I truly dislike this card. It's not very good.
It's inferior to even simple cards such as Giant
Growth. However, in limited play it's actually
decent. With convoke, you can use it even when
you are tapped out. This can allow you to catch
an opponent by surprise...especially on defense.
It's not really a constructed worthy card, but I
wouldn't mind having a couple of these in a
limited deck.
Gather Courage
- A few months back I wrote about the one drops
of Ravnica for limited. Gather Courage remains
one of my favorites. I can't count the number of
times I've saved an important creature from a
Last Gasp when I was tapped out, much to my
opponent's dismay. The possibility of casting it
for free is really the only thing to
differentiate Gather Courage from any other
Giant Growth type effect. It has an important
place in limited, but it will never make the cut
in constructed formats.
Nice instant speed pump for only 1 mana, or even
0 mana if you can convoke it. Pretty good deal.
If it gave +3/+3 it would be amazing! Definitely
playable in limited. Probably not exciting
enough for casual.
