It's a good thing Black gets discard, extraction effects, board sweepers, removal, big creatures, card drawing, reanimation, haste, and a better tribe than White (lol color pie!)
It's a good thing Black gets discard, extraction effects, board sweepers, removal, big creatures, card drawing, reanimation, haste, and a better tribe than White (lol color pie!)
Black gets Discard, Extractions, and Card Draw in return for not getting the ability to hit non-land, non-creature permanents (artifacts and enchantments mainly, but some recent white sweepers like Scourglass and Planar Cleansing hit Planeswalkers too).
Also, Black's creatures tend to be worse than white's at all points in the curve, and tend only to be close when they have drawbacks.
White gets more common Exile effects.
White gets occasional reanimation effects (Resurrection, for example)
White can fing do anything.
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This is the big difference other than the fact you get card advantage with M-pod in which you have a useful 1 point of creature damage to use early game to gain on your opponent.
Its not card advantage.If your sacing it your losing a card.And if your going for a poison win,if your guys are getting through your not going to need/want to sac them.Anything with infect gets deadlier with livewire lash.Any infecter with M-pod can only ever deal 1 poison reguardless of power and then not be around to be usefull later.
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Its not card advantage.If your sacing it your losing a card.And if your going for a poison win,if your guys are getting through your not going to need/want to sac them.Anything with infect gets deadlier with livewire lash.Any infecter with M-pod can only ever deal 1 poison reguardless of power and then not be around to be usefull later.
It is card advantage. 1 card gives you a creature and an equipment. That's card advantage.
You also fail to realize that M-pod is not for saccing infecters when you're getting through. It's for saccing infecters once they're at 7-9 poison and that have so strong a board position that it's too tough to get through.
It is card advantage. 1 card gives you a creature and an equipment. That's card advantage.
You also fail to realize that M-pod is not for saccing infecters when you're getting through. It's for saccing infecters once they're at 7-9 poison and that have so strong a board position that it's too tough to get through.
Thank you for backing my argument. Unlike Livewire Lash, Mortarpod (as was discussed) does not require a spell trigger, just a creature. One of the problems with Lash in terms of direct infect was the need for the spell to target the creature which either an opponent could control or that you needed in hand with your creature where 2 is spent just to equip. So, I see Mortarpod as a "cleaner" or more consistent, and less dependent - though less potent - poison strategy than Lash.
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Black gets Discard, Extractions, and Card Draw in return for not getting the ability to hit non-land, non-creature permanents (artifacts and enchantments mainly, but some recent white sweepers like Scourglass and Planar Cleansing hit Planeswalkers too).
Also, Black's creatures tend to be worse than white's at all points in the curve, and tend only to be close when they have drawbacks.
White gets more common Exile effects.
White gets occasional reanimation effects (Resurrection, for example)
White can fing do anything.
Except draw cards. Black's "trade life for cards" are the some of the best card draw effects in the game.
And search libraries. Sometimes white gets to find equipment or enchantments or randomly gets one of a cycle like enlightened tutor or Kithkin Harbinger, but black gets to find anything without restriction.
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Except draw cards. Black's "trade life for cards" are the some of the best card draw effects in the game.
And search libraries. Sometimes white gets to find equipment or enchantments or randomly gets one of a cycle like enlightened tutor or Kithkin Harbinger, but black gets to find anything without restriction.
Though white has often had other forms of card advantage, Land Tax and Balance remaining the most infamous, and some experiments along the line of Survival Cache have given it some more 'normal' means to generate card advantage.
And, of course, we can't forget token swarms helping with board advantage.
As to tutors, well frankly, when was the last time you saw an "anything" tutor played? Outside of settings where the monster Demonic Tutor can be seen most black fetches are terrible.
Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but the Japanese version of Gnathosaur has a printing error.
Instead of "Creature - Lizard", it says "Gnathosaur." It's a whole new permanent type lol
Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but the Japanese version of Gnathosaur has a printing error.
Instead of "Creature - Lizard", it says "Gnathosaur." It's a whole new permanent type lol
Darnit, I was hoping for a new creature type Kaiju! That would be an awesome one for Gnathosaur.
But in all seriousness, that is kind of awesome and funny at that same time
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Uh, that was a white ability from Alpha till Onslaught.
Right, that was in Alpha too.
Woops, also in Alpha. Damn you, Richard Garfield!
It's a good thing Black gets discard, extraction effects, board sweepers, removal, big creatures, card drawing, reanimation, haste, and a better tribe than White (lol color pie!)
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Black gets Discard, Extractions, and Card Draw in return for not getting the ability to hit non-land, non-creature permanents (artifacts and enchantments mainly, but some recent white sweepers like Scourglass and Planar Cleansing hit Planeswalkers too).
Also, Black's creatures tend to be worse than white's at all points in the curve, and tend only to be close when they have drawbacks.
White gets more common Exile effects.
White gets occasional reanimation effects (Resurrection, for example)
White can fing do anything.
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Its not card advantage.If your sacing it your losing a card.And if your going for a poison win,if your guys are getting through your not going to need/want to sac them.Anything with infect gets deadlier with livewire lash.Any infecter with M-pod can only ever deal 1 poison reguardless of power and then not be around to be usefull later.
BAfter the lights go out on you, after your worthless life is through. I will remember how you scream...B
It is card advantage. 1 card gives you a creature and an equipment. That's card advantage.
You also fail to realize that M-pod is not for saccing infecters when you're getting through. It's for saccing infecters once they're at 7-9 poison and that have so strong a board position that it's too tough to get through.
Thank you for backing my argument. Unlike Livewire Lash, Mortarpod (as was discussed) does not require a spell trigger, just a creature. One of the problems with Lash in terms of direct infect was the need for the spell to target the creature which either an opponent could control or that you needed in hand with your creature where 2 is spent just to equip. So, I see Mortarpod as a "cleaner" or more consistent, and less dependent - though less potent - poison strategy than Lash.
Except draw cards. Black's "trade life for cards" are the some of the best card draw effects in the game.
And search libraries. Sometimes white gets to find equipment or enchantments or randomly gets one of a cycle like enlightened tutor or Kithkin Harbinger, but black gets to find anything without restriction.
Famliy Guy Emperor Says,
"Something, something something, DARK SIDE!
Something, something, something COMPLETE!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHiUitciuJ8
:symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw:
SPIKE GAYMER: not just a beatdown, a beatdown sung to the tune of "I Feel Pretty"!
Though white has often had other forms of card advantage, Land Tax and Balance remaining the most infamous, and some experiments along the line of Survival Cache have given it some more 'normal' means to generate card advantage.
And, of course, we can't forget token swarms helping with board advantage.
As to tutors, well frankly, when was the last time you saw an "anything" tutor played? Outside of settings where the monster Demonic Tutor can be seen most black fetches are terrible.
Instead of "Creature - Lizard", it says "Gnathosaur." It's a whole new permanent type lol
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Darnit, I was hoping for a new creature type Kaiju! That would be an awesome one for Gnathosaur.
But in all seriousness, that is kind of awesome and funny at that same time