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Traveler's
Amulet
- Innistrad
Reviewed
August 3, 2017
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 3.0
Limited: 3.5
Multiplayer: 2.5
Commander [EDH]: 2.88
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Traveler's Amulet
This card has exactly three different versions
so far, each one very aesthetically appealing;
but the version from Hour of Devastation is
almost more interesting than the "actual" story.
If you go and look at that one's art right now,
you'll notice that it's shaped like Hazoret's
head, and it's making a beam of light pointing
to . . .where? I would like to believe that it's
invoking a concept like those shafts in the
Great Pyramid that point at specific stars, and
perhaps even something that we'll see if and
when Wizards of the Coast revisits the Amonkhet
setting.
As far as gameplay, though, it's a fairly
straightforward card, but it's not
one-dimensional. Not only do you occasionally
want to shuffle your library even in the late
game, there are decks that need to have a land
in their hand for some reason - Seismic Assault
being the obvious. It's not the sort of card you
need in every deck, not even every multicolor
deck, but it's a good sort of thing to keep in
mind when you're making such a deck.
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 3/5
Multiplayer: 3/5
EDH/Commander: 3/5 |
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James H. |
Traveler's Amulet
Colorless mana fixing is always legit in
limited, and that's just what you get with the
Amulet. It's not flashy, and I doubt it will
ever be the star of a deck, but it does what one
would hope to do (fix mana). These are great in
limited because of your ability to slot these
into any deck, and I definitely recommend them
there. But they are way too slow to consider
using outside of that.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 4
Multiplayer: 2
Commander: 2.75 |
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