Any cards you wish were just slightly better?
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Posted on April 19, 2015, 7:59 a.m. by ChiefBell
I'm sure everyone's had that feeling. There's a particular card you love and want to use in all your decks: you find it awesome for some reason (it could be the art, it could be the abilities, it could be something else). Unfortunately it's just not quite good enough to be playable in your favourite format.
Mine would be this dude:
I love the flavour. I love the art. The abilities are useful. But that toughness! That damn toughness. Give it a toughness of 4 and it's going in all my decks. But as it stands it dies to Lightning Bolt. Shame!
Which card do you love, that you wish was just a tiny, tiny bit better?
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #3
Grindclock, oh Grindclock, why art thou so bad?? Also wish cards like Mind Control were playable, because it's so ridiculously fun to steal a Rhino, but they're to expensive (only Sower of Temptation is remotely playable, but alas, in bolt range.
April 19, 2015 8:09 a.m.
lemmingllama says... #5
Serum Powder. I just wish it actually did something relevant in game, like if it was a Chromatic Star or something.
April 19, 2015 8:38 a.m.
Dalektable says... #6
Vampire Nighthawk. Would making it a 2/4 be good enough? I don't know...
April 19, 2015 9:05 a.m.
I wish I could somehow pay 2.5 mana for a straight counter spell.
April 19, 2015 9:10 a.m.
EndStepTop says... #9
100% agree with Master of the wild hunt. Such an incredible and underplayed card.
April 19, 2015 9:41 a.m.
EndStepTop says... #10
Meant to add on to my last post but hit post by accident. I'd love for Braids to be x/4 and cmc of 3,to see some play in a black based prison build in legacy.
April 19, 2015 9:43 a.m.
I wish Dream Thrush cost nothing but one blue Mana. Then it would be broken, haha
April 19, 2015 9:56 a.m.
pumpkinwavy says... #12
Why can't Necrotic Ooze just be a 4/4? Just one toughness would save everything!
April 19, 2015 9:59 a.m.
I don't wish a single card would be better, I just wish that all mill cards were just slightly better.... That would maybe make mill playable.
April 19, 2015 10:09 a.m.
instead of 
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!ducttapedeckbox says... #16
Every few months I think I come up with a deck that might work with Cosi's Trickster, but a few playtests later I remember that it just isn't a good card. Maybe if it had some form of evasion/hexproof and read "Whenever an opponent looks at any number of cards in his of her library, put a +1/+1 counter of Cosi's Trickster" so that it catches scrying and such.
April 19, 2015 10:49 a.m.
Reaper of the Wilds - I really wanted to play her in Standard. She just never was quite good enough.
April 19, 2015 10:53 a.m.
TheNinjaJesus says... #18
Polis Crusher. An on-curve 4/4 with protection... WITH a passive ability... WITH a mana sink ability to make him bigger... WITH A DESTROY CLAUSE WHEN HE DEALS COMBAT DAMAGE... WITH TRAMPLE... WHICH IS HIS ABILITY. WHAT MORE DO YOU PEOPLE WANT?!
April 19, 2015 11 a.m.
alexthegreat38 says... #20
Recently in Standard, I really wished Savage Knuckleblade was just a teeny bit better. If they can make Siege Rhino a 4/5, they can make Savage Knuckleblade a 4/5, but they chose not to. Sigh
April 19, 2015 11:21 a.m.
Tarmogoyf, give him hexproof and trample and I think he'd be a decent card.
April 19, 2015 11:27 a.m.
VampireArmy says... #23
I wish Butcher of the Horde had Falkenrath Aristocrats indestructible ability rather than vigilance
April 19, 2015 11:48 a.m.
Servo_Token says... #24
If Life from the Loam had dredge 5, that'd be great.
April 19, 2015 12:55 p.m.
dragon_slayer says... #25
I would love if Huntmaster of the Fells Flip was a bit better. Maybe give him more toughness to keep him out of bolt range, or give him hexproof or something...
April 19, 2015 1:10 p.m.
pumpkinwavy says... #26
dragon_slayer, Huntmaster of the Fells Flip was one of the best cards in standard for a while. He is modern playable, being a solid 2 of in jund lists. If Huntmaster of the Fells Flip was pushed more, we'd have another Bloodbraid Elf. If he does get bolted immediately, then you still got a 2/2 and 2 life.
Imo, the reason he doesn't see as much play is because jund isn't super popular, and the other red green decks are tron, which doesn't want him, scapeshift, which wouldn't want him, and zoo, which has Ghor-Clan Rampager.
April 19, 2015 1:21 p.m.
Really though, couldn't they have made Jace, the Mind Sculptor start with 10 loyalty? Is that too much to ask? He would be somewhat playable then.
April 19, 2015 2:09 p.m.
And Force of Will - they should remove the bit where you have to exile a card from hand. Card's shit right now.
April 19, 2015 2:11 p.m.
It's card disadvantage, you're just going to 2 for 1 yourself
April 19, 2015 2:13 p.m.
Chiefbell, I totally agree. Unplayable.
And while we're on the subject, when are they going to nerf Storm Crow?? That should cost at least 2UUU.
April 19, 2015 2:14 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #32
ChiefBell all jokes aside there are times you can lose from exiling the wrong thing it's. Actually funny to watch
April 19, 2015 2:18 p.m.
I know. 2-for-1ing yourself is never ideal. It's nice to have though.
April 19, 2015 2:19 p.m.
GofyTomcat1 says... #34
If only Chandra, Pyromaster cost 1RR and her +1 dealt 2-3 damage...
April 19, 2015 3:06 p.m.
Ancestral Recall, if Ornithopter can cost 
mana than why can't recall? 
for three cards is way too overcosted.
April 19, 2015 4:37 p.m.
booman27 agreed! Same with black lotus! It should give at least 5-6 mana! Who wants to waste a card, just to get mana for.... 1 TURN!?!
April 19, 2015 4:46 p.m.
Trait Doctoring. Not sure how they'd do it. Having it sorcery speed means you can't alter colors on your opponent's turn. Cipher is a bad effect because you a) want to use the color hack ability reactively and b) the color hack ability happens after combat damage, meaning you can't do combat tricks. The effect also stops at the end of turn. Having the spell be an instant and the effect go off when attackers are declared would make it better.
May 4, 2015 2:15 a.m.
jandrobard says... #38
Either Epic Experiment or AEthermage's Touch. Both are too slow, and could be cool if the were faster.
May 4, 2015 12:40 p.m.
Shadowmage Infiltrator is my pick. Not sure how I would make it better, I just wish it was. Maybe adding toughness? Maybe making completely unblockable? I haven't the foggiest idea.
May 5, 2015 6:05 p.m.
lemmingllama says... #40
@Octrate The extra point of toughness would help, but something like hexproof would be more helpful. Also making it's cost 
would allow it to be used in lists that don't run 
May 5, 2015 6:14 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #41
Also Maze's End. It's so fun to play with and it can actually win in a Bloom deck... but not fast enough :(
May 5, 2015 6:15 p.m.
Lorescale Coatl: If only it had some kind of evasion like Elusive Krasis.
6tennis says... #2
Sanity Grinding is swell, but for
, it's not the best.
April 19, 2015 8:06 a.m.