Agreed with Evil Roopey. Waylay is a freaking monster. I've been running it in RGW Survival Sideboard, as not only does it sweep some serious Goblins/Mongeese off the board, it's also a decent assault for six with Anger in the graveyard.
Sword of Light and Shadow's one of the most underappreciated cards I can think of, also. (Everyone loves Jitte and SoFI, but nobody likes SoLS) Protection from White and Black stops a huge portion of creature removal in the format (Stick it on a Silver Knight and rock house) The Lifegain's a minimal effect, as Loxodon Warhammer's far better for that, but the returning of a creature can be very useful if you're running things like Kami of Ancient Law, Mogg Fanatic, and so forth. I think it falls victim to not having an established deck for it.
Psychic Purge is fun too. It's one blue to zap a Lackey, Confidant, Lavamancer, and so forth. And if it gets Hymned out of your hand, the look on your opponent's face is worth far more than the 5 life they'll lose.
How is Avoid Fate going to help against Rifter? They cycle most cards they have, and the only treads you really want to counter (Humility and Lightning Rift) can't be countered with it. The fact it counters instants is rather sweet I think.Originally Posted by Watcher487
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I don't think Avoid Fate is really all that great. It's cool that Green's got a counterspell and everything, but so what? I don't care what deck you're playing against, if they pack red they pack medium to insane amounts creature kill. So you've countered a Lightning bolt. Great. They ahve so many more ways to deal with it,a nd you've just dealt with one.
Well I just re-looked up Avoid Fate and now it counters just Instants and Auras. (BOOO)
In FEB I ran 4 counters and 6 Discards spells on top of 3 Avoid Fates in the board. Now while it didn't allow me to take out thier bigger threats, I at least had a trick up my sleeve for when I went to win.
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I've been re-using Gueirilla Tactics to deal with the hymns out of Deadguy ale and it's been pretty fun.
Dismantling Blow has been useful again also for dealing with Rifter. Thresh has the colors and the mana to pull it off usually.
I'm surprised propaganda hasn't made a comeback since goblins has a hard time with something like that.
One card that I think is underplayed is Maze of Ith. Too bad its a horrible card with Wasteland running around and doesn't tap for mana.
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Propaganda can't deal with Goblins. It comes down to late and only delays them a little, and it can be REB'd. Where Wrath of God just stops them far better and even Shackles is better.
What else were you using it counter? It never could counter a Lightning Rift.
I did that with a Dodecapod last night. Good Times.
But it's absolutely freaking incredible if your opponent's running Umezawa's Jitte.
...As I found out from being on the Umezawa's Jitte end. Repeatedly.
Maze of Ith is also great to have after you Wrath of God your opponents creatures away. Its nearly impossible for them to build up a game winning army again.But it's absolutely freaking incredible if your opponent's running Umezawa's Jitte.
...As I found out from being on the Umezawa's Jitte end. Repeatedly.
...As I found out by having my creatures WOGed and Mazed. Repeatedly.
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I've actually been using it in a Monoblue Aggroish deck for awhile, and it's been pretty good.
One I would say is underplayed is Teferi's Response. With so many Wastelands in the format, this saves a land and draws two.
Another, maybe, Drop of Honey?
I would think that Blood Moon or Back to Basics or some sweeping non basic hate would be big in Legacy, no?
Yes, Blood Moon is definitely an effective card; the lack of play is probably due to the lack of red control? At the least it should be seeing more play in Rifter SB.
Nebuchadnezzar - Therapy on a stick? Maybe good in some kind of Tog Control?
Disrupt is very underplayed.
I mainly use it as a SB card, especially in any Fish builds. I bring it in to great effect vs Burn, Homebrew, Solidarity, and to some success vs Rifter and Thresh. It's just ridiculous.
And I agree that Psychic Purge is underplayed. It is difficult to run, however, as it seems narrow at first (a SB card vs Homebrew and random Black decks) but then again, it kills Lackey and other relevant x/1 creatures, and adds a bit (admittedly not much, but a bit) of reach to Blue. This is confusing enough to convince anyone to just turn away from it
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Card Type: Sorcery
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I've been thinking of trying to use this card, but I'm not sure if I'd be better off with Plowed Under.
Also, I've been looking at Natural Balance; seems it might have potential.
Candelara of Tawnos. It seems so good, but I can't find a way to break . The trouble is finding repeated ways to untap it. So far I had come up with the rather card intensive Echoing Truth+Helm of Awakening+Bubbling Muck+Candelabra of Tawnos.
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Candelabra of Tawnos+Bubbling Muck+Tendrils of Agony=beginnings of a combo deck
Or just a High Tide deck, also including some untappers?
AnwarA101 tried it in Spring tide.
A lot of cards in this thread are reactive, like Avoid Fate, Arboria, etc, but a card I think could be powerful in the format and is a proactive card is Yawgmoth's Agenda. In fact, I'm now on an unofficial quest to break it.
Also, it has Yawgmoth in its name - statistics state it should be broken!
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