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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
Circular
Logic
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Circular Logic
Torment - Uncommon
2U - InstantCounter
target spell unless its controller pays 1 for each
card in your graveyard.
Madness: U
Pojo's Average
Rating -
Constructed:
3.20 (8 Reviews)
Limited: 2.93 (7 Reviews)
Reviewed February 11, 2002
Ratings are
based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ...
average.
5 is the highest rating.
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Mason
Peatross
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Circular
Logic is going to find a home because of it's
combo flavor. In a blue deck with lots of ways
to discard cards (for advantage) this card is
going to be very happy. I think it's really
going to make a showing in dual colored decks -
especially Pyschatog, Zombie Infestation, and
Wild Mongrel type decks. Blue-Green Threshold
may be a match for Black-Blue Psychatog... but
that remains to be seen.
Block
Constructed Rating: Dominant
Constructed
Rating: 2
Limited
Rating: 2
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John B
Turpish
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When
played through its mana cost, Circular Logic is
often effectively
similar to Rethink. The fact that it has
synergy with many cards,
particularly in the Odessey block (Compulsion is
my favorite in this regard),
makes it that much better. I would expect to
see Circular Logic commonplace
in OBC as well as being played in Type 2.
Though not quite spectacular,
definitely a solid card that will help to flesh
out a number of decks.
3
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Rob
Lawing
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No
Review Yet
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Andrew
Chapman |
Circular
Logic will certainly find its way into
numerous type 2 decks, despite the argument of
there
being better counterspells available. It has
a solid
mechanic usable by many decks, and will be even
more
useful in block constructed. While its
madness cost
is a bit confusing, remember that you can discard
it
to any effect (Wild Mongrel for example) and then
pay
its lessened madness cost for a surprise
counterspell.
In limited, it is as solid as any counterspell
effect
in the format. If you feel you like to play
with
counterspells in limited, this should suit you
fine.
If you doubt their ability to do what you want
them
to, this will easily be left out.
Constructed Rating: 3
Limited Rating: 3
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DeQuan
Watson
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I
think this card will see more play than people are
expecting. It's a cheap counterspell and is
definitely splashable. It could become a
reasonable mainstay in constructed. It could
possibly even me one more tool for those pesky
Psychatog decks.
As for limited, there's not a whole lot you can do
with this card. I could see myself passing
it up, or even drafting it and it not making the
cut in my deck. However, it is useful.
Constructed: 3.1
Limited: 2
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Fletcher
Peatross
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This
card is very situational, but fits in Psychatog
decks as a counterspell
for U with so many discard options available.
I don't know that I'd include
four of these, but most likely 3. I'd almost
always play it in a limited
environment as its usually going to be a nice
Power Sink and is always easy
to cast. In Constructed a 3, in Limited a
3.5.
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Aaron
Teare
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Limited
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Constructed **
Yuck. This card requires thought to come up
with a good use for it. I hate thinking!
=( Find some cheap instants that allow you
to draw/discard (Careful Study?)and this may be an
option due to the Madness.
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Scott
Gerhardt |
People
play Force Spike because it's good. It's
only good super early. This card is good
later, and in the right deck, is the same mana
cost. Even at 3, it's not horrid. I'd
like to think it's gonna see play, but it might
not. People know it's there. It's a
matter of playing it in a deck that fills the
graveyard with at least a few cards early, like
things with Sleight of Hand, Obsessive Search,
Peek, and Opt.
In limited, it's always good to counter
stuff. It will be useful at some point.
Constructed:
3
Limited: 4
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John
Hornberg |
Circular Logic is my pick for most played
sleeper in this set. It will see
a lot of play in a lot of decks because it
capitalizes off of the speed that
many decks have, which usually involves multitudes
of cards going to the
graveyard, and it also can be played as a splash
card, because it requires
one blue, a rarity for counters. So, I give
this card a 5, which is perhaps
a little bias because I really like this card.
In limited, no counters are really overpovering,
because they are usually in
multiples of one or two at the most, which makes
them an unpleasant surprise
at best. Still, a counter can be devastating
when played at the right time
in limited. Thus, I give this card a 3 in
limited, and I'd say that it will
go between 7th and 9th pick.
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Robby
Hinton
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Limited:***(3
Stars)
Constructed:***^(3 1/2 Stars)
I really like Circular Logic all around.
It's good
since it's a counter in Limited and can be better
in
Constructed since you can get things like
Psychatog or
Wild Mongrel out more often to make it even
better.
Also, it's one of the few good counters left in
Type 2
(well, not quite yet, but wait a month).
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