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Feb 3, 2014FunkyDragon posted a message on Launch Giveaway!Angel of Despair may have recently been outclassed, but it will remain my favorite card - awesome art and a powerful ETB ability in colors than allow it to be recurred either by blinking or through reanimation, all stapled to a big flying body. What's not to love?Posted in: Announcements
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I know people have really been liking some of the landcyclers (like Troll of Khazad-dûm), so this is probably worthy of mention. Unfortunately, it's 2 mana to cycle, not 1.
I love the card in Commander and play it in a lot of decks, but I'm not sure it translates well to Peasant Cube outside of reanimator strategies. Seven mana is a lot for something that can die to not only creature removal, but also artifact removal. The ETB is all going to depend on the quality of targets. If you run Skullclamp/Loxodon Warhammer/Curse of Predation/etc, this becomes better. If not, it becomes less relevant.
As is, I'm considering it for my top end in white. Haven't fully decided yet.
Requisition Raid - I know this is more flexible than Basri's Solidarity, and I probably will swap it, but I kinda like how simple and clean Solidarity is compared to this - just "Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control." No complications, no mana calculations.
Rambling Possum - Decent body when saddled and gives opportunities to re-trigger ETBs.
Lavaspur Boots - Haste is the most relevant part, but it's a nice cheap package with pump and minor protection.
Honest Rutstein - Part EWit, part ramp. Considering swapping out Baloth Null to reduce mana curve.
Cactusfolk Sureshot - Not sure if it will make the cut, but it looked interesting. My Gruul section has never been as good as other guilds at developing a real identity.
MTG story has suffered for a long time. The refusal to use a block system restricts the ability to tell a contained story with a beginning, middle, and end. We're introduced to worlds with supposedly world-changing events, but because no status quo is established first, the change from the status quo is lost on the audience. We get a multiverse-wide invasion, but Elesh Norn's decapitation is spoiled before some of the worlds are even invaded. And then characters "somehow survived" things they should not have, and they all get thrown into genre-ripoff-world after genre-ripoff-set with no care for logic, consistency, or good storytelling. All the while, the MTG brand is diluted by injecting other IPs for nonsensical cash-grabs.
Mechanically, the card is fine though uninteresting to a segment of players. But character-wise... LAME!
As they say, everything is just a variant of kicker or horsemanship.
Nothing terribly special. I have at least a thousand full arts, but they're mostly in Commander decks, so I opted for more traditional frames that I liked the art for.
Plains
Island - John Avon Island
Swamp - Jumpstart Zombie Swamp
Forest - Alara Sunrise Forest
I never did settle on a Mountain. But I'm wondering if it would be crazy to ditch basics altogether and run art cards in their place just because of this one: LTR Mountain Art Card
I mean, it's essentially a full art land, it just doesn't say it or have any frame at all.
I did a scryfall search for just the new commons/uncommons (hope I got them all - 44 results), and there are two I might consider. I'll probably pick up a copy and then decide later.
Cathedral Acolyte - Small window for the counter, but it is repeatable, and the ward can be nice.
Young Deathclaws - Scavenge seems good, though I've had Dreg Mangler for years and never been terribly impressed with it. Might be worth a straight swap to give it to cheaper creatures.