Ah yes, because when I think of "things that take down big fliers", I think "giant fantasy scaly earthworm".
Seriously, this has to be the most baffling use of reach I've ever seen.
Remember, Wurms consider the sky to be their territory, but not… the ground
It's telling about the way Green's slice of the color pie is being pushed that this could be a UWG card and no one would bat an eye.
On the contrary, the thread would be full of people complaining because this would be an extremely weak three color card and all of its abilities are very, very green
Ignoring the fact that these effects "being green" IS the problem, not the card's power level, gaining life and and anthems are primary White, and repeatable card draw is blue. Sure, Green gets lots of card draw, but usually it's allowed to cantrip off creatures like when using cards like The Great Henge or Garruk's Uprising. This compares more to effects like Kumena's Awakening.
My point is I can’t see how “Green's slice of the color pie is being pushed” here when life gain and creature-based card draw have been extremely common on monogreen cards at every point in Magic’s history
It's telling about the way Green's slice of the color pie is being pushed that this could be a UWG card and no one would bat an eye.
On the contrary, the thread would be full of people complaining because this would be an extremely weak three color card and all of its abilities are very, very green
A lot of Innistrad's Dragons really do like spellslinger strategies, but this might be the first one that prefers quality (big spells) over quantity of spellslinging.
It continues to surprise me how many cards in recent sets have the "once per turn" rider. Would this be totally broken if you got three clues after a wrath?
Can a card with so many modes, with one of them “destroy target land,” at such a cheap mana cost, be bad? It’s hard to imagine, but I can’t see how it’ll end up being good
If your commander isn't "good" on T1, then you can use the Lotus to cast them on turn X when they ARE good. And "turn X" will be, thanks to Lotus:
1) Earlier than you would have cast the commander otherwise, or else
2) The same turn you would have cast the commander otherwise, but with more mana or resources available.
And this is faster than Mana Crypt or Sol Ring, and doesn't take a mana or life investment like Mana Vault, so yes, it absolutely gives almost every deck a boost no other card can compare to
I wonder why the pickpocket’s bounce is tied to the connive instead of being an independent ability
Remember, Wurms consider the sky to be their territory, but not… the ground
Sandwurm Convergence
Or Colossal Majesty or Primitive Etchings
My point is I can’t see how “Green's slice of the color pie is being pushed” here when life gain and creature-based card draw have been extremely common on monogreen cards at every point in Magic’s history
On the contrary, the thread would be full of people complaining because this would be an extremely weak three color card and all of its abilities are very, very green
Judging from the picture it’s a “loud sound (falcon screech) smash artifact” thing
Hey, six 1/1s can often be better than one 6/6!
…yes? obviously?
1) Earlier than you would have cast the commander otherwise, or else
2) The same turn you would have cast the commander otherwise, but with more mana or resources available.
And this is faster than Mana Crypt or Sol Ring, and doesn't take a mana or life investment like Mana Vault, so yes, it absolutely gives almost every deck a boost no other card can compare to