The effects of this card and YawgWin are pretty much the same. However, 5 more mana is not simply just 5 more mana. One important aspect that made Yawgmoth's Will into Yawgmoth's Win is that the caster won before the game started being a game- the level of interaction was minimal unless the opponent had metagamed accordingly. In terms of play-this-card-and-win, for one more mana there was already Tooth and Nail (coincidentally in the former Mirrodin Block).
Praetor's Counsel is more widely useful than Tooth 'n' Nail in my opinion; and yes, a resolved Praetor's Counsel will most likely mean that whoever casted it is about to win.
I also do believe that the potency of this spell, unlike pretty much any other sorcery that I've seen, is Vintage worthy... if you can keep your opponent from killing you on turn two and if you can keep this spell from being countered.
The necessity of graveyard hate in EDH has now increased tremendously. I will nee... (see all)
Posted By:
Enchantment_Removal
(2/23/2011 10:47:44 PM)
Perhaps going to get very good in innistrad, a graveyard set.
Posted By:
Magic-Master
(8/29/2011 1:24:22 AM)
Endless Swarm
Posted By:
MindlessUndead
(10/2/2011 3:49:24 PM)
Insane in Innistrad.
Posted By:
SgtSwaggr
(9/25/2011 10:11:29 AM)
Yawgwin with a high mana cost is still Yawgwin. You can still get your combo and dark rituals back to set it off again, just for a much trickier cost. With stuff like Primeval Titan floating around in standard, and big stompy colorless Eldrazi providing an invitation for a ramp deck in green, I wonder how long it will be before someone breaks this.
And what about legacy blue control decks? The ones which already often splash green to use tarmogoyf as their finisher? Having just one of these in their decks means they get all four Force of Wills back late in the game, ready to defend their goyfs from any real threat. Call me a pessimist, but this might just get hit with the banhammer, if someone takes it to its full potential.
Posted By:
Archiphres
(1/28/2011 8:16:49 AM)
Nice for Casual Rock Decks especially in Multiplayer. Beside that... CMC8 for anything that doesn't outright wins is too much, even for green.
Posted By:
Vividice
(1/28/2011 8:31:59 AM)
Gerrard Capashen = greatest response to this card ever lol
Posted By:
ChampionofSquee
(2/20/2011 11:00:14 AM)
You get an emblem named Spellbook with "you have no maximum hand size".
Posted By:
Gabriel422
(6/12/2011 7:46:33 PM)
We did they stop using the phrase "You get an Emblem" after Mirrodin Besieged?
Posted By:
E-n-S
(6/24/2011 7:42:00 AM)
I'm struggling to figure out why this doesn't belong in blue or black. How the heck did green end up with this nonsense? It's the exact opposite of blue and black. It make no sense.
Posted By:
zerosavant
(2/10/2011 8:57:26 AM)