You should test this card. It's terribly underplayed. I see a lot of decks running Relic of Progenitus when it should be this card. Think of the decks you bring grave hate in. Storm, Dredge, fast decks. Against these decks you want speed more than card advantage. Do you agree?
As a side note, in eldrazi, 0 cost works alot better than 1 with Chalice of the Void.
I like it but relic is often times just better. The card cycling is often worth the 2 mana plus upside. Free to cast is great. But relic performs much better. Also if relic is drawn early enough it can sometimes remain in play and eat the graveyards everyturn. I dont mind playing it as a 1 or 2 of in tron builds for this vary reason. Played turn 1 with no map you cast it and can start chipping away cards to make delve harder on them. Eot every turn you chip a fetchland, or discard spell. When you get behind it just flushes them out. Also it can be used as protection where hitting your own grave with a crypt doesnt do a whole lot of good.
If you want speed and a dedicated GY hoser then Leyline of the Void is the card of choice. If you are looking for a card that will generally hose GY strategies while allowing you additional benefit against strats that use the GY, but aren't necessarily GY strats (Snapcaster Mage, Tarmogoyf) then Nihil SpellbombRelic of Progenitus are the cards of choice.
I play crypt mostly because i want to keep my graveyard intact and because i can loop it with academy ruins if i need to and I don't have black in my deck.
Leyline takes up too much sideboard space you need at least 3 or you mull to oblivion. I have 1 tormods crypt and 1 trinket mage and i also use 1 graffdiggers cage.
As harsh a yard hate card as it is, Relic of Progenitus is much more maindeckable than the non-cantripping yard hate because it cantrips for cheap (and all it needs is generic mana). This contributes quite a bit towards why it is more popular than the other options (e.g. Tormod's Crypt).
Desperate to get a board wipe instead of yard hate in Game 1 (such as against Humans or Affinity)? Relic can get you (closer to) that board wipe, while Tormod's Crypt (and Grafdigger's Cage, etc.) is a waste of a card in comparison.
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You should test this card. It's terribly underplayed. I see a lot of decks running Relic of Progenitus when it should be this card. Think of the decks you bring grave hate in. Storm, Dredge, fast decks. Against these decks you want speed more than card advantage. Do you agree?
As a side note, in eldrazi, 0 cost works alot better than 1 with Chalice of the Void.
In my decks that don't want to have own yard removed.. I use Nihil Spellbomb for the cantrip effect.
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Leyline takes up too much sideboard space you need at least 3 or you mull to oblivion. I have 1 tormods crypt and 1 trinket mage and i also use 1 graffdiggers cage.
So yeah i agree with the original poster.
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Desperate to get a board wipe instead of yard hate in Game 1 (such as against Humans or Affinity)? Relic can get you (closer to) that board wipe, while Tormod's Crypt (and Grafdigger's Cage, etc.) is a waste of a card in comparison.