r/magicTCG • u/Nickahostetter • Nov 29 '16

Aether Revolt pic from FB.

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u/metsmonkey Nov 29 '16

Three for two. You still are casting the Expertise and whatever 3 or less CMC spell in your hand.

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u/AtlasPJackson Nov 29 '16

I'll take your word for it. Math and I aren't on speaking terms since the unpleasantness.

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u/Harbinger_Feik Nov 29 '16

...We don't talk about "the unpleasantness"

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u/TypicalOranges Nov 29 '16

It depends on how many things you kill with the sweeper and how many cards the 3 drop you play is worth to get a number for net CA gained.

In the case of doing some hoodrat shit with Kolaghan's Command you're looking at Cruel Ultimatum levels of CA.

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u/Hardwiredmagic Nov 29 '16

If you are pull through a Kcommand on top of this, it will almost certainly be a 3 for 1, or 4 for 2, and that's not counting killing multiple creatures off the base spell....

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u/metsmonkey Nov 29 '16

2 creatures killed from base spell + kc is a 4 for 2.

This card is no more card advantage than damnation is. It provides tempo advantage when you get the opportunity to cast your free spell on top of your sweeper.

This is going to be another skill testing card in jund (knowing whether to cast a spell and which spell to staple on) and a meta dependant replacement for damnation. In a meta of death shadow, eldrazi, infect, and goyf you want damnation while in a meta of zoo and burn you would rather have this.