Let the great Opaline Bracers vs Manaforce Mace debate begin! One has fun with Coretapper and Gilder Bairn. The other can be played BEFORE you have five lands in play but maxes out at 5. I wonder if anyone will ever play either of them?
Opaline Bracers is strictly better if you have the lands to this caps out at 5, the bracers never do
RyanFisher
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(4 votes)
@ darkfury: The bracers cap out at 4, Sunburst has a limit towards it's flexibility.
kittyspit
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(5 votes)
horrible
DlCK
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
combine with blanchwood armor
Tommy9898
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I would laugh so much if a domain kor deck used this to destroy standard.
Ideatog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Except that the bracers use charge counters- you cna double them with Doubling Season or add more with the aforementioned Coretapper or with Energy Chamber. It's also cheaper to equip.
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
What, Power Armor doesn't get in on this debate? it has instant speed domain pump.
Crosserenti
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not much of a debate...all sunburst cards, including Opaline Bracers, have Energy Chamber to boost them. Drastically. The Bracers are better. Especially a green sunburst deck, with Viridian Acolyte, Gilder Bairn, Mirrodin's Core, Chromatic Sphere, and Veridian Longbow (on Gilder Bairn. Speeds things up drastically). Easy power quickly.
@RyanFisher and whoever voted up their comment You've clearly don't know that any permanent with counters on it has unlimited potential. Even before this card came out there was doubling season, coretapper, energy chamber, and Gilder Bairn just to name the more popular choices. And at the time I'm posting this there is even Proliferate. So not only can you play the Opaline Bracers in a mono-color deck and still have it end up more powerful than this card, but it costs less to equip than this does. What you said is totally wrong, this card caps at 5 and is limited, the bracers are limitless (due to peoples' ability to manipulate counters) and still generally useless due to their gimmicky nature.
Boakes2047
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Can't argue with a possible +5/+5 for 3 at most IF you have the domain to it's full potential
The3rdEmpire
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Make it equip cost: 1 and we'll talk.
NoobOfLore
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
+5/+5 is fine with me, with an equip cost of 3. I have a soft spot for equipment, though.
Seriously, can you think of any equipment that gives you better value than +5/+5 for that cost? Opaline bracers requires some major support to be significantly better, while this is an awesome equipment for the mana-heavy area that is domain.
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this caps out at 5, the bracers never do
You've clearly don't know that any permanent with counters on it has unlimited potential. Even before this card came out there was doubling season, coretapper, energy chamber, and Gilder Bairn just to name the more popular choices. And at the time I'm posting this there is even Proliferate. So not only can you play the Opaline Bracers in a mono-color deck and still have it end up more powerful than this card, but it costs
I have a soft spot for equipment, though.
Seriously, can you think of any equipment that gives you better value than +5/+5 for that cost?
Opaline bracers requires some major support to be significantly better, while this is an awesome equipment for the mana-heavy area that is domain.