ofc just a 1/1. but also just U and blue doesnt have exactly many good choices there. afterall he is Index on a stick, which smoothes the draw very well. I dont think you can expect more from a onedrop, he is even relevant in the lategame.
Ill put him in my T1, since he plays well into my selfbounce of Dream Stalker and he becomes even better with fetches. Im glad I rediscovered this bugger.
afterall he is Index on a stick, which smoothes the draw very well.
The problem is, that it can't influence the cards apart from reordering them. If you find 2 lands on top you will still draw your 2 lands later rather than sooner. There simply aren't that many relevant shuffle effects in pauper, unless you want to break the pauper rule for fetches.
If you really want to play a card quality spell, that doesn't replace itself you can play Taigam's Scheming. It's basically has "Surveil 5".
Btw. I still have the hope, that WOTC will one day realise that the slow fetches (e.g. Flood Plain) are the perfect budget fetches for commander and they will print a full cycle of 10 into every commander product at common rarity.
actually i dont mind finding 2 lands, if i drop him turn 1. if those lands were #3 and #4 he did what i expect.
same is true if he digs up a removal or whatever when i need it.
Scheming is not a creature and there are tons of options for cmc2 spells, so that doesnt help. cmon al, thats suggesting farseek instead of manaelf.
ofc Epityr is best with shuffle, but do you really expect sth like scry4 on a common onedrop?
the question is not, is it an eternal staple for the next 20 years, but what can you get from a blue onedrop.
well we got Faerie Seer now, so a cmc1 sage owl is not out of question i guess. or flash. Still at least borderline as is imo.
ill try and play him on my next draft, when this virus panic is over and report here. I mean he was in my cube way back in the days and got cut, but it was a different meta.
The body might indeed be too underwhelming since most of my aggro onedrops eiher ignore or beat him in combat, so lets see.
I really want some cheap bodies in blue though.
ofc just a 1/1. but also just U and blue doesnt have exactly many good choices there. afterall he is Index on a stick, which smoothes the draw very well. I dont think you can expect more from a onedrop, he is even relevant in the lategame.
Ill put him in my T1, since he plays well into my selfbounce of Dream Stalker and he becomes even better with fetches. Im glad I rediscovered this bugger.
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If you really want to play a card quality spell, that doesn't replace itself you can play Taigam's Scheming. It's basically has "Surveil 5".
Btw. I still have the hope, that WOTC will one day realise that the slow fetches (e.g. Flood Plain) are the perfect budget fetches for commander and they will print a full cycle of 10 into every commander product at common rarity.
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same is true if he digs up a removal or whatever when i need it.
Scheming is not a creature and there are tons of options for cmc2 spells, so that doesnt help. cmon al, thats suggesting farseek instead of manaelf.
ofc Epityr is best with shuffle, but do you really expect sth like scry4 on a common onedrop?
the question is not, is it an eternal staple for the next 20 years, but what can you get from a blue onedrop.
well we got Faerie Seer now, so a cmc1 sage owl is not out of question i guess. or flash. Still at least borderline as is imo.
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The body might indeed be too underwhelming since most of my aggro onedrops eiher ignore or beat him in combat, so lets see.
I really want some cheap bodies in blue though.
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