Pros like me love color-fixing lands and this one does just that, at common I might add.
Posted By:
Lotsofpoopy
(9/27/2012 9:45:25 PM)
This is a perfect example of why I never trust anything that Wizards of the Coast says.
They've stated that they want to cut down on functional reprints unless they need to to fit the flavor of the set (Kodama's Reach makes no sense outside of Kamigawa, hence Cultivate), or players really want to play 8 in a deck, and it wouldn't be overpowered (and frankly, I can't imagine that anyone was begging to play 8 Rupture Spires), and they try to use preexisting cards if they fit. Good example of this in action: Blazing Torch in Innistrad.
And yet, we get this. Rupture Spire would have fit perfectly in RTR. It's a spire. In a city. Sounds good to me!
What gives? Why? Not many people were asking for more copies of Rupture Spire, and even if they were, there's not much reason to give it to them. WotC just went against something they've told their fans seemingly on a whim.
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Posted By:
The_Murderauder
(5/3/2014 11:36:06 PM)
A "win more" card.
Posted By:
1337vanguard
(9/27/2012 8:56:04 AM)
this is similar to Bird of Paradise. Both are good at fixing mana. The only difference is the bird is creature and Transguild Promenade is land. Therefore, Bird of Paradise is sightly better than this one.
Posted By:
FlyingDragons
(9/30/2012 9:15:30 PM)
It's a land of any colour that costs just one mana, great common to splash any colour. So you're a little slow for that turn, the flexibility afterwards is excellent. I'm wondering if I could finally make a five colour standard deck towards the end of this cycle, cards like this will make that closer to being possible.
Posted By:
HowardTreesong
(10/20/2012 11:40:12 AM)
i play pauper and you have not a lot of common lands that produce any color of mana. shimmering grotto is better than this in most of decks and hands.
Posted By:
don_miguel
(11/21/2012 2:21:44 PM)
Great for casual play. I run it in my Rakdos deck so I can splash blue and play Nicol Bolas or Blood Tyrant or other Grixis stuff. Also helps get the most out of Unburial Rites.
Posted By:
Smoke_Stack
(2/11/2013 1:50:25 PM)
I like this card for the flavor. It can support any of the guilds as befitting its neutral status. Granted, a tapland version of Pillar of the Paruns would probably have been better, but this at least provides more flexible color fixing.
Posted By:
Manite
(5/21/2013 11:37:14 AM)
Incredible in Limited and EDH, which, being that those are two of the only formats I play, gets a 4/5 from me.
@The_Murderauder: Don't like it? Don't play.
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(8/26/2013 12:30:11 PM)