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Lodestone Myr
Reviewed January 16, 2004
Constructed: 2.6
Casual: 3.1
Limited: 3.2
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner (Shuffle and Cut Games,CA) |
Lodestone Myr is a
viable card in any format we cover here. While
it's not the most game breaking card in serious
constructed, it's still a very solid add to
artifact decks. In casual, this guy could
really be a force to reckon with in the right
deck. In limited, Mirrodin has an insane amount of
artifacts, and it would not be unheard of to find
limited builds that are half artifact. Add in a
few artifact land, and you can pump this guy to
very fat proportions. Nice!
Constructed:
3
Casual: 4
Limited: 4.25
Current Price:
$3.50
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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I've seen this in some affinity builds
online that can't afford all the affinity
cards. It's not that bad - you can use all
of your artifacts to attack for about 6-8
damage a turn, which makes a very short
clock for your opponent. Remember also that
equipment doesn't tap when the creature
attached to it does, so you can tap
equipment to get a boost.
In casual, this could be quite brutal, given
the right deck. Just watch out for the
Disenchant.
In limited, you play this. Mirrodin limited
decks provide you with enough artifacts to
really charge this guy up, an there are no
good blocks for your opponent with this guy
out. Also remember that he can tap to give
himself the bonus when he comes into play,
so he's effectively a 3/3 blocker until
summoning sickness wears off.
Constructed - 2.5
Casual - 4
Limited - 3.75
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX)
* pro tour player
* Scrye writer since 2002 |
Friday - Lodestone
Myr
A lot of people
don't like this guy. Personally, I don't
either. However, I do have to take into
account that there are a ton of different
versions of Affinity floating around out
there. Jason Matthews did a great review of
Affinity in last week's Deck Garage.
Anyway, outside of Affinity style decks, I
don't think there are a lot of uses.
In limited play,
it can be good, but it's still a midrange
card. I used to think that this card was an
auto pick, but it's not. It's still pretty
good though.
In casual play,
I would just skip on this card. There are
so many creatures that are better for you.
There are so many creatures that are
better. With what is available to you,
Loadstone Myr is just an overcosted guy that
takes a lot of work to get bigger.
Constructed: 2
(4 in Affinity style decks)
Limited: 3
Casual: 1.5
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Lodestone Myr
I kinda look at this guy as a frozen shade with
trample. That means he's very solid in limited,
playable casually, and too slow and
resource-intensive for normal constructed use
(since most of the artifacts you'd be tapping
there would be the artifact lands, in most
cases). If more artifacts turned off when they
were tapped, he'd be more interesting.
constructed 2.8
limited 3.1
casual 3 |
Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*Game Store Owner (Gamer's Edge) |
January 16 -
Lodestone Myr
4 mana for a 2/2 is
not the best deal you could ever envision, but
in the correct formats, this card has some good
benefits. In limited, since this is such an
artifact heavy environment, this guy is great as
a 3/3 blocker (tapping itself), or as an
attacker with a lot of potential, tapping things
like spell bombs and such to pump it up. It
almost makes you wonder if it could have some
potential in an Affinity build in constructed,
being able to be regenerated by welding jars as
well. If only Broodstar wasn't sooooo big...
Casual: 2
Constructed: 2
Limited: 4
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Jason
Matthews
* Level 1 DCI
Judge
*game store employee
* gaming for over 15 years |
Friday-
Lodestone MyrI have
often thought this guy should be in an affinity
deck wrecking peoples day. At the very least he
can be a 3 / 3 blocker. You can tap him to make
himself bigger when you block and in affinity
this guy can get pretty huge, pretty quick. I
would pick him up early in draft and would
consider him a possible replacement for the Myr
Enforcer in the Affinity deck.
Constructed 3.25
Casual 3
Limited 3
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Jonathan
Pechon
2 Grand
Prix Top 8's
Multiple Pro Tour
appearances |
Lodestone Myr
The people who developed this card wanted him to
be in the Affinity decks; he is in a few here
and there, but most people have bypassed him in
favor of Broodstar and Myr Enforcers. Honestly,
this thing is for the poor folk who can’t manage
to pick up Broodstars…he can be very big, but
he’s no Broodstar.
This guy with a bunch of artifact lands and
equipment in draft just feels ridiculous. Those
things aren’t supposed to tap to do that…or at
least you would imagine it’s the case. I see
this guy running around late sometimes, and it
just completely confuses me as to why that would
happen.
Constructed: 2.75
Limited: 3.5 |
Jeff Zandi
4 Time Pro Tour
Veteran
Level 2 Judge |
Lodestone Myr
In limited play, EVERYONE seems to love this
card a lot more than me. In the artifact-dense
world of Mirrodin, I understand that there are
many cards on your side of the board that can be
tapped to make Lodestone Myr bigger. Trample is
as useful as evasion in Mirrodin, an ability
that certainly makes Lodestone Myr better than
the average artifact creature in the set for
similar mana costs. This card falls short for
me, however, because when you try to get the
most out him by attacking with him and pumping
him up with your artifacts, he becomes
vulnerable during your opponent’s turn to all
kinds of things, especially Irradiate. In
constructed play, either serious or casual, this
guy seems like too much trouble for too little
reward.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.0
LIMITED: 4.0
CASUAL: 3.0
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Chase |
Lodestone Myr
This and Howling Mine can be neat. Also, the 6th
edition rules state that tapping an artifact
such as Stabilizer, won’t effect what that
artifact does. Aaron, Magicthegathering.com’s
previous editor, had a neat deck revolving
around this card, Howling Mine, various fat
artifacts and the three Urza lands to generate
the mana. The deck can be found here:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/feature/179
. However, despite it being fun, it can’t match
up to affinity or too many other decks.
In Limited, there are plenty of artifacts that
you can tap to make this a 10/10 each turn. It’s
a great card and is definitely a high pick.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 4
Limited: 5 |
Jason
Chapman |
Lodestone Myr seems
like it can be taken advantage of but tapping
artifacts just isn't worthwhile. It may have
been when you could turn artifacts on and off
but now that you can't there are very few
playable artifacts that produce a benefit less
important than a +1/+1 effect. Basically, why
give +1/+1 when you could use the other
artifacts for something really good.
Constructed - Not
strong enough in any terms - 2.25 |
Limited - He's a creature, that is about it -
2.30 |
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