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3 months ago ::
Feb 23, 2013 - 8:52AM
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Todays final GTC card to rate is... Hold the Gates  Spoiler:
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5.0: First pick no matter what. I will always play this card.
4.5: Splashable and first pick worthy.
4.0: First pick pack 1.
3.5: Early pick though not always a first pick.
3.0: Solid early/mid pick.
2.5: Solid pick in color.
2.0: Should generally make the deck if in this color.
1.5: Decent filler.
1.0: 23rd card if you have to.
0.5: This card will sometimes be sideboarded in.
0.0: I will never put this card into my deck (main deck or after sideboarding).
This card is fine. I thought it was an instant or sorcery at first so I thought it sucked but being an enchantment and always at least granting vigilance makes this card playable in my mind. Not a high pick but a playable one. 2 Discuss!
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3 months ago ::
Feb 23, 2013 - 8:52AM
#2
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Date Joined:
Sep 26, 2011
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1.5
Blocks I liked: (+1) Invasion Onslaught Mirrodin Time Spiral Lorwyn Zendikar Return to Ravnica Blocks I disliked: (-1) Oddesy Champions of Kamigawa Time Echoes Innistrad Any Released Blocks not listed in this Sig Blocks I neutralize: (+/-0) Ravnica City of Guilds Shadowmoor Shards of Alara Scars of Mirrodin http://community.wizards.com/paranoia
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3 months ago ::
Feb 23, 2013 - 8:56AM
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Not exactly what I want to be doing on turn three. I could see it being useful in Orzhov grindy extort decks though.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 23, 2013 - 10:10AM
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Date Joined:
Jul 13, 2008
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I'm assuming it's a matter of taste or my preferred play style but I doubt I will ever run this card.
It could come in handy, it could actually help you win/survive, extort, but it's outside of the way I like to play cards.
My enchantments (in limited) usually need to make beatsticks or have a different effect than this.
1.0
bulletd Guidelines: 5.0: I will take this card no matter what. Creature 1 or playable 1 or hate 1. Domri Rade  4.5: Bomb and splashable. Creature 1-2, playable 1-2, removal 1. Obzedat, Ghost Council  4.0: Excellent first pick first pack, will sway me into same colors. Creatures 1-4, removal 1. Rubblehulk  3.5: Excellent first pack pick two, will confirm colors or possibly sway into second color. Ground Assault  3.0: Good in-color addition, or splashable removal/creature. Creatures 3-9, removal 1-3. Kingpin's Pet  2.5: Solid pick in-color; creatures 5-12, removal 3-5. Mugging  2.0: Creatures 10-16; removal 6-7. Act of Treason  1.5: My 23rd or 22nd card, depending on removal. Gutter Skulk  1.0: 23rd card if I don't maindeck an additional land. Mental Vapors  0.5: This card will sometimes be sideboarded in. Shattering Blow  0.0: I will shred this card for counters. Frenzied tilling 
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3 months ago ::
Feb 23, 2013 - 10:46AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 11, 2007
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It's not the sort of card I would play unless I really had to. Possibly in an orzhov, yeah.
I have faced this card once, vs a boros and I was orzhov, we were board stalled and I was extorting him down. This card did literally nothing for my opponent.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 23, 2013 - 11:11AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 15, 2009
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Something in the 1.5 range seems right. Vigilience by itself isn't helpful enough to warrant its inclusion, so you'd need a high concentration of guildgates before you'd be happy playing this card.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 23, 2013 - 12:30PM
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Defo a 1.0 for me. Really reaching for a .5 as there aren't that many gates to go around, and you're potentially missing quality cards to pick a gate to support a crap card that doesn't help you win. This helps you stall at BEST.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 23, 2013 - 2:06PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 23, 2007
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serra's blessing  was always trash, and castle  could make 1.5, but the dependacy on gates holds this back to a 1.0.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 23, 2013 - 5:05PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 30, 2010
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.5-1.0.
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