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Here is a short list of random cards that new recruiter can get, that the old recruiter couldn't get, 3 CMC or below (plus evoke type cards) that may be interesting:
Boon Satyr
Matter Reshaper
Spirit of the Labyrinth
Tireless Tracker
Troll Ascetic
True-Name Nemesis
Shriekmaw
Vendilion Clique
Flickerwisp
Kitchen Finks
Asylum Visitor
Bloodbraid Elf
Spitebellows
Since it doesn't force red like Imperial does, it also opens up other ways to splash:
Green has access to Noble Hierarch to power it out faster. KotR and Pridemage are the most important targets. Reclamation Sage is also nice to have in the board, as is Gaddock Teeg somewhere in the 75.
Blue has V. Clique, TNN (both very blue heavy), Meddling Mage, Geist of Saint Traft.
Black has Bob, Tidehollow Sculler and Orzhov Pontiff. It also grabs Shriekmaw or those 3/1 all players sac a creature Zombies for .
Spirit of the Labyrinth is an interesting one, I think. Now you don't need Enlightened Tutor to find your bad-in-multiples silver bullet, but you can side in Tutors and/or extra copies if you really want it.
This can also find Notion Thief, though that's less good since Thief's main value is in the gotcha.
@Barook. . . yeah - looking at the above list I made, other than Shiekmaw, Flickerwisp, TNN and Clique (maybe Spirit), there aren't that many great new targets . . . . I mean those 4/5 cards may be enough to make this card worth it, but the true stregnth of this card is that it opens up tutoring for previous targets in non-red decks.
There are replacements, sure. Being Bolted wasn't really the issue. The combo itself is pretty resilient. Dream Stalker was just incrementally better. Might as well get a 1/5 over a 1/1 if you can.
Aluren may end up marginally improved by this. It's hard to say. There's a lot of interesting sideboard applications if you can splash white heavily enough. It's still a sorcery speed combo deck until the turn you go off, so I doubt it affects how often you end up seeing it. If someone places highly, you can count on Aluren jumping up into the played tier of reserve list pricing.
I am more worried about this into new Thalia. That card fucks me so hard. Its really hard to play with 40% of your deck gets the tag "ETB Tapped".
There's potential for dopey double combo decks..
4 Imperial Recruiter
4 Recruiter of the Guard
4 Food Chain
4 Aluren
1 Man-o-War
1 Cavern Harpy
1 Parasitic Strix
1 Kiki-Jiki Mirror Breaker
1 Lightning Crafter
Legacy & Homebrew **ONLY**
Brown Stax
Rainbow SWAT
Dimir Mill
Morph my Ride
Wally Wallah
Corona Syndrome
Not to mention fetching Grenzo after a Terminus would defeat the whole point, since you'd shuffle and have nothing on the bottom. Grenzo is terrible, just use Recriuter to find good creatures.
I do wonder if this might somehow make Ranger of Eos somehow playable. That card is a heck of an engine in and of itself, but I doubt if it costing 4 can be overcome. It would be pretty sweet versus Miracles though.
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
It's too bad you can't fetch Enlistment Officer for a more goblins style soldier deck seeing as how this new recruiter is very close to Goblin Matron.
It would take Death and Taxes from tax/equipment/vial to tax/swarm/vial.
Up to $30 now at SCG.
With Ben's teaser I think I'll have to buy a box now and spin the wheel!
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I feel like it should be more of a 10-15 dollar card. But who knows, maybe I'm wrong.
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
I feel like the non-yoyo Big 4 will be Miracles/Grixis Tempo/Eldrazi/D&T for the time being. I know, I'm ballsy.
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