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Mirrodin's Core
Darksteel Uncommon
Reviewed July 20, 2004
Constructed: 2.7
Casual: 3.4
Limited: 3.3
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
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Mirrodin's Core is a nice early card to see, and
really can help you out if you are squeezing in a
3rd or more color splash. While it's too
slow for highly aggro decks, most aggro decks
aren't very diversified in color anyhow. In
block, I think Core will find its place.
In Casual, it could
work as a mana fixer. There are other mana
engines that are more spectacular, but this might
find a niche somewhere in multi color intensive
decks.
In limited, Core is
sweet. Grab it if you're going for Sunburst,
or really anything more than 2 color.
Constructed:
2.5
Casual: 3
Limited: 3.5
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Bill
*Level 2
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*game store employee
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The block City of Brass. Many casual players are
now using this for their decks instead of City
of Brass, and this gets another huge boost from
the advent of Sunburst from Fifth Dawn.
In constructed, this has seen some play in
decks, and will continue to for its verstility,
plus the fact that it doesn't hurt you when you
tap it for colorless (or "colorless" in the case
of City of Brass.)
This has gone up even more in value with
Sunburst in Fifth Dawn in limited play. You have
to plan ahead to be able to play sunburst, and
this is a big help.
Constructed: 4.5
Casual: 5
Limited: 5
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Jeff Zandi
5 Time Pro Tour
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Mirrodin's Core
I tend to like this card more than my friends. I
think Mirrodin's Core is a
great way to get MOST of what City of Brass offers
for almost no penalty.
Unfortunately, I keep being wrong. This card comes
up short because at the
time you need colored mana the most, at the
beginning of the game,
Mirrodin's Core does little to help you, at least
not the turn it comes into
play. In limited, this card is simply not as good
as advertised. In
constructed, this poor-man's City of Brass is good
enough most of the time,
but better in slower decks that don't have as
urgent a need for colored mana
on turns one and two.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.0
CASUAL: 3.5
LIMITED: 3.0 |
Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Mirrodin's Core
When this card came
out early on, Zvi (or someone pretending to be
him) had proclaimed on IRC that this card would
affect the format more than almost any other card
in the set. While I admit I loved the idea of
finally getting a playable multicolor land in the
block format, after playing it many times, I came
to the conclusion that the requirement of tapping
it to put a charge counter on it made it too slow
for the format, even with the mana color stability
it brought. I still play it in casual fun games,
but it just doesn’t seem to make it into my
serious decks…
Constructed:
2
Casual:
4
Limited:
2
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
This is a card that I
was just wrong about. I thought it was really good
in constructed. I thought it was really good for
block constructed. I seem to have been wrong on
both accounts. In casual play, there are just
better lands that give you multiple colors. In
limited play, it doesn't offer much. However, it
may be MORE useful now if you are building
yourself a five color deck in limited play.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 1.5
Limited: 2 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Mirrodin's Core
Very good for splash colors in any mid-range or
control deck, but that turn
to wait for each colored use in a very aggro deck
can be intolerable.
Additionally, a good source of continuous charge
counters and an amazing
sunburst enabler in limited. I think I draft this
higher than a lot of
people because of that.
constructed 3
casual 3
limited 3.5
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Mirrodin’s Core
I’m still not
impressed by this card. Too slow. Sure it can
help out multicolor decks... but the only decks
in constructed that can allow for this speed are
some Sunburst/“Fruit Loops” (Myr
Incubator/Goblin
Charbelcher), but even there, Mox, Pentad
Prism, and the Talismans work fine.
This has the
potential, but not the speed, so it loses in
Constructed.
In limited and
casual, it definitely helps, and it’s a non
rare. I’d take this in limited.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 4
Limited: 4
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Paul
Hagan |
Mirrodin's Core --
I am not really a huge fan of Mirrodin's Core, but
I don't think its a bad card. Although you are
avoiding the damage that other sources of any mana
provide (City of Brass, Grand Coliseum), and it
doesn't have a requirement to keep it in play (Glimmervoid),
but the fact that you may have to wait a turn to
play the cards you want holds Mirrodin's Core back
from being truly worthwhile. In casual play, where
every point of life counts and things tend to go
at a slower pace (for more interesting decks),
Mirrodin's Core might be slightly more worthwhile.
For limited purposes, I'll usually play this card,
just to help smooth out my mana. This, however,
does not mean I'll draft it up early.
Constructed Rating: 2.5
Casual Rating: 3.0
Limited Rating: 3.0 |
w00t |
Mirrodin's Core -
Constructed - Seen
in a few UW control decks, it is still not very
needed in any decks. Most decks would rather
take 1 damage, for the immediate mana with City
of Brass. However, in such a fast format you
sometimes need your control deck to keep as much
life as it can. And that is where its place is.
Casual - Just
another cheap split color land. It's almost
never worth it to run it over the 8th/Invasion
cipt lands if you are running 2 color, but 3+
colors is just a decision between this or City
of Brass. As before, this would take the lead if
you were a slower deck, and didn't need mana
early for the price of pain.
Limited - For draft,
it's always a good pick. You can use it to help
fuel some sunburst cards in the last pack, or
simply as a split color land for your RG draft.
Unless it looks like you will be going
mono-color, this is worth it. The same is true
for sealed
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