Awful card. Sol Ring, Basalt Monolith, Grim Monolith, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, and yes, Thran Dynamo blow this out of the water because you can use it the turn you play it, so you won't be tapped out when you play this.
donjohnson
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(6 votes)
Anyone who thinks this card is aweful simply hasnt used it properly and probably doesnt understand that getting into the game a full turn earlier can mean winning or losing. One turn is all it takes to lose, as real players already know.
The powerstone is MUCH better because you get into the game a full turn earlier, costing 3 instead of 4, and you get the SAME 2 colorless as either of those others give. It blows thran dynamo and sisay's ring away because you end up being able to use it one full turn earlier than either of those. With thran dynamo and sisay's ring youre blowing 4 mana on turn four so its turn 5 before you even get to use it with any effectiveness. With the worn powerstone you play turn 3 so on turn 4 you have 6 mana available.
Basalt Monolith was fine in its day, but it stinks compared to the Worn Powerstone quite frankly, because you get to use it once and then its dead weight the rest of the game, unless of course youre the type who loves throwing 3 mana away every other turn. Grim monolith is good for one turn of acceleration, then like the Basalt, is completely useless costing even more (4 mana) to untap. Again a card for players who love throwing mana way every other turn. The same goes for Mana Vault.
Mana Crypt is an excellent card if you trust leaving yourself to the odds of a coin toss.
Sol Ring blows all other acceleration out of the water...but thats why its restricted ;)
Just the fact that this is a perfectly decent playable card goes to show how truly broken Sol Ring is.
RedAtrocitus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is great, I can't believe there are so many negative comments and a fairly average rating here. Ramp for any color, taking you to 6 drops on turn 4 or better with other ramp. Where the card really shines is Cube, where it goes from solid to a near star. A great, balanced mana rock. The monoliths are better, Sol Ring is better, Moxen are better, but this is still great and those cards are simply insane.
Burningsickle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
my friend is obsessed with proxying sol ring and black lotus.... screw him lol
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The powerstone is MUCH better because you get into the game a full turn earlier, costing 3 instead of 4, and you get the SAME 2 colorless as either of those others give.
It blows thran dynamo and sisay's ring away because you end up being able to use it one full turn earlier than either of those. With thran dynamo and sisay's ring youre blowing 4 mana on turn four so its turn 5 before you even get to use it with any effectiveness.
With the worn powerstone you play turn 3 so on turn 4 you have 6 mana available.
Basalt Monolith was fine in its day, but it stinks compared to the Worn Powerstone quite frankly, because you get to use it once and then its dead weight the rest of the game, unless of course youre the type who loves throwing 3 mana away every other turn.
Grim monolith is good for one turn of acceleration, then like the Basalt, is completely useless costing even more (4 mana) to untap. Again a card for players who love throwing mana way every other turn. The same goes for Mana Vault.
Mana Crypt is an excellent card if you trust leaving yourself to the odds of a coin toss.
Sol Ring blows all other acceleration out of the water...but thats why its restricted ;)
Edit: Playtested it. I was wrong, lol.