Someone flashed an Avon against me when I casted my gifts and I said no worries. It becomes a fact or fiction.
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Is he really that good against Tron? All of their search stuff comes alive on T2 except Eye of Ugin. You can shut down their Eye/Emrakul game plan but it's hardly their only route to victory.
In Legacy, the search effects are a lot more powerful (GSZ/Natural Order/Infernal Tutor + LED combo), so this card is better in that format.
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Yes, this card is nuts against all but natural tron. Since natural tron is a small % of draws, this card is reasonable for creature decks to try and delay tron from coming online. With a turn 1 dork on the play, you can "get 'em" when they try sylvan scrying or mapping to find their last piece . Aven Mindcensor is close to a knockout against a number of decks, which is why the card sees play somewhat frequently in sideboards in modern.
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KnightfallGWUR
Azorius Control UW
Burn RBG
It's really strange to call Aven Mindcensor narrow in a field of fetchlands. It has application widely, but is not optimal maindeck most places as attacking fetches on the draw is much weaker than on the play. So I think maybe if it is narrow, it's in the sense that it is so much stronger on the play (as is almost all mana denial).
In your example with scapeshift, if you just play the bird without a search card on the stack, you're probably doing it wrong. If you catch a search effect with it, you've got at least a 2 for 1 (the search card and the removal) which seem like a good spot to be. I have personally won a few games/matches against scapeshift thanks to aven - I run 3 in my Knightfall sideboard.
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It's really strange to call Aven Mindcensor narrow in a field of fetchlands. It has application widely, but is not optimal maindeck most places as attacking fetches on the draw is much weaker than on the play. So I think maybe if it is narrow, it's in the sense that it is so much stronger on the play (as is almost all mana denial).
In your example with scapeshift, if you just play the bird without a search card on the stack, you're probably doing it wrong. If you catch a search effect with it, you've got at least a 2 for 1 (the search card and the removal) which seem like a good spot to be. I have personally won a few games/matches against scapeshift thanks to aven - I run 3 in my Knightfall sideboard.
I played in in my sb back in the days when I played Junk and wasn't really impressed with him. For my Scapeshift example I would play it when the put search spell on the stack of course but they have more (Scapeshift itself for example) and will bounce/kill it right before they go for the combo. It can help against decks like that but it's not super great card.
It sounds like you ended up cutting the Mindcensor. What did you cut it for?
Aven Mindcensor's chance to "whiff" (ie your opponent finds what they need in the top 4) always really bothers me. It is awkward to build a gameplan around, and if you just assume your opponent will fail to find you can get blown out by your own creature which feels awful.
That said, statistically it is a fantastically strong card
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2. Improving Green Archetypes
3. Improving White Archetypes
4. Matchup Analysis
5. Cube Combos (Work in Progress)
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This is all I want to say about this card...
Anything, but nothing at the moment...
Modern:
WUBRGAmulet Titan, WUBRGHuman
WUBRAd Nauseam, WBRGDeath Shadow, UBRGScapeshift, UBRGDredge
WURJeskai Nahiri, WURCheeri0s, WBGCounter Company, WRGBurn, UBRMadcap Moon, BRGJund Midrange
UBTurn,BRGriselbrand Reanimator, WGKnight Company, RGRG Tron, RGRG Ponza, XAffinity, XEldrazi Tron
In Legacy, the search effects are a lot more powerful (GSZ/Natural Order/Infernal Tutor + LED combo), so this card is better in that format.
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KnightfallGWUR
Azorius Control UW
Burn RBG
In your example with scapeshift, if you just play the bird without a search card on the stack, you're probably doing it wrong. If you catch a search effect with it, you've got at least a 2 for 1 (the search card and the removal) which seem like a good spot to be. I have personally won a few games/matches against scapeshift thanks to aven - I run 3 in my Knightfall sideboard.
KnightfallGWUR
Azorius Control UW
Burn RBG
It sounds like you ended up cutting the Mindcensor. What did you cut it for?
That said, statistically it is a fantastically strong card