Alright since this is the first real article Ill review three cards instead of just one. Today our first card is {pyrexian splicer}. Im not usually a fan of old cards but this one is surprisingly good. You can use it as a combat trick and let one of your creatures get through or you can make their's lose a ability and block it.
I attack with my {surpreme exemplar}
I use {phyrexian splicer and block with {ghoultree} (or just give {ghoultree shadow}. This cards downside is that it is very weak. It dies to almost any removal and your opponent certainly will try to get rid of it. The best scenerio for this card would to have it with a {mask of avacy} (or other hexproof giving equipment) and then you can completely controll the game.
Our second card today is {skullclamp}
Drawing cards is always a good thing and skullclam seems to have found a pretty easy way. You can equip to a one toughness creature and get two cards or you can equip and fling. Any deck that uses sacrificing creatures as a power source needs this card. However if you have no sac outlet and no huge creature that can force a block this is a dead card. Then it basically makes your 2/2 unnlockable. Also if you are playing a one drop turn one then this and equiping turn two, your opponent will be ahead on the creature count. All in all this card is awesome and in any deck were there is saccing or mass removal {day of jugement}, {damnation}, {planar clensing}
this card really shines it puts you ahead of your opponent on your race to rebuild your board.
Our last card today is {Avatar of woe}
This card is a complete slaughterhouse. Tap: Destroy target creature. That is unbeliveable. However eight mana is a lot so in comes its second effect. If you can activate this ability and cast the avatar on turn three or four your chances of winning increase immensly. also a 5/6 body is not bad at all for attacking with. This card is great and should be in any black deck with loads of removal. The backside to this card is that it costs so much, and when you do get it out someone is just going to kill it straight away. Still, I think this card is awesome and I think there are many decks where this would shine.
Thanks
-Thorn
Shouldn't you post these in the articles section?
I cant
Why not? Go to articles and click "New Topic"
It will say an error has occured.
what do you think of the article?
Quote from: Thorn on May 17, 2012, 07:17:41 AM
It will say an error has occured.
what do you think of the article?
Vary accurate. I like it. How did you choose which cards to write about?
The lucky button on the app ;)
Quote from: Thorn on May 17, 2012, 07:59:04 AM
The lucky button on the app ;)
I knew it. That was my exact thought when I seen your random selection. Cool article tho
Thank you. That is how I will do this from now on.
Quote from: Thorn on May 17, 2012, 08:25:03 AM
Thank you. That is how I will do this from now on.
I would suggest at least one Thorn pick and the rest random if your gonna do random. Just a suggestion ;)
very nice article.
Thanks Badluckirish and clntrn Ill do that tomorrow. I will pick one card and do the other two random.
Article needs a better name.
Quote from: Maximo on May 17, 2012, 11:49:53 AM
Article needs a better name.
WHAT YOU DONT LIKE MY NAME. HOW DARE YOU IT IS THE PERFECT PICTURE OF AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!!!!!
jk Yeah I'll think...
I also appreciate the random aspect of the reviews, but personally I'd like to see some of the various cards in the newest sets that got glossed over. Don't see many people talking about {Descendant's Path}, for example.
Quote from: Maximo on May 17, 2012, 01:21:16 PM
I also appreciate the random aspect of the reviews, but personally I'd like to see some of the various cards in the newest sets that got glossed over. Don't see many people talking about {Descendant's Path}, for example.
Yeah from now on I am doing one card of my choice (which will be new) and two random.
{desendent's path}=b\g zombies in standerd?
More like eldrazi changelings in casual.
Please put more attention to proper spelling and capitalisation. How about "Thorn's Lucky Feeling" for the title?
Ok thank you Piotr.
I may sound stupid if Im wrong with this, but you mentioned you can equip {phyrexian splicer} with {mask of avacy}. I thought you can't equip artifacts with equipment bc it's only for creatures? Please....be gentle....
Quote from: Quackmaster5 on May 18, 2012, 09:37:18 AM
I may sound stupid if Im wrong with this, but you mentioned you can equip {phyrexian splicer} with {mask of avacy}. I thought you can't equip artifacts with equipment bc it's only for creatures? Please....be gentle....
He meant have both on a creature. ;)
Thanks irish
Ahhh got it. Bc the way he wrote it, it sounded like he was saying that he could equip it. I said to myself "omg everything I know is upside down" thank you for clearing that up. I like these articles btw. Always great to hear other people's opinions about cards.
Yeah check out the third edition in general discussion.
*spreads hands dramatically* call the article
Every Card Has Its Thorns