Her plus one ability searches for a Swamp and
puts it into your hand. Deck thinning and
ensuring you make your land drops is nice, and
it's not like you'll ever lack a target.
Her second ability can either shrink a creature
to death or grow it massively. It also costs
exactly her starting loyalty-- you can use it
right away if you don't mind cashing out Liliana
just to kill that one creature or get in for
that one attack. I like that the +X/+X really
could win you the game that turn in more than a
few scenarios-- so getting greedy could really
cost you.
But DAT ULTIMATE! If ever there were one worth
getting greedy for, this may be it! When you're
producing four times the black mana, you can
level
Exsanguinates that end games, bulk up your
Shades to monstrous dimensions, and cast
practically anything you happen to topdeck with
ease! You practically have to be trying to lose
if you can't win after that, especially since
Black has never had any shortage of mana sinks.
D. Alexander Gregory's interpretation of Liliana
is honestly not my favorite, but if you can get
past that, this card is actually pretty strong.
All planeswalkers generate massive card
advantage, and the things Liliana of the Dark
Realms does are especially relevant even by the
standards of planeswalkers. While it's too early
to tell whether this version will catch on over
Innistrad's Liliana of the Veil and its more
direct and disruptive abilities, it certainly
has potential, especially in the kinds of
Mutilate-using decks we were talking about last
week.
Magic The Gathering Card of The Day: Liliana of
The Dark Realms
Welcome back readers todays card of the day is
my absolute favorite planeswalker as I a have a
penchant for mono black, but let’s find out if
my personal love will equate to a good review.
In standard this card combined with the mono
black powerhouse Mutilate is a big game making
this a potential contender for constructed
playability as the tools are existing for mono
black decks to make an impression in the format
the ability to kill creatures is highly relevant
and the swamp fetching makes sure you can hit
your land drops consistently the ultimate is
primarily useful with Exsanguinate or Consume
Spirit cards or something like Diabolic
Revelations and does a good job of being a bad
Cabal Coffers, but a bad Cabal Coffers is still
decent. In modern the competition is fierce but
black decks have a wider access to powerful
cards including Damnation and other tools so I
would not rule mono black’s existence out from a
competitive standpoint and this card could be a
decent inclusion. In legacy and vintage I don’t
see this planeswalker getting much competitive
play due to other powerful planeswalkers and the
cheaper version of Liliana pushing this card out
of the spotlight.
In casual and
multiplayer this card is ridiculous as mono
black decks have a plethora of ways to beat up
on creature decks which are powerful in
multiplayer and this provides another angle of
securing lands, killing creatures and providing
a game ending ultimate when paired with the
right cards. Overall providing a vast amount of
utility to mono black decks. In limited its
removal and mana fetching/fixing and most
planeswalkers are extremely playable this being
no exception. Overall a powerful planeswalker
for a niche style deck making it a possible
constructed contender and a casual all-star.
Today's card of the day is Liliana of the Dark
Realms which is a four mana three loyalty
Planeswalker. The +1 of searching for a
Swamp to add to hand isn't bad and does support
the second and third abilities, a dedicated X
theme, and possibly mono-Black control. The -3
may not be used as often as the +1 or -6, but
working as removal or pump can take advantage of
many situations to promote a huge change in the
game state and can be devastating alongside
Essence Harvest and Tormented Soul.
The -6 is excellent for a card like Exsanguinate,
particularly in Multiplayer, or pumpable
creatures which together can make for a theme.
Overall this is a planeswalker that needs a deck
built around it to be a serious threat beyond
acceleration, though in that scenario it does
have potential.
For Limited this is a decent choice for
acceleration, but isn't as flexible in a
multicolor deck as it requires two Black to cast
and can't search for non-Swamps which forces a
primarily Black build to make use of it and in
later stages of the game may just be a deck
thinner. The -3 is very powerful in the
format as potentially reusable removal and a
possible finisher with the +X/+X effect.
The -6 is probably the least useful by the time
it can be used as there should be enough mana
for anything available to cast. Some
situations may benefit from it, though in
general the first and second abilities will be
the primary uses of this Liliana. Like
most planeswalkers this is probably worth a
first pick in Booster and can be the start of a
Sealed build, though unlike others it is the
second ability that is noteworthy and it is
weakened by any splashing or second color used.
Welcome to
the Pojo.com card of the day section. We are
looking at Liliana of the Dark Realms today.
Liliana is a mythic rare planeswalker Liliana
that costs two generic and two black mana.
Liliana enters the battlefield with three
loyalty. Liliana has a +1 thata says search your
library for a Swamp card, reveal it, and put it
into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Liliana has a -3 that says target creature get
+X/+X or -X/-X until end of turn where X is the
number of Swamps you control. Liliana’s final is
a -6 that gives you an Emblem that says Swamps
you control have tap, add four black mana to
your mana pool.
I love the new Liliana. Her abilities are so
great, and since she is only a four mana drop,
she is completely useful. Sure, it would be nice
to have some removal without losing her. But
most people would want the ramp anyways. And
should there be a decent threat on the board,
Liliana is capable of handling many things. But
the grand prize is getting that Emblem. Oh the
things you can do with that kind of mana ramp!
Definitely one of the best new planeswalkers,
especially in older formats.
