The problem with defining this format by what is "fun" is that everyone seems to define fun as what they don't lose to. If you keep losing to easily answered cards, that means you should improve your deck. If you don't want to improve your deck, then you should come to peace with the idea that you are going to lose because you chose to not interact with better strategies.
Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
Most decks in Legacy can't function with CMC 1 turned off, and aside from Abrupt Decay they can't remove this either, as pretty much all other removal played in Legacy also costs 1. This is very much counter it or immediately lose.
Most decks in Legacy can't function with CMC 1 turned off, and aside from Abrupt Decay they can't remove this either, as pretty much all other removal played in Legacy also costs 1. This is very much counter it or immediately lose.
But how is this really better than Chalice of the Void with X = 1?
Some decks will like the body, but the Chalice is arguably even harder to remove
(and much easier to cast for values of 0 and 1).
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
This would have been SO GOOD and SO WELCOME in Modern. Really upset.
Maybe it'll go the Scavenging Ooze route, where it proves popular enough to get a Standard-legal printing. Assuming this isn't considered too powerful or unfun for Standard now (read: it probably is).
I think this has plenty of potential for being more powerful than Chalice, simply because it is a creature with 2 power so it gives clock pressure on top of denying removal.
Most decks in Legacy can't function with CMC 1 turned off, and aside from Abrupt Decay they can't remove this either, as pretty much all other removal played in Legacy also costs 1. This is very much counter it or immediately lose.
But how is this really better than Chalice of the Void with X = 1?
Some decks will like the body, but the Chalice is arguably even harder to remove
(and much easier to cast for values of 0 and 1).
It's Chalices 5-8. That's a big deal.
The problem with Chalice decks is that Legacy is absurdly mana-starved so your deck basically has to be half one-drops. If you're on the Chalice plan, you can't play 20+ 1-drops so any draw without Chalice is generally awful. This adds a massive amount of consistency to the plan.
on curve too, sheesh
Love it
Going to really tick people off.
This is a really powerful card.
I can't find a card named "You Can't Even". Is it Yugioh or something?
Void Winnower
That's what he should have said, makes more sense.
On phasing:
But how is this really better than Chalice of the Void with X = 1?
Some decks will like the body, but the Chalice is arguably even harder to remove
(and much easier to cast for values of 0 and 1).
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Maybe it'll go the Scavenging Ooze route, where it proves popular enough to get a Standard-legal printing. Assuming this isn't considered too powerful or unfun for Standard now (read: it probably is).
It's Chalices 5-8. That's a big deal.
The problem with Chalice decks is that Legacy is absurdly mana-starved so your deck basically has to be half one-drops. If you're on the Chalice plan, you can't play 20+ 1-drops so any draw without Chalice is generally awful. This adds a massive amount of consistency to the plan.
As soon as this hits the 'field, the ability works, right? So if I say "2", there is no window for an opponent to Incinerate/Doom Blade it. Correct?
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
Yes, the number is chosen before it hits the field.