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It is underwhelming when you ping but it is still a 4/2 you can get to doing stuff with. Hitting any target is really nice and stops that awful moment when you get tricked into having the Kava shoot himself. The occasional high rolls however probably pull the average to 2.5 to 3, which is the point at which it looks better than Flame Tongue Kavu. The baseline is a ping and getting a Shock should be pretty common. This is looking like it could be decent even outside of tribal. I think white can do better than this or Oblivion Ring for removal these days though, I like my cards more consistent, cheaper, more powerful, or more versatile. There could easily be cube environments where this is preferable to an Oblivion Ring. This is perfectly playable in most cubes and isn't going to ever look bad. It also has the added perk of being able to turn off utility lands like Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin or Kessig Wolf Run.
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On the plus side it doesn't retrigger EtB effects should it be removed which makes it a bit safer. This doesn't deal with passive effects which is pretty lame as far as removal goes. This is surprisingly close to Oblivion Ring in power. I really like the card and want it to be good but I doubt it is cube worthy, even if it is close. You will be sat looking at two options for cards you can play, neither of which really help you in the situation all that much. You need at least part of the card to always be something you want and I think that this card falls short here. Seemingly they complement each other in that one is value based and the other tempo based but that isn't quite enough. So, overall neither side of this card is bad but then neither side is especially good either. Mana and card quality are tpyically more important than card advantage and self mill when it comes to Search for Azcanta which is all Throne of Death is. I use my Azcanta the Sunken Ruins for mana multiple times per activation to find cards on average. Sure, late game they are similar but early and midgame this does very little of what Search does for you. Lacking card quality and never flipping into a land really guts most of what you want out of the card. Throne of Death has some Search for Azcanta vibes about it but do not be fooled. The card draw is nice but it is expensive and not exactly necessary when you have much lower cost to include cards like Castle Lochthwain you can play instead. If you go at the pace this card suggests you often run into self mill issues and your support cards become dangerous. Self mill is something you want to do big and fast in 40 card decks. They are too slow and incremental in their support.
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I do like both of these cards but as yet I have not found a good use for them. But not being reliable or that useful of a threat you can't call him good either.ĭoes Throne of Death make up for the lacklustre offerings of Egon? You ever heard of Crop Sigil? No, then probably Throne of Death isn't making many waves. Egon is fine, as he cashes in for a card you can't really call him bad. I would rather have a Gurmag Angler in play than Egon in the average case as Angler is sticking around and thus feels like a better use of graveyard resources. Big without evasion isn't overly impressive and cards in the bin are a resource you are not thrilled to burn through. They can also potentially remove Egon before attacking and effectively counterspell the card draw and Fog. Sadly it is only a Fog when your opponent cannot afford to attack into Egon, if they are killing walkers or you then they are going to be attacking in. Now, 2B for a card and a Fog is actually a reasonable deal. With support perhaps you can keep it for a couple of turns but without it is probably just a one turn wall. A three mana 6/6 with deathtouch is pretty big obviously but if you play it early it isn't getting much done for you.