Well, it is kind of win more, but just Thopter-Sword always has to pass turn. So, there is the chance you could lose after passing the turn. With Urza though it is infinite mana and tokens and you can play your whole library if you want. Most importantly, can can keep "Apaturing" until you hit a Force of Will and prevent yourself from losing or having the board wiped. Plus, an arbitrarily large amount of life is a good deal better than an amount equal to your available mana.
But I don't know that it makes the combo super-Tier 1, but it does make it minorly better.
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
So you tap sword + thopter to get UU, then sac the sword to make a thopter. Infinite mana, infinite aperture. Any number of ways to end the game here with infinite blue mana. Could even run something like a time walk effect.
-rob
I was also intrigued by urza, but not for thopter sword, that should already win the game. I think urza should be playable as a standalone value card for it to see play, and i think arcum dagsson is a higher impact 4cc blue artifact matters creature that combos into a win
I know this will never happen in legacy but im personally very intrigued by the interaction of Squadron Hawk with Chrome Mox and Force of Virtue in an aggressive token build. :)
Nexus of fate into all the turns without decking yourself if you want to sacrifice a dead slot
Exactly. My thought would be a single Walk effect, because you really don't much want to draw it and can always Brainstorm that it back in case you draw it. And on the off chance it's in your 'yard, you can always just Aperture up some number of Force of Wills for when you pass the turn.
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
Could you run Mirrodin Beseiged? If you're casting your whole deck for free, and you have 15 artifacts, and your combo already includes an artifact sac outlet, you win on the end step. It also lets you loot for your combo in a pinch.
Only if you still have cards in your library, because before the win trigge, you have to draw a card and you'll deck yourself if you just slam your deck with the infinite aperture. The same is true for jace wielder of mysteries, because the + ability mills you, and you only win the game if you draw, so you would lose. I'd go for nexus or, if you have other ways to combo easily, time sieve.
i think time will tell what will be the best way to use this, but it looks like a very strong card even outside of the sword combo. i think it's the best card in the set.
-rob
I like this idea, but yeah you're right probably not good enough for legacy.
A sample deadguy list though:
4 Squadron Hawk
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Dark Confidant
2 Cabal Therapist
4 STP
4 Lingering Souls
4 Force of Virtue
4 Chrome Mox
3 Cabal Therapy
3 Thoughtseize
2 Bitterblossom
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Batterskull
1 Sword of Meta and Meta
1 Collective Brutality
18 Lands
Maybe throw in Leyline of the Meek?
Leyline of the Meek seems worse than Intangible Virtue, don't you think?
Out of all cards, I didn't expect Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis to be the break-out one.
I did play Modern Dredge for a bit but it became significantly less powerful with GGT getting banned for the second time. Hogaak is decent but not amazing as dredge usually falls down from not being able to chain dredgers together and fill up the graveyard quickly and he doesn't help with that. Shenanigans might see some sideboard play though as it's useful for dealing with grafdigger's cage and has dredge but ancient grudge might still be better.
Who'd have thought the delve card would be a problem in eternal formats? :)
-rob
From what I've gathered on social media from various sources, the Hogaak deck pulls off consistent turn 3 kills and might arguably be the best Modern deck post-Horizons. We'll see how it's going to turn out once London Leylines are becoming legal, but just calling it decent is underselling it.
It also looks like Yawgmoth has found a home in Nic Fit.
Modern Horizons cards in the recent MTGO Legacy Challenge's top 16:
2nd place Maverick: Sideboard- 1 Collector Ouphe
4th place Nic Fit: 3 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, 1 Cabal Therapist, 1 Nurturing Peatland
5th place 4-Color Control: 2 Force of Negation, 2 Wrenn and Six
8th place Lands: 1 Wrenn and Six. Sideboard- 2 Force of Vigor
12th place Miracles: 4 Prismatic Vista, 2 Force of Negation. Sideboard- 1 Nature's Chant
15th place Enchantress: 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity. Sideboard- 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity, 1 Plague Engineer
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