I was playing against a buddy using a semblance anvil deck. I did the old Rune-Scarred Demon/Phyrexian Metamorph combo and had 4 6/6 fliers ready to swing for the win in the next turn. He's playing R/G with two forests and two mountains. I think i'm swinging for the win until he plays two of this and kills all of my creatures and my Birds of Paradise.
I gave this a 4/5 for this simple reason. 3 damage to each creature with flying in a guild that doesn't boast a lot of fliers is incredible for 2 mana. The fact that it does other stuff is just icing on the cake for me.
Posted By:
SarpNasty
(8/4/2013 4:34:01 PM)
I just don't understand where they were going with this.
Mode 1; This is pretty ok. 2 mana to get home, R/G decks can totally make use of this. This is an instant though, but this effect is really effectively a sorcery. No real combat tricks here.
Mode 2; I really don't know. Did Soul Ransom become troublesome in the FFL? Why such an arcane second mode?
Mode 3; This one really irks me. Of the 135 or so flying critters this could kill, generously 4 of them see standard play. Of the 34 Flying critters that have 4 toughness, some 10 more see tons of standard play. Why this couldn't have done 4 to all flyers, I don't know. That alone would have made it a card worth playing.
I guess in the end one of the charms had to have the dubious honor of being the worst. I just wish it would have been at least a contest.
Posted By:
Guest1381794618
(8/5/2013 10:02:06 PM)
Easily the worst of the ten charms, but its versatility still nets it a 3/5.
Posted By:
Continue
(8/11/2013 7:15:47 AM)
Everyone is talking about how the second ability hasn't been useful yet. What about Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver?
Posted By:
FlingIt
(9/24/2013 4:01:24 AM)
I would appreciate this more if either the second ability was more relevant to the set. I mean, there's some card control changers, but there's not really enough to make a deck around them. I would like this more if the ability was either different or printed when it would be more useful.
It's a charm, though, so it's gotta be pretty good.
Posted By:
SirLibraryEater
(10/20/2013 11:37:20 AM)
Oh hey, did you just ulti your Elspeth? I'll just cast one or two of these and wipe a majority of your board for you.
Yes, Ashioks and Nightveil spectres seem to be a "thing" these days. Gruul Charms suddenly don't seem so bad.
Posted By:
Prognox
(10/29/2013 11:33:12 AM)
One of the more situational charms, great to be side boarded!
Though, Boros Charm and Selesnya Charm are my all time favorites and first picks, this one still holds a very sturdy place that the others don't fill.
I have to give it 4 stars, simply for giving ALL creatures you own have evasion, or forces your opponent to make silly chump blocks with important fliers. Very situational, but against the right match up this thing will destroy.
Posted By:
Quake5master
(1/3/2014 4:09:13 PM)
The question is - Do you keep this card in your R/G deck?
OF COURSE YOU DO!
The fact that you can smite all annoying flyers at instant speed it's already handy enough.
Not satisfyed? How about "Creatures WITHOUT flying can't block this turn"?
Since you play Green and Red it should not be difficult to have huge tramplers,this card is a total flying hater,it can instantly produce a mass genocide out of enemy flyers keeping you safe from air attacks.
And you wanna hear the best part? Say your annoying control opponent uses his expensive tricks to rob your permanents,you instantly say "NOT TODAY!" leaving him with almost no mana opened.
Posted By:
Ugin
(2/12/2014 4:33:54 AM)
Truly a profound piece of flavor text. Borborygmos is a brilliant and philosophical genius.
Posted By:
DaLucaray
(3/31/2014 6:00:06 PM)