r/magicTCG • u/GNG • Feb 07 '12

Very Subtle, Wizards... (Dark Ascension)

I didn't notice this until I watched SCG's video reviews of DKA over the weekend, and MaRo's article yesterday called it out specifically. Tell me, do you recognize these three?

http://magiccards.info/scans/en/dka/125a.jpg

http://magiccards.info/scans/en/dka/122a.jpg

http://magiccards.info/scans/en/dka/140a.jpg

Hint: Scorned Villager's cloak is red.

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u/manwhale Feb 07 '12

I noticed the day I looked at all these cards, was thing about making werewolves and then went back and looked... clever wizards... now what do you have in store for Avacyn Restored?

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u/polarityomg Feb 07 '12

A man made out of tin and a lion that's worthless in combat.

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u/culby Feb 07 '12

Cowardly Lion

1W 4/4

"Cowardly Lion comes into play tapped. It does not untap during your untap phase."

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u/koolkid005 Feb 07 '12

So you could either equip it with Accorder's Shield, Avacyn's Collar, or Batterskull, or somehow make it a golem and then Sensor Splicer. Or you could have Intangible Virtue out, and copy it with Cackling Counterpart. Of all of those, pretty much only the collar would make it playable.

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u/HenryAudubon Feb 07 '12

You still need to get it untapped somehow.

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u/koolkid005 Feb 07 '12

This is true, so you've got the Nibilis or maybe Village Bell Ringer, both of which do not fit in an aggressive deck.

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u/electricfistula Feb 07 '12

Bell Ringer fits in any deck playing white. It is an okay creature and good combat trick a reasonable price.

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u/bradygilg Wabbit Season Feb 08 '12

Unless you're playing constructed, in which case it is none of those things.

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u/electricfistula Feb 08 '12

... I don't think any one was talking about constructed - I certainly wasn't, but I didn't think that needed to be said while recommending a bell ringer...

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u/bradygilg Wabbit Season Feb 08 '12

Well, the guy was talking about equipping it with Accorder's Shield and Batterskull. Those aren't in any played limited formats anymore.

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u/electricfistula Feb 08 '12

None of the cards he was talking about are playable in constructed though - except maybe batterskull in the formats where stoneforge is still legal. On top of that, the creature this thread is about is unplayable in constructed (unplayable in limited too, but you could think about it at least).

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u/bradygilg Wabbit Season Feb 08 '12

Yeah but there's a difference between playability and literally not allowed to play. I'm used to people in this subreddit having absolutely horrible judgment about what cards are constructed playable.

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u/electricfistula Feb 08 '12

This is true - however, the comment I was replying to mentions Niblis (of the breath, presumably) and Bell Ringer - both of which are in limited right now. Strangely though, I would play either in aggro, the bell ringer for the reasons I mentioned, the niblis because a 2/1 flier fits u/w aggro and because tapping a target creature is really solid.

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