Limited card, maybe edh, not relevant in standard unless simic manages to vastly improve. Unleash and this doesn't seem much better, this ability stapled to a body would have been better, still not great but you are losing tempo on evolve by casting this card. *shrugs*
I think they should have lowered the mill to three land, dropped him down to a 1/3 or something like that, and had him have a cmc of three, curve into lazav, into aberration, it still would have been laughed at by every spike, and played only on the fringes by sickos who like tormenting their friends. *whistle, whistle*
If people are playing unexpected results to play omniscience, you had better believe they will be reanimating it with this balanced but very good card, it will see competitive constructed play.
I see this being almost as good as bob in hyper aggresive decks, diregraf ghoul, cackler, gravecrawler etc, with low land counts. Will anyone use it modern over bob? Doubt it, maybe in addition to, but for standard he will make alot of waves.
Bant elves. Biomancer with elvish archdruid through to this lady. Still wish trost was an elf
I think i already am This card actually makes plives decent. 19 power for 7cmc lolz
I like the elf idea, it fits the swarm scheme of elves, while also enabling craterhoof, biomancer and this lady make beautiful elf (knight, centaur, and rhino) love
In rtr gw beatdown was a thing, tokens weren't so good but smiter is a house.
When gatecrash came it became naya, of course, and that is the fate of most decks in current standard, really fast aggro? no, well then you have to be trip color.
As a control player i'm certianly happy to see this, basically the best removal for hard control, the worst downside is dealing with mono colored bombs, oh yeah ultimate price is a card too.
It's sad that the other 7 CMC Orzhov legend for EDH, Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter is many times better than this card.
I don't disagree strictly speaking, but teysa is a better commander in multiplayer, less of a target, more of a deterrent, also doesn't demand voltron play making shuffling her in not the end of the world.
It's an instant speed 5/5 trampler for 4. Wtf do you people want seriously? It has applications in populate/ above the curve beats decks, or in Bant control/ flash. I seriously think anyone mad at this card for any reason other than losing an attacker to instant speed wurm, should go home and make their own awesome card game and leave the rest of us alone.
Well most people are not going to wait till they get six mana so they can cast her and try to kill off a threat. Most would play her when they get the mana for her meaning they could not cast dreadbore in response to Advent of the Wurm.
So sorceries can be cast in response now?
The problem is not her p/t, she just isn't as good as falkenrath or hellrider in current standard. Her ability only affects drops after her, hellrider ends games right now.
I don't understand the flavor complaints, she isn't a 4/4 because she has physical power, she is obviously imbued with otherworldly strength, she has protection, kills things that hurt you, has vigilance, and makes spirits, which of those things aren't extremely orzhov? Sure her orginal form was smaller, and certainly more contructed playable, personally i'm glad not to see a carbon copy of her orginal form, for any less than seven she would need to be a mythic, if you changed the spirit creation to whenever a creature dies she would need to be mythic, if you dropped her p/t to drop her mana cost she would be better, but also probably mythic. I think she will be a cool voltron for multiplayer edh, she isn't a source of instant hatred but is a huge deterrent, slap hexproof or shroud on her and you probably have the game in hand.
EDIT: I do understand the lack of extort synergy, but think about it from the angle that she is designed for grindy play, which is supported by extort.
1 cmc, 1 cmc, 1 cmc, 1 cmc, 1 cmc... Why do people confuse this, orzhov charm would be stupid awesome if it was 1 power and/or toughness.
I like the elf idea, it fits the swarm scheme of elves, while also enabling craterhoof, biomancer and this lady make beautiful elf (knight, centaur, and rhino) love
When gatecrash came it became naya, of course, and that is the fate of most decks in current standard, really fast aggro? no, well then you have to be trip color.
I don't disagree strictly speaking, but teysa is a better commander in multiplayer, less of a target, more of a deterrent, also doesn't demand voltron play making shuffling her in not the end of the world.
So sorceries can be cast in response now?
The problem is not her p/t, she just isn't as good as falkenrath or hellrider in current standard. Her ability only affects drops after her, hellrider ends games right now.
EDIT: I do understand the lack of extort synergy, but think about it from the angle that she is designed for grindy play, which is supported by extort.