"Monowhite sucks!", they say
Commander / EDH
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In Ugin, out Council's Judgment —June 7, 2017
Well... I played Council's Judgment sometimes and felt like it was kind of underperforming. Although it is low mana costed removal that gets around hexproof and protections, while still being able to exile any non-land permanent, I think it's kind of unreliable. The fact that my opponents can interfere make it much worse. Some of my friends are noobs (no problem with that, really) and make terrible choices.
Along with that, sometimes there is a permanent that is ruining my game (an Aura Shards, for example) but is not bothering my other opponents at all, so I end up exiling something I didn't really need to. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon seems much better to me, since he can get rid of anything and win the game on his own. The fact that he doesn't exile colorless permanents may be good to me, since he leaves my equipments and artifacts untouched.
pphhaazzee says... #2
Crucible of Worlds does make my previous comment make alot more sense, but still their are better forms of ramp available. Just in case that was the reason.
April 25, 2017 3:41 p.m.
Actually, there are two main reasons. First is to abuse Crucible of Worlds and Sun Titan so they become Card Advantage source. This engine is really interesting for me, since Monowhite struggles so much to generate Card Advantage. Surely we have other Card Advantage sources, as Mind's Eye, Skullclamp and Sword of Fire and Ice, but I think it's worth using this engine. This way we guarantee our land drops, filter our library and increase the chance of drawing a non-land card. We can recur them and sac again every turn. Also, they are useful to shuffle our library when we look at a bad top with our Sensei's Divining Top.
pphhaazzee says... #1
Just wondering but why do you have fetch lands like Windswept Heath when you have only one non-basic land that can be grabbed by them Mistveil Plains. What does this do other than this, unless its part of a combo that I don't see then please let me know.
April 25, 2017 3:37 p.m.