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Gizmo
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Ill be using the novel ratings system of:
:'( - Its so bad it makes me cry
:-( - Its poor
:-| - Its servicable. Might see some play
- Its actually pretty good, should see extensive use.
- Wa-Hey! I like this guy.
and also
:-? - Dunno how good this will be.
- OMG! This looks like it could be a problem card.
All ratings are given for standard without paying more than 3 seconds thought to what the card does. Cards might be good in other formats and I might mention that, but mainly Im talking about standard.
Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor (rare) :-(
4UU
Creature - Cephalid Legend
Tap an untapped Cephalid you control: Tap target permanent.
UUU: Tap all creatures without flying.
3/3
For UU4 feels like he should fly
Aboshan’s Desire :-(
Æther Burst :-|
Amugaba :'(
Aura Graft :'(
Aven Fisher :-(
Aven Smokeweaver :-|
Aven Windreader :-(
Balshan Beguiler :-(
Balshan Griffin :'(
Bamboozle :-(
Battle of Wits :'( (but Im crying with laughter )
Careful Study :'(
Cephalid Broker :-(
Cephalid Looter :-(
Cephalid Retainer :-(
Cephalid Scout :'(
Cephalid Shrine :'(
Chamber of Manipulation :-|
Cognivore :'(
Concentrate :-(
Cultural Exchange :-(
Deluge 2U :-(
Dematerialize :'(
Divert
Dreamwinder :-|
Escape Artist (common) :'(
1U
Creature - Wizard
Escape Artist is unblockable.
U, discard a card from your hand: Return Escape Artist to its owner's hand.
1/1
Half Darting Merfolk, half Homunculus. Thats two halves of two bad cards. Making this? A bad card.
Extract :'(
Fervent Denial (uncommon) :-(
3UU
Instant
Counter target spell.
Flashback - 5UU
I think overcosted.
Immobilizing Ink :-(
Laquatus’s Creativity :'(
Patron Wizard (rare)
UUU
Creature - Wizard
Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Counter target spell unless its controller pays 1.
2/2
I like him because you can use him the turn he comes into play as its not a 'Tap:' effect, and hes 2/2 not 1/1, making him actually extremely good
Pedantic Learning :'(
Peek :-(
Phantom Whelp :-(
Persuasion :-|
Predict :-(
Psionic Gift :-(
Pulsating Illusion :-|
Puppeteer :-|
Repel :'(
Rites of Refusal :'(
Scrivener :-|
Shifty Doppelganger (rare) :'(
2U
Creature - Shapeshifter.
1/1
3U, Remove Shifty Doppelganger from the game: Put a creature card from your hand into play. That creature gains haste until end of turn. At the end of turn, sacrifice that creature. If you do, return Shifty Doppelganger to play.
OMG thats SO much worse than Sneak Attack I can barely breath from my disbelief!
Standstill (uncommon) :-?
1U
Enchantment
When a player plays a spell, sacrifice Standstill. If you do, then each of that player's opponents draws three cards.
I have no idea at all. My gut instincts are that its playable, but my gut instincts are also that the drawback is VERY acute and so might not be even a 1-star card. Think Indentured Djinn - should be good, is actually terrible.
Syncopate (common) :-|
XU
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays X. If that spell is countered this way, remove it from the game instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Worse than Power Sink (doesnt empty their mana pool/tap them out), perfectly usable in T2 though.
Think Tank :-|
Thought Devourer (rare)
2UU
Creature - Beast
Flying
Your maximum hand size is reduced by four.
4/4
A good lump of meat this card is awful in control matchups though. But if you expect to run a blue mana curved deck this is the 4cc card of choice
Thought Eater :-|
Thought Nibler :-(
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: dont get carried away by Thought cards, their maximum hand size limitation is cumulative!
Time Stretch :'(
Touch of Invisibility :'(
Traumatize (rare) :-?
3UU
Sorcery
Target player puts the top half of his or her library, rounded down, into his or her graveyard.
GOD KNOWS! For UU3 Sorcery you want something good, and this card doesnt even affect the board in any way. But the effect is so game altering that it could be used to devastating effect with some other card or other. Haunting Echoes the obvious one, but if your opponent can play a deck based around two 5cc Sorceries and beat you, you deserve to get beaten.
Treetop Sentinel :-(
Unifying Theory :-(
Upheaval (rare)
4UU
Sorcery
Return all permanents to their owners’ hands.
Dont think it`ll get played, just like Sunder and Evacuation never got played. Or Jokulhaups never got played for 4 years for that matter. But keep an eye on it anyway, it`ll always be there waiting for the right (or wrong) card to get printed
Words of Wisdom :-(
Blue seemed to get very little, but there are a couple of interesting guys in there. What we were all looking for (or me, at least) was a new card engine to supplement Fact Or Fiction, as without it control decks cant really survive. There wasnt one.
