hello. I know i'm extremely late to this conversation. either way, i agree with the people before me that have stated the originator of this challenge is being too much of a stickler.
the reason i stumbled across this thread is i was looking for the term used to describe a card like noxious revival in its relationship to reclaim. i believe i have seen this word in economics and also magic previously but now cannot think of it and it's really annoying me. it's not dominant btw, although that would be a synonym i guess. anyone know the word i'm thinking of?
As a constructed legacy player, I still see the card shine in Aluren decks and have been viewing it as a powerhouse. However, after seeing calibretto's list, I am wondering if I am "overly romanticizing" this card's effect. What are your thoughts on the card and why have you been taking it out of your cubes?
link for the 2019 average list. https://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/156304
Ex 1: Chalice on 1. Opponent casts thoughtseize targeting the player owning the chalice. The player owning chalice has all lands in hand and would rather let the opponent see his hand and take 2 damage rather than counter the thoughtseize.
Ex 2: thoughtseize vs Obstinate Baloth
Thanks in advance for anyone that can share the answer.
kor spiritdancer, this one is expensive but very powerful, if you add it consider adding pacifism, prison term or faith's fetters as removal
for protection from removal:
mother of runes, very powerful card, useful in any white creature deck you will ever build in the future
or swiftfoot boots
predator's gambit is a better unholy strength
for defense:
ghostly prison
sphere of safety
It's interesting you have a play group that frowns upon counterspells but will enjoy never being able to attack when arboria is out. What about beast within or primal command to get rid of your own arboria. They at least have some versatility.
I'm not sure how you can believe this card compares to snapcaster in power level. The advantages of this card has over snapcaster are so insignificant compared to what you are giving up. Are you planning on playing thoughtseize without black mana in your deck? not having to pay multiple colors is nice but not terribly significant. Losing flash and versitility of converted mana cost is much more of a detriment to anything this guy brings. Also, you can play snapcaster for his casting cost turn two to flashback phyrexian mana spells like gitaxian probe.
Overall I like this card, but dont consider him comparable to snapcaster.
This is interesting. To make it more interesting you could make it a clash decides where the card goes
edit: similiar to whirlpool whelm
This post and the one giving the blue murder spell are totally missing the fact that venomous predator is not nearly as effective as murder at killing creatures because it is fizzled by a removal spell. This fact makes the card ring of green. One of the major weaknesses of cards like prey upon is that if your creature is killed, the result is a two for one. Obviously, attaching the deathtouch creature to the prey upon spell makes the card significantly stronger, but if you are looking for a murder effect, it is not as strong an option.
This seems closer to ancestral memories
The last booster box i bought was innistrad and I got no value. no planeswalkers, no snapcasters, no Olivia Valdaren. At this point I had already stopped buying booster packs and since then I have given up on booster boxes. Outside of drafting I just can't see why I would want to buy packs, it usually just leads to frustration and loss of money. mythic rarity and box mapping seem to have contributed to increased variance in booster boxes, and in turn my frustration.
For me, having mythics that feel like a letdown leads to more variance. In my poor innistrad booster box i got all worthless mythics. in sets where most of the money is in the mythics, the duds seem worse. you only get a small number of mythics in your booster box. If you only get 4 or 5 mythics per box its easy to strike out. I would rather all the mythics be powerful or none be powerful(all the value in rares).
Am I missing something? Why do you care if you go below 20 cards?