@iamactuallylvl1
Good watch.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on how haywire mite stacks up vs needle in the green beats lists that are around.
Also what archetype do you think got the biggest boost from this set?
Great content!

If you wanted to recur an artifact, would you rather do Mindslaver instead?

Then again you could just do Vault/Key.

Essence Flux works better than Ephemerate for this combo.
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@Thewhitedragon69 I agree with you color pie arguments.

I was just expressing a concern on/if there is a Jester's Cap vs. The Brain Stone issue.

@protoaddict This + Crash of Rhinos + As Foretold is a sweet chain of spells in Modern. That style of deck already has Dreadhorde Arcanist and Electrodominance and Finale though.

Tron is star or map or sphere on one, crack map or scrying or stirings on two. Complete on three. Cast big spell win game. Anything that isnt part of this loop is an active problem.

@protoaddict
The gushbond doomsday decks would have loved this but today I dont know if it has a home. Good card but I dont know where it fits in.

If one were to midrange up the breach lists a bit this becomes a good alternitive to ragavan as an alternitive win con by casting time walk a few times and just attacking.

Good with HullBreacher and Narset. Maybe a Standstill sideboard card?

@thewhitedragon69 a colored removal spell seems bad in rainbow humans, because you can't play it off any of your caverns and cavern knockoffs. you can't reliably expect your creatures to die - obviously plow doesn't put them in the yard, and in terms of walkers you'd want to remove, oko doesn't neatly do so either. a removal spell that's only playable after multiple exchanges of your creatures for the opponent's removal and counters is a card that's really only 'good' when you're behind.

Obviously not vintage playable since Mishra's Factory already sees next to no play.

BUT

I'm quite happy with their update. I was afraid they'd do something way too weak for standard, or just too different.

This is nice. The attacking clause makes sense to prevent having a way too good blocker, and the +2+2 is a nice incentive to play many of those.

@thewhitedragon69
There is a deleted comment above where I ask this question then read the card again.

@blindtherapy God there is a lot in that set I missed, mostly because its been out for what feels like -2 days. To many releases, my bad y'all.

It only just occurred to me how much of a problem this card is if it is a player in the meta but it does not exist on MTGO. Just had to put that out there.

@blindtherapy I think this might see play in legacy in Urza, Lord High Artificer based decks since on 0 it is a mox and it scales up, but not holding my breath for it in vintage.

The legal stuff is mostly garbage for vintage, there were one or 2 cards that could have VERY niche application. There are a few choice commons that will have impact on Pauper of all places.

@schmakt I tested this and it was just not good enough in the meta. If you are only hitting instants and sorceries then you are too weak against creatures and planeswalkers. Too many of the good spells are just one of's anyway.

I'd rather have a second Force of Negation or play Pyroblast. I have been testing 4 flusters for the Doomsday and Tinker match ups and that is working out better than this card.

Honestly, play An Offer You Cannot Refuse or Spell Pierce may be better than this card right now.

This card seems very strong.

Shame that this won't trigger after a first turn Bazaar activation.

So bear with me, but how many lords does the list need? I'm of the mindset now that LOA may have run its course as a 4 of in Merfolk lists. We already have Master of the pearl trident as a strict upgrade and LOA does carry liability in the mirror. I think in most matches you would sooner want one hexcatcher and one LOA variant in play over 2 LOAs or 2 Hexcatchers.

I somehow doubt the 1/1 stats vs the 2/2 stats are the breaking point for this card when you consider the full package, and the 1U casting cost is also a non trivial upgrade to the lord when you consider Magus of the moon or a bad opener with too many wastelands.

Another trick with Pyroblast I used to see when Dack Fayden was more popular was people ultimateing Dack, then Pyroblasting whatever to steal it.