Let's talk about Isochron Scepter in Tiny Leaders

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Posted on July 17, 2015, 2:54 p.m. by Arvail

Like many others, I've found Isochron Scepter to be a complete blowout at times while being a devastating 2-for-1 at other times. I'm having some trouble gauging this card. I rarely regret casting this card, but the times I do, I pretty much hate life. Besides, it's a fairly prevalent card in the format. With the amount of artifacts and enchantments seeing play being so high, almost every deck has answers to this type of permanent.

How much exp do you have playing with this card? What are your general thoughts on it? If possible, I'd love to get answers from people that play in more competitive metas, but anything's fine.

addaff says... #2

My favorite to exile to the scepter is either Silence or Lightning Helix. I haven't played an american (, , ) style deck with it yet. Ideally, it's something you want to cast around turn 3 or 4. So that way you can either activate it in response or be able to protect it. I went 1-2 when I took my version to FNM. I beat goblins and lost to affinity and scapeshift.

July 17, 2015 3:05 p.m.

Arvail says... #3

I play it in Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest. My favorite targets are Azorius Charm, Counterspell, Dawn Charm, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Helix, and Orim's Chant.

July 17, 2015 3:09 p.m.

Unforgivn_II says... #4

addaff - I'm interested to hear how Scapeshift works in tiny leaders

July 17, 2015 3:22 p.m.

addaff says... #5

Ssshhh...I didn't see tiny leaders until after I posted, and was too lazy to edit my comment.

July 17, 2015 3:25 p.m. Edited.

Unforgivn_II says... #6

It would be fun to see Valakut do something in the format though

July 17, 2015 4:50 p.m.

RedUndead40 says... #7

Throw an Angel's Grace on there for fun. I'm a big fan of Isochron. Yeah removal can be a problem, but depending on how important you think the scepter is you can easily have lots of ways to protect it. Also like above users said, waiting until turn 4 to throw it out with something like Counterspell imprinted can almost guarantee that it will stay on the field.

July 17, 2015 5:20 p.m.