MTG Salvation

god damn. this is actually something i think my rashmi build would benefit from. it at least bears testing. i run a huge amount of counterspells and very few wincons, in most cases this will be a 3/3 for uu thats returning those counterspells

Whoa that makes delve worth it with this you can get your instants back with this

See I like this design. It makes ACCing via Delve that much more worthwhile and less of a hindrance. I hope they can fit this into future design with this mechanic.

Exile needs a bit more support in this regard. Periodic, not regularly to keep its uniqueness as a zone.

'buster

Am I crazy for thinking this is worth trying out in legacy with a bunch of Thought Scour and a bunch of cheap blue instants? a 3/3 for UU that draws an action card when it attacks?

Ok I probably am crazy. Maybe this could take off in legacy/vintage cube though.

Anyway, I hope Heavenly Whale is the real English name too.

Although Whales have no true synergy with sea monsters the art alone is convincing enough for me to add this. Adorable tbh

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Am I crazy for thinking this is worth trying out in legacy with a bunch of Thought Scour and a bunch of cheap blue instants? a 3/3 for UU that draws an action card when it attacks?

Ok I probably am crazy. Maybe this could take off in legacy/vintage cube though.

Anyway, I hope Heavenly Whale is the real English name too.

You're not crazy and you don't need Thought Scour. Imagine this guy being BFF with Dreadhorde Arcanist, recurring Force of Will.

I love this use of delve. It's balanced, too, you only get one back at a time and it'll fall to most removal and blockers so it's both slow and somewhat vulnerable. You are pretty much guaranteed to get one card back, so it may be more important to assess this as if you'll typically only get that first card back and cards 2-4 are just gravy. If you even delve for the full four to begin with. I'm going to be aiming for 2UU or 1UU more often than not, and it's still great even then.

Wind fish.

Card name is kind of difficult to translate— Heaven or heavenly makes sense but second part “esa asari” is maybe something like bait fisher or prowler...? “Whale” is not in card name though.

I think this card becomes an easy 1/2-of in Legacy U/R Delver. You aren't running black for Anglers, so aside from maybe a couple snaps/arcanists you don't really have any use for cards in your GY. I can see a lot of games where you cast this on turn 5 or something exiling something like land, land, force, ponder, and if your opponent doesn't kill it right there, you'll just run away with the game.