Fits wonderfully into my Maga, Traitor to Mortals EDH deck. With all the mana doubling cards in there, X spells can get obscenely large. During one game I played Maga as a 66/66. Big fun. Of course, making my Exsanguinate, Consume Spirit, and Drain Life just as stupidly huge is quite a lot of fun as well.
Posted By:
SirMalkin
(10/16/2012 11:58:50 AM)
What have you done to my beautiful, powerful Liliana? She used to tutor me anything my heart desired while keeping my opponent handless, or summon all the dead in a 3 mile radius to do my bidding, truly black. Now she fetches me land... or kills herself to maybe kill something else... or gives me late game mana ramp... I don't know. Maybe that land fetching is better in real life than in theory. each time you have no lands in hand and you don't draw a land, it's basically mana ramp... I really feel biased with this one.
But one thing is for certain, that artist should have asked someone else for advice on the face, not sexy at all, as Liliana usually looks. Fetching land still doesn't feel black to me, but whatever, I'll give her a try. Shockland make her better I guess.
Posted By:
Sironos
(10/29/2012 9:37:52 PM)
I went to Target to get a fatty-pack of these cards and got two of her in the same booster pack of the nine it gave me, but im glad i finally have a die.
Posted By:
newbi
(11/5/2012 4:18:43 PM)
Can I use her first ability to search for these lands?
Blood Crypt, Godless Shrine, Overgrown Tomb , and Watery Grave
If yes, then she might be super good for 3-5 color decks.
Posted By:
Ike38
(11/7/2012 5:04:21 AM)
EDIT: My opinion of this card has changed sooooo much.
In my Evil EDH deck I probably won't ever actually buy with Maralen of the Mornsong as the cornerstone, this is the second card I search for, after Aven Mindcensor. Each turn I would never want to waste 3 life on just FINIDING a land, but now I can get a Swamp for FREE. And then if I get to the Ultimate, I usually play Storm Herd, and Elesh Norn and others help me win. Also, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth lets me run more non-basics :)
Also, @ Ike38: Yeah. The "Swamp" clauses refer to cards with the type "Swamp."
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(11/14/2012 5:18:40 PM)
She is a beast in a Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon EDH deck. She either fixes mana and then lethal strike with skith or hits the field and does it immediately if you already have enough swamps. Better than any other planeswalker that I can think of in that particular context.
Posted By:
skullpizza
(11/29/2012 9:35:12 AM)
So incredible in my mono black control. Makes sure I hit Swamp drops to power mutilates and the like, pumps creatures massively for finishers which can instead be used as removal. While the ultimate seems crazy, it's really only good with cards like Consume Spirit, and the other abilities, especially the -3, are too good to ultimate most of the time.
Posted By:
Emperorerror
(12/17/2012 1:17:42 PM)
Wait wait wait,is that 4 black mana PER SWAMP?
Posted By:
Genericcardcollector
(12/18/2012 5:21:25 AM)
good card..very promising for mono-black, especially for those control types..
but im not so sure how it'll fare in today's legacy meta..
kinda like her innistrad incarnation better..
Posted By:
zenitramleirdag
(1/7/2013 3:50:42 AM)
Just because you can, run her in standard with a playset of Crypt Ghasts.
Black. Mana. EVERYWHERE.
Posted By:
corkscrew
(1/10/2013 11:17:01 PM)