The problem is the same one exava had before rotation. It's good I would love to play it in my R/W devotion deck hammer would make this thing scary. But what to cut.... The stuff in the curve where I would put it have all around better value...
To be fair, Masques did have Brainstorm and Daze, which are two of the most powerful commons ever printed.
True but I think the point of alot of people responses is people going off with uninformed opinions about how terrible this set is. When they have probably not played threw more then a few sets.
The thing is, you don't NEED full value for it to be good in standard. A 3/1 for 2 isn't bad in standard (though it's nothing special). A 3/1 with a potentially excellent upside should be nearly playable, depending on the format and how often the ability is relevant. Certainly not format warping, but UW or mono W aggro would probably want it if those exist
The thing is there isn't enough card draw cards that draw more then one to make this worthwhile. Will be played around just like voice of resurgence and dealt with. Now a 3/1 body is nice but personally I would rather play something like daring skyjack in standard. Thats just imo he doesn't trade well in the current meta
I could see this in a Monoblack devotion style deck with more creatures. Splashing blue. Would have to give up some mill spells for more creatures and you would need more then just this as a win con.
People have been spoiled by the Meta before rotation which was one of the best we have seen in a while. If you haven't been playing for several years you would probably look at this as an awful set. Its not the best but its not the worst.
This card would be extremely narrow in standard and the only way to get the full value out of it would be to cast it at instant speed to respond to something like sphinx. Any good player will get rid of it first b4 they sphinx. Which is why it would work well in an aethervile deck. Savage summoning could make it work but I would rather just play some U/B deck and play Notion Thief. This is extremely back breaking in legacy though. Brainstorm, Ancestrial, Jace, Grizz, Faithless looting, and stuff like enchantress decks. I think It may make a main spot in some D&T decks but probably SB. This card is terrible in standard.
i noticed the deck was just too slow buildinf up so i added in birth with assemble and espeth it worked extremely well in testing. coming back to your hand is just a bonus
lol been testing against bw midrange and that rwb one jerry had and been stomping them with just token spam and speed. legion is awesome but you need more win cons then just that and purph and eslpeth. molten birth is what i added its stupidly strong with all those and gets the ball rolling faster. also makes you less vunerable to removal and TS. they kill your assemble or elspeth you keep on pumping out stuff
Also working on this durtly deck lol http://www.mtgvault.com/darthtaco75/decks/modern-loam-pox/
True but I think the point of alot of people responses is people going off with uninformed opinions about how terrible this set is. When they have probably not played threw more then a few sets.
The thing is there isn't enough card draw cards that draw more then one to make this worthwhile. Will be played around just like voice of resurgence and dealt with. Now a 3/1 body is nice but personally I would rather play something like daring skyjack in standard. Thats just imo he doesn't trade well in the current meta
I found this version just goes off faster and keeps on going. More of a control deck then a midrange deck. Been testing molten birth..... Its crazy
Thoughts?