This is such a GODSEND. WHAT?!
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Posted on April 8, 2014, 1:04 a.m. by DrFunk27
Ok, so if you haven't seen this card http://mythicspoiler.com/nyx/cards/godsend.html it's absolutely nuts. Completely unfair and amazing. It's hella scary. It's like looking down the barrel of a .50 cal sniper rifle. Seriously. It even screws hexproof! I'm just perplexed this card could make it through R&D....
Didgeridooda says... #2
I could see this in a Green White ramp pump deck. Not sure if standard has unblockable options, but this is pretty much just unblockable for me. Really good on that Brimaz guy with vigilance. I see vigilance as the key for it's success. It is a super blocker with unblockable.
April 8, 2014 12:31 p.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #3
Everyone is getting mad that it costs 3 to play and 3 to equip. 3 mana is not a lot of mana, especially when you're getting a strong equipment out of the deal.
Equipments aren't auras. They're investments. When you play an equipment, you're telling your opponent "Every creature I play for the rest of the game is now a threat."
Equipment isn't used for aggro. It's used for inevitability.
April 8, 2014 1:10 p.m.
I find the design interesting... clearly NOT designed with EDH in mind. - How many copies of that exiled creature are you going to expect your opponent to play...?
Still playable in EDH of course, but not designed with EDH in mind.
April 8, 2014 1:41 p.m.
flavorwise, if it is Godsend or send by the gods it should have been indestructible too you can still kill the creatures but as made by the gods should be indestructible .....IMO
April 8, 2014 2:02 p.m.
byepolarbear says... #7
I'm pretty sure this card is going to see quite a bit of standard play. The fact that combat damage doesn't get dealt until after the exile is bonkers. I'll be running it as a 1-of the moment I can get my hands on it. This is a card that is going to severely punish decks that don't run many removal spells. Blocking becomes a very unattractive option.
April 8, 2014 5:32 p.m.
lessthanthree24 says... #8
So beautiful! I want the foil ASAP. This card will be amazing in Mono white devotion decks!
April 8, 2014 5:51 p.m.
LordOfDispair says... #9
White was struggling so much this block, I am glad they decided to add this completely balanced card (sarcasm)
April 8, 2014 7:30 p.m.
If I had a dollar for every card that people went crazy about, predicting that it'll be the next big thing, with it eventually only being played in a few fringe decks; I'd be a millionaire. Honestly.
3 mana is a lot to invest on an equipment that guarantees nothing. The more popular swords grant evasion and then do something when you hit a player. This only does something when you hit a creature - but doesn't actually help that be achieved by saying 'equipped creature must be blocked' or something similar. Also the more popular swords only cost 2 to equip. So they're both cheaper in mana and more effective.
Equipments are inevitability. Not only cam the equipment die, but so can the creature. Again - this is why the more popular swords are good: because they grant protection (defending against killspells). This format is already ruled by D. Sphere, D Blade, and the heaps of other creature removal. It won't help in that regard - it will just make it more painful when your creatures get killed. On hexproof it has possibilities, but again - not the rise of Revoke Existence and be wary.
Best place would be in Selesnya Hexproof but unfortunately the entire deck would end up being 3 drops and quickly lose steam in the late game. The deck would have a ridiculous curve.
April 8, 2014 7:34 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #12
Blood Baron of Vizkopa would be arguably the best target for it, since it has protection from D-Sphere, Doom Blade , etc., but Blood Baron has pro-white, sooo....Not to mention Abrupt Decay is a thing... Sigh.
April 8, 2014 7:40 p.m.
This is that card that sells for a ridiculous price, tons of people buy it, and then it devalues within a month, because it sucks a fat dick.
But I'm speaking in terms of legacy and modern. I can see it now in Death and Taxes: taking up a valuable equipment slot so that I can play a shiny new card, losing a turn by casting it, and consequently losing the game.
Or in modern! I'll bust out a janky HOMEBREW SPECIAL of Puresteel Paladin , this sword, and 52 other cards. Then I'll lose to a real deck and cry that I spend $160 on a playset.
April 8, 2014 7:47 p.m.
amishrambo says... #14
or you could just slap godsend on Sylvan Caryatid and have a kickass blocker
April 8, 2014 7:48 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #15
U heard it here first folks...
KevinBasham's Puresteel Paladin Affinity Co-Staring Godsend aka Sword of Slower than all the Rest.
April 8, 2014 9:12 p.m.
shocked439 says... #16
This card is bonkers, unfortunately it'll suffer the same fate as Brimaz, King of Oreskos there are too many answers for it. Glare of Heresy hasn't even been mentioned yet.
It doesn't change that there will be an enchantment based deck that s going to want three of these, and probably two Spear of Heliod . Someone is going to abuse this for sure.
April 8, 2014 9:31 p.m.
byepolarbear says... #17
shocked439 - It's not an enchantment so even they may not want it =-)
April 8, 2014 10:17 p.m.
I enjoy the idea of Sylvan Caryatid being a blocker like that. My friend loved to put Baleful Eidolon on Caryatid, it was pretty funny most of the time when you block things like Ash Zealot or Boros Reckoner
April 8, 2014 10:42 p.m.
Ruric: i think it's god's end, as it was made to kill xenagos.
April 8, 2014 11:51 p.m.
You know what I think will see a lot of play, Dictate of Kruphix. I think U/W control will play that all day. Drop that on turn three and the rest of game u can dig.
April 9, 2014 12:21 a.m.
The Doctor says... #25
You can't prevent me from speaking on forums.
Get your head on straight.
April 10, 2014 4:25 a.m.
Schuesseled says... #28
Love to get a playset, but in happy to wait a year or two
April 10, 2014 11:49 a.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #30
Why does everyone keep comparing this to the Mirrodin swords, and why does everyone keep saying that it's a bad tutor target in Legacy?
Wizards prints cards that are geared towards certain formats. This is going to be a very strong card in Standard, and that's it. It won't be good in Modern or Legacy because it's not supposed to be good in Modern of Legacy.
Also, people keep complaining because it's equip effect isn't strong. +3/+3 is a big leap. +3/+3 and block this if you dare is simply fantastic.
Also, yes, kill spells exist. They always have and they always will. Kill spells make equipment worse if you don't play around them, but if you play intelligently, it won't matter. Like I said in my other post, one piece of equipment can turn EVERY creature you play for the rest of the game into a game-winning threat. No deck in Standard has enough kill spells to keep up with that.
When a deck has to spend all its time killing everything you do or it dies, then they won't have time to advance their own game plan. That's how you win.
Lastly, just because a card is strong doesn't mean it will see any play. This card is strong, but so was (is) Duskmantle Seer . Not every powerful mythic ever finds its place in the spotlight.
And that's OK.
April 10, 2014 3:14 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #31
I think most people are just pointing out that the Swords of Such and Such are slow as is. This is another sword and is even slower.
April 10, 2014 4:03 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #32
I just want to point out for EDH purposes. This + Grappling Hook = LOLZ!
Rayenous says... #1
Yes. It would trigger as soon as blockers are declared. The blocking creature would be Exiled before damage is dealt, thus keeping your equipped creature alive, unless the multi-block... (or they also have a Godsend equipped).
April 8, 2014 11:48 a.m.