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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 8:45AM
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Todays AVR card to rate is... Blood Artist  Spoiler:
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5.0: I will always play this card. Period.
4.5: I will almost always play this card, regardless of what else I get.
4.0: I will strongly consider playing this as the only card of its color.
3.5: I feel a strong pull into this card’s color.
3.0: This card makes me want to play this color. (Given that I’m playing that color, I will play this card 100% of the time.)
2.5: Several cards of this power level start to pull me into this color. If playing that color, I essentially always play these. (Given that I’m playing that color, I will play this card 90% of the time.)
2.0: If I’m playing this color, I usually play these. (70%)
1.5: This card will make the cut into the main deck about half the times I play this color. (50%)
1.0: I feel bad when this card is in my main deck. (30%)
0.5: There are situations where I might sideboard this into my deck, but I’ll never start it. (10%)
0.0: I will never put this card into my deck (main deck or after sideboarding). (0%).
I think this card is fine. It's no where near as good as Falkenrath Noble  which was easily first pickable. But if I see this mid pack and I'm in black I'll grab it depending on what else is in there. I don't think I'd ever really want to play more then 1 though since he's so weak on his own. 1.5 Discuss!
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 9:24AM
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I'd say 2.0, he comes out earlier than falkenrath noble and in an aggressive deck that can make a difference.
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 10:46AM
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I was thinking 2.0 as well. I'm not sure I'd try it in multiples, but if I were in black I imagine I'd play it more often than not. A Falkenrath Noble without the 2/2 flying part.
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 1:23PM
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This guy is worse than noble because:
1: 2/2 fliers in limited are really important.
2: It doesn't matter whether the price tag is 2 or 4 on this effect, you want to play it onto a full board anyways.
1000th post November 26, 2010. Where Islands gets his decks: Spoiler:
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It was revealed to me in a dream. All the cards were in my dream except for three slots which I plugged in as Vault Skirge.
FULL DISCLOSURE: The dream was post AVR so there was a copy of Slayer's Stronghold. I decided to keep it pre AVR in my post here.
EDIT: I just remembered. The Skirges might have been 2x Whipflare and 1x something else, probably War and Peace.
EDIT2: Currently 4-0 in my first four games with this. My opponents have been very angry. I fought off a Wurmcoil from Grixis for six turns before I found my second Dispatch. Jeez, I can do a lot of damage.
EDIT3: Streak broken. Lost to an unexpected Overrun.  Cracking a Shrine for 10 wasn't enough.
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also, I've been playtesting this deck in my sleep today
that kinda freaked me out
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 Thanks to Kipz for the sig. Make a contract with me to become a magical girl!
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 1:43PM
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4. So it turns out Falkenrath Noble was pretty good. Costing him two less seems like a deal-sweetener, even if his body is almost irrelevant.
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 1:50PM
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The body on Noble was often irrelevant anyway, because he was the last guy you wanted to put into combat.
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 1:59PM
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The body on Noble was often irrelevant anyway, because he was the last guy you wanted to put into combat.
A 2/2 flyer is still a 2/2 flyer. People would often attack with him unless there was a specific reason not to. I would rather pay 3B for a 2/2 flyer and the effect than 1B for just the effect.
It'll be interesting to see how it plays out, I don't love the card as written, but I see a lot of potential combos for it.
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 2:11PM
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The body on Noble was often irrelevant anyway, because he was the last guy you wanted to put into combat.
A 2/2 flyer is still a 2/2 flyer. People would often attack with him unless there was a specific reason not to. I would rather pay 3B for a 2/2 flyer and the effect than 1B for just the effect.
It'll be interesting to see how it plays out, I don't love the card as written, but I see a lot of potential combos for it.
A 2/2 flier for 4 was very bad. Abbey Griffin  didn't see a lot of maindeck play.
The effect is what made Noble what it was.
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 2:21PM
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The body on Noble was often irrelevant anyway, because he was the last guy you wanted to put into combat.
A 2/2 flyer is still a 2/2 flyer. People would often attack with him unless there was a specific reason not to. I would rather pay 3B for a 2/2 flyer and the effect than 1B for just the effect.
It'll be interesting to see how it plays out, I don't love the card as written, but I see a lot of potential combos for it.
True, but it's incredibly easy to have a reason not to attack. If the opponent is playing white, they can have Rebuke  or Midnight Haunting  . In AVR it would be Righteous Blow  . Any flying creature, even just a Spirit token, can threaten a pump spell to kill him. Green can give anything reach to kil him. Blue and white can blink their flying creatures to untap them for blockers. AVR also has Thunderbolt  and Eaten by Spiders  .
I agree that having the ability on a 2/2 flyer is just generally better, but when the ability is so much better than the creature then it's safest to just ignore his combat potential unless you're positive it's safe. And in that case you're probably winning anyway.
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 2:40PM
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I would agree that with the Noble you were mostly paying for the effect. The body sometimes became relevant if you really needed to block a flier, but if the opponent had open mana you didn't want to be attacking with him most of the time. With the limited amount of removal and focus on creature combat in the set I think the effect could potentially be stronger here than it was in DII. I would put him up to probably a 3.5, not sure yet having drafted only once if I would splash him or if that rating is too high. We will see as the format evolves I suppose.
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