No talk about this card? Are red 3-drops too stacked nowadays? I mean, she offers 3 power over 2 bodies for 3 mana, plus some artifact synergies. Not bad.
This card also makes me kinda sad. Just hold it next to this card... *sniff*
Two years ago she would have been fine but red 3-drops are stacked to the brim now. Both her ETB and activated ability are a bit underwhelming. She's no Bladesplicer, but she can do a nice fireball impression late game.
The sad thing is, I think I won't even cut Thopter Engineer for her. I would like to run both, but that means finding another cut...
Pretty much my dilema with the card too. I like it, but I don't have anything to cut for it anymore. I already made painful cuts to red with the last update...
I can't really imagine running Engineer over Pia. Her last ability is cool because of the threat of activation -- even if you only have 1 or 2 artifacts available, they might not be able to afford you trading one to take out their only blocker and full scaling, in which case they'd have to hold back two, and you don't actually have to sac any artifacts that turn, which helps you race.
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I don't think she's that great. The power/cost ratio is okay but not great, and both abilities are a bit underwhelming. I think she's a pretty easy pass, outside of maybe some gigantic cubes.
Certainly not a gigantic threat, but I'm a sucker for little activated abilities attached to a creature on-curve with p/t. I think it'll actually be pretty good in my cube, definitely going to give it a shot.
My classic cube does not have an artifact theme, so I don't even have the couple.
Perhaps after Kaladesh, there are cubes that will have a bigger artifact subtheme.. and if yes, makes me wonder what it looks like.
(In my artifact cube - an autoinclude - which obviously I have been saying repeatedly for many cards in Kaladesh)
I see her in many cubes. Thinking of trying her as I'm considering to bolster artifact decks. Two creatures, one spell is nice and seems good with cards like Retrofitter Foundry, Tinker and Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast. Reminds me of Blade Splicer a bit. Izzet worth playing in small cubes that support artifacts?
I didn't originally like her very much, but if you can bolster har value with artifact.dec interactions and token shells and the like, she can be worth more than what she is at face value. I have her included at 540, but I'm not sure if she'd survive the cut if my cube were smaller.
Yeah, she's a jack of all trades, master of none. I wouldn't say she reminds me of Blade Splicer, but thopters are always nice and there's a lot of synergy to be had with Pia Nalaar. I like her at 540, but I wouldn't play her at anything smaller and I don't think she'll last forever.
No talk about this card? Are red 3-drops too stacked nowadays? I mean, she offers 3 power over 2 bodies for 3 mana, plus some artifact synergies. Not bad.
This card also makes me kinda sad. Just hold it next to this card... *sniff*
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Pretty much my dilema with the card too. I like it, but I don't have anything to cut for it anymore. I already made painful cuts to red with the last update...
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Perhaps after Kaladesh, there are cubes that will have a bigger artifact subtheme.. and if yes, makes me wonder what it looks like.
(In my artifact cube - an autoinclude - which obviously I have been saying repeatedly for many cards in Kaladesh)
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I might cut Alesha, Who Smiles at Death for her. Less off-color stuff that way.
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