This is such an amazing reprint. Please let me open several of these.
Posted By:
Doaj
(6/4/2013 5:25:34 PM)
at 4 mana you can now counter tarmogoyf, dark confidant, snapcaster, stone forge mystique while playing any color..
i cant even destroy it with ancient grudge or naturalize
Posted By:
chainsmoker
(6/5/2013 12:18:53 AM)
FFS I AM TIRED OF SEEING AWESOME MIRRODIN RARES I NEVER GOT IT'S LIKE THE BLOCK WAS MOCKING ME
Anyways, this card does require some thought, but with a Dark Ritual this could cause problems on turn two, especially if you go first. Most artifact destruction spells are 2cmc too, and wrecks loads of cool stuff, as chainsmoker said.
Is probably why Krosan Grip is in this set. Well, probably not, but still handy.
Posted By:
psychichobo
(6/9/2013 3:10:56 PM)
@ EdgarPoeAllen, A chalice set for x=2 will counter the chalice you try to cast for x=1, its CMC is Zero anywhere else but on the stack, unless you want x=0
202.3b When calculating the converted mana cost of an object with an {X} in its mana cost, X is treated as 0 while the object is not on the stack, and X is treated as the number chosen for it while the object is on the stack.
Posted By:
FireryIsland
(8/25/2013 11:38:37 AM)
Here's a tip: Don't play this for X=1 when you've already dropped one with X=2. Do it the other way around. Learned that the hard way once.
Posted By:
Continue
(7/28/2013 7:36:24 AM)
This is a brutal card especially on turn one with a Ancient Tomb or City of Traitors. I tried this the other day. I thought he was playing burn, so I keep a hand of Swords to Plowshares, Spell Snare,
Path to Exile, Brainstorm,
Flooded Strand, Island and Plains. He's on the play and I'm feeling pretty good about my hand when he goes Sol Land into chalice for two. That was quite a shock.
Posted By:
ESPRcon
(8/23/2013 6:36:53 PM)
this one is as shocking for it's rarity as for just being here- much like Bridge from Below and Arcbound Ravager.
This could have been nearly anything but Common, like Aether Vial. So they took the average and made it a Rare. I guess to follow Aether Vial.
Nice card. :)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(6/5/2013 9:47:06 AM)
@ Continue. Even if you pay 2} for the second chalice, its CMC is still 0
Posted By:
EdgarPoeAllen
(8/9/2013 4:17:22 PM)
The number of decks that this absolutely fries in Legacy is staggering.
-Delver variants
-Storm
-burn
-zombardment
-belcher
-oops
-others..
Helps against:
-Manaless Dredge
-Affinity
-painter grindstone
-almost everything else..
I literally run as a 4 of in sideboard whenever a deck seems weak against Delver + Fast mana decks. It's fine in multiples too, because you can start locking out entire sections of the mana curve; including responses to you setting it.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(9/9/2013 11:14:44 AM)
Great card in that it encourages Legacy decks to run more expensive spells, increasing the diversity of the format.
Posted By:
absreim
(10/3/2013 12:04:24 PM)