Underrated Cards
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Posted on Feb. 25, 2015, 12:15 a.m. by spacecoyote1313
What cards do you think are underrated. Mine is Mantis Rider flying, haste, and vigilance in a set with convoke, so good.
Pretty sure it's not, actually. Lightning Strike and Bile Blight as four of's in most decks has all but made mantis rider worthless these days. The jeskai decks these days are working with Outpost Siege and tokens, because early it provides card advantage, and if you ever have more creatures out than your opponent's life total, it provides the win. Much better than a 3/3.
February 25, 2015 12:20 a.m.
Misanthropia says... #4
February 25, 2015 12:21 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
Hm. I saw a few decks on MTGTop8 running it, but I'm also not very attuned to the constructed meta, so I will defer to you.
I typically play competitive EDH, and I don't see many people taking advantage of the good non-blue counterspells. Red Elemental Blast, Pyroblast, and Guttural Response all do work at the tournament level.
February 25, 2015 12:22 a.m.
Misanthropia says... #6
Murderous Cut, Dispel, Pithing Needle, Seismic Assault, Sudden Death, Sudden Shock, Gifts Ungiven (As a value, FoF-like, card rather than a combo piece), Illusory Angel.
February 25, 2015 12:24 a.m.
Yea in recent months the jeskai decks have moved away from Mantis Rider for the most part. They either go token ascendency combo, or token aggro. On a similar note, abzan has moved away from Wingmate Roc because it's become so much harder to trigger raid now that most decks have at least as much removal as creatures, usually more.
It's not that they aren't good cards or are underrated, it just that they aren't at their best currently.
February 25, 2015 12:26 a.m.
Modern is a format full of under appreciated cards. Mirran Crusader, Woolly Thoctar, Murderous Cut. Lots of stuff
February 25, 2015 5:43 a.m.
PepsiAddicted says... #11
Depending on format...
Mana Echoes, Spirit Link, Amulet of Vigor (kinda), Karn, Silver Golem
Not saying ppl dont play those but often they seem to only see "the tip of the iceberg"
February 25, 2015 6:37 a.m.
dragon_slayer says... #12
In modern, Loxodon Hierarch, Rhox War Monk, Sunlance, maybe even Baneslayer Angel.
February 25, 2015 6:44 a.m.
canterlotguardian says... #13
dragon_slayer the Baneslayer's $12 price tag might tend to disagree with you on that one. Lmao
February 26, 2015 2:16 p.m.
dragon_slayer says... #14
True lol
I haven't seen the angel in many modern lists though
February 26, 2015 3:11 p.m.
Misanthropia says... #15
Dunno, I actually feel Baneslayer's pretty overrated.
February 26, 2015 4:28 p.m.
bijschjdbcd says... #16
A 5 mana 5/5 flying firststriking lifelinker.
Its incredibly efficient, It blocks Rhinos and stuff efficiently but can be soft to Discard, Lily and the Non abrubt Decay removal from Junk decks.
February 27, 2015 6:38 p.m.
No it's not played at all. But it deserves its lack of attention. It's a 5 mana card that dies to 1 mana removal and doesn't have any enter-the-battlefield effect or any way to gain immediate value. I don't know about you guys but I don't generally like giving my opponent an pseudo extra turn for 1 mana.
February 27, 2015 7:25 p.m.
I would say it's neither under- nor over-rated. It doesn't get much attention but it doesn't deserve much attention.
February 27, 2015 7:27 p.m.
bijschjdbcd says... #21
Oh its too slow for Modern but it is still a good card.
February 27, 2015 8:38 p.m.
Misanthropia says... #22
Dunno, it just gets outclassed by Batterskull in the games where you want that effect.
Epochalyptik says... #2
Isn't Mantis Rider seeing decent play in Top 8 Jeskai decks?
February 25, 2015 12:17 a.m.