Wow... this is going to be freaking awesome in Standard. There are already 2 pretty good bounce spells, and this is the top dog. Definitely a nod to the Mono-U Prison/Brain in a Jar/Fevered Bounce control decks of standard.
You don't call "dying to removal" if the removal is more expensive in resources than the creature. If you have to spend BG (Abrupt Decay), or W + basic land (PtE) to remove a 1G, that is not "dying to removal". Strictly speaking Goyf dies to removal, but actually your removal is dying to Goyf.
I don't know what to say. After the complete and utter mess that is meld, they come back with escalate (why not just reuse entwine? Still very strong) and then this card, which is absolutely a thing that blue needed not only in standard, but in modern as well - a 2 mana hard counter. It's costed appropriately and isn't rare for no reason, neither of which I expected wotc to be able to do, but they did it anyway.
I'm just so unsure how to deal with such idiocy paired with such brillance in the same set. It's uncanny.
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I don't know what to say. After the complete and utter mess that is meld, they come back with escalate (why not just reuse entwine? Still very strong) and then this card, which is absolutely a thing that blue needed not only in standard, but in modern as well - a 2 mana hard counter. It's costed appropriately and isn't rare for no reason, neither of which I expected wotc to be able to do, but they did it anyway.
I'm just so unsure how to deal with such idiocy paired with such brillance in the same set. It's uncanny.
Entwine is specifically worded to only allow for two effects, Escalate allows for more.
Unsubstantiate seems to be mostly useful in Modern to bounce stuff like Slaughter Games. It gives Scapeshift a way of dealing with the big scary Rakdos sorcery. I would not run it maindeck in anything as Remands 5-8 because of the lost card advantage. Most decks will just play really cheap spells, while Tron can capitalize on it with World Breaker and Newlamog's cast triggers.
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Awesome card, definitely gotta grab one for my Ephara deck. It's an awesome way to try and prevent a game winning spell... while encouraging everyone to wipe out that player.
Perfect representation of a tempo card. No "card advantage" gained (at least, not without a little combat trickery), but a cheap cost for a myriad of utility.
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This is why we don't get nice things. People want cards to do everything for little cost. If this bounced a spell back on top of its owner's library at instant speed, this would be mythic and would represent an Iron Scroll of Tamiyo's. As is, this is a great tempo card and is dumb to complain about at uncommon.
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It's ok wished it returned a permanent instead of Creature, would be better if it put the spell on top of its owners library.
Holy moly! Do you also want it to cook and spell the alphabet?
Bounce a permanent? Are you aware how powerful this effect would be at the cost of 1U? It would make boomerang, a pretty busted card, look like a chump. And the alternative you suggest is an improved memory lapse? Jeez.
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It's ok wished it returned a permanent instead of Creature, would be better if it put the spell on top of its owners library.
Holy moly! Do you also want it to cook and spell the alphabet?
Bounce a permanent? Are you aware how powerful this effect would be at the cost of 1U? It would make boomerang, a pretty busted card, look like a chump. And the alternative you suggest is an improved memory lapse? Jeez.
One can dream right it would be nice to bounce lands again.
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I'm just so unsure how to deal with such idiocy paired with such brillance in the same set. It's uncanny.
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Entwine is specifically worded to only allow for two effects, Escalate allows for more.
Easy, the way countless generations of players have back to the dawn of time.
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Card seems nasty vs. Ancestral Visions
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This is why we don't get nice things. People want cards to do everything for little cost. If this bounced a spell back on top of its owner's library at instant speed, this would be mythic and would represent an Iron Scroll of Tamiyo's. As is, this is a great tempo card and is dumb to complain about at uncommon.
Bounce a permanent? Are you aware how powerful this effect would be at the cost of 1U? It would make boomerang, a pretty busted card, look like a chump. And the alternative you suggest is an improved memory lapse? Jeez.
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