MTG Salvation

Well two cards that make Ball Lightning look like old garbage in the same set, how about that.

Like Force of Vigor, this card has the potential to act as a 2-for-1 (2-for-2 if pitching), though I'll admit that's a bit less likely.

Seems decent for taking out the attackers of fair midrange and human decks and it can zoom in for damage if you're on the aggressive. I'm down for this thing.

No one's playing this on an opponent's turn.

The only part of the Force cycle that's arguably worse on your opponent's turn, since you won't get to attack with your tokens.

Oh, I was thinking beginning of your next end step. Carry on.

So if its upkeep, they survive your turn and, if they have vigilance, they can block? Could be some utility there but I doubt it.

But hey, this is a technically possible turn 1 win if you draw all 4 and no lands, so ... there's that...

Edit - I've already realized what's wrong with that statement, no need to say it.

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Sac at the beginning of YOUR next upkeep, so you could still attack.

Yes, YOUR next upkeep. As in, you cast this on your opponents turn, their turn ends. Your turn starts: Untap, upkeep - tokens are gone.

Sac at the beginning of YOUR next upkeep, so you could still attack.

Doesn't really trade with any notable Modern threats.

Now its finding out how to get Eon Hub into play early enough for this to matter

The base card feels like a 2-for-2 ambush at the best, but maybe there's a nice elemental tribal deck where 6 power of fast attackers for 3 is going to be fantastic.

I know I'm dusting off my Primal Forcemages

Is it decent? Sure. Is it *Force of _____* cycle good? Compared to the blue, black, or green ones? The blue one is custom-made to stop an opponent's combo wincon from resolving and save your game. The black one and the green one are both not only capable of being but likely to be 2-for-2 in terms of cards, mitigating the ostensible cost of being card disadvantage like Force of Will was (the black one can be a 10-for-2 or better, there is no upper limit really).

Here we have a card design that seems dazed and confused in comparison. I'm playing RDW. The cards in my hand and the mana I have available to me each turn are precious commodities, because I'm burning through my hand to get as much damage out for as cheap as possible, as consistently as possible. My goal is to reduce my opponent's life total to zero before they (pulling a matchup out of a hat here) resolve their Neoform and lock me out of 85% of my game with Iona.

What matchup is being able to make suprise 3/1 ground blockers (while NOT reducing my opponent's life total) relevant in? Such that it's worth pitching another red burn spell, which can also no longer help do it's job of reducing my opponent's life total?