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Good cards that people say "meh" to
Posted On 02/03/2008 12:47:43 by Boggsey - Read 424 time(s)

In magic you have the cards that are amazing (Garruk), Good (Ravenous Baloth), and Terrible (Lotus Gaurdian). I have noticed that people love to throw the most expensive cards in a deck. Why? Because they are amazing...duh. But I want to take the time and list some cards that I have found to be amazing myself from past to present:

 Azorius Herald: Back in good old Ravnica, I had a Blue/Green/White deck that annoyed the crap out of people. One reason was this guy. Not only did he gain you 4 life and undo some damage, he was unblockable. This was the day when I used Loxodon Warhammer and no one else did as much as now. I won so many games simply because of my back up counters and a platoon of these guys swinging for the kill.

Loaming Shaman: Some people used this, but he seemed to be way underrated. I took a look at my deck and its many counters and many draw spells. Why not shuffle your graveyard to your library? Late game you have burned through your majority of land draw, so what would it hurt to draw threats and more counters? It didn't, and this guy proved it. I always ran two of these in the deck to keep the card advantage consistent.

 

Loxodon Warhammer: Yeah, like I said above, it is used a lot now. Back in the day this card was my favorite. Any deck with creatures I built would have one of these babies in it. I never understood why people didn't seem to use this as much back then. What makes them realize it is good now? Did you ever put a warhammer on a Loxodon Hierarch and swing? That was amazing.

 

Stone Cloaker: This card is simple aggresive. He is mana efficient, a flyer, can save a creature of return it to use its "coming in effect" again, and he can remove a card in a graveyard to stop reanimation or one of your cards for a later Extripate. I have won games with him.

 

Verdeloth the Ancient: He was used in a mono green deck a while back. Since then, nada. I used him recently in a draft and did well. Powered by mana searchers, Gaunlet of Power, and an army of Saprolings from Thelonite Hermit, this guy is a major threat. I have heard, "Your saprolings are how big now?" from people when I played him.

 

Thelonite Hermit: He was being played...not now. I do not see anything wrong with getting four 2/2's with 5 mana. They are attackers, they are blockers...heck, they are mean. 

 

Story Circle: This is an amazing card seeing how many nasty creatures there are running around. I made a mono white deck not to long ago that used this, and it was good. It went: Story Circle naming color...next turn Wrath...ha! It was a fun deck.

 

Body Double: Wow, again, another card that people once used and now don't. And why wouldn't you use this...expecially with the Goyf and Collossus running around.

 

Teferi's Moat: Ever went against a red goblin deck and got this out on them? They get mad. This is a great sideboard card.

 

Dauntless Dourbark: Why, why, why do people NOT run him? Dear god... I have heard him be called "The Poor Man's Korlash"... I have seen him in like one deck online...if you run green, why not him? The new Tri Bosk land will even fuel him and leave room for you to run nasty removal spells to take care of whatever is in his path.

 

There is a lot more I am sure, just right now I cannot remember because I am thinking too hard. Until next time:

 

Boggsey

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From: Falkor
02/09/2008 01:17:49

My playtesting partner and I were just talking today about Korlash as a viable option in today's Standard.  He's a Warrior, and you don't really care if you draw multiples.  I see no reason not to run him, except that the mana base has changed (no duals), and few people are playing a base black deck at all in the current metagame.

The rest of your choices are all cards that fit the curve in a lot of decks, but see nominal play simply because a better option is generally available.

Is Dauntless Dourbark better than Chameleon Colossus or Elves as a whole?

I run Teferi's Moat at times in my UW Blink board.

Body Double is about to see a lot more play, but would you really include it over Riftwing Cloudskate, Mulldrifter, and/or Vesuvan Shapeshifter?

Story Circle is strong, but suffers from the same problem as Korlash at the moment, no one is running a base white deck.

I have often wondered why Thelonite Hermit experienced a large dip in popularity...

Blink decks run Stonecloaker out of the board.  Any of the gating creatures should possibly be named here.


 


A couple of other suggestions for cards that should see more play:


 


1. Split Second spells -- aside from Extirpate and Krosan Grip in Extended, few of the Split Second spells are making a dent on Constructed.  Wipe Away is a great tempo card, Sudden Shock stops Blink shenanigans, Sudden Death automatically kills all x/4 creatures, and Stonewood Invocation both protects your creature and bashes face.  Somehow, I truly feel this is wrong.


 


2. Radha, Heir to Keld -- that's a lot of free mana every turn with a lot of Flash creatures in the game.  Hmm....


 


3. Wild Pair -- did Slivers simply disappear after Block season?


 


4. Grinning Ignus -- there is a combo waiting to be broken with this card


 


5. Bitter Ordeal -- just seems eminently breakable, but no one has broken it.


 


6. Temporal Isolation -- a great removal spell for an aggro deck, plus you can play tricks with damage on the stack.


 


7. Flagstones of Trokair -- suffering from the lack of a quality white deck.


 


8. Kavu Predator/Fiery Justice -- is this deck just worse than some of the other aggro options?


 


9. Spectral Force -- it is somewhat ridiculous that an undercosted 8/8 trampler somehow does not fit in the environment.


 


10. Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir/Mystical Teachings -- to me, one of the largest travesties in the current meta is the absence of Teferi as a major presence.  Teachings is one of the most ridiculous tutors in Magic history, and it isn't played either.  If you can run Cryptic Command, why not Teferi?


 


11. Tendrils of Corruption -- wasn't this card good?


 


I could go on for a while...

From: RoninX
02/04/2008 13:02:55

Well, people aren't even running the real Korlash at the moment, so its not surprising that people that people aren't running a "poor man's" verison. There are always tons of good cards that don't see play because they either don't fit the meta, or they do something that another card does just a bit more efficiently.

 

Some don't see play because people close their eyes to cards that they haven't seen on top 8 lists in awhile - those people will never be remembered for deck design.

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