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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Oldschool 93/94 | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Lifeforce
Enchantment
: Counter target black spell.
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legendofa on Should Color Pie Breaks Be …
3 weeks ago
TypicalTimmy Why is Toshiro Umezawa a color pie break, just because he's a good guy? can be supportive, helpful, and even generous, as long as they stand to benefit from it somehow. The "good" side of will encourage others to improve--after all, there's no point in demonstrating your value, power, and general amazingness to people who don't represent any sort of challenge or threat, and having a good rival to push you even harder is a good thing. The philosophy of isn't just cynical selfishness, or pointless death and torture, or making one-sided contracts with demons. can absolutely believe that the world can be improved, and that they have (or can get) the skill and knowledge to improve it. If they gain everyone's adoration in the process of becoming more capable and powerful, that's just one of the perks.
Also, I don't think new players will encounter severe breaks in high enough volume to become convinced that they are normal. If for some reason they're learning the game by themselves without someone helping them, the non-breaks hugely outnumber the fuzzy breaks, which hugely outnumber the obvious breaks. So they might get the wrong idea for a few days, or weeks if they're especially isolated, but the truth should become clear over time. It's theoretically possible that someone's first exposure to the game is Control Gruul with Lifeforce, Glacial Crevasses, AEther Membrane, and Windreaper Falcon, but I don't think that's especially likely in practice.
As a separate thought on color breaks, and related to the point about Amonkhet Zombies, it's currently possible to make a functional Boros Vampire decks, and a Jeskai Zombie deck, and Dimir Elves. None of the individual cards are breaks, but in a carefully curated aggregate, it's possible to reinterpret almost any color mechanically and thematically.
I'm not a hardliner on breaks. I believe that the limitations and weaknesses of colors should be closer to "the color can do this rarely and inefficiently" instead of "the color can never do this." Anyone can get rid of anything at instant speed for - or draw a card and gain life for . While these cards wouldn't make sense being printed directly into or , respectively, they do allow those colors access to those effects at common.
ronsen on Answers to Massacre Wurm for …
1 year ago
Very convincing arguments in favor of Lifeforce. I'll be testing the card for a few games at least and see how the group reacts to it. The next game night can't come soon enough.
griffstick on Answers to Massacre Wurm for …
1 year ago
Lifeforce is extremely powerful in 1v1. This card is totally fair.
bushido_man96 on Answers to Massacre Wurm for …
1 year ago
I wouldn't worry about the feelings the Sheoldred player has about Lifeforce, especially since he doesn't mind tutoring out the same card to hose your deck every time you play. Besides, it's only one card in your deck, and you probably can't tutor for it consistently like the black player can. If anthems draw heat, then pressure the other players sooner so they can't retaliate. The thing about metas is that adjustments will happen, especially if players feel they are getting hosed all the time. You'll adjust, and then he will, too, and things will cycle around. And everything will be ok.
In order to avoid any kind of arms race or lopsided games, make sure to have your rule 0 discussion prior to starting. Perhaps tell the black player about the issues his deck is causing you by hosing you. Perhaps he'll make an adjustment. If he won't, then it's up to you to make and adjustment in order to be able to have some fun at the table.
RiotRunner789 on Answers to Massacre Wurm for …
1 year ago
If black is heavy in your meta, Lifeforce can be used as a repeatable Counterspell.
ronsen on Answers to Massacre Wurm for …
1 year ago
I'll also take a look at anthems in the future though my main fear with them is that playing them tends to get me a lot of heat pretty fast. I also like the mention of Lifeforce but I'm sure the same Sheoldred player wouldn't appreciate that card because it'll affect him significantly more than the other players on the table. Definitely keeping that card in mind though because counterspell effects outside of blue are great lmao.
multimedia on Answers to Massacre Wurm for …
1 year ago
Others have said already, but anthems to make you're tokens bigger Sylvan Anthem, shut down black reanimation Ground Seal and counter the Wurm and Sheoldred Lifeforce.
FormOverFunction on darkest hour ideas
1 year ago
Sorry, I was hoping Lifeforce would stick. How about Compost? The creature would be in play, so I’m thinking/hoping it would work..?