I don't get it, why do you guys even look at the mana cost? Who is honestly going to dry cast this?
Or not. Keep in mind that in the PTQ in philly, one top 8 deck was running a pair of 10CC sway of the stars. This card could likely be even more game swinging. It's black, which keeps it away from a good chunk of mass removal. It also Gets that Myojin of Nights Reach or Cleansing fire out for free. The cleansing fires can come out and allow you to renimate some other big spirit in your discard... I dunno, I think, in block, it'll be pretty good.
If you don't wanna do all that crazy mana stuff, it's probably a 'fun' card in the in block reanimator. Eh, whatever.
Have the regular Iname cards in grave, play this, fetch another, they die, bring both Iname cards back, dump all spirit cards into your graveyard, sac Life, return to hand, Myojin of Life's Web (either hardcast somehow or just That which was taken the counter on him) and put them all in play, including the 4x Kokusho, and that's game.
22 mana (the hard way) win... In BG... This doesn't seem to be that incredibly difficult, but it's so insanely more complex that just packing the XBB drain life. But hey, this is so much more fun. ^__^
How to do it: Sakura-Tribe Elders + Shirei = GOOD. Add in Heartbeat of Spring. And, of course, that one green card that's in every deck that untaps lands and animates them.
I can't believe I can't remember the name of it. I can think of things like Floral Spuzzem, but I can't think of this card. Gah.
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Or not. Keep in mind that in the PTQ in philly, one top 8 deck was running a pair of 10CC sway of the stars. This card could likely be even more game swinging. It's black, which keeps it away from a good chunk of mass removal. It also Gets that Myojin of Nights Reach or Cleansing fire out for free. The cleansing fires can come out and allow you to renimate some other big spirit in your discard... I dunno, I think, in block, it'll be pretty good.
If you don't wanna do all that crazy mana stuff, it's probably a 'fun' card in the in block reanimator. Eh, whatever.
22 mana (the hard way) win... In BG... This doesn't seem to be that incredibly difficult, but it's so insanely more complex that just packing the XBB drain life. But hey, this is so much more fun. ^__^
How to do it: Sakura-Tribe Elders + Shirei = GOOD. Add in Heartbeat of Spring. And, of course, that one green card that's in every deck that untaps lands and animates them.
I can't believe I can't remember the name of it. I can think of things like Floral Spuzzem, but I can't think of this card. Gah.
complex = bad combo
I'm sad that it sucks.