This card is pretty terrible, and the only time it doesn't table is when someone is trying to desperately tell you something.
However, does it have merit as a possible side-in? Maybe against the guy who has multiple One-thousand lashes, or a Gift of Orzhova, or a boros reckoner, I don't know. It's tricky to think of all the reasons you'd side this in, but is it worth my time to even think about it?
If you came across an opponent with a deck entirely of multicolored cards, would you forget about this card because it's so awful? Have you ever brought it in?
The trouble is that even if every creature your opponent plays is multicoloured it's still not that great. Your enchanted dude can be either a good defender or an unblockable attacker. Neither or those things is worth two cards.
Also: most of the format's removal is monocoloured.
Your Thousand Lashes scenario is the most appealing one, since the Ward can remain in hand until it's ready to do its work, at which point you're no longer suffering a 1-for-2. But since Lashes is Uncommon it's hard to imagine your opponent having enough copies for this to arise.
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@bateleur: it's actually uncommon, but I assume that was just a misspelling..?
Oops. But yes, you can tell from the rest of the sentence what I was trying to say.
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This card is pretty terrible, and the only time it doesn't table is when someone is trying to desperately tell you something.
However, does it have merit as a possible side-in? Maybe against the guy who has multiple One-thousand lashes, or a Gift of Orzhova, or a boros reckoner, I don't know. It's tricky to think of all the reasons you'd side this in, but is it worth my time to even think about it?
If you came across an opponent with a deck entirely of multicolored cards, would you forget about this card because it's so awful? Have you ever brought it in?
The trouble is that even if every creature your opponent plays is multicoloured it's still not that great. Your enchanted dude can be either a good defender or an unblockable attacker. Neither or those things is worth two cards.
Also: most of the format's removal is monocoloured.
Your Thousand Lashes scenario is the most appealing one, since the Ward can remain in hand until it's ready to do its work, at which point you're no longer suffering a 1-for-2. But since Lashes is Uncommon it's hard to imagine your opponent having enough copies for this to arise.
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@bateleur: it's actually uncommon, but I assume that was just a misspelling..?
New to Commander? Read the Above article.
Oops. But yes, you can tell from the rest of the sentence what I was trying to say.
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