Seems like a fine card to me. Keep in mind that this is a common so it's power level is going to be low. Question, if I have a creature with unleash and I don't use the ability, but you somehow give my guy a counter (say graft) can my guy block?
I love how this charm is 3 one mana cost effects all on the same card. Spell pierce, shock, faithless looting. (the shock is a bit loose but surely there's a bad shock out there somewhere).
In an aggro deck would you rather just have another 2/2? The fact that this doesn't impact the board and costs too much mana just kills it. Gnarled Effigy at least impacted the board.
I really hope they do make shocks as the land of choice. Wizards has said that they want to make modern more accessible, and giving away shocks... come on!! It would also be a great way to balance the packs, because I believe you're able to actually play with the promo this time around?
What I love about commander is that it encourages casual play without putting an emphasis on competition. Before commander made it big, I could build casual decks IRL and have no one to really play them against. (My LGS is super-competitive). All the premium deck series did was cause people to shark up the foils and shove them in their legacy decks . I also hate the premium foiling process.
I'm kinda glad that the format is shifting more towards aggro and aggro/control decks. Not having 80 people still playing when time is called at a PTQ is refreshing and aggro decks reward people who mulligan well.
I run a website that tracks MTG prices like stocks and pulls from a variety of different sources. www.mtgreports.com, other cards like Elesh Norn are also taking a beating with the release of M13.
Awesome promo. I fully expect these to be $10 for awhile. I have a love/hate relationship with this card. It's so so very good, but seems much better in an control deck rather than aggro.
Any thoughts on how I can make it more resilient to red deck wins?
4 Reforge the Soul
4 Fog
4 Snapcaster Mage
4 Clinging Mist
4 Ponder
4 Otherworldly Atlas
4 Rites of Flourishing
4 Jace's Archivist
2 Increasing Confusion
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Huntmaster - http://mtgreports.com/cards/21632/Huntmaster-of-the-Fells