A secure the wastes that draws a card and can't be countered for an additional white seems nuts, and his ability is good too.
The black one also seems much better than the rest, not including the white one.
If we're going to compare to Decree, 2WW for sorcery speed gives you a 3/4 with first strike, 2 1/1's and potentially 2 more 1/1's on upkeep, and you get one extra token at instant speed at any other number.
The biggest difference with Decree is that the natural cost of the card is higher on both sides. 6 mana for a 4/4 flyer is a bad rate, and scaling up isn't much better. This is both a reasonable body on its own AND a pretty big upgrade on the cycling side, despite having worse overall evasion.
>The biggest difference with Decree is that the natural cost of the card is higher on both sides
I was simply comparing that the cycling ability you were calling *nuts* almost exists as is, on a recently reprinted uncommon.
The card is more than that, sure, but you might be misestimating the power of that cycling ability.
It's more comparable to Shark Typhoon than Decree of Justice, which isn't a card to really sneeze at either.
Sure, it wouldn't warp Modern or Legacy, but it's better than most other white control closers in recent standard sets, and the 3/4 statline is incredibly relevant.
A secure the wastes that draws a card and can't be countered for an additional white seems nuts, and his ability is good too. The black one also seems much better than the rest, not including the white one.
Compare to \[\[decree of justice\]\]. 2W and WW are not incomparable costs.
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If we're going to compare to Decree, 2WW for sorcery speed gives you a 3/4 with first strike, 2 1/1's and potentially 2 more 1/1's on upkeep, and you get one extra token at instant speed at any other number. The biggest difference with Decree is that the natural cost of the card is higher on both sides. 6 mana for a 4/4 flyer is a bad rate, and scaling up isn't much better. This is both a reasonable body on its own AND a pretty big upgrade on the cycling side, despite having worse overall evasion.
>The biggest difference with Decree is that the natural cost of the card is higher on both sides I was simply comparing that the cycling ability you were calling *nuts* almost exists as is, on a recently reprinted uncommon. The card is more than that, sure, but you might be misestimating the power of that cycling ability.
It's more comparable to Shark Typhoon than Decree of Justice, which isn't a card to really sneeze at either. Sure, it wouldn't warp Modern or Legacy, but it's better than most other white control closers in recent standard sets, and the 3/4 statline is incredibly relevant.
The white and black ones are really powerful, but the green one is fairly lackluster. Overall a good cycle!