MTG Salvation

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First Strike

Whenever Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist attacks, each opponent can't block with more than one creature this combat.

As long as Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist is tapped, no more than one creature can attack you each combat.

3/2



First strike is cool, shutting down blockers is cool, and being at least a little protected from crackback seems good.

Seems like this is a contender for an efficient beater in Selesnya, if you run any of those.



@mods: Can we get the Hour of Devastation cards cleaned out of this section?

Wait so for the first part, does that mean each *creature* can only be blocked by one creature, or that only one creature *overall* can block?

One total is how I read it.

Quote from Salmo »

Wait so for the first part, does that mean each *creature* can only be blocked by one creature, or that only one creature *overall* can block?

Yeah, the opponent can only block with one creature, period.

Only one creature can block total.

It's a fine card, but I don't think this has a remote chance of cracking Selesnya.

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One total is how I read it.

That would be interesting, I imagine the deeper your GW decks go into token builds the better the cat seems.

Being selesnya kinda sucks, though, its almost disappointing when guild cards get printed that are cubeable or worth considering since they have to reach such a high standard.

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Hypothetical: would you run this card if it was mono white? mono green?

I love the Mirri character. I held on to her mono green (and mono black) versions for far longer than I probably should have because of that nostalgia. I think this card is cool and looks like a solid addition to the Little Kid GW deck that sometimes comes together, but unfortunately it's just not pushed enough to crack most Selesnya sections.

I love the card, and I like supporting green aggro, but yeah this isn't better than anything in selesnya right now. Someone with a 720, let me play it through you?

Quote from Salmo »

Hypothetical: would you run this card if it was mono white? mono green?

Not white, but in green I'd try to find some room. Especially at 2G. I'd probably cheat and try it somewhere at 1(G/W)(G/W).

It would probably be pretty great at a Kitchen Finks manacost. Being playable in gruul and also azorius (or whatever guilds you want to put there) would carry a decent amount of weight.

This is a nice card and all, but even at 720 I'd have to replace either Fleecemane Lion or Knight of the Reliquary. I could maybe justify testing it out, but I don't think it brings enough to the table. The sort of decks Selesnya/Naya struggle with are not ones that will care much about this card's text.

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This is a nice card and all, but even at 720 I'd have to replace either Fleecemane Lion or Knight of the Reliquary. I could maybe justify testing it out, but I don't think it brings enough to the table. The sort of decks Selesnya/Naya struggle with are not ones that will care much about this card's text.

This is the correct analysis. GW dominates creature combat already. This is preventing blocks that were never happening in the first place.

I'm in for a once-sided, aggressive Silent Arbiter. Finding room isn't a problem. For me, it's about choosing the right two or three C17 cards to order, as I don't spend tons of money on cards.

Solid card but Gonna pass... there are some matchups where it will be quite powerful, but too many where it will be mediocre.

3 drops are stacked in white and very solid in green, so the bar for entry is very high.

I do not think it is more powerful than Fleecemane Lion. It might be better than Loxodon Smiter though.