Lotus field has two lines of text that Lotus Vale does not: Hexproof (definitely better in isolation from other effects) and "Enters the battlefield tapped" (definitely worse in isolation from other effects).
At least according to the above definition, this card cant be considered "STRICTLY better". It might be just regular ol better though
Quote from Leaf »And the fact of the matter is, it is strictly better. It comes into play tapped? Garruk Wildspeaker, Arbor Elf, Amulet of Vigor, Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Wilderness Reclamation, maybe a Urban Burgeoning. You could in standard run a deck with Lotus Field, Evolution Sage, Wilderness Reclamation, and Nissa, Who Shakes the World.Quote from arruckus »Stop saying 'strictly better', this thing enters tapped.
The matter that it sacs two lands? The old version actually being more vulnerable and causing a potentially bigger blowout from an opponent's stone rain. Also we are in a world where things like Ramunap Excavator and Crucible of Worlds and Lord Windgrace exist now, something Lotus Vale and Scorched Ruins would have greatly desired.
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Just fill this guy’s deck with cheaper PWs, PW support, and removal, and call it a day.
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Pssst... Gift of Orzhova.
For those asking why not both this and Herald’s Horn, most decks don’t have infinite space for helper cards
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Is that what you hear resounding from a Careless Whisper?
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No, that honestly sounds like the best way to handle the remaining gap.
One that just fetches 5 cost artifacts would be unplayable,
but I guess they could just name it “Trash Mage” and call it a day...
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Right around the time this site closes,
I’ll be moving out of the apartment I moved into *right before* I got back into MtG and joined MtGS,
almost ten years ago at this point.
It really is the end of an era
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Obviously that’s not hard to manipulate,
but it seems a little more likely, at least.
They could also just make it Planeswalkers to really mess with us.
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This had BETTER not be fake,
I’ve been wanting this *exact* card for a very, very long time!
My pet Stasis deck is about to get a lot nastier...
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Yeah, he had a ***** of a time escaping his original title,
Father of Unplanned Children.
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