In my first game with the Duel Decks I combo'd Foil with Pentavus, man I wish they still printed stuff like this =p
TheWrathofShane
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Its far more balanced then tinker though.
DarthParallax
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Let's actually unpackage ways to use this card, ok?
It's kind of like Zombify, but only for Artifact Creatures, and cards that only describe returning Creatures to battlefield generally do it better. I *suppose* you could use it like this if you are determined to stay mono-Blue.
To Thirst for Knowledge into Argivian Restoration and wind up with an Artifact Creature on the battlefield at the end of it costs 7 mana. You'd be better off Hardcasting Pentavus.
I KNOW the 'if only it cost 1 mana less' rule is always true, so it should be ignored, but really-- the real estate for good artifacts is generally at 4-6 for an Artifact Creature-- basically the same as a Creature- and that usually means White or Black Magic is better at Reanimating them.
For Equipment, it's a *really* solid 3 or 4. You look at Sword of Fire and Ice's cycle, Lightning Greaves, and Darksteel Plate, and you want your equipment to be about that aggressively costed, so you can play it, then play the creature, then equip the turn the creature attacks.
To Blast Stuff kind of indiscriminately, you have Argentum Armor, Lux Cannon, Legacy Weapon, and something Spine something. These, now these are worth bringing back, but paying 4 mana for it puts you strictly in Commander thinking.
For Mana Artifacts, you compare to Sol Ring for colorless and Coalition Relic for Colored. Bringing back one of these is not in most people's futures, and if you're doing so you are still behind at the end of your turn because you used a valuable spell to do the effect of just playing basic land, so your economy must have been in bad shape.
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In my first game with the Duel Decks I combo'd Foil with Pentavus, man I wish they still printed stuff like this =p
It's kind of like Zombify, but only for Artifact Creatures, and cards that only describe returning Creatures to battlefield generally do it better. I *suppose* you could use it like this if you are determined to stay mono-Blue.
To Thirst for Knowledge into Argivian Restoration and wind up with an Artifact Creature on the battlefield at the end of it costs 7 mana. You'd be better off Hardcasting Pentavus.
I KNOW the 'if only it cost 1 mana less' rule is always true, so it should be ignored, but really-- the real estate for good artifacts is generally at 4-6 for an Artifact Creature-- basically the same as a Creature- and that usually means White or Black Magic is better at Reanimating them.
For Equipment, it's a *really* solid 3 or 4. You look at Sword of Fire and Ice's cycle, Lightning Greaves, and Darksteel Plate, and you want your equipment to be about that aggressively costed, so you can play it, then play the creature, then equip the turn the creature attacks.
To Blast Stuff kind of indiscriminately, you have Argentum Armor, Lux Cannon, Legacy Weapon, and something Spine something. These, now these are worth bringing back, but paying 4 mana for it puts you strictly in Commander thinking.
For Mana Artifacts, you compare to Sol Ring for colorless and Coalition Relic for Colored. Bringing back one of these is not in most people's futures, and if you're doing so you are still behind at the end of your turn because you used a valuable spell to do the effect of just playing basic land, so your economy must have been in bad shape.