MTG Salvation

Quote from kmclaugh

I've never had a problem casting it when playing grixis. And it's rare that I can't cast it once I hit 7 mana.

I find it totally incredulous that every time you hit 7 mana, you have exactly UUBBBRR. I just can't buy it. Decks in standard had to jump through hoops with Vivids, filters and Reflecting Pools to achieve that. Not to mention that just one or two colourless lands in your deck will totally shaft you, and I'm not excluding Volrath's Stronghold or Strip Mine to include a card that I may or may not be able to play at some late point in the game. Statisically speaking, you are probably far more likely to reach 4UBBR before you reach the Ultimatum's cost. But if you insist that you no have trouble playing it, then I'll take your word for it.

In any case, the card is a total bomb, but so is Bolas. I wouldn't expect to lose a game where I landed either of those guys

Ajani 1.0 is valuable as one of the very few playable Anthem effects at 360-450 level. Even outside of that context, all his abilities can be relevant in various decks. He's a great aggro curve topper, and boosts the token archetype.

I think the balance will naturally restore itself as the Planeswalkers will start competing with each other in the 4-5 CMC slots and tight multicolour sections. I'd actually like to see a competitive 6-7 CMC mono colour 'walker as a finisher (like Sorin 1.0, but better and with >1 ability), as that's something we haven't seen from them yet.