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Snapcaster Mage
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If you want a red version, the closest I could find is Recoup, which trades the 2/1 body, instant speed, and the ability to flashback instants for an actual flashback cost.
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Posted By: Alienspider1 (10/1/2011 10:50:27 PM)
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Time to get a box. Along with Lili, dual lands and a few mythics, Innistrad seems very profitable. And cracking boosters just seems more fun than with other sets :)
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Posted By: axiobeta (10/6/2011 5:28:30 PM)
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Considering, he isn't Legendary, most Flashback cost on spells that are worth it have on average about a 2CMC added to the original CMC so yeah. This card=insane.
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Posted By: gtamaster503 (10/7/2011 1:32:46 AM)
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Surgical Extraction is a perfect counter for this card (or the card they want to Flashback).
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Posted By: infernox10 (10/22/2011 2:48:16 AM)
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turn 2 Remove Soul. Turn 4 Snapcaster Mage with a Remove Soul. Turn 5 Familiars Ruse. Turn 6 Snapcaster Mage with another Familiars Ruse. And you still have it in ur hand after countering Skullbriar and other early spells a couple of times
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Posted By: AjaniHouse (10/23/2011 5:54:38 PM)
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He is pretty sweet, but usually if he is in your opening hand and you don't have a cheap spell, then he is just a flash bear, which is not all the great, once you get the ball rolling, he is pretty much the sickness.

I recommend running forbidden alchemy with this dude, and probably black or red, green could be pretty cool, but the only spell you'd really want to flash back is beast within, and that is 5 mana, and your getting a weak acidic slime.

I must admit though, he is great fun to play with, so damn oppressive, "ill cast x spell (knowing you have used all 4 mana leaks), Snapcaster for ...."
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Posted By: Mattmedia (10/24/2011 4:09:41 AM)
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Doesn't the guy on the card look like Chang from the show Community?
Anyone else think so?
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Posted By: TwoHounds (10/24/2011 8:29:11 PM)
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Hello,
the Snapcaster (Tiago) is obviously a great card. Many people compare it to other nice 2-drops like Tarmogoyf, Stoneforge Mystic and Dark Confidant.

I'll give him a 4.5. Now I explain why:

The Snapcaster is a great card, but compared to the other ones it is not a real 2-drop. Whenever you play 'em you really want to benefit from it's ETB effect. In Turn 2 you really cannot use the ability due to none Snapcaster Magable spells in your graveyeard. Logically you can't use this before turn 3, unless you have any mana accelerators or free spells. The fact that it isn't a 2-drop let me say that it's 0.5 points worse than Tarmogoyf or Dark Confidant.

A real plus to this card is that you don't really have to build a deck around it (in opposite to Stoneforge Mystic or even Dark Confidant). Surely you need a deck with many good Instants and some Sorceries. The cards you flashback with it are great instant or s... (see all)
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Posted By: Joerg-Hein (10/26/2011 9:47:52 AM)
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Equilibrium.
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Posted By: Cyberium (10/26/2011 1:53:09 PM)
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Now we know what Grant from Mythbusters does in his spare time.
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Posted By: miro79 (11/8/2011 1:49:39 PM)
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I hate that Deathrite shaman counters him
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Posted By: Xineombine (6/16/2013 3:10:27 PM)
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I hate this pure nerd card.
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Posted By: RetroGamer3 (6/8/2013 1:06:00 PM)
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Is there a certain spell that you have that you have that your deck is built around? Why have 4 when you can have 8!

I bought 2 of these for 12 dollars at a time where the minimum price everywhere else was 20 dollars. I pulled my first one from one of the first booster packs I ever bought. I decided I had to complete my playset and bought my fourth one for 20 bucks.

Now someone please go win a vintage tournament with this bad boy so I can see a nice return on my investment.

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Posted By: ojchahine6 (5/30/2013 2:24:04 AM)
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@ Rancid_Raptor

Thanks! That makes complete sense. It's funny, as much as I think I know the rules in just about every scenario, I always find myself clarifying specifics like this.

Thanks again.
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Posted By: sargatanas_1979 (5/27/2013 6:36:29 AM)
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@ sargatanas_1979

A sorcery with flashback is still a sorcery. Sorcerys can only be cast on your turn. Flashback is an alternitive CASTing cost. So.. your CASTing it, and you can only CAST Socerys on your turn...

So no, you can't flashback a Socery on an opponets turn.
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Posted By: Rancid_Raptor (5/24/2013 9:53:20 AM)
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@Lifegainwithbite
I never said that Eternal Witness wasn't a good card- it's a fantastic card.
I was only saying that Snapcaster is better for most decks, which you apparently agree with:
"This is only good for blue decks that are built around it."
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Posted By: strider24seven (5/22/2013 1:42:03 PM)
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How much snap could a snapcaster cast if a snapcaster could cast snap? We all know the answer to this one. That said, I'm hoping for either a Rapcaster or Sasscaster Mage in the next Un-Set. Reusing old jokes almost as little fun as flashbacking mana leaks.
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Posted By: SpaceMagic (5/5/2013 8:12:10 PM)
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@strider24seven: Not quite. This is much more narrow than Eternal Witness. You can throw Eternal Witness in almost any green deck and it will net you card advantage. This is only good for blue decks that are built around it. This is probably the better card in general but Eternal Witness is still an amazing card.
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Posted By: Lifegainwithbite (4/27/2013 7:26:33 PM)
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Typical Snapcaster Mage comment: "This will warp every format for years, forcing everyone to play around it. Cool, eh?"

Typical Cavern of Souls comment: "IT'LL HURT MY COUNTERSPELLS! BAN BAN BAAAAAAAAAAN!"

Edit: I've read through more comments, and I may have been hasty. There are many complaints for Snappy. What irks me is that players who favor blue and counterspells seem to think they are superior to other players. They make snap judgments (ha ha!) that countering spells are okay and weakening counters is always bad.

Isn't versatility the true mark of expertise? Shouldn't an expert learn to play well with all colors?
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Posted By: JimmyNoobPlayer (4/26/2013 10:03:12 AM)
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GANGAM STYLE !
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Posted By: Pipikako (4/15/2013 1:39:01 PM)
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