Hate seeing this in casual. Players realise their power, and it's not too hard to come by, so they include a copy (or 4), when it's so good that it's only legal in vintage and as such should not be played in casual (except for perhaps EDH).
If I felt it was casual worthy I'd be running 4 in virtually every deck. Wanting to run 4 in every deck should be an indication that it's not really casual. :-P
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(8/12/2013 2:48:28 AM)
10/5
Oops - I forgot the other zero.
*100/5 :)
I don't see anything boring or uninteresting about this card.
As a Planeswalker, why the hell wouldn't I have such a practical item in my possession?...Exactly!
Sol Ring has more flavor than a lot of people choose to recognize.
Posted By:
Dragonshoredreamz
(9/20/2013 8:24:01 PM)
hmmm interesting point the other guy made about reducing EDH to luck of the draw, and downsizing the creativity dept. IMO it's perfectly innocent in Kaalia- helps with the high mana costs, yeah, but I've played two games so far with the deck, and haven't yet gotten my general to work cuz she costs 3 colored mana and only 1 colorless. With or without Sol Ring, she still costs at least WBR. And her deck's mana base sucks. Considering her creatures kick as much ass as they do, I'm actually fine with that.
Personally, seeing the affect Kaalia's cost has on her relationship to Sol Ring, I am more convinced than ever that Jace, the Mindsculptor should have simply cost Cryptic Command mana. Bang. Instant-fix. I think...
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(8/13/2011 4:27:20 PM)
This should probably be banned in EDH.. As much as I personally love using it, I hate even more to see other people play it turn 1 and bust out with crazy shenanigans as early as turn 3. Granted, there are a ton of cards that should be banned....I'm looking at you Maze of Ith~
Posted By:
Kitty_the_Kat
(9/16/2011 4:17:34 AM)
I understand that EDH is a longer format that makes the first couple of turns less important, and it's rather difficult to truly abuse this card with combos in a singleton format, but I still don't approve of this card being reprinted so... casually.
It's not a card that belongs on the casual table. Before the commander sets came out, I had purchased a Sol Ring, and after only playing with it a few times, I was convinced that it made the game less fun and that I was better off not playing with it. It's a brutal fountain of power that skews the game decisively in your direction, which is one of the reasons it's considered one of the major contenders for the "Power 10".
It's good that it made the commander sets even more of a worthwhile purchase, but it's as if Wizards is trying to say that it is a well-designed card that they're willing to reprint as perfectly playable. When it was released in the Exiled: From the Vault set, people knew that it was broken, and its new mythic rarity st... (see all)
Posted By:
Asmodi0000
(9/20/2011 8:48:02 AM)
I use Trinket Mage a lot of pull this guy out if I don't get it in my opening hand. Simply one of the best early to mid-game mana boosts there is imo.
Posted By:
Quentil
(10/3/2011 8:09:51 PM)
This is a lot more worthy of a spot in the Power 9 than Timetwister. On the turn you cast it, it gives you as much mana advantage as a Mox, and on every turn after that, it gives you more. The only drawback is that it's colorless mana, but very rare is the deck that can't make any use of that 
.
And since everyone else is talking about it, I refuse to put this in an EDH deck, for precisely that reason.
Posted By:
sonorhC
(12/6/2011 11:42:35 PM)
This card is so much fun in my casual no-rares-allowed equipment deck. I don't need to it be attacking for 12 trample damage on turn three, but getting it can make things much worse.
Even green doesn't get acceleration this good.
Posted By:
kiseki
(3/5/2012 3:52:35 PM)
turn 1: Island, Sold Ring
turn 2: Tinker, bring out Blightsteel Colossus.
wutnao?
i personally throw a playset into my affinity/metalcraft artifacts deck. makes a turn 2 win very easy.
Posted By:
Xenofaust
(10/27/2012 9:59:15 AM)
I really agree with a lot of the comments saying, "Should not have being put in PreCons."
There is nothing more brutal then seeing an opponent in chaos or in a dual lay down turn 1 sol ring + signet/talisman. They have literally timed walked you 3 times. Your only hope is that they are unable to refill their hand.
Posted By:
sniper_ix
(11/24/2012 4:10:57 PM)