At least it doesn't make them green. That would really suck.
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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!
You just found SaffronOlive's next video when Dominaria comes out.
Of course Saffron Olive pretty much meh'd this card yesterday in his spoiler review, not being able to see past golden demise in standard.
Golden Demise is a sideboard card, at best, and one would assume that decks built around this card would have one or more of the following:
1. Creature buffs;
2. Counter spells;
3. Ramp sufficient to have enough lands out to end the game once this is cast.
I, for one, would love to have enough mana up to cast Sylvan Awakening and Fall of the Thran on the same turn. The card is good, even if there is a card or two in Standard that has the potential to hose it.
You just found SaffronOlive's next video when Dominaria comes out.
Of course Saffron Olive pretty much meh'd this card yesterday in his spoiler review, not being able to see past golden demise in standard.
Golden Demise is a sideboard card, at best, and one would assume that decks built around this card would have one or more of the following:
1. Creature buffs;
2. Counter spells;
3. Ramp sufficient to have enough lands out to end the game once this is cast.
I, for one, would love to have enough mana up to cast Sylvan Awakening and Fall of the Thran on the same turn. The card is good, even if there is a card or two in Standard that has the potential to hose it.
I suppose that depends on your meta. There are lots of aggro strategies where I play, and a number of decks run a few copies of Demise main and Yahenni's Expertise in the board. Also, with cards like Cast Out, Seal Away, Moment of Craving, even Vraska's Contempt if it came down to it, it's not entirely unthinkable that someone could survive your alpha strike with a small bit of life, then wipe you out and take the game. Settle the Wreckage can end this pretty quickly, as well. In fact, I have been playing a BG Expolore deck recently with 3 maindeck Demise, and between the Contempts, Moments of Craving, and Wildgrowth Walker, I often end games at 40+ life. I'm not saying it can't be played--I full intend to try it out--but it's not as much of a blowout as Rude Awakening was in its Standard environment.
Caution should certainly still be exercised, but with the proper counterspell backup, this could easily be a win-con for control decks. They love building up their land bases anyhow.
It's a sorcery. Reach wouldn't make sense if it didn't.
That said, you can still get hit with Final Judgment, Evacuation, Mutilate, or Black Sun's Zenith.
At least it doesn't make them green. That would really suck.
On phasing:
Golden Demise is a sideboard card, at best, and one would assume that decks built around this card would have one or more of the following:
1. Creature buffs;
2. Counter spells;
3. Ramp sufficient to have enough lands out to end the game once this is cast.
I, for one, would love to have enough mana up to cast Sylvan Awakening and Fall of the Thran on the same turn. The card is good, even if there is a card or two in Standard that has the potential to hose it.
I suppose that depends on your meta. There are lots of aggro strategies where I play, and a number of decks run a few copies of Demise main and Yahenni's Expertise in the board. Also, with cards like Cast Out, Seal Away, Moment of Craving, even Vraska's Contempt if it came down to it, it's not entirely unthinkable that someone could survive your alpha strike with a small bit of life, then wipe you out and take the game. Settle the Wreckage can end this pretty quickly, as well. In fact, I have been playing a BG Expolore deck recently with 3 maindeck Demise, and between the Contempts, Moments of Craving, and Wildgrowth Walker, I often end games at 40+ life. I'm not saying it can't be played--I full intend to try it out--but it's not as much of a blowout as Rude Awakening was in its Standard environment.
I've already admitted I failed to RTFC hehe. I didn't read reach because I got distracted by the "until your next turn".