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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Scott
Gerhardt
This
Weeks Card Selector:
My
Wife :)
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Okay.
This kills most everything, and does it for
3. Mongrel, 'tog, Finkel, Roar, and many
many more. This card is just stupid good in
t2.
This card kills
many things in limited too, and of course gets
played because it's removal, but not as good here
as t2/
Constructed
- 4.5
Limited - 4
Current Price - N/A |
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Spike
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Oh. My. God.
Smother is THE NUTS in the current metagame.
You've
heard this a thousand times from as many different
Internet writers, I'm sure, but let me say it one
more
time: Assuming R&D doesn't play their usual
mind game
and switch the environment after finally printing
the
hoser, Smother really is that damn good.
It's easy to write about what Smother kills... A
more
telling question would probably be: What DOESN'T
it
kill, especially after the Type 2 rotation?
-Phantom Centaur
-Arrogant Wurm
-Blistering Firecat
-Phantom Nishoba
-...
The last one doesn't really count, either. I give
this
puppy a 4 in both Limited and Constructed, because
it's not BROKEN in either format... it's just
rock-solid.
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Andrew
Chapman
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This anticipated goodie from Onslaught will be
more
useful in older formats than it will be in
Standard,
though it shouldn't be a weakling there, either.
In Limited, its removal, it's cheap, and its
effective. That adds up to a very useful
card.
Constructed: 3.5
Limited: 4
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Judge
Bill
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Right now, we have a
few permanents that generally can't dealt with
by using normal targeted black removal. These
include Psychatog (he's black) and Wild Mongrel
(they can pitch a card to make him black). To
destroy a creature like this, black right now
has to splash red (for Terminate).
No longer. Now we
have a black removal card that will take out
most of what's harming you today. This will take
out Tog, the Dog, (Roar of the) Wurms, and
others. The restriction that it can only hit
creatures with converted mana cost 3 or less
typically won't come into play much, as most of
what's bothering type 2 right now costs that or
less. This will probably be able to hit
un-morphed creatures too, which is another
bonus. (I state this based on the current ruling
that face down cards have a mana cost of 0
(504.2).)
In limited, there
are typically a lot of creatures that cost 3 or
less. Throw in the fact that there are a lot of
Morph creatures, and you'll probably be able to
hit most of the creatures in Onslaught block
limited at one time or another.
A solid card all
around, and a welcome addition to November Type
2.
Constructed: 4
Limited: 3.5
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John
Hornberg |
This card has a lot of potential,
and will see play in a lot of decks
because it kills speed. It would be one
better if it was a cantrip, but
that's not something to complain about. This
card is good as a speed
killer, and a way to kill tokens, cards like
Spectral Lynx, and such
with ease. The problem is that all the
brutes, such as Mystic Enforcer,
and in Extended Masticore, Morphling, etc all cost
4+. So, while it is
a good speed killer, it has it's pitfalls. A
3/5 in Type 2.
In limited, it's in the middle. Removal, but
removal of the small
cards. It will see play, but isn't a first
pick. A middle pick, and a
3/5 in limited. |
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