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7 months ago ::
Nov 20, 2012 - 9:56PM
#281
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Date Joined:
Jul 31, 2011
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Hmm, I could have sworn the only 2 reasons I stated could be applied to just about every low cmc creature in this deck. Dies to spot removal, yep they all do that. Loses value as game progresses, yep that too.
Meh, nothing more to say. He has worked out great for me. Sorry he didn't for you.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 20, 2012 - 10:03PM
#282
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Date Joined:
Jun 24, 2011
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Np, I'm running a really successful build without him, gl to you as well. 
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7 months ago ::
Nov 21, 2012 - 1:17AM
#283
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Date Joined:
Jul 20, 2010
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The Mentor is pretty much the only card that lets you keep up with the other decks in the late-game, without it, you run out of steam WAY too quickly. If you really think him being easy to remove is a good enough reason to not run him then so be it, none of the other creatures in this deck should be ran in that case as EVERY creature in this deck can be taken out with spot removal. I'll take the only consistent card drawing mechanism this deck has while you are emptying your hand by turn 5.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 21, 2012 - 2:55AM
#284
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Mentor of the Meek  makes for some interesting decisions when casting Rise of the Hobgoblins  . For example, with four mana open: Do I want 4 goblin tokens and 0 cards, 3 goblin tokens and 1 card, or maybe 2 goblin tokens and 2 cards? Much depends on the situation and it's not always an easy decision how to spend the mana.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 21, 2012 - 12:40PM
#285
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Date Joined:
Jun 24, 2011
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The Mentor is pretty much the only card that lets you keep up with the other decks in the late-game, without it, you run out of steam WAY too quickly. If you really think him being easy to remove is a good enough reason to not run him then so be it, none of the other creatures in this deck should be ran in that case as EVERY creature in this deck can be taken out with spot removal. I'll take the only consistent card drawing mechanism this deck has while you are emptying your hand by turn 5.
Not all decks need drawing to be effective. Take PK, I win with that deck very consistantly and it has 0 card draw. By the time I'm hitting 5 or 6 mana I am busting out a finisher like Basandra, Battle Seraph  or any number of awesome drops at the 5-6 range with this deck after pummeling them with the lower cmc creatures for a few turns. Personally, I never use the "easy to remove" argument as any creature is typically easy to remove (this is obvious to most of us). Mentor of the Meek isn't bad, but in my build it doesn't fit and I wouldn't think twice about changing that with the amount of success I have been having lately.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 21, 2012 - 1:04PM
#286
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Date Joined:
Jul 31, 2011
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PK may not have card draw but it does have ways to gain card advantage: Squadron Hawk  tutors 2 cards. Lots of cards drop mutiple creatures like Attended Knight  or Geist-Honored Monk  . You are right though that a deck doesn't "need" card draw to win. But it is very powerful and one of my favorite mechanisms, which I guess is why i like  so much. Edit: I guess AoW does have other ways to generate that advantage. Fire at Will  can be a mini-sweeper. Basandra can generate some advantage by forcing creatures to attack into unfavorable situations. Still, it's not very easy to achieve. Even GG has Goblin Ringleader  to refill your hand with.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 21, 2012 - 3:41PM
#287
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Date Joined:
Jul 23, 2012
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I agree with minddrifter and I don't run the Mentors . On turn 4 I like to drop a Glory of Warfare  if I can so I don't like having to choose between playing one or the other. I know there are only two Glories in the deck, but there are also only two Mentors , so you have just as much chance of drawing one as you do the other.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 21, 2012 - 6:34PM
#288
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Date Joined:
Jun 24, 2011
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I've said this before, but I am loving me some Sunhome Enforcer  now. People don't know what to do with this guy. They don't want to waste a destroy because they know there's worse (and if they do, that's less for the main finishers). They hesitate to attack due to the lifelink (and self pumping when mana is untapped). They don't want to block for the same reason. No one wants lifelink to get going (well, technically he doesn't have LL but his description = lifelink? lol) On top of that he has 4 toughness which takes him out of range for a majority of burn and makes him an excellent blocker. Did I mention you can pump him up AND he has lifelink? I think out of any one card I have switched in or switched out this guy has been the missing link I was missing in previous builds. If you get out any one (or more) of the numerous pumping enchants/creatures out he is down right deadly.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 21, 2012 - 8:25PM
#289
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Date Joined:
Jul 31, 2011
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I am a big fan of Sunhome Enforcer as well. It's a lifelinking wall that can attack when you need it to. I like to make the battle math even more unpredictable with him and a Boros Guildmage  out and some open mana. And he loves Glory of Warfare making him a 4/4 on the attack.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 21, 2012 - 8:29PM
#290
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Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 deck builds and analysis: http://megamaster125.angelfire.com/dotp2013/ Another one of my websites: http://megamaster125.angelfire.com/rationalchristianity/ 
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