I admit it, I was wrong. I said repeatedly that Wizards would not want Mono Black Devotion to just be the top deck until rotation again, i was wrong. brace yourself for 2 years of 'Gary you for 10, GG?"
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Upshifted to an uncommon no doubt. That’s rather surprising considering it’s inpact in standard at the time. Wonder how it will play out in this standard and limited for that matter. Hello top limited pick anyway...
Nice reprint and a pretty fair card considering how efficient threats are these days.
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This is sweet!
I was thinking more in a Fires of Invention shell, drop 2 Cavaliers, then this bad boy x 2 the turn after.
Use Cavalier of Gales to sift for your options muhahaha!
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Currently focusing on Pre-Modern (Mono-Black Discard Control) and Modern (Azorious Control, Temur Rhinos).
Find me at the Wizard's Tower in Ottawa every second Saturday afternoons.
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Gods bless the MTGS forums, where - at the expense of time spent with our loved ones - we gather on this hallowed day to criticize every decision Wizards makes, and those bereft of companionship can take solace in the imaginary embrace of too-well-endowed characters printed on tiny card stock. Truly, it is a special time of year.
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.
you should take a look at what it did last time. as it turns out, in a format with no counterspells to speak of, and games that go long because Standard is a lethargic slow format, 8 damage and a 16 point life swing for 5 mana is really easy and really good. this card was straight up dominant last time
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If you think a turn five play that requires board support is going to stop mono-red cavalcade, then I will gladly face you in magic the gathering battle.
I feel like this will be less obnoxious this time around... hopefully. We don't have Pack Rat or Thoughtseize in standard along side it (at least I hope not). I mean, it is definitely a push for mono-black decks, but I feel like a lot of the distaste of the card from former standard formats has to do with those (in all honesty) sort of ridiculous cards that surrounded it last time it was in standard.
Also as a side note, thank God it is uncommon this time...I'm sure that many people other than me have memories of playing limited he's against the person who managed to draft the mono-Gray Merchant deck, and got trucked by it.
If you think a turn five play that requires board support is going to stop mono-red cavalcade, then I will gladly face you in magic the gathering battle.
Because this will be the only card in the mono-black deck
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This is sweet!
I was thinking more in a Fires of Invention shell, drop 2 Cavaliers, then this bad boy x 2 the turn after.
Use Cavalier of Gales to sift for your options muhahaha!
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Yeah but then you have to run bad cards in your deck like Underworld Dreams and Deathless Knight
Do you mean bad as dominate standard again?
Or bad as in younthink the card is bad (if this you know nothing since he was a monster in standard and well known finisher in edh decks)
you should take a look at what it did last time. as it turns out, in a format with no counterspells to speak of, and games that go long because Standard is a lethargic slow format, 8 damage and a 16 point life swing for 5 mana is really easy and really good. this card was straight up dominant last time
Also as a side note, thank God it is uncommon this time...I'm sure that many people other than me have memories of playing limited he's against the person who managed to draft the mono-Gray Merchant deck, and got trucked by it.
He's a shoe in for my mono black brawl deck.
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Because this will be the only card in the mono-black deck
States '09: 14th place. Aiming for better next year.
States '10: 12th place. Aiming for better next year.
Idaho State Champ: 2011
States '12: 5th place.