Comments on: Innistrad CMDR/Constructed Analysis (Part 3)

By: miu miu glasses

miu miu glasses — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 01:07:25 +0000

good articles

By: @RyeABC

@RyeABC — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:37:14 +0000

Touche! Yup it looks like I may have to eat my words on this one. But I did not call Daybreak Ranger a bulk rare, just didn't think it would show up in any format except limited. DFCs were pretty hard to evaluate without actually playing with them. Werewolves especially are so different than anything else before because they can flip back and forth pretty easily.

As for Runchanter's Pike, I actually heard of it being run in Red decks with burn. Seems like a better place for it and could actually be a great card for those decks.

By: tahitisunrise

tahitisunrise — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:29:10 +0000

so brian kibler and brad nelson agree with me on daybreak ranger

By: @RyeABC

@RyeABC — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:35:52 +0000

For Runechanter's Pike wouldn't you just rather a sword most of the time? If it gave DOUBLE STRIKE that's a different story but most of the time it may not even give +3/+0. Sword of War and Peace will usually do more damage as well as gain you life. I stand by it being bulk, but playable. Bulk does not mean it will not see play. I just means that at most it will see is marginal play. Something like a 1-3 of in a certain version of a tier 1.5 or 2 deck. I also think rares in this set will be a fraction lower because of all the packs that will be opened to get Snapcasters. Zen was similar because of all the fetches. Playable rares in that set were priced very low for the amount of play they saw.

Daybreak Ranger may be better than I think it is, but I am not a huge fan of any werewolves in general. Turn 3 is when control decks can start casting ponders with counter magic up. If they know they are playing versus a werewolf they will hold onto their Ponders to continually deny you from transforming him. Once they run out of Ponders then Snapcaster+Mana Leak/removal/Forbidden Alchemy will start to show up to flip him back or Day of Judgments will start happening. I don't see him staying alive or flipped for a turn or two at the most in a game. The only one I can see staying flipped for long enough to do some damage is Reckless Waif because it comes down so early.

By: tahitisunrise

tahitisunrise — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:08:57 +0000

i believe you undervalue runechanter's pike and daybreak ranger. they are both NOT bulk rares and will both see constructed play. runechanter is absurd in draw and go and inkmoth and with invisible stalker too. daybreak ranger is so underrated right now its not even funny. that card is really really good. if you are on the play, and drop him turn two, your opponent is in deep deep trouble. he can either play a creature, then you do nothing, he flips in his turn, you remove the creature and got a 4/4 body that doesnt flip back anytime soon. he can kill snapcaster mage in response to it being equipped. if he does nothing on his second turn, you got a 4/4 smashing on turn 3. you gotta play him to see how good he is. + the ability to kill flyers when not flipped is not irrelevant, since midnight haunting will indeed become a card.