Storm or Artifacts etc - this might fit into plenty of decks but isn't making them as special as Saheeli, Sublime Artificer or even Goblin Electromancer. I would consider adding it back in if I wanted to expand my guilds with a few broad, goodstuff type cards.
Testing this card due to it's performance in standard and my experiences with it in GRN limited. Noticed it didn't have a thread.
Think it has a chance to compete for #4-#8 izzet slot. Though, not sold yet.
-Expansion (not explosion) is a great sideboard card in any blue or red deck against counterspell decks (preferably with removal/draw spells that is worth copying). This increases the versatility of it.
-X spells in powered cubes are better than otherwise due to broken lands like tolarian academy, UR is the primary artifact ramp colors.
-An izzet deck with blue power will likely have plenty of use for a fork that can also alternate as a win condition in grindy matchups.
Think it's easy to underestimate a spell that has occasional efficient uses in the early game that can also win the game by itself in the late game.
Maybe too narrow/ doesn't enable decks that need enabling, but figured it was worth a test.
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Both mode has been amazing every time it's used. In my 500 powered list there's only a few spells expansion cannot target and most of those are board wipes which you generally don't want to copy anyway. And explosion is basically a UR sphinx revelation that works wonder in UR artifact deck and Jeskai control deck, especially when you top deck this late game.
I think this is probably #4-#6 in Izzet, behind Dack fayden / Saheeli, the gifted and izzet charm. It might be on par with Electrolyze and fire//ice but honestly IMO these two cards are so generic and boring and I'd be happy running Expansion//Explosion over these.
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I just watched two LSV drafts where he took this card and made it look fantastic. The combo of how each half is solid at different points in the game helps smooth out draws for your control decks and helps in flood situations.
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