divinity of pride is so much more win.
I really wish it was a 2 manna 1/1 with flying that get's +5/+5
Posted By:
Gezus82
(7/21/2010 5:21:58 PM)
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@TheWrathofShane
Whether or not they had 40 starting life in mind when designing the card is immaterial - Serra Ascendant is a different animal in EDH/2HG than in normal 60-card. It's not a careless mistake on the developer's part - it's just a card behaving differently in different formats. Perhaps you should learn to adapt your playstyle and build better decks, rather than mindlessly complain about a strong card that is easily dealt with in such a format. I don't mean to sound condescending, but if your deck is not equipped to handle a single non-shrouded, destructible, non-self-recursive creature that only attacks or blocks, then your deck is inferior and needs some serious reworking.
@sweetgab
In my playgroup, a T1 6/6 flying lifelink for 1 mana is not a problem. I am not saying that it is not a powerful play - just that it dictates the opening few turns. However, it's far from the game-warping catastrophe that everyone makes it out to be - a T1 Serra Ascendan... (see all)
Posted By:
strider24seven
(4/20/2014 12:10:00 PM)
I've never met anyone who plays EDH who allows this card as it is, some people say ok 50 life and some say banned but no one who says "yeah a turn one 6/6 lifelink flyer is ok" although in a large group it could be more fair since someone'll remove it and then everyone will decide to beat your face in for using it, lol, that being said it's a really good card, early game decent card and not a dead draw late game
Posted By:
imsully2
(6/15/2012 9:55:51 PM)
this MUST be ilegal in commander -.- seriously? a 6/6 lifelink in turn 1? not fair at all...
Posted By:
Chiky911
(8/29/2013 7:18:27 PM)
Lifegain deck's little threshhold ability.
Posted By:
atemu1234
(3/24/2012 10:20:29 AM)
When I first saw the art, I thought that the ascendant had some funky headgear on, as if he stole the Juggernaut's helmet and blessed it with the power of white mana or something.
Posted By:
rogelio
(5/29/2012 12:12:33 AM)
@jfre81 Uh he should of been at 39 dude, EDH everyone has 40 life. That's why that Felidar Sovereign can be so annoying in EDH.
Posted By:
BorosGeneral
(6/13/2012 8:44:32 PM)
What a wonderful card. A shame it's basically broken in other modes. Not the end of the world, but it feels unfair to everyone involved. I suppose they weren't taking into account other modes of play, or was it the rule change that ended up breaking these cards? Not sure which came first.
Either way, these types of cards should definitely read something like "x more life than starting total." I'm not sure how this was overlooked..
Decent Art, strong in two-player magic, broken in EDH and 2HG. Any group playing with them should not feel at all bad about imposing a limit of some sort.
Posted By:
YellowWalker
(8/2/2012 4:30:59 PM)
Epic in 2 Headed Giant, where you start with 30 life.
"6/6 1-drop with flying and lifelink on turn 1"
Posted By:
Hua9801
(9/1/2012 7:24:43 PM)
Actually a really nice card, but sadly, it´s almost as broken as Sorin Markov in EDH.
A turn 1 - 6/6 Flyer + Lifelink... yea suuurrreeee...
The most astonishing about this card imo, is still, that those people who play such a card are not even ashamed of using it, in contrary, these clowns even think they are smart, when they hit you with this on turn 2! lol
0,5/5 ´cause he made me reply.
Posted By:
Sootoo
(10/2/2012 12:39:32 PM)