Kitsune_18 wrote: ↑3 years ago
Thoughts on any of the new cards from M21 and Jumpstart? There are quite a few interesting/powerful cards that might find homes in my other decks, but there doesn't seem to be many that are obvious includes for Derevi. I've got a few that I'll be considering and at least 1 that I'm actively testing:
Teferi, Master of Time. He tries to mitigate one of the things that makes planeswalkers not great in EDH outside of dedicated Superfriends decks, but I'm not sure if he'll ascend to staple status or if this deck is even the right home for him. I think he's worth trying.
The other cards that I might test later on are
Ghostly Pilferer,
Emiel the Blessed, and
Sublime Epiphany. Thoughts on any of these?
I'm not ZenN, but I thought I'd offer my opinion at least as I've thought about these 4 cards as well. Any discussion is always good.
Teferi, Master of Time is obviously an absurd card for EDH and gets even more ridiculous when you build to abuse him. I agree with the Command Zone that he's not an auto-include like
Cyclonic Rift (thank god), but he's pretty darn close. But does he have a place here? I honestly think it depends. Even just keeping him alive for a full turn cycle will net you insane value, and Derevi makes a great chump blocker. My main issue with him is that my playgroup has also gotten pretty crafty lately with their grave hate, and I feel like looting 3+ times a turn cycle will make it even more tempting to exile my graveyard or key pieces I discard. He also doesn't have much synergy with the rest of the deck, but he might be so powerful that it really doesn't matter. Definitely worth testing in my opinion.
Ghostly Pilferer I'll probably pass on. Paying
to draw a single card just doesn't seem that efficient to me, even when using Derevi's ability to possibly do it a couple of times. I guess he is only 2 mana, and potentially drawing a couple cards early on from people casting their commanders might make him worth it. Late game though he just seems meh. I wish I could activate when he becomes
tapped so I don't have to waste him attacking, but I know that's not on theme of the card. Oh well.
Emiel the Blessed though I'm pretty interested in; he's one of the more powerful blink engines we've seen in a while. The immediate comparison that comes to mind is our much-discussed
Eldrazi Displacer. However, I don't think it's as simple as swapping one out for the other. I've recently been testing using the Displacer and while I do really like him, I would be lying if I said the
requirement didn't hurt. That's the main thing Emiel has going for him; blinking with 3 of any color. But to me the main draw of Displacer comes with the fact that he can blink my
opponents creatures, which has come in clutch more often than I thought it would. If you're going for combos though, I do think Emiel absolutely trumps it. Definitely worth further discussion.
Sublime Epiphany I honestly have no clue how to feel about lol. I do agree that it can potentially have a huge effect on the board, but 6 mana is
a lot to hold up. Yes
Cyclonic Rift costs 7, but that will have a huge impact no matter what your opponents are doing. I do love just how
insanely versatile the card is, though. I feel like I'd probably get too greedy waiting for the perfect scenario when I can use the most modes, only to get severely punished for it lol. I also have no clue what I'd even swap out for it as there's nothing like it already in my list or ZenNs'. Simply comparing it to a
Counterspell and the like doesn't do the card justice.