Good tribal synergies, great cost, and puts a card in my hand. This "Bolas" fellow, whoever he is, sounds pretty neat if this is what his Augur is up to.
Posted By:
Enemy_Tricolor
(8/12/2012 12:40:17 AM)
I have a question. The card says that "When Auger of Bolas enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library. you may reveal an instant or sorcery card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your liberary in any order." My question is if I choose not to reveal an instant or sorcery, do I still get to put the instant or sorcery in my hand? If you guys know, an answer would be appreciative.
Posted By:
BABurrito
(8/3/2012 8:21:36 PM)
Serious card advantage
Posted By:
tcollins
(10/15/2012 7:08:04 PM)
I am repeating a previous question because I did not see an answer for it. This came up for me as well.
"When Auger of Bolas enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library. you may reveal an instant or sorcery card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order." My question is if I choose not to reveal an instant or sorcery, do I still get to put the instant or sorcery in my hand?" -- it says "MAY CAST" and that's where I question whether I can keep the instant or sorcery or not.
Thx!
Posted By:
JacindaPhi
(12/6/2012 9:01:53 PM)
In the right deck with lots of instants and sorceries, this is much better than something like Wall of Blossoms, which was often used for the same purpose. Being able to get a useful card from the top 3 is much better than simply drawing a random card off the top of your deck.
The defense is still high enough to block lots of aggressive creatures, and unlike cantripping walls, this one can kill the 1 toughness ones, which is kind of format-defining - aggressive decks will want x/2 creatures for their 1-drops against control decks, which is why cards like Dryad Militant are considered poor in Standard right now, despite being better than Savannah Lions.
The card is even made better because it's blue, as green is often the 3rd color in many control decks.
Very good card.
Posted By:
RiftenBlack
(2/1/2013 8:27:56 AM)
The difference between this guy and Sea Gate Oracle is that he costs 2 mana.
The jump from two to three is the jump from "gravy" to "meat". The cards have very similar effects, but neither qualifies as the "meat". This guy is correctly priced as "gravy".
Posted By:
fibonacci112358
(2/22/2013 7:49:00 PM)
Cards like auger of bolas were previously underestimated by me... It's only when i got to start using it in a control burn deck I built that I saw its true potential. Being able to cycle through your library is pretty dang awesome and searching for spells is even better.
Simply, for a 2 drop 1/3, it's a decent defender in early game imo.
I rate this 4.5/5
Posted By:
Xinsden
(4/4/2013 8:50:18 PM)
It can trade with most two drops and either kill them or bounce off. Plus that first ability is great for any deck packing a decent number of instants/sorceries. It can be flickered for card advantage with Restoration Angel and it can survive Pillar of Flame.
Certainly a 4/5 for Standard.
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(4/20/2013 7:48:36 AM)
Very good. Not only does he stabalize a control deck quickly and early, but is abusable with flicker effects, provides reliable card advantage, and does it at a cost that's very hard to beat.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(6/5/2013 9:01:56 AM)
It's a shame this guy didn't get reprinted. I'm going to miss him once Theros rolls in.
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(7/22/2013 4:01:30 PM)