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David Fanany
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1995
Liege of the Tangle
Nature, someone once said, always finds a
way, even on a world made of metal. Sometimes it
finds a subtle way, like Acidic Slime or
Naturalize disrupting with pinpoint accuracy.
Sometimes it finds a very direct way, like Liege
of the Tangle awakening a total of 64 power for
the next turn's attack. For competitive
purposes, people love their M11 Titans and
Zendikar Sphinxes, but the Liege is still worth
considering because it offers something none of
those creatures can. Many creatures with this
kind of cost and stats say "deal with me or
lose." Liege of the Tangle goes one better:
"deal with me, or deal with my throng of
followers in a minute." Just watch out for Day
of Judgment.
Magic The Gathering Card of The Day: Liege of
The Tangle
Welcome back readers and today's card of the
day is a new one from Scars of Mirrodin, Liege
of The Tangle. For eight mana you get an 8/8
creature with Trample and the powerful ability
to make your lands huge creatures. In standard
Avenger of Zendikar and Primevil Titan rule the
roost for expensive creatures for ramp style
decks, a ramp deck playing enough land could
make use of this card the only problem is it has
to hit and has no evasion besides trample. In
extended this card may see play in ramp decks or
the highest curve of Elemental decks. In eternal
no chance its an interesting card but severely
outclassed. In casual and multiplayer this card
can do some damage, personally I want it for my
elder dragon highlander deck. This card can also
fit great into elemental deck's or green ramp
decks, which around the kitchen table can be
devastating. In limited this is a huge bomb if
your even splashing green you can make this work
as it requires only two green mana to cast.
Afterward it can turn all your lands into bombs.
Overall an interesting card with definite casual
and possible constructed applications, Scars of
Mirrodin is is shaping up to be an amazing set
for players.
Today's Pojo Exclusive from the upcoming Scars
of Mirrorin set is Liege of the Tangle which is
an eight mana 8/8 with Trample that on the face
may have a prohibitive cost, but offers a
powerful effect. The ability to turn any number
of your lands into 8/8 creatures without needing
to give all of them a vulnerability to a Wrath
of God styled effect is quite impressive even
when attached to the combat damage condition.
Having Trample allows the effect to be used
reliably and if played in a Red/Green deck opens
up the opportunity for Haste or extra attack
phases to increase speed and dramatically lessen
the window for an opponent to use removal. I can
imagine the elemental lord Incandescent
Soulstoke, in color Elvish Piper, or other
options being used to bring this out very early
even with the reduced number of available lands
just to get in the surprise attacks. A bit of
work would be required to get the most out of
this mythic which may keep it more to the Casual
decks, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see
some attempts at making it tournament viable.
For Limited this is a huge bomb that will
probably win any game in which it isn't
immediately removed after hitting the
battlefield. Being an 8/8 for eight mana is
solid in the format and only two of that being
Green allows almost any multicolor deck
combination to reliably play it. Having Trample
is a big benefit to get damage in over most
blockers, but the option to turn some or all of
your lands into additional 8/8 creatures is a
game-changing move that few cards should be able
to handle. With the possible exception of a
Wrath of God effect or something yet unseen this
is an absolute first pick and should never be
passed to an opponent even if outside of your
color. Even late into the draft it is generally
worth adjusting your deck to include the Liege
of the Tangle as it is just that powerful and
splashable. For Sealed you would likely be
playing more than one color anyway and Green is
often best at filtering mana and acceleration
which would allow this to be played earlier and
stabilize the second or third colors chosen.
Without seeing the rest of the set is may be a
bit early to predict this as being one of the
best cards in the format, but with low color
dependence, high power and toughness, Trample,
and a flexible single turn swarm mechanic this
is just about everything you could ask for in
Limited.
