MTG Salvation

Quote from john_pirate »

This card does everything blue is trying -not- to do.

The idea control wants this late in game is a bit insane, control wants cards in hand.

The cost of this card is not worth the body. Cool, you can get it back, but the cost is insane. For less mana you can be casting far more reliable creatures, and that discarding 3 cards to put it back in to play means the ability will almost never be used.

Welcome to the dollar bin Geralf's Masterpiece.

I'm guessing that you've never played control that isn't draw-go control. Let me break this down for you - I play grixis control(basically a mid range deck, lots of recursion, hard to deal with threats, some burn etc) and I've had several games come down to me top decking 6 lands with a Keranos on the battlefield before. Situations like that happen, and they happen a lot. Having a way to turn garbage, irrelevant cards into a body that deals damage in a grindy match up is absolutely nuts. Not to mention how unrestrictive the cost to return this dude is. Pitch three horrible topdecks and pay 3U. I'm not saying this'll be a multi format all star, but I'm replacing my Singleton angler with this thing, just due to the fact that it grinds better.

1st thing I've thought about seeing this card was that it could serve as a better Phantasmagorian for Manaless Dredge, but the cost of the ability makes it a no-go, sadly. Don't think Mana Dredge needs it.