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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 12:16PM
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I just was wondering what people think about using Fathom Mage  and Ring of Evos Isle  as a draw engine for decks. Do you think it would be competitive enough? What types of decks would best use this combo?
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Decks that I play
Legacy- Ravager Affinity
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Standard- RWU Flicker
EDH/Commander -RWU Numot
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 12:39PM
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If I'm playing two bad cards, they'd better win me the game together. honden of seeing winds  is not a compelling enough reason.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 1:05PM
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thats not a bad combo, its not mind blowing, but its not bad... if you're going to use one of the rings at least use a semi-good one like ring of kalonia  , that way you can start beating their face in later in the game regardless of how many chump blockers they have. also since when is fathom mage  a bad card? it seems like it has a lot of potential especially if you have an effective way to put +1/+1 counters on it every turn, hince the ring of evos isle  or ring of kalonia .
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 4:39PM
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Well I was thinking Evos Isle would be the best one as hexproof would serve to protect the draw engine. If you were an aggro deck I could see kalonia being more useful.
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Decks that I play
Legacy- Ravager Affinity
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Standard- RWU Flicker
EDH/Commander -RWU Numot
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 4:56PM
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Well I was thinking Evos Isle would be the best one as hexproof would serve to protect the draw engine. If you were an aggro deck I could see kalonia being more useful.
It seems cute, but a tad slow for standard.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 7:21PM
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The problem with this is threefold:
1: the cards are pretty mediocre on their own
2: their interaction doesn't even give you that much
3: while you're setting it up and investing mana, they're probably doing their own things at a lower cost (like killing your fathom seer, or playing 2 power 1 drops and beating your face in).
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 7:59PM
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The problem with this is threefold:
1: the cards are pretty mediocre on their own
2: their interaction doesn't even give you that much
3: while you're setting it up and investing mana, they're probably doing their own things at a lower cost (like killing your fathom seer, or playing 2 power 1 drops and beating your face in).
Also, the existence of Prime Speaker Zegana  . Two more mana and you probably have a Titan that draws 6. Stop thinking about interactions, and start playing Battlecruiser bro's.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 8:08PM
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The problem with this is threefold:
1: the cards are pretty mediocre on their own
2: their interaction doesn't even give you that much
3: while you're setting it up and investing mana, they're probably doing their own things at a lower cost (like killing your fathom seer, or playing 2 power 1 drops and beating your face in).
Also, the existence of Prime Speaker Zegana . Two more mana and you probably have a Titan that draws 6. Stop thinking about interactions, and start playing Battlecruiser bro's.
Just how I grew up playing magic. It used to be all about interactions between multiple cards.
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Decks that I play
Legacy- Ravager Affinity
Modern-
Standard- RWU Flicker
EDH/Commander -RWU Numot
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 8:29PM
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lol. Let's hope it gets back to that eventually. I feel more and more like Magic is turning into Yu-Gi-Oh, and that's not where I want to be.
It doesn't take a genius to mash up the best cards in three colors and call it a deck. Sometimes, there's a little surprise in power level (Delver and Squadron Hawk). Even Stoneforge was overlooked a little. But not anymore... it's all about Thragtusks, Prime Speakers, Hellkites, Geists, Revelation, etc.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 28, 2013 - 8:35PM
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I mean, good stuff decks have always existed. Nothing new with that concept. We're just seeing less combo decks existing in standard.
Good in EDH
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