Magic Arena will allow formats like Legacy and Vintage to be as relevant as standard. Still nothing beats holding the actual seven cards in your hand, but the time has long passed for the old formats to be played that way. Magic Arena will at least make sure that they continue to be played. In many ways is a dream come true for hardcore players who always wanted to play the formats but couldn't.
So er... there IS a cost to magmatic channeler. It needs to tap (i.e. NOT do 4 damage) for you to draw. It's a trap card, i feel, though i've no real evidence to back it up aside from my hunch/hypothesis.
If you're on topdeck mode, wouldn't you just be going in for 4 damage each turn instead of drawing 1 extra? It's 3-4 damage possibly (unless you draw double lander), at the cost of a 4 damage swing.
Also, not all decks have removal for the eidolon. Also, don't we normally play pyrostatic pillar too? against xerox decks, it can be a real killer.
It feels to me that rolling vortex can be good, but it's basically good against force, daze, LED, petals. So maybe as a sideboard option against storm and RUG?
How is it any different from Grim Lavamancer? Lavamancer taps with a cost. Assuming that you'll likely draw a Lava Spike or Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning, which in all likelihood you will, you'll be hitting your opponent for 3 instead, or if you draw a Price of Progress, you'll be hitting for 6. And even if you end up removing two lands, those are two dead cards that you'll still be removing from your library. Best case scenario you'll be able to swing for 4 like you said, but that won't always be the case. It's the flexibility the card offers that makes it so deadly. Either hitting for 4, or hitting for 3, or removing lands from the top of the deck, with cards like Fiery Islet thrown into the mix, you'll be top decking burn spells virtually every turn.
As for the Eidolon, it's always been hit or miss depending which deck you're playing against. Against decks like Dredge or Delver archetypes it's completely useless. These deck roll over it like it's just another creature. And by the time you sideboard against those decks you're likely playing from behind already. Too many things have to go right for the Eidolon to win. It's not like it's proven to have much success to begin with. Burn remains at the very bottom of the metagame, not even close to the top tiers. You'd think that players would be playing the Eidolon more often if they thought the card was as good as advertised. My experience with the card has been mixed at best.
Do you think the new card Roiling Vortex is playable in Legacy burn ?
I’ve been thinking about it, it seems pretty meh compared to Sulfuric Vortex but the free spell hate makes it a bit interesting.
Honestly the card that I can truly see transforming Legacy burn is Magmatic Channeler. The card is pretty much a Bazaar of Baghdad effect for burn, which is an insane ability to have when you're top decking deep in a game. It means you won't have to worry about drawing a land when you're desperate for a spell. With this card not anymore. You can now discard it and draw two cards and choose one for zero cost. You'll have your entire mana pool to keep shooting whatever else you got. I can't begin to describe how big that is for burn.
On top he's also a 4/4 creature for two mana with no drawbacks. This card is an absolute beast. I'm definitely moving those Eidolons to the sideboard and going with this. Eidolon of the Great Revel is one of the most overrated cards in Magic. Great card, but that's just about it. In most cases, the opponent will simply kill it and take the two damage. Two damage and a removal spell. That's all the damage that the Eidolon usually makes. Not remotely enough to beat a slew of superior decks. Better for Modern. Not for Legacy. It's time to debunk the myth that Eidolon is one of the best cards in Magic. It's not even close. Pyrostatic Pillar was always an average sideboard card to begin with. Eidolon being a creature makes it a better version, but not much more than that.
How is it any different from Grim Lavamancer? Lavamancer taps with a cost. Assuming that you'll likely draw a Lava Spike or Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning, which in all likelihood you will, you'll be hitting your opponent for 3 instead, or if you draw a Price of Progress, you'll be hitting for 6. And even if you end up removing two lands, those are two dead cards that you'll still be removing from your library. Best case scenario you'll be able to swing for 4 like you said, but that won't always be the case. It's the flexibility the card offers that makes it so deadly. Either hitting for 4, or hitting for 3, or removing lands from the top of the deck, with cards like Fiery Islet thrown into the mix, you'll be top decking burn spells virtually every turn.
As for the Eidolon, it's always been hit or miss depending which deck you're playing against. Against decks like Dredge or Delver archetypes it's completely useless. These deck roll over it like it's just another creature. And by the time you sideboard against those decks you're likely playing from behind already. Too many things have to go right for the Eidolon to win. It's not like it's proven to have much success to begin with. Burn remains at the very bottom of the metagame, not even close to the top tiers. You'd think that players would be playing the Eidolon more often if they thought the card was as good as advertised. My experience with the card has been mixed at best.
Honestly the card that I can truly see transforming Legacy burn is Magmatic Channeler. The card is pretty much a Bazaar of Baghdad effect for burn, which is an insane ability to have when you're top decking deep in a game. It means you won't have to worry about drawing a land when you're desperate for a spell. With this card not anymore. You can now discard it and draw two cards and choose one for zero cost. You'll have your entire mana pool to keep shooting whatever else you got. I can't begin to describe how big that is for burn.
On top he's also a 4/4 creature for two mana with no drawbacks. This card is an absolute beast. I'm definitely moving those Eidolons to the sideboard and going with this. Eidolon of the Great Revel is one of the most overrated cards in Magic. Great card, but that's just about it. In most cases, the opponent will simply kill it and take the two damage. Two damage and a removal spell. That's all the damage that the Eidolon usually makes. Not remotely enough to beat a slew of superior decks. Better for Modern. Not for Legacy. It's time to debunk the myth that Eidolon is one of the best cards in Magic. It's not even close. Pyrostatic Pillar was always an average sideboard card to begin with. Eidolon being a creature makes it a better version, but not much more than that.