Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
Norrin the Wary found it's second Impact Tremmors
At 3RR I think it’s better to have haste and protection from StP; not that this dragon is all that playable either.
Not an amazing rate and really unfortunate that it can't be a Beast. Still somewhat interesting just for being a land with that ability though.
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
If only it said "Each", it would be insane with Birds:
Squadron Hawk
Welkin Hawk
Pride of the Clouds
Otherwise tapping 3 lands to add one counter is on par with the completely unplayable Dragon Blood, and being a land doesn't help that much. Great card in Limited though.
Unless they crack Standstill on your turn, it would cost 3UUU to disrupt them. Same with discard. Is Landstill slow enough that it wants a 3UUU effect? (at that point you could hardcast either Force)
For Dreadstill/Dreadnought, it will probably function as a counterable Trickbind, and even Trickbind doesn't see play.
It's an interesting card for EDH.
Combine with creeping chill?
Oh, hey, deathtouch for planeswalkers!
And yet another card that interacts favorably with Martyr of Sands:
T1 This
T2 Martyr with at least two white cards in hand, sac it, swing with Speaker, activate post-combat to produce an Angel.
You could also splash black for the new Vampire to nuke opponents with massive Martyr lifegain.
Speaker and Serra Ascendant both interact very favorably with turn 2 Martyr of Sands in a mono W lifegain deck. (They're also all Humans for Cavern of Souls).
Martyr+Ascendant combo saw some play in Soul Sisters years ago, but it was too inconsistent and high variance. But now with more 1 cmc payoffs for Martyr, it could be a thing. You can use the old trick of Squadron Hawk to cheat more white cards into your hand.
Now there's also Ranger-Captain of Eos & Recruiter of the Guard at 3 cmc instead of just Ranger of Eos at unplayable 4 cmc (the deck's only tutor at the time).
Completely forgot about Ranger-Captain. That's actually a pretty good fit, especially with Vial. Charming Prince would work her as well well, since he can either flicker a Recruiter effect or gain 3 life by himself.
With all those cards being human, you could run a full set of Caverns. Main problem I can see is being nuked by Plague Engineer, aside from fast combo.
Fast combo can be managed via other white humans: Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, Meddling Mage
Post-board Plague Engineer is the biggest threat. You could board in Honor of the Pure effects maybe?
Martyr proc is back (baby)?
You guys are working too hard on a deck that can’t beat combo due to inability to interact, and would also struggle due to A then B then C combo without enough value or manipulation. Arguel’s Blood Fast + Dreadnought. Draw cards, or beat them down, or sometimes you get Vito and quad-Helix them (also you can play Plow if you want). Play one Vito, a few Entombs, and Sevinne’s - minimize useless topdecks (Vito). Shadow-Reanimator building also gets away with minimizing slots on Vito while doing the thing.
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