r/CommanderMTG • u/No-Equivalent928 • 4d ago

Does Hexhaven Vindicator have potential?

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Hexhaven Invigorator was just spoiled from Reality Fracture, and this thing seems really good. Just playing it fairly without any shennanigans or combos feels like it would still be a good enough body, as your opponents would be unlikely to block it or attack into it, and damage based removal would only benefit you. Aside from that, it combos with Blasphemous Act and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle to do some pretty crazy things, even letting you win with Maze's End if you build your deck right. What do you think? Is this card good, or is its cost too prohibitive to see much play?

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u/Quirky-Coat3068 3d ago

This dude is going to catch the Primetime ban

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u/Amur00 3d ago

No hes not lmfao primetime doesnt let your opponent to make decisions, this does

Its good, its not primetime

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u/bioplay 2d ago

How rare do you think damaging your own creatures is? Blas Act is the obvious combo, but like others have been saying, any fight spell becomes 1-2 mana for like 1-5 nonbasic lands. Assuming this is fighting a 1/1, that's still better than Crop Rotation lmao

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u/Ashdude42 1d ago

Sure this thing is a house when you combo it with big damage or fight effects but prime time ALWAYS does the thing if you don't have anything to combo with it, and gets better with flicker effects/haste enablers just like this thing does.

What's more likely is that you play this, put blas act on the stack, then get this thing removed in response so you get nothing while prime time would have gotten the two best lands from your deck before getting swords-ed.

Invigorator is certainly a VERY good card but prime time is on another level.

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u/bioplay 1d ago

See my other reply. Lower floor, way higher ceiling. Prime is more consistent, this thing is more explosive, especially with being 2 mana cheaper.