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Scroll Rack
Tempest
Reviewed April 11, 2005
Constructed: 3.67
Casual: 3.17
Limited: 3.00
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Jeff Zandi
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Scroll
Rack
This card is a very powerful card, but not one
that wins games all by itself. Scroll Rack
provides powerful access to cards deeper in your
deck without actually allowing you to draw any
extra cards. This powerful tool has been best
used in constructed control decks or combo
decks. While this card is best in constructed
formats, there is certainly nothing wrong with
it where limited play is concerned. Scroll Rack,
however, is most powerful when you have MORE
cards in your hand than it is when you have LESS
cards in your hand, so it fits much better into
less aggressive deck designs. While this card is
definately an all-star, I believe Zvi placed it
high in the top fifty artifacts of all time,
there is no reason why this card could or should
not be reprinted in the future. This is a
classic card because it can be widely useful yet
pays a better dividend to the better player
using it.
CONSTRUCTED: 4.0
CASUAL: 3.5
LIMITED: 3.5 |
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DeQuan
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Scroll
Rack - Monday
This card was so good for control decks back in
the deck. In decks with lots of spell counters
and card drawing effects, it can almost
guarantee that you will the counter in hand when
needed. It was great for combo decks as well. It
helps in deck sifting and searching for key
cards to keep the combo going. However, these
uses seem really good for competitive players.
I'd expect most casual players to ignore the
power of this card.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 3
Limited: 3 |
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Paul Hagan |
Scroll
Rack --
I've been impressed with this card ever since
seeing it in action. At a casual glance, it
looks a bit mediocre, not really helping you win
the game in a direct way. However, when you
treat this card like limited card draw -- if you
don't like what you have in hand, you can always
set it aside and hope for better cards to be on
top. Unfortunately, if you do have bad cards in
hand, they will be on top of your deck, waiting
to be drawn at the next opportunity. When you
mix in some effect that allows you to shuffle,
though, this card gets truly amazing. I won't
rank it terribly high across any of the
categories, since it is decent, but not
spectacular, on its own, but it won't be too low
either.
Constructed Rating: 3.0
Casual Rating: 3.0
Limited Rating: 2.5 |
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