Oblivion Sower
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Posted on Sept. 1, 2015, 11:11 p.m. by EXCALIBRAHHHH
With Oblivion Sower coming out and its ability to grab all exiled lands and put them into play how will the game change?
We already know that there will be a few ways to exile cards in BFZ but an interesting thought I had about Oblivion Sower is with delve. Most people I play against/watch usually exile lands as there first choice when cast things with delve, such as Tasigur, the Golden Fang because there are less ways to get lands back from the graveyard than other card types. After someone has used Tasigur, the Golden Fang or a few Murderous Cut and you play Oblivion Sower, 9/10 times you are going to end up with a whole lotta land!
I mean its a bonus to playing sower but at the same time what if and most likely they might be out of color fetches so they just dont do anything. Its fine but its not game breakinga nd I dont think you should play him hoping for that play him for the body or for the milling the top 4.
September 2, 2015 1:17 a.m.
EXCALIBRAHHHH says... #4
Obviously you need a bit of mana already out to get him. Something like Tormod's Crypt before casting Oblivion Sower would also be brutal in a mill like deck.
September 2, 2015 1:33 a.m.
Rasta_Viking29 says... #5
I'm a fan. It's a reasonable beater and blocks well helping you extend the game. If he hits a couple lands then you kind of got yourself a Primeval Titan.
September 2, 2015 1:47 a.m.
EXCALIBRAHHHH says... #6
I am considering running him in my mill deck (which isnt on here yet) would be something a little different for some casual mill fun
September 2, 2015 1:51 a.m.
OK, lets look at this. You are playing vs any delve deck. You cast this guy and you get 6 fetchlands lands they have exiled. You get 6 more lands from your deck.
Now you have 13 mana for next turn. Do you have anything to do with that 13 mana? If you have Crater's Claws for 14, you are golden. Otherwise, you just did nothing.
This card will either be amazing or do nothing at all. You cannot have that kind of variance in a competitive deck. Disclaimer: we have not seen everything BFZ has to offer.
September 2, 2015 2:48 a.m.
GeeksterPlays says... #8
I think it'll end up as a rarely-played thing, maybe sideboard against control where they use lots of fetches. You'd have to drop it late-game to get any value, at which point it most likely will get countered. If not, it might get a few lands, and a 5/8 body isn't bad (there's still going to be plenty of removal for it though) and what will those extra lands let you do?
It's not stealing vital resources from an opponent, it's looting an opponent's twice-used trash for scraps, and it's not flying/hexproof/unblockable or evasive in any way either so it's not game-winning.
September 2, 2015 3:55 a.m.
EXCALIBRAHHHH says... #9
It is no where near as powerful as the old ones, but who knows what the rest of the set contains. Also in older formats bring 6 of your opponents lands, each triggering landfall could be a game ended
September 3, 2015 12:05 a.m.
You could swing in with Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger and then play Oblivion Sower nabbing a bunch of land, even better with Omnath, Locus of Rage on the battlefield
September 3, 2015 7:33 a.m.
EXCALIBRAHHHH says... #11
That with a way to sacrifice the tokens would be insane. But that is a complete best case scenario
September 3, 2015 8:52 p.m.
In a slower deck, Oblivion Sower could be amusing when paired with cards like Temur Sabertooth or Displacement Wave. Viable? Possibly not. But amusing, especially with Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger out.
September 12, 2015 10:37 p.m.
On top of usually getting 1-3 lands, it's still a 
mana 5/8 - pretty good.
September 13, 2015 9:30 p.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #14
Well, you people forget, if you have Newlmog out, and your opponent cannot deal with it, you've basically won.
EXCALIBRAHHHH says... #2
Let me know your thoughts
September 2, 2015 1:13 a.m.