Oh hey! Nice to have you back Smash! That land seems...over costed... I mean, I know it is 2 1/1 fliers, but is it worth 5 mana? Might of the Masses is another nice reprint.
5 mana for a spell to make two 1/1 fliers would be overcosted. On a land where you can run that Spell for free other than the colorless mana part it's pretty good. Also an uncommon, so you'll see them in draft and I'd definitely play it there.
Yeah, the wording of his trigger makes him better than he first looks. If you flash him in, block one thing (hopefully killing it), and exile an unblocked guy, that's pretty decent.
"When Ojutai attacked, I had just begun appreciating mastery of the [something][School, perhaps?]." Shun Yin
My friend isn't 100% on his translation, but it should be something like "When I fought Ojutai, I understood that my own training had only just begun." - Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest"
Sideboards are generally tuned to the metagame at the moment, sometimes even for a specific tournament. Since they change so often it's really hard to have a particular guide like that. Someone may face a ton of aggro decks at their store, so have a bunch of slots devoted to cheap removal, but another player on the same deck may rarely see aggro but face a bunch of control, and so their sideboard would have very little or no cheap removal.
Instead of the number of times they appear, look at what deck that card is supposed to fight, then base your choices on the most popular decks in your area that you're likely to face.
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5 mana for a spell to make two 1/1 fliers would be overcosted. On a land where you can run that Spell for free other than the colorless mana part it's pretty good. Also an uncommon, so you'll see them in draft and I'd definitely play it there.
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Yup, it's one of those "A worse version of a great card is still really good".
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My friend isn't 100% on his translation, but it should be something like "When I fought Ojutai, I understood that my own training had only just begun." - Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest"
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The flavor text seems to be attributed to Shu Yun.
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Instead of the number of times they appear, look at what deck that card is supposed to fight, then base your choices on the most popular decks in your area that you're likely to face.