:'( - Its so bad it makes me cry
:-( - Its poor
:-| - Its servicable. Might see some play
- Its actually pretty good, should see extensive use.
- Wa-Hey! I like this guy.
and also
:-? - Dunno how good this will be.
- OMG! This looks like it could be a problem card.
All ratings are given for standard without paying more than 3 seconds thought to what the card does. Cards might be good in other formats and I might mention that, but mainly Im talking about standard.
Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor (rare) :-(
4UU
Creature - Cephalid Legend
Tap an untapped Cephalid you control: Tap target permanent.
UUU: Tap all creatures without flying.
3/3
For UU4 feels like he should fly
Aboshan’s Desire :-(
Æther Burst :-|
Amugaba :'(
Aura Graft :'(
Aven Fisher :-(
Aven Smokeweaver :-|
Aven Windreader :-(
Balshan Beguiler :-(
Balshan Griffin :'(
Bamboozle :-(
Battle of Wits :'( (but Im crying with laughter )
Careful Study :'(
Cephalid Broker :-(
Cephalid Looter :-(
Cephalid Retainer :-(
Cephalid Scout :'(
Cephalid Shrine :'(
Chamber of Manipulation :-|
Cognivore :'(
Concentrate :-(
Cultural Exchange :-(
Deluge 2U :-(
Dematerialize :'(
Divert
Dreamwinder :-|
Escape Artist (common) :'(
1U
Creature - Wizard
Escape Artist is unblockable.
U, discard a card from your hand: Return Escape Artist to its owner's hand.
1/1
Half Darting Merfolk, half Homunculus. Thats two halves of two bad cards. Making this? A bad card.
Extract :'(
Fervent Denial (uncommon) :-(
3UU
Instant
Counter target spell.
Flashback - 5UU
I think overcosted.
Immobilizing Ink :-(
Laquatus’s Creativity :'(
Patron Wizard (rare)
UUU
Creature - Wizard
Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Counter target spell unless its controller pays 1.
2/2
I like him because you can use him the turn he comes into play as its not a 'Tap:' effect, and hes 2/2 not 1/1, making him actually extremely good
Pedantic Learning :'(
Peek :-(
Phantom Whelp :-(
Persuasion :-|
Predict :-(
Psionic Gift :-(
Pulsating Illusion :-|
Puppeteer :-|
Repel :'(
Rites of Refusal :'(
Scrivener :-|
Shifty Doppelganger (rare) :'(
2U
Creature - Shapeshifter.
1/1
3U, Remove Shifty Doppelganger from the game: Put a creature card from your hand into play. That creature gains haste until end of turn. At the end of turn, sacrifice that creature. If you do, return Shifty Doppelganger to play.
OMG thats SO much worse than Sneak Attack I can barely breath from my disbelief!
Standstill (uncommon) :-?
1U
Enchantment
When a player plays a spell, sacrifice Standstill. If you do, then each of that player's opponents draws three cards.
I have no idea at all. My gut instincts are that its playable, but my gut instincts are also that the drawback is VERY acute and so might not be even a 1-star card. Think Indentured Djinn - should be good, is actually terrible.
Syncopate (common) :-|
XU
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays X. If that spell is countered this way, remove it from the game instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Worse than Power Sink (doesnt empty their mana pool/tap them out), perfectly usable in T2 though.
Think Tank :-|
Thought Devourer (rare)
2UU
Creature - Beast
Flying
Your maximum hand size is reduced by four.
4/4
A good lump of meat this card is awful in control matchups though. But if you expect to run a blue mana curved deck this is the 4cc card of choice
Thought Eater :-|
Thought Nibler :-(
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: dont get carried away by Thought cards, their maximum hand size limitation is cumulative!
Time Stretch :'(
Touch of Invisibility :'(
Traumatize (rare) :-?
3UU
Sorcery
Target player puts the top half of his or her library, rounded down, into his or her graveyard.
GOD KNOWS! For UU3 Sorcery you want something good, and this card doesnt even affect the board in any way. But the effect is so game altering that it could be used to devastating effect with some other card or other. Haunting Echoes the obvious one, but if your opponent can play a deck based around two 5cc Sorceries and beat you, you deserve to get beaten.
Treetop Sentinel :-(
Unifying Theory :-(
Upheaval (rare)
4UU
Sorcery
Return all permanents to their owners’ hands.
Dont think it`ll get played, just like Sunder and Evacuation never got played. Or Jokulhaups never got played for 4 years for that matter. But keep an eye on it anyway, it`ll always be there waiting for the right (or wrong) card to get printed
Words of Wisdom :-(
Blue seemed to get very little, but there are a couple of interesting guys in there. What we were all looking for (or me, at least) was a new card engine to supplement Fact Or Fiction, as without it control decks cant really survive. There wasnt one.