How about this?
T1: elvish mystic
T2: sylvan caryatid
T3: master biomancer
T4: prophet of kruphix
Then at the end of your opponents turn flash the primespeaker with six +1/+1 counters. Draw whole new hand before your fifth turn.
Sounds epic to me.
Posted By:
Lochrann
(12/6/2013 9:37:36 AM)
She's so beautiful... She has such nice, elegant synergies with her colors. And the prospect of Plasm Captureing into her to draw 4 cards off your Lorescale Coatl, pumping it for four counters, and then attacking with your newly evolved Elusive Krasis and casting the Bioshift you just drew is just so exciting ;).
Posted By:
jerkoid
(12/11/2013 12:55:27 AM)
progenitor mimic it and blow up the weaker old one each turn; draw 1 more than last time each turn, and evolve everything
Posted By:
Mr.Freshness-Timmy
(2/9/2014 2:19:46 PM)
Important ruling (from rule 112.7a): If Zegana is no longer on the field when her ability resolves, her power is taken to be the power she had when she was last on the field. This means any instant speed removal not of the form -X/-X will not prevent you from drawing cards off her ability.
Really cool card. Automagically triggers evolve on all your creatures, gives you a fatty, and fills your hand.
Like a lot of simic cards, lack of trample hurts it quite a bit, but she is actually surprisingly not as vulnerable to instant speed removal as you would think, given the ruling above and the fact that she doesn't target. If you can afford the mana intensity, I actually prefer her over Primeval Titan quite a bit for this reason (rather have cards than lands late game).
She also lets your Savage Summoning cantrip, which makes it a very good card. And if your opponent tries to remove her or your fatty, there's always Ranger's Guile... (see all)
Posted By:
jonrds
(3/17/2014 3:37:46 PM)
I love this card. I ordered two of her for my Simic deck and the card advantage you get with her is amazing. Considering this is usually cast turn 6 or later, even with mana ramp, you gain most of your hand back and actually get options again. She works really well in any blue/green deck, not just Simic decks. Favourite mythic in the set.
Posted By:
TamsinFrost
(4/16/2014 12:08:58 PM)
EDIT: Just double checked the rules. If the removal spell is a -X/-X (like a morbid tragic slip) then the stack sees her as 0 or less power and then no cards are drawn, but a normal removal spell (like doom blade) still allows the card draw.
But she will probably see play in standard even if tragic slip creeps up in popularity again, and she is still way better than my first impressions led me. She's basically Garruk Primal Hunter's -3, and for 1 more mana you get to have a big creature rather than losing the planeswalker (unless garruk +1s and then -3 a turn later). To be on the safe side, just make sure to cast her such that the opponent can't trigger morbid for tragic slip.
It has amazing EDH potential, both as a general and just a good card in a deck. Some interactions off the top of my head, aside from obvious flicker...
- Can tutor with imperial recruiter (if your budget is huge) and fierce empath (if you're on a much smaller budget)
- You can bring it back with reveilark.
- If... (see all)
Posted By:
mdakw576
(5/12/2014 1:35:05 AM)