How do you feel about Sword of the Animist? How many basics do most legacy decks run these days? This sword seems like it's way more niche than the other ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barook
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How do you feel about Sword of the Animist? How many basics do most legacy decks run these days? This sword seems like it's way more niche than the other ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barook
Less stats, no protections, lands enter tapped, no option to blink your stuff. So it's pretty terrible. Being one mana cheaper (which might not even matter with SFM) and triggering on attack don't compensate for the lack of stuff SoHH provides.Quote:
Originally Posted by rufus
D&T runs like 10+ basics, for example.
This. I guess there's Gilded Drake shenanigans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noctalor
Im just imagining a curve like
Turn 1 mother
Turn 2 thalia
Turn 3 sfm
Turn 4 activate sfm equip to thalia attack
In what universe is the GW sword the one that you actually want here
Pro W is also kind of awkward because now your opp can bolt the thalia and you can't even protect with mother
To me Fire/Ice feels like it would be better almost always
Why would you grab the SoHH without good blink targets in play? Or a GW swords vs a deck that runs Bolt (and probably red creatures)?Quote:
Originally Posted by kombatkiwi
Well ok, then the question becomes how many slots in your deck do you have for different equipmentQuote:
Originally Posted by Barook
Like are you playing the typical 3 (sofi + jitte + skull) plus this? What kind of config are you imagining
I get that but that's half the sword's appeal, getting to blink your stuff. Not doing it because you need the sword to stay on seems bad when I have other swords whose other modes always work. And the ones who don't are considered unplayable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barook
I’m with Kombatkiwi on prismatic.
lots of Bant miracles Players are playing wilt. The desire for a flexible answer that is never dead is there. I’m certain it will replace wilt and return to nature in those decks at least. Against moon Stompy, delver, and lands (if you have flying blockers) it is significantly better. In maverick and death and taxes there is additional Removal in the sideboard which is usually path to exile. In several matchups (ur delver, mirror, moon stompy) not ramping the opponent and the flexibility of it would make it compare favourably.
I also think that it could replace 3feri in the flexible answer Maindeck role. The passive is nice vs combo or control but vs delver I would rather have more 1 mana removal
Oh crap lol Ritual of Subdual.Quote:
Originally Posted by FourDogsinaHorseSuit
Yorion D&T is the most likely candidate, since it should run a high number of ETB creatures anyway and the ramp is relevant to get to Yorion faster. 3/60 or 4/80 comes out roughly the same. They're already running SoFaF, so it could be easily swapped for the #4 equipment as the pro-green sword or become equipment #5 for full color coverage, depending on how things play out.Quote:
Originally Posted by kombatkiwi
Doesn't sound unreasonable but it feels kind of commandery / fancy-play-syndrome, idk if there's something better you could be doingQuote:
Originally Posted by Barook
Glad to see the cycling stuff. Wonder if we'll get an updated lightning rift for Modern now. Would be super dope if so, there are definitely the tools to build around if we got a way to deal with PW's and win without combat finally. Probably RWU colors, or WURG.
Garth One-Eye has been printed; methinks we'll finally see Jodah, Archmage Eternal. They're digging deep on the lore names.
They already printed a card with that exact name (Jodah, Archmage Eternal) in dominaria didn't they? It's like 1UWR for a 3/3 flying with the fist of suns ability or somethingQuote:
Originally Posted by Fox
*checks notes* ok it's a 4/3 but I got the rest of it
Yeah....that one doesn't count. That 5c stuff is on-flavor for Mairsil [the guy wearing the Moxen, later known as Lim-Dul]. The only thing they got right is that the Urza colors [UWR], and I guess he did cast Flight one time in the books.Quote:
Originally Posted by kombatkiwi
The tokens he makes better have OG Alpha Art. Especially the dragon. Also, if they print tokens for him, it's a super sneaky way to get a ton of Black Lotus proxies into circulation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox
Sorry to tell youQuote:
Originally Posted by morgan_coke
The precident is BS, they made Llanowar Elf tokens for Llanowar Mentor, but whatever
The internet immediately responding with screenshots that directly countered Aaron's bullshit was a very nice touch.Quote:
Originally Posted by PirateKing
Well, he is technically right, none of those have a mana cost, which each of thing spells Grath makes would have since they are being cast.
It's still not a great excuse though.
They play Wilt because... you can cycle it if it's a dead card........Quote:
Originally Posted by Reeplcheep