Doesn't the way the card is worded make it significantly better than fog+populate most of the time
Instead of no combat damage being dealt, combat damage is only dealt to creatures.
Which means that when an opponent is swinging for lethal you can block favorably i.e. gain some card advantage by eating their smaller creatures, and let anything you can't or don't want to deal with go through.
Posted By:
mtg_random
(9/27/2012 1:50:26 AM)
This may be silly, but does this look like Elspeth in a Selesnya hat to anyone else?
Posted By:
Irandrura
(9/26/2012 8:10:45 AM)
I have been out of the magic scene for quite a while (other than buying cards over the years because of nostalgia). I recently purchased Selesnya Surge deck and I am attempting to modify it a bit(still have a few of my older cards). Would this go well with Isochron Scepter ? I don't have a lot of expendable cash, so I am doing what I can with it.
Posted By:
BurleySin
(10/20/2012 1:04:41 PM)
In limited I've stopped seeing these as effects with Populate tagged onto them.
I'm seeing them as Populate cards with effects tagged onto them.
Nothing is more reassuring than having one of these, a Rootborn Defenses, Eyes in the Skies, and/or Trostani's Judgment in your hand while you have even just a 3/3 Centaur out.
The instant speed increases the value greatly for these cards.
Posted By:
infernox10
(11/5/2012 11:52:41 AM)
Pros like me will make use Fog quite a lot but this not only fogs but it populates for only one extra colorless mana. That is quite the value.
Posted By:
Lotsofpoopy
(9/26/2012 6:10:49 AM)
Ha, screw you Bonfire
Posted By:
EternalPhi
(9/28/2012 8:41:32 PM)
a 4-of in a green token deck. Fog w a populate attached to it. Boom.. However, i am never going to make such a deck, cause it would blow
Posted By:
ToAsTy42o
(10/5/2012 3:07:03 PM)
The sexy sequel to Deliverance.
Posted By:
Demento_Recraves
(9/26/2012 2:56:04 AM)
I feel this is one of the more reasonably costed populate cards. It's a fog that costs 1 more but you have the potential of putting a token out. Very nice.
Posted By:
1337vanguard
(9/26/2012 9:32:38 PM)
Fog is one of those cards that has a low mana cost, but won't be played in the early game;it'll be saved to hose an alpha strke. So paying the extra mana for basically the same effect and populate is quite worth it.
3.5/5.
Posted By:
Purplerooster
(10/19/2012 2:24:52 PM)