[EVE] Spirit of the Hearth

wilmheath · 07-03-2008, 09:36 AM

http://www.puremtgo.com/articledisplay.asp?AID=1117

Thanks goes out to Pete Jahn for the article.
Enjoy!

EDIT: image attached.

fnord · 07-03-2008, 09:38 AM

True Believer, except too expensive to be playable instead of too vulnerable.

Alacar Leoricar · 07-03-2008, 09:42 AM

Hm.. it's probably gonna find a place in casual decks, especially in Emporer where True Believer didn't help you as much.

DeathRowChris · 07-03-2008, 09:48 AM

Why does this guy say True believer is completly unplayable? Didn't it see a bunch of play back in Ons days

nelson7877 · 07-03-2008, 09:50 AM

For those who can't see the link:

Spirit of the Hearth

Creature - Cat Spirit

Flying
You can't be the target of spells and abilities your opponents control.

Thieves know that a snarl in the night means, "Rob another house."

4/5

Illus. Jason Chan
14/180

Blackstones · 07-03-2008, 09:52 AM

Quote:

After all, we have True Believer, which is completely unplayable.

Maybe he meant the believer is unplayable in limited ?
That said, I don't quite see what's the big deal with a fatty which grants you supershroud instead of shroud. How often do we target ourselves ?

Seingalt · 07-03-2008, 09:57 AM

It doesn't say you have shroud, this is one sided, therefore better. And the 4/5 flyer body is really good by itself, making it less "burnable".

I like the card. The cost makes it hard for it to make it in constructed, as W is never short of these nice fat fliers.

wilmheath · 07-03-2008, 09:58 AM

I don't really like the art. It looks like a cheesy aslan from narnia.

Venser_FR · 07-03-2008, 09:59 AM

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this card. And this art is so great...

DjJoe227 · 07-03-2008, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TranceInMotion

Because you can't play him with just islands?

My two Hallowed Fountains and 4 Islands say otherwise

Still, I don't think 6 is worth it. Especially with the other white cards in this set..

Redington · 07-03-2008, 10:02 AM

Well, it's at least got some evasion. But other than that, it has a big "Hit Me" sign on the back of it's head with a big red target. I could see maybe a control build using this but that's about it, I think.

Koschei · 07-03-2008, 10:10 AM

Draw spells are often targetted: Compulsive Research, Careful Consideration and Ancestral Vision, just to name a few.

Anyway, I'm sad that they couldn't find something to give this card a bit more of a zing to it. Reveillark was certainly an awesome piece of design. Why can't they do more of that, rather than giving White tons of fat french vanilla critters with an extra ability tacked on "just because"?

I agree with Aleph. I think the best part of this card is the flavour text.

Crocodile · 07-03-2008, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeathRowChris

Why does this guy say True believer is completly unplayable? Didn't it see a bunch of play back in Ons days

Unplayable in the current standard since its creature types are irrelevant and it dies to everything. The card itself seems decent, especially for casual and in limited as a big evasive flyer but I see little to no impact in any constructed format. I got a good laugh about how the card totally owns many of the top decks (it doesn't) but I know he was just being over enthusiastic about a new card like most preview articles are so I can't fault him too much.

Kr@cked · 07-03-2008, 10:20 AM

This card is pretty good in Limited. In Constructed, True Believer is far more aggressive (though, yes, mroe fragile).

Seth Dracovitch · 07-03-2008, 10:36 AM

I hate it when people do nothing but complain.

Reasons why the card is good.
- at 4/5 it's a decent creature that is fairly hard to outright stop.
- Evasion via Flying
- It's not True Believer, you have protections from your opponents spells, you're own still affect you.

Reasons why the card is bad
- At 6 mana it can be a bit hard late game.

There. I think the card will see play. Not in any "top 8" deck, but it in more loose decks.

07-03-2008, 09:36 AM	#1
wilmheath Experienced Mage Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 90	[EVE] Spirit of the Hearth http://www.puremtgo.com/articledisplay.asp?AID=1117 Thanks goes out to Pete Jahn for the article. Enjoy! EDIT: image attached. Attached Thumbnails __________________ PureMTGO MTGOTraders Fantasy football is dungeons and dragons for the people that used to pick on D&D players. Last edited by rancored_elf : 07-04-2008 at 03:13 AM.

07-03-2008, 09:48 AM	#4
DeathRowChris Archmage Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 908	Why does this guy say True believer is completly unplayable? Didn't it see a bunch of play back in Ons days __________________ RnD during Time Spiral: Rosewater: "Color Pie, WTF is that, If I want Black to be able to wrath, counter and have green creatures then I will damnit!" Random RnD guy: "RED AKORMA! FTW!" Gleemax: "Rosewater has broken out of my mind control!" RnD after 2008: MaRo: Hmm how do we fix the problems of pricing with cards like Tarmogoyf and Thoughtsieze Random RnD Guy: OO lets make a new RED RARITY SYMBOL! MARO: OMGWTFBBQ! Thats a great idea, we'll call it Mythic Rarity! Gleemax: NOT AGAIN! CELEB

07-03-2008, 09:50 AM	#5
nelson7877 Common Mage Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Yorkshire, UK Posts: 40	For those who can't see the link: Spirit of the Hearth Creature - Cat Spirit Flying You can't be the target of spells and abilities your opponents control. Thieves know that a snarl in the night means, "Rob another house." 4/5 Illus. Jason Chan 14/180 __________________

07-03-2008, 09:57 AM	#7
Seingalt Ascended Mage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dublin, Ireland. Posts: 244	It doesn't say you have shroud, this is one sided, therefore better. And the 4/5 flyer body is really good by itself, making it less "burnable". I like the card. The cost makes it hard for it to make it in constructed, as W is never short of these nice fat fliers. __________________ Waiting for a Mentor... Banner By Seingalt

07-03-2008, 09:58 AM	#8
wilmheath Experienced Mage Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 90	I don't really like the art. It looks like a cheesy aslan from narnia. __________________ PureMTGO MTGOTraders Fantasy football is dungeons and dragons for the people that used to pick on D&D players.


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Koschei the Deathless Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Malaysia Posts: 1,482 Blog Entries: 1	Draw spells are often targetted: Compulsive Research, Careful Consideration and Ancestral Vision, just to name a few. Anyway, I'm sad that they couldn't find something to give this card a bit more of a zing to it. Reveillark was certainly an awesome piece of design. Why can't they do more of that, rather than giving White tons of fat french vanilla critters with an extra ability tacked on "just because"? I agree with Aleph. I think the best part of this card is the flavour text. __________________ A big thanks to R&Doom and Spanglegluppet for my banner and my avatar, respectively. Currently playing: UWB Control 5 Colour Control

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Kr@cked Ascended Mage Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 444	This card is pretty good in Limited. In Constructed, True Believer is far more aggressive (though, yes, mroe fragile).

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