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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
Spiritualize
(Odyssey)
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Spiritualize
(uncommon, Odyssey)
2W
Instant
Until end of turn, whenever
target creature deals damage, you gain that much
life.
Draw a card
Pojo's Average
Rating -
Constructed:
1.02
Limited: 1.17
Reviewed January 07, 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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DeQuan
Watson
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I'm not truly sure
how much I really like this card. It seems
as though it has some potential. After all
it says "Draw a card." on it. That's
never bad is it? ... Seriously though,
I think the real problem with this card, at least
in constructed, is that there are many other card
that do what this does better. Spirit Link,
Armadillo Cloak, Reverse Damage, just to name a
few. You don't get to draw a card from the
others, but you get either better effect or a
better exchange for life. Being only one
White mana in the casting cost, at least makes it
somewhat playable. Unfortunately, I don't
see many players want to play it.
As for limited, the card is neat, but as far as
life gain goes, there are a lot of other cards
such as Life Burst and even Hallowed Healer
that can prevent damage. This card might get
picked late if I am playing white and just want
other options. If I do end up drafting it, I
don't expect it to make the cut unless I am just
light on strong spells or I run out of quality
creatures to play.
Final Verdict...
Constructed : 1.1
Limited : 1.4 (remember, it does say
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Fletcher
Peatross
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This card has no
place in Constructed and gets a 1. In Limited its
usually a card I don't draft, and almost never
makes the cut. It does draw a card as a cantrip so
its not a 1. I'll give it a 1.5
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Aaron
Teare
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constructed *
limited *
Dressing lifegain up with a cantrip doesn't change
the fact that it's still lifegain. A wasted
slot in any format.
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Scott
Gerhardt
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Okay. Lemme get
this straight...I'm supposed to review
Spiritualize? Okay.
Lemme think on this one real
hard......
THIS CARD IS COMPLETE AND
TOTAL CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean it. There is no
redeeming value to this card whatsoever. You'll
never play it in constructed, and the ONLY reason
it might EVER make the cut in limited is if you
don't have anything constructive to play in your
last slot, and you need a cantrip for it. Forget
it's ability - it replaces itself. I mean it. This
card is crap.
Constructed Rating: 1 (this
is for any and all formats)
Limited Rating: 1.1 (it gets the extra 0.1 only
because it's a filler-cantrip)
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John
Hornberg |
Spiritualize is
stupid... stupid, stupid, stupid! It won't see
play for two big reasons: 1) It fails to say one
word. That one word, "instead", makes
all the difference. If it included this word in
it's text, like if it said "When ever target
creature deals damage to you, you gain that much
life instead." It doesn't say that,
therefore, it's no good. 2) It's only an instant.
It's effect is far too limited to be anything
really effective in game play unless you go it to
one of your own creatures. There are waaaay better
things white could be playing. So, I give this
card a 1.1 in constructed, that .1 is for the fact
that at least it cantrips, so it's not absolutely
useless.
In limited, weird
stuff happens. My example: poop like this might
actually get played. It's not a particularly high
pick, and is no better than Restrain in draft,
probably even worse. Still, when played on your
own creature, it has the potential to turn the
game around, because every 1 life matters when up
against huge creatures that draft tends to
produce. So, I'd say this card goes about 10th
pick, posibly 9th, no earlier than 8th, and can go
as late as last, depending on what people are
playing. So, with that weighed, I give this card a
1.5 in limited. Restrain is Restrain, and last
time I checked, I only drafted Restrain in
Invasion Block Limited when there were three cards
or less in the pack.
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Mason
Peatross
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Newer Type 2
Cards, eh? Well, why are we reviewing this limited
only card then? I can't see this being of any use
in type 2, as it doesn't remove a threat. Sure, it
takes care of Ball Lightning in extended, but it
doesn't do much else. It's nice in limited,
though, I guess. At least it replaces itself. Eh.
Cantrip rating - Somewhere
between Twitch and Repulse
Limited Rating - 2
Constructed Rating - 1
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John B
Turpish
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I'm a big fan of
cantrips, but when the exact same set has a
cantrip in the same color, called Shelter, that's
so vastly superior to this one, I have a hard time
giving it high marks. Typically cantrips cost 2
colorless mana more than a non-cantrip spell with
the same main effect, like Repulse which costs 2
colorless more than Unsummon. That's a good way to
judge whether a cantrip is under- or overcosted.
Spiritualize costs 2 colorless more than Spirit
Link. Spiritualize does what Spirit Link does
every subsequent turn (until it's removed) for one
turn, so it's clearly overcosted. It should have
cost W.
Rating = 1
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Robby
Hinton |
No Review Today
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