You guys do realize that Mind Funeral does nothing unless you win the game by decking your opponent, right? You are taking random cards from you opponent's library and burying them. In limited Mind Funeral is almost always a waste of a card.
I remember people being excited when Vision Charm came out too.
Not entirely random. You are guaranteed to remove about 1/4th of their lands.
I've been playing a sligh deck in standard for several years.
The elf is incredible.
It has an immediate effect on the board with haste
It has a second immediate effect on the board with cascade
If it flips one of my 16 burn spells, great. Free damage.
If it flips one of my 24 creature spells, great, more creatures on the field my opponent has to deal with.
If I flip a one drop, it's mogg fanatic or figure of destiny. One is guarateed damage, and the other could be a 4/4 if I needed it to be.
If I get Wrath'd after playing a bloodbraid and revealing a creature, do I feel like he got a 2 for 1? NO! because I already got damage in with haste, and my second creature cost, at best, 2 damage from playing a changeling berzerker instead.
If you honestly think cascade is bad on the elf because you can reveal a 1 drop, you don't understand what that can do in aggro and should promptly stop talking like you do.
Bloodbraid elf is probably the best aggro card in the set.
yeah I think that that Mind Funeral is actually really amazing in this format. As said, some people will be running 1-2 of certain off colors, and if you even hit one of those off color lands, they can be very crippled. Esp if it's a trip-land... Yikes! The point about the boarderposts is excellent as well. Can you imagine pulling 10 of their cards, 4 lands, 1 boarderpost, and at least one of their best creatures? That's pretty nice if you ask me, even if a best case scenario.
On average, it's glimpse of the unthinkable for 1 more mana.
The standard ratio for limited decks is around 23:17 non-land:land
This means that for 4 land cards, you can expect reveal about 4-6 non-land cards(or none, or EVERY non-land card, but think about averages).
That's mostly a complete crapshoot, and that's not what makes a consistent deck, which is bad when you have to play a dozen or more games to win a tourney.
Of course, this is assuming that you DIDN'T draft a mill deck, because that's rare.
For limited commons and uncommons I'd go:
#1 behemoth sledge
#2 slave of bolas
#3 terminate
#4 bituminous blast
#5 vengeful rebirth
I may be biased because I noticed that my top three picks exactly parallel the three best non-rares in Mirrodin limited, which I played a lot of: warhammer, grab the reins, and shatter.
Now if we want to talk about absolute bombs allowing rares, are there any Pentavus or Molder Slug equivalents?
Nemesis of reason is a "terminate or lose" creature
Feels the same with deathbringer thoctar...
People might also start playing some borderposts as replacement lands - thinning their deck out even more for mind funnel mill tech@!!
Personally, for cards that haven't been previously mentioned, I really like the two Coatls. Lorescale Coatl is an actual threat rather early, and he can easily be pumped with cyclers at instant speed to get around a lot of those 3 damage removal spells. (I can't wait to cycle a Naya Sojourner and give him two +1/+1 counters :D) Winged Coatl is another blue green snake removal spell and I think its really funny that Blizzard has designed effective removal around flashing snakes.
1:The life loss will kill them before the mill. So the mill is totally useless
2:The zombie creation costs 2 mana. Imperious perfect did it for (edit) one mana.
3:The ability requires a tap, so it doesn't have an immediate board presence
4:It requires two colors
It's on top probably 90% of the time. Deal with it not being the best for a few sets.
I made some changes to it seeing some new cards, seems ok:
4 ranger of eos
4 Siege-gang commander
4 figure of destiny
2 rhys the redeemed
1 burrenton forge tender
4 reveillark
4 spectral procession
Other:
3 elspeth, knight-errant
2 ajani goldmane
4 path to exile
4 volcanic fallout
6 mountain
8 plains
4 rugged prairie
4 battlefield forge
2 vivid meadow
4 goldmeadow stalwart
4 knight of meadowgrain
4 wizened cenn
3 burrenton forge-tender
The idea was every threat was a solo-gamewinner, from 1 drop to 5 drop.
The sideboard was made pre-conflux(pre-volcanic fallout) to try and turn aggro to beat up faeries. I think it could use some work.
Should I use R/W ajani instead of White ajani?
Not entirely random. You are guaranteed to remove about 1/4th of their lands.
The elf is incredible.
It has an immediate effect on the board with haste
It has a second immediate effect on the board with cascade
If it flips one of my 16 burn spells, great. Free damage.
If it flips one of my 24 creature spells, great, more creatures on the field my opponent has to deal with.
If I flip a one drop, it's mogg fanatic or figure of destiny. One is guarateed damage, and the other could be a 4/4 if I needed it to be.
If I get Wrath'd after playing a bloodbraid and revealing a creature, do I feel like he got a 2 for 1? NO! because I already got damage in with haste, and my second creature cost, at best, 2 damage from playing a changeling berzerker instead.
If you honestly think cascade is bad on the elf because you can reveal a 1 drop, you don't understand what that can do in aggro and should promptly stop talking like you do.
Bloodbraid elf is probably the best aggro card in the set.
On average, it's glimpse of the unthinkable for 1 more mana.
The standard ratio for limited decks is around 23:17 non-land:land
This means that for 4 land cards, you can expect reveal about 4-6 non-land cards(or none, or EVERY non-land card, but think about averages).
That's mostly a complete crapshoot, and that's not what makes a consistent deck, which is bad when you have to play a dozen or more games to win a tourney.
Of course, this is assuming that you DIDN'T draft a mill deck, because that's rare.
It's not exactly design genius to make good removal.
Look I'll make a 60$ mythic rare:
U
Counter target Spell
Draw a card
Nemesis of reason is a "terminate or lose" creature
Feels the same with deathbringer thoctar...
Another WoW guy messes up his designers...
2:Maelstrom Pulse
3:BloodBraid Elf
4:Putrid Leech
5:Terminate
6:Qasali Pridemage
7:Mycoid Shepherd
8:Anathmancer
9:Wisescale coatl
10: Dauntless Escort
The cards are miles and miles above the other sets in this block.
2:The zombie creation costs 2 mana. Imperious perfect did it for (edit) one mana.
3:The ability requires a tap, so it doesn't have an immediate board presence
4:It requires two colors
It's so bad