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Leovold, Emissary of Trest
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown
Reviewed
June 21, 2017
Constructed: 3.00
Casual: 3.50
Limited: 3.75
Multiplayer: 4.00
Commander [EDH]: 4.00 (Currently Banned)
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James H. |
Leovold, Emissary of Trest (6/20)
So good, Leovold got banned in Commander. No
shock: he’s pretty oppressive.
3/3 for 3 is reasonable, but his real value is
that he both limits your opponent’s ability to
draw cards and draws you a large amount of cards
in the process (killing Leovold will probably
net you a card out of it).
He’s a brutal lock, and he combos well with
Teferi's Puzzle Box for infinite agony. With
limited counterplay to him, it's little shock
he’s been taken out of the Commander format for
good. He might be usable in eternal formats, but
he’s a bit hard to make work with his mana cost.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 4
Limited: 4.5
Multiplayer: 5
Commander: 5 [banned]
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David Fanany
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Leovold, Emissary of Trest
Fun fact: Trest is also the Slovenian name for
the famous city of Trieste, a sometime rival of
the Republic of Venice during the Middle Ages. I
like its use here - it fits well with the whole
Assassin's Creed II vibe of the Conspiracy sets.
I think Leovold is going to have to watch out,
though, for whatever is Magic's equivalent of
the Austro-Hungarian Empire, because drawing
extra cards is on average Magic players'
favorite thing and he's not going to make a lot
of friends at the diplomatic table by
disallowing it for almost everyone. I mean, he's
very good at what he does, but between everyone
attacking you first for casting him and the
prospect of your virtual card advantage getting
sent to negative 100 when someone casts Take
Possession on him, being very good at that isn't
always worth it.
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 3/5
Multiplayer: 3/5
EDH/Commander: 3/5 |
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