"Why is this rated so low? Angel's Grace + Ad Nauseam + this card = win."
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Except that it costs 6BBWR
Sure, if you can pull off the whole combo without getting countered, but you'd need some pretty amazing way to cheat it all out, otherwise the combo is unplayable.
Regardless, there are other, far more viable ways to fill up your hand. However, it still require too much mana to execute all in the same turn, and you aren't likely going to get more than 4-5 damage off with this.
drakmor
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I give this 5 out of 5. Why? OTK combo backup. I hanve this blue deck that splashes a bit of red, and this is the perfect backup. Not like my opponents ever survive my combo once I get it going though... I'll post a deck list if I ever get it typed.
Arglypuff
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Angel's Grace, Ad Nauseam and Spiraling Embers seems easy enough to get off. While we are already dealing with 6BBWR, may as well add a Quicken! Just Cast Spiraling Embers, in response Quicken, drop Ad Nauseam, and in response to that Angel's Grace! Angel's Grace goes off, you can't die, Ad Nauseam goes off, you have your library in your hand, Spiraling Embers goes off, you win!
Haha, this is the card i was looking for! Nice synergy with Psychosis Crawler, throw in some Plagiarize, a Spellbook, Consecrated Sphinx and some other stuff and you got yourself a Deck :)
Obviously works best in a deck that draws a lot of cards, and blue has that in spades. So you'll probably have your OWN counterspells to counter theirs. Draw a gigantic hand, Vexing shusher this thing, then blow your opponent up. I have a mono-red deck that plays 4 Font of Mythos. My opponents usually laugh when I drop them. "Cool, I'll draw into what I need to finish you off quickly. Thanks!" Then I drop a couple of these and the game's over.
Sure, it's a casual deck. I'm sure it wouldn't hold up in a legacy tourney at all, but it's still fun to play in my circle. Usually after I've dropped the Shusher and one or two fonts, my opponents usually say, "GG, switch decks!"
This is just about as awesome as Inner Fire in my UR draw deck. With Consecrated Sphinx or Thought Reflection on board I generally have a bunch of cards in hand. Just copy this a couple times with Reverberate, Twincast, Increasing Vengeance, Fork, Snapcaster Mage and you're golden.
Better than you think in the right deck, in the right format.
LordOfTheFlies87
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
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DoragonShinzui
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I suppose after, say, a Reforge the Soul or other Wheel of Fortune esque effect it'd be pretty effective. Plus, with Splice, you could add extra goodies to it without emptying your hand.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Alphanumerical Not really. One of the best legacy storm decks is based around just ad nausium. If this were an alternate win condition in a deck full of mana-fixing and mana sources that are being drawn/played for free, then why not? You don't need to *draw* 20 cards, you just need to have* 20; and the combo he mentions works.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
7 damage for 4 mana seems great. To bad its a sorcery. Still I would use in a control deck and drop this at 6+ mana, to leave room open for a counter.
Lazrbeams
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Actually the ad nauseam+angel's grace combo is not too mana intensive/too hard to pull off. It's an established modern deck, just add in lotus blooms and pentad prisms for accel, then a few simian spirit guides for mana after you've drawn your deck, and you combo off around turn 4 or 5. The reason this isn't rated higher is because there are 2 superior cards for the kill in that combo, conflagrate and burst lightning, which is the best, as it allows you to combo off and win at instant speed, in response to say, a pact trigger.
Burningsickle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
right along side my other 1 arcane spell... Guess im not making an ARCANE deck.
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Except that it costs 6BBWR
Sure, if you can pull off the whole combo without getting countered, but you'd need some pretty amazing way to cheat it all out, otherwise the combo is unplayable.
Regardless, there are other, far more viable ways to fill up your hand. However, it still require too much mana to execute all in the same turn, and you aren't likely going to get more than 4-5 damage off with this.
The guy was mana-screwed and basically waiting for me to kill him. I know it's never happening again.
Obviously works best in a deck that draws a lot of cards, and blue has that in spades. So you'll probably have your OWN counterspells to counter theirs. Draw a gigantic hand, Vexing shusher this thing, then blow your opponent up. I have a mono-red deck that plays 4 Font of Mythos. My opponents usually laugh when I drop them. "Cool, I'll draw into what I need to finish you off quickly. Thanks!" Then I drop a couple of these and the game's over.
Sure, it's a casual deck. I'm sure it wouldn't hold up in a legacy tourney at all, but it's still fun to play in my circle. Usually after I've dropped the Shusher and one or two fonts, my opponents usually say, "GG, switch decks!"
This is just about as awesome as Inner Fire in my UR draw deck. With Consecrated Sphinx or Thought Reflection on board I generally have a bunch of cards in hand. Just copy this a couple times with Reverberate, Twincast, Increasing Vengeance, Fork, Snapcaster Mage and you're golden.
Better than you think in the right deck, in the right format.
Not really. One of the best legacy storm decks is based around just ad nausium. If this were an alternate win condition in a deck full of mana-fixing and mana sources that are being drawn/played for free, then why not? You don't need to *draw* 20 cards, you just need to have* 20; and the combo he mentions works.