As for Sisters, I presume if we manage to exile creatures with them ASIDE FROM HER OWN ABILITY, we can still play those exiled creatures. The question is, how?
Well, A Necrotic Ooze with both Scavenging Ooze and the Sisters in the grave could be funny, assuming the rules actually work that way.
Tainted Strike is a fun trick, but not exactly good. Some decks do attack with 9 power-plus creatures with some regularity and, in them, instant speed +1/+0 infect on an unblocked creature is of course a game ender. The most fun use for it though is to cast Tainted Strike on an opponent's creature, turning their unblocked attack on another opponent into a killing blow.
One other thing to remember about infect is the -1/-1 counters part. Wither on a big-butt blocker is very strong, and that increases the value on cards like Priests of Norn even if you're never planning to win via poison. Unfortunately, a dedicated blocker needs to be very strong to make the cut in EDH, and this still falls far short of the mark.
You missed Blightsteel Colossus, which sees tons of play. Also, Corrupted Conscience is a pet card of mine in decks with no other infect going on. People will often happily build a creature big enough to one shot themselves after you steal it.
I think 5/10 is a reasonable verdict for this guy. Maybe 6/10. He does good stuff, at a mostly reasonable cost. But there are just better options.
I mean, there are a lot of decks that want "reasonable finisher who also gets you more gas" but, as the pool of magic cards keeps getting deeper, there are more and more things that fit that role.
This card is one of my favorites. It is in the same category as Artificial Evolution, where you add it to a deck with one interaction in mind and then just keep finding other hilarious things to do with it.
Overall, Infinite Reflection is more flexible though because, if you're planning to use it on a creature that combos with itself (like, say, Enduring Scalelord), it can be dangerous to give that capability to your opponents as well.
One important thing to remember with this card is that it's extremely potent as a combat trick. Cast as an instant after blockers are declared it turns every fight into a trade (absent +1/+1 coutners or other effects). If you have an anthem out, then you win every block.
Another great interaction is using this as a boardwipe if you have a 0/0 creature with +1/+1 counters on it (Like Primordial Hydra, among literally hundreds of others). If you have such a creature, Mirrorweave essentially reads "destroy each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it."
It's not a "cheap black wheel" though because it's not really comparable to Wheel of Fortune. It's more like an overcosted black Winds of Change. And, I mean, I can see how decks that are desperate for this effect might want this card, especially if they don't run red. But, as much as Winds of Change is a pet card of mine, I'm the first to admit that its power level isn't the highest.
EDIT: Oops, not quite, there's no window between the Lieutenant coming back and the Scythe moving to her for Triskelion to ping her again. Need to make the combo more ridiculous by adding more pieces....
Well, all my green decks run Garruk Wildspeaker, and the fact that you couldn't use Garruk to ramp into a more expensive Garruk without losing Wildspeaker was always a small disincentive to include them. So I guess I might reconsider including Primal Hunter and Caller of Beasts in a couple of them....
But it's really a very small buff in most circumstances. The only decks where I can see this change having a substantial effect are, as mentioned many times above, Captain Sisay, Empress Galina, the flip-walkers, and Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath (he's the only commander-walker with another planeswalker card so far, right?).
This is one of my absolute favourite cards. No, it's not very good, but it's hilarious and, in my experience, people will very often make the wrong decision.
Well, with Aluren and a blue permanent, you get infinite ETBs, though there are a lot of other creatures, like Shrieking Drake that also do that more cheaply...
Honestly, I can't see myself running this in a hypothetical deck that runs all four Tezzerets. I suppose it can be played in a combo where you can infinitely untap it, but there's plenty of other creatures that can fill that slot.
Honestly, I can't see myself running this even if it was just "T: Target player loses 3 life."
Yeah, you wish his CMC was a little lower, but maybe it shouldn't be. He's only really viable in an all-in zombie tribal builds, but he's good enough there that you pretty much always want to run him. I've never built zombie tribal myself, but I've been wrecked by this guy more times than I can really count.
It's worth noting that he is often stronger than he seems. Like, you're thinking you want to be able to make 3+ zombies in a single turn to make him really shine, but so many times I have found myself with 1/1 utility creatures stuck in my hand because I don't want to play them into Noxious Ghoul.
He was the only legend in the box of 1000 random cards I bought when first getting into the game, and he is now my favorite EDH general. I just ordered an Italian copy of Stangg to be his evil twin.
Well, A Necrotic Ooze with both Scavenging Ooze and the Sisters in the grave could be funny, assuming the rules actually work that way.
One other thing to remember about infect is the -1/-1 counters part. Wither on a big-butt blocker is very strong, and that increases the value on cards like Priests of Norn even if you're never planning to win via poison. Unfortunately, a dedicated blocker needs to be very strong to make the cut in EDH, and this still falls far short of the mark.
I mean, there are a lot of decks that want "reasonable finisher who also gets you more gas" but, as the pool of magic cards keeps getting deeper, there are more and more things that fit that role.
Got you with a ninja edit before you replied.
Overall, Infinite Reflection is more flexible though because, if you're planning to use it on a creature that combos with itself (like, say, Enduring Scalelord), it can be dangerous to give that capability to your opponents as well.
One important thing to remember with this card is that it's extremely potent as a combat trick. Cast as an instant after blockers are declared it turns every fight into a trade (absent +1/+1 coutners or other effects). If you have an anthem out, then you win every block.
Another great interaction is using this as a boardwipe if you have a 0/0 creature with +1/+1 counters on it (Like Primordial Hydra, among literally hundreds of others). If you have such a creature, Mirrorweave essentially reads "destroy each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it."
EDIT: Oops, not quite, there's no window between the Lieutenant coming back and the Scythe moving to her for Triskelion to ping her again. Need to make the combo more ridiculous by adding more pieces....
EDIT: Add Brass Squire and Thornbite Staff. (And please don't mention that Scythe of the Wretched and Triskelion make a three card combo already with like a billion other cards).
But it's really a very small buff in most circumstances. The only decks where I can see this change having a substantial effect are, as mentioned many times above, Captain Sisay, Empress Galina, the flip-walkers, and Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath (he's the only commander-walker with another planeswalker card so far, right?).
Honestly, I can't see myself running this even if it was just "T: Target player loses 3 life."
It's worth noting that he is often stronger than he seems. Like, you're thinking you want to be able to make 3+ zombies in a single turn to make him really shine, but so many times I have found myself with 1/1 utility creatures stuck in my hand because I don't want to play them into Noxious Ghoul.