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Jun 26, 2012 -- 7:22AM, petercai wrote:

Jun 26, 2012 -- 7:16AM, RorixCollector wrote:

It might not be worse but it's pretty close your never going to attack with this so the 2/1 body is basically irrelevant.

why am i never attacking with this?

Jun 26, 2012 -- 7:16AM, RorixCollector wrote:

You have to hold up 3 mana for it every turn which won't allow you to play more important spells making it only useful in certain decks.

why do i have to hold up 3 every turn?

Jun 26, 2012 -- 7:16AM, RorixCollector wrote:

Snapcaster Mage and Augur of Bolas are both 2 drops for the same cost and are miles better.

why are you comparing it with cards that serve different roles

Jun 26, 2012 -- 7:16AM, RorixCollector wrote:

It's useless against control where it's basically just a Coral Merfolk than can sometimes save your own guy from removal.

against control, they can't drop consecrated sphinx with this on the field.
also read the damn card.

Jun 26, 2012 -- 7:16AM, RorixCollector wrote:

It has 1 toughness meaning it dies to every removal spell in the format like Gut Shot or Tragic Slip.

oh lordy, is that why snapcaster and delver is SUCH terrible cards?

1. So your just playing this as a Coral Merfolk to trade with their 1 or 2 drop then.
2. If you don't hold up 3 mana then this card is Coral Merfolk like I said already.
3. They both give you huge card advantage for 1U this gives you sort of removal for 3UU.
4. Or they can remove this for 1 or 2 mana then play Sphinx if they actually no what they're doing.
5. Snapcaster has already given you value just by entering play and Delver is just a Wandering Ones until it flips.

Jun 26, 2012 -- 7:39AM, RorixCollector wrote:

1. So your just playing this as a Coral Merfolk to trade with their 1 or 2 drop then.
2. If you don't hold up 3 mana then this card is Coral Merfolk like I said already.
3. They both give you huge card advantage for 1U this gives you sort of removal for 3UU.
4. Or they can remove this for 1 or 2 mana then play Sphinx if they actually no what they're doing.
5. Snapcaster has already given you value just by entering play and Delver is just a Wandering Ones until it flips.

1,2 that's bad because...?
3. no, this gives you unconditional, instant speed removal, in blue, for 3, on a body. and again, different cards, different roles. this card is meant to beat down while you can and remove blocker so that your other dudes can beat down.
4. they uses a 1~2 mana removal to remove my 2 mana duder, I AM SO BEHIND!!!
5. yeah...ok lol...

Jun 26, 2012 -- 7:56AM, petercai wrote:

Jun 26, 2012 -- 7:39AM, RorixCollector wrote:

1. So your just playing this as a Coral Merfolk to trade with their 1 or 2 drop then.
2. If you don't hold up 3 mana then this card is Coral Merfolk like I said already.
3. They both give you huge card advantage for 1U this gives you sort of removal for 3UU.
4. Or they can remove this for 1 or 2 mana then play Sphinx if they actually no what they're doing.
5. Snapcaster has already given you value just by entering play and Delver is just a Wandering Ones until it flips.

1,2 that's bad because...?
3. no, this gives you unconditional, instant speed removal, in blue, for 3, on a body. and again, different cards, different roles. this card is meant to beat down while you can and remove blocker so that your other dudes can beat down.
4. they uses a 1~2 mana removal to remove my 2 mana duder, I AM SO BEHIND!!!
5. yeah...ok lol...

This is not really instant-speed removal. Doom Blade is instant-speed removal because it isn't forecast before you play it. This sits in play telling your opponent to either remove it or play around it. Normally that may actually be a good thing for blue, but the fact that this costs you 3 mana and probably a turn to use it makes it really bad for you. Also, if you're attacking with this, then it really isn't instant-speed removal.

I get that this is a good effect for blue, and it would be playable if you removed either the mana cost or the tap symbol from the activation cost. But as it stands, this card is too slow and too mana intensive to see any play outside of limited and monoblue EDH decks.

Jun 26, 2012 -- 9:43AM, kanguilla wrote:

This is so obviously a Johnny card. Who cares about efficiency? There is a group of players who will love it, purely because its a new effect that screams "BUILD AROUND ME". They had to make it cost something.

It's like you peered straight into my soul. This fits perfectly into my Saving Grasp shenanigans deck and I am so pleased right now.

Jun 25, 2012 -- 9:03PM, metallix87 wrote:

Wtf? it'S NOT a jellyfish.