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Pentad
Prism
Fifth Dawn Common
Reviewed June 1, 2004
Constructed: 3
Casual: 2.6
Limited: 3.4
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
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This card is great!
Not only does it give you color choices, it also
gives you a 2 mana burst that can get something
out 2 turns early. With a Birds of Paradise, you
could be sporting 6 mana on turn 3. There
are some pretty nasty things you can drop for 6
mana on turn 3, and if you're opponent can't deal,
the advantage it will gain you could be huge.
This might actually see some play in
tournament...almost for sure in Block.
In Casual, this might
make the grade, not as a showcase of course, but
as a means to an exciting end. Five color
mages will love it. We'll see.
In limited, Prism is
amazing, and will get you the colors and
acceleration you need. If you are going
multi color, find space for it in your deck as
it's really that damn good.
Constructed:
3
Casual: 3.5
Limited: 4
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Third turn Bringer
anyone? Nuts in limited for enabling your 5
color sunburst spells, and not a bad choice for
constructed or casual either, as it smoothes out
your mana. I think this will see a lot of play
in all formats, due to its versatility.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 3.5
Limited: 5
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Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer
*Game Store Owner (Gamer's Edge) |
Pentad Prism
Just last night I and
a couple of friends played a “post prerelease”
where we each took packs we had from the
prerelease, got a tournament pack, and built a
deck as if we had played in the prerelease (we all
judged or worked it in some way or another).
During my build of the deck I made, the store
manager chastised me for not playing a Pentad
Prism.
I was playing Blue
White control, as much as on can in draft, with
some game stalling cards and a nice array of
fliers to come over for the win, including a
couple of nice affinity cards. His argument was
simply that, in addition to Pentad being a nice
mana fixer, and being good for my affinity count,
it’s a turn three mana burst, essentially giving
you 5 mana on turn three, making it its own
interesting Dark Ritual of sorts.
While I had no
arguments against him, and think he may indeed
have been right, it really came down to me looking
at the rest of my cards, and being unable to come
up with a single card I was willing to pull for
the Pentad. I can definitely see the card getting
some constructed play, but in limited, a Myr seems
to me like the way to go.
Constructed:
3
Casual:
2
Limited:
2
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Jonathan
Pechon
2 Grand
Prix Top 8's
Multiple Pro Tour
appearances |
Pentad Prism
I’m not sold on this
card, but I can definitely see it possibly making
a spot for itself in a hyper-aggressive form of
Affinity. In most other circumstances, a Talisman
will probably do the same job but better. This
might be worth keeping an eye on, though.
This just seems really
boring in random group-type games except in the
March of the Machines decks that people seem to
keep trying to build; at least then you get some
sort of bang for your buck with this card. This
is possibly a playable card in Mental, as a very
feeble form of acceleration.
In draft, I’m actually
a big proponent of this card; it acts as
acceleration, it gives you varied mana to make
your Sunburst cards more powerful, and it works to
improve your affinity cards and your Cranial
Plating. While this isn’t necessarily a top pick
in most packs, I think you’ll find this creeping
up in priority more and more as the drafters in
this format improve.
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 2.0
Limited: 3.5
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX)
* pro tour player
* Scrye writer since 2002 |
Casual players
aren't really going to be interested by this
card I wouldn't think. It doesn't offer much in
the way of mana smoothing that other cards
don't. Even most Serious tournament players
might skimp on this.
But there is
something interesting here. If you use two
different color to lay it on turn two, you can
effectively have five mana available to you on
turn three. It's not limited to a once per turn
activation. It could be interesting in some
combo related decks. I could also see myself
drafting this card.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 1
Limited: 2.5
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Jeff Zandi
5 Time Pro Tour
Veteran
Level 2 Judge |
Pentad Prism
First the short
answer: Zanman don’t like it. Lots of people do
like this card in limited formats, however. This
card can obviously help you cast a Sunburst card
more optimally earlier in the game. The biggest
downside of this card is in the situations where
you are unable to drop it on turn two with two
charge counters on it because you only have one
color of mana available to you at the time. I just
don’t see how you can remove an important card
from your deck to put in this kind of enabler
effect. In constructed, Pentad Prism seems even
worse. Is there an amazing Sunburst deck out
there? Maybe, but I doubt it runs the Prism
either.
CONSTRUCTED: 1.5
CASUAL:
2.5
LIMITED:
3.0
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Pentad PrismThe
thing I like about this card is that the mana it
produces is not limited to the colors you have
on the table and you don’t have to announce
which colors you want it to produce upon playing
it. This means that with this card it’s very
easy to have access to all five colors on turn
3, which is nothing to sneeze at, especially in
limited. It is not uncommon in limited to have
one mana of each color in your opening hand, so
this basically guarantees 4 colors on turn 3, or
at the bare minimum, 3 colors on turn 3. Plus
it’s a common!
I expect this to see play in both Constructed
and limited. Limited more than constructed,
really depending on how Sunburst plays in
Constructed, because I know it’s pretty good in
limited.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 3
Limited: 4
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Jason
Chapman |
Pentad Prism is a card
I love. For 2 mana you can shift into needed
colors or wait a turn for a 2 mana boost. Plus,
this card sticks around to provide an artifact for
things like Affinity and Atog. Just a really solid
card, more for aggressive decks than control.
Constructed - Learn to
love this card when you need multiple colors - 3.0
Casual - A great
way to smooth out multiple colors - 3.0
Limited - I think
this has got to be a solid pick when you are
automatically running multiple colors, even better
with Sunburst - 3.5
PEZ - A top slot,
especially for Affinity - 3.0 |
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