He's not bad in the right kind of deck, just a little unfocused. He's not reliable ramp in a ramp deck, and the 1/1 body doesn't really do much of anything in most aggro decks. But if you're working on a UG Tempo deck that just wants to chug along at a consistent rate towards victory he fits right in with a card like Mystic Snake.
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Yes, he's a cantrip who might thump down a land, but the part I hate about him the most is that he's a weak-bodied 2 cmc guy. He plays a definite role in UG Counter-Aggro (ramp on Turns 1-2 with him and Noble Hierarch, stop your opponent's plays with counterspells, Mystic Snake, and Tiago on Turns 3+, stick a Goyf or a Clique, win), he might make a splash in Elves, and he's probably fine in a blink deck, but I'm having a hard time fitting him in anywhere else.
His playability has plunged downward since Valakut (and therefore UG Scapeshift) got banned.
A rampant growth effect or a draw effect on a body, extremely strong colors, and is easily splashable.
if valakut wasn't banned this card was a 4 of in some variants of the scapeshift combo deck.
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I always have intentions of running it when I'm building for UG, but it never makes the cut for me. I find myself in a lot of situations with it in my hand thinking that I would prefer a better draw spell over it or wanting to play it to hit a land but at the same time not wanting to because if I don't hit the land there's much better things I could do with the two mana. Maybe I've just had bad luck with it though, I could see t being an awesome card in the right deck.
It is really good and should be banned in older formats. If this is true than i agree.... I actually cannot keep going on like this. I do not think its that good. It is mostly only good in ramp strategies. Since there is none that i know of outside of random heartbeat decks i do not tihnk it is that great.
It is really good and should be banned in older formats. If this is true than i agree.... I actually cannot keep going on like this. I do not think its that good. It is mostly only good in ramp strategies. Since there is none that i know of outside of random heartbeat decks i do not tihnk it is that great.
I was unaware that oracle was even considered good in legacy. Doesn't seem like something that is ban worth even in a block format let alone legacy,
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A rampant growth effect or a draw effect on a body, extremely strong colors, and is easily splashable.
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His playability has plunged downward since Valakut (and therefore UG Scapeshift) got banned.
if valakut wasn't banned this card was a 4 of in some variants of the scapeshift combo deck.
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It is really good and should be banned in older formats. If this is true than i agree.... I actually cannot keep going on like this. I do not think its that good. It is mostly only good in ramp strategies. Since there is none that i know of outside of random heartbeat decks i do not tihnk it is that great.
I was unaware that oracle was even considered good in legacy. Doesn't seem like something that is ban worth even in a block format let alone legacy,
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