The Eldrazi have risen, and the multiverse will
never be the same again. Decks that revolve
around getting a lot of mana have a new champion
(or three). Show and Tell and Hypergenesis are
scarier than ever. A lot of people are going to
be ending matches with no cards in front of
them. And writers like me might have to come up
with a new system: how do you evaluate a
creature with a converted mana cost of 15? I
think for now, I'll start with:
Magic The Gathering Card of the day: Emrakul, the
Aeons Torn
Welcome back readers today’s card of the day
kicks off our Rise of the Eldrazi. Emrakul like
each other Eldrazi Is expensive, huge and
powerful. For fifteen mana you get an
uncounterable 15/15 creature with flying
pro-colors and a time walk. Holy cow Eldrazi are
magnificent. In standard I can predict a home
for this guy as a finisher in a slower control
deck with or without the Eldrazi lands. The
abilities are possibly win more but on the other
hand solid. In extended maybe in hypergeneis or
other combo decks, you don’t get the cast effect
but who needs it with a flying 15/15 nearly
untargetable creature? In eternal I doubt this
card will see much play but there is the
possibility. In casual and multiplayer this card
can make you a target or sweep through opponents
like a hot knife through butter. Vigilance would
help you play offensively but hey you can’t have
everything on a creature. In limited the
probability to nab the Eldrazi lands and enough
mana ramp to play most of these is slim to none.
This guy may make an appearance and when he does
your opponent will feel it.
Today's card of the day is Emrakul, the Aeons
Torn which is a staggering
15/15 for fifteen mana, can't be countered,
flying, protection from colored spells, and will
force an opponent to sacrifice six permanents
whenever it attacks. Many of the same tricks
used to summon Progenitus will work here, but
the take an extra turn effect for casting it
will not be available. There are decks that can
generate that much mana in a reasonable time
period or use another card like Elvish Piper to
play it, but it takes a fairly dedicated built
to reliably get this into play.
Once on the battlefield though this card is
almost impossible to stop without specific
artifacts. In addition there are several cards
in the set that check the converted mana cost
and at fifteen mana this is among the highest
ever printed.
For Limited the high cost is difficult to
work with, but not impossible due to the number
of options for playing Eldrazi Spawn tokens.
With enough mana acceleration this is quite
playable and likely a game-winning move and the
format is extremely slow allowing enough time to
play it. A first choice in booster draft if for
no other reason than not letting someone else
get it in addition to a major source of Eldrazi
Spawn. Drafting several cards that produce
tokens should then become a high priority. In
Sealed if there is enough support this should
probably be included in the deck as there is
almost no chance of an opponent being able to
handle this.
