this guy is better than the dog whisperer as you gain knowledge for using him. Also nice to see smaller version of Primodial Sage, its been needed for a while.
Also, it's like a Garruk's Packleader that trades all those golems, beasts, wurms, and centaurs (among other tokens) for nontoken creatures with 2 or less. But you can't reanimate them or fetch them from your library to the battlefield. (And yes, I know Collective Blessing does the same thing. And yes, I know Mentor of the Meek is usually better just because it works off of the tokens with power 2 or less.)
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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!
There was a time when green was the 2nd best color for drawing cards. Wizards punted this for reveal the top x cards of your library. This barely helps stompy and elves won't use it over coco.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
The rule is basically, it has to draw cards doing what green likes to do.
Green likes big creatures, so Soul's Majesty. Green likes lands, so [card}Tireless Tracker[/card]. Green likes enchantments, so enchantresses. Green has a thing for the graveyard (I'd make an affinity pun here, but Ghoultree doesn't make my case, so...), so Grim Flowering. Green accepts death as part of life, so Fecundity. Green likes dealing combat damage, so Snake Umbra, Briarbridge Patrol, and Rot Wolf. Green hates artifacts, so Viridian Revel.
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!
They're wary of green getting card draw tied to land, as they feel it's too much like blue card draw. So, Tireless Tracker may not be the best example of green card draw. But tying it to creatures is fine. No, that doesn't mean they'll make a green Archivist.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
They're wary of green getting card draw tied to land, as they feel it's too much like blue card draw. So, Tireless Tracker may not be the best example of green card draw. But tying it to creatures is fine. No, that doesn't mean they'll make a green Archivist.
I'd argue that it's fine as landfall, but when you get too close to Braingeyser, that's a problem. Nissa, Voice of Zendikar's -7, for instance. Not that all green card draw must be worse than all blue card draw, any more than all red removal must be worse than all black removal, they just need to be sufficiently different that you won't confuse them, with some slight overlap. (I would love a hybrid Curiosity or Coastal Piracy.)
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!
Because playing a land is free, card draw triggered by landfall is too much like "At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card". It helps if you add some kind of cost as Seer's Sundial does, but that still feels blue. Note that investigate in green isn't in itself color pie breaking as green is allowed cantrips like every other color and investigating once per card is basically an elaborate cantrip.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
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Animar, Soul of Elements Commander. You can win by Laboratory Maniac pretty easily with this. Obviously, there are other ways to do this, though. And you could just use one of your many Eldrazi or your Blightsteel Colossus in the meantime.
Also, it's like a Garruk's Packleader that trades all those golems, beasts, wurms, and centaurs (among other tokens) for nontoken creatures with 2 or less. But you can't reanimate them or fetch them from your library to the battlefield. (And yes, I know Collective Blessing does the same thing. And yes, I know Mentor of the Meek is usually better just because it works off of the tokens with power 2 or less.)
On phasing:
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
A bit old, but you will find green has been able to draw for a long time time now. Seriously a really long time.
The rule is basically, it has to draw cards doing what green likes to do.
Green likes big creatures, so Soul's Majesty. Green likes lands, so [card}Tireless Tracker[/card]. Green likes enchantments, so enchantresses. Green has a thing for the graveyard (I'd make an affinity pun here, but Ghoultree doesn't make my case, so...), so Grim Flowering. Green accepts death as part of life, so Fecundity. Green likes dealing combat damage, so Snake Umbra, Briarbridge Patrol, and Rot Wolf. Green hates artifacts, so Viridian Revel.
By the way, about that Symbiotic Deployment, let me save you some trouble. It makes you think of Necropotence and Azami, Lady of Scrolls (though it's older than the latter), it's a trap.
On phasing:
They're wary of green getting card draw tied to land, as they feel it's too much like blue card draw. So, Tireless Tracker may not be the best example of green card draw. But tying it to creatures is fine. No, that doesn't mean they'll make a green Archivist.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
I'd argue that it's fine as landfall, but when you get too close to Braingeyser, that's a problem. Nissa, Voice of Zendikar's -7, for instance. Not that all green card draw must be worse than all blue card draw, any more than all red removal must be worse than all black removal, they just need to be sufficiently different that you won't confuse them, with some slight overlap. (I would love a hybrid Curiosity or Coastal Piracy.)
And I'm against a green Archivist or Azure Mage (Vert Mage?) too.
On phasing:
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.