Sadly, that strike is by far enough to doom this to unplayability.Īfter Faith’s Fetters and O-Ring, Arrest is probably the best Pacifism-type effect made for Limited. We gave up Oblivion Ring for this? The fact that Jace has diplomatic immunity from Arrest is the biggest strike against it, since it is about as good as O-ring was against creatures. If you have very few artifact creatures, he’s nothing exciting, but that isn’t often going to be the case in this set. Preventing 2 damage is huge, and has always been first-pick quality (see: Sanctum Custodian, Hallowed Healer, Troubled Healer), so a guy who prevents 2 some of the time and 1 all of the time isn’t too far behind. In this case, the condition is having at least 5 artifact creatures, a few of which you actually plan to attack with (aka not Myrs). The low rating is when the card doesn’t have a ton of support, and the high rating is when it meets the appropriate conditions (which I will of course explain with each card). I actually think that’s awesome, since drafting for synergy is one of the hallmarks of a good format. I’m going to be giving cards like this a “variable” rating, since there are a ton of cards in the set that vary wildly in effectiveness, depending on your deck.
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Even the full fledged Leonin Abunas only saw brief murmurs of play, and he realistically was more of a gimmick than anything else. This guy has a long way to go until he’s learned enough for Constructed. (10%)Ġ.0: I will never put this card into my deck (main deck or after sideboarding). (30%)Ġ.5: There are situations where I might sideboard this into my deck, but I’ll never start it. (50%)ġ.0: I feel bad when this card is in my main deck. (70%)ġ.5: This card will make the cut into the main deck about half the times I play this color. (Given that I’m playing that color, I will play this card 90% of the time.)Ģ.0: If I’m playing this color, I usually play these. If playing that color, I essentially always play these. (Given that I’m playing that color, I will play this card 100% of the time.)Ģ.5: Several cards of this power level start to pull me into this color. Period.Ĥ.5: I will almost always play this card, regardless of what else I get.Ĥ.0: I will strongly consider playing this as the only card of its color.ģ.5: I feel a strong pull into this card’s color.ģ.0: This card makes me want to play this color. (I believe it was tech vs Owling Mine, although fairly suspicious tech at that.) Limitedĥ.0: I will always play this card. (Bear in mind that many cards fall into this category, although explanation of why is obviously important)ġ.0 It has seen play once. Sideboard or currently unknown archetype.
Goblin Guide.Ģ.5: Role-player in some decks, but not quite a staple. Mana Leak.ģ.5: Good in multiple archetypes, but not a format staple. As usual, the scales I am using are as follows (updated with newer cards as examples even): Constructedĥ.0: Multi-format All-Star. As for Constructed, there are actually more interesting cards in the 27 than M11 had in its 50, though that really just means that there are more than two.Īlright, let’s get to it. White seems better equipped to be on the offensive in Limited, but that isn’t really much of a surprise. Much like in the original Mirrodin, Scars rewards you for playing equipment in your white decks, both with metalcraft and with a minor theme of guys who get a bonus while equipped. Plus, I anticipate playing plenty of off-color replicas and Myrs in Limited, so saying that they are of a certain color isn’t really true. I thought about putting the “colored” artifacts in the section corresponding to their colors, but they aren’t exciting enough to really warrant that, so I’m going to keep them in Artifacts. Each color has less cards than normal, and Artifacts is a section in its own right, and not just the afterthought it normally is. Reviewing Scars of Mirrodin is going to be a little different than most sets, though I will use the same process.
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