Wine of Blood and Iron (Saviors of Kamigawa) - Community - Gatherer

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If you have enough mana to make this useful, that mana is better spent elsewhere.

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Posted By: KikiJikiTiki (8/9/2010 2:04:49 AM)

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Looks more like a nice big bowl of Jello. That's all there's really worth saying about this card.

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Posted By: Henrietta (7/21/2011 3:37:56 AM)

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This and RhoxRhox wins me casual games, I dig it.

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Posted By: badkraj (10/10/2011 7:07:17 PM)

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"Blood and Iron." So... uh... blood?

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Posted By: Kirbster (2/2/2012 10:16:56 PM)

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Fixed version of Rocket Launcher- lower initial cost and no waiting but double the activation cost (which is what really matters), it requires a creature, and it can't be regenerated like the launcher can.

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Posted By: Ideatog (7/31/2012 1:00:37 AM)

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Although we didn't get any decent artifacts of that type so far, i do like the idea behind "artifacts that fall apart at the end of turn if they were in use" like Rocket Launcher and Goblin Cannon.

But I'd say it's barely worth it if you only activate it once: You pay

in total to double a creature's power. But only temporarily. And you neither get trample, nor a toughness boost either.

If you activate it twice it gets more interesting since you can quadruple the power.
But then again it's not too much to ask for something you spent eleven mana on, even if it's "paid in instalments".

I think it would have been cool if the casting cost was only

or even

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Lowering the activation cost to

would have probably made it too easily abusable.

It's not easy to balance abilities that can be activated multiple times but multiply values. But that's what makes finding solution for such cards even more interesting - for example, an add... (see all)

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Posted By: Mode (8/26/2012 6:45:44 AM)

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sweet sam beam reference

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Posted By: SarcasmElemental (10/20/2012 11:15:22 PM)

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Such a great design flavor, they're passing around the ceremonial bowl before riding to battle!

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Posted By: gregtheestablishment (1/14/2013 10:01:22 PM)

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That flavor text....... is pretty disgusting
QUICKLY, YOU MUST DRINK IT

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Posted By: Goatllama (9/13/2013 7:24:54 AM)

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@Ferlord

I think the flavor is that people in Kamigawa don't know that it is called "the wine of blood and iron." They simply know it as "the brew which makes the one who drinks it strong." Of course it is obvious to the PLAYER what it is composed of.

@Mode

Sigh... Oh come on. SURELY you're a better player than that. This card is NOT (7) to double a creature's power. First you cast it, then on ANOTHER TURN you use it, hopefully when you can activate it more than once.

"If you activate it twice it gets more interesting since you can quadruple the power.But then again it's not too much to ask for something you spent eleven mana on, even if it's 'paid in installments'".

I feel like you are getting way too obsessed with the total amount of mana that is paid. The fact that you can pay it in installments makes a HUGE difference. By YOUR logic, Exalted Angel is an absolutely terrible card.

Also, if you don't like the fact that it does not give the creature trample, ... (see all)

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Posted By: OlvynChuru (5/9/2014 3:37:29 PM)

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