- Able to destroy signets, talisman, swords, oko. Especially out of a green deck makes her incredibly strong. Aristocrats decks needs sacrifice outlets + removal. This is 2 in 1 package
- Moves to 6 loyalty makes it incredibly difficult to remove from conventional means.
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I've been pro-Vraska from the start and she's been performing well. Abrupt Decay effects have gone up in value as there are more cheap threats for Vraska to blow up (Oko / Uro / Phoenix of Ash / T3feri / etc). There's also more tokens / token generators to fuel Vraska now.
I like Vraska, but I like Deed, Pulse, Decay and Trophy more, despite them all being varying forms of removal.
That's a reasonable stance to take. I like each of them individually more than Vraska, but only run two of them (Deed and Trophy) to add variety to the way the guild plays. Either route is fine - as long as you and your drafters are happy with the play style, that's what ultimately matters.
If I had enough gold slots to consider this Vraska, I'd probably have a large enough cube that I would need Life // Death more so that reanimator stayed viable. I think I'd put Vraska below Deed, Pulse, Trophy, Decay, Deathrite, and Fiend Artisan.
If I had enough gold slots to consider this Vraska, I'd probably have a large enough cube that I would need Life // Death more so that reanimator stayed viable. I think I'd put Vraska below Deed, Pulse, Trophy, Decay, Deathrite, and Fiend Artisan.
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I'd put it individually under most of those, but it's different enough from all the removal cards that I would personally slot it in before the third removal variant. I'd slot it in after 2 removal cards and Fiend Artisan, for sure, though. I think it makes top 5 on variety alone.
- Able to destroy signets, talisman, swords, oko. Especially out of a green deck makes her incredibly strong. Aristocrats decks needs sacrifice outlets + removal. This is 2 in 1 package
- Moves to 6 loyalty makes it incredibly difficult to remove from conventional means.
As strange as it sounds, the closest card for her to compare to is Yawgmoth, Thran Physician.
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