Well then. Another must-have for tribal decks... and another price hike, due to the uncounterability clause. Did you really need to add that? Did we really need uncounterable faeries and slivers and Snapcaster Mage flashbacking spells?
This card is awesome and I hope I can pull it randomly, but it's probably going to have an interesting effect on the meta before it settles.
Posted By:
Trygon_Predator
(4/26/2012 7:26:21 PM)
Some hindsight:
In the 2012 World Magic Cup Qualifier, out of the 24 top-8 decks in the three American and Canadian cities, 9 included any Cavern of Souls.
15 included Snapcaster Mages.
Whenever WotC wants more complaints on Gatherer, all they need to do is weaken counterspells. No one complains more than counterspell lovers.
Posted By:
JimmyNoobPlayer
(6/19/2012 6:40:02 AM)
Just the sort of power boost that Faerie tribal needed back in Lorwyn.
oh wait
Posted By:
steev
(4/26/2012 5:14:59 PM)
So I guess Draw-Go's not making a comeback any time soon. :(
Posted By:
GlassJoetheChamp
(5/31/2012 11:40:41 AM)
For the record, this was designed primarily in an attempt to counterweight Snapcaster Mage's tendency to grant far more counterspells than usual. One gets the feeling it didn't quite succeed at keeping the scales from careening in any direction...(wonders if anyone ever considered just banning Snapcaster, as per Stoneforge Mystic, but was shouted down by the singles market...and what it's going to take to get curly braces to actually appear properly in comments)
Maybe this would have worked better: Only one tap ability for one colorless, and if spent on the target creature type, it becomes uncounterable (read: remove the mana-fixing element). A non-legendary sort of Boseiju, Who Shelters All...except for the not-so-tiny detail that Boseiju also required life payment...
Posted By:
SkyknightXi
(9/6/2012 9:02:01 AM)
Certainly wouldn't have expected Wizards to print something like this, but anything that takes blue down a notch is ok in my book. So sick of blue dominating every format.
Posted By:
busdude
(4/26/2012 4:06:29 PM)
Forget about tribals; this thing really shines in control-vs.-control situations. Name types like "Praetor" or "Titan", so your BU control deck's win condition doesn't get hosed by an opponent's Mana Leak. Getting the colorless mana out of it is just fine most of the time anyway, so why not just reserve this to make sure no one Dissipates your deck's biggest bombs?
Posted By:
JonTheRed
(4/28/2012 10:06:34 PM)
I predict this will become a much more valuable card when stuffing your deck with lands that tap for one mana of any color ceases to be an option and begins to become a requirement when we Return to Ravnica.
Posted By:
Lord.Gold
(8/12/2012 3:49:16 AM)
Thank God this will leave standard and I hope nobody will be stupid enough to reprint this in the future formats.
Posted By:
Faelivri
(8/1/2013 6:21:29 AM)
Get ready all.. LD is in its rebuilding stage, soon is the hour in which it becomes.. "a deck.." again. I, for one am ecstatic about that.. Needless to say, the above land (and ALL the lands in this set, are lookin like some BMF's!)
Posted By:
Mike-C
(5/10/2012 6:26:51 AM)