Is Swan Song Worth It?
Standard forum
Posted on Jan. 7, 2014, 10:49 p.m. by pretickle
Swan Song What do you guys think about this card in standard.
Servo_Token says... #3
I just don't feel that it's at its peek yet. Sure, it's interesting now, but I believe that as Theros progresses, this card will prove more and more useful.
After ravnica rotates, especially.
January 7, 2014 11 p.m.
hungerwolf says... #4
It's a one-drop hard counter. Sure, it gives them a bird, but that's to make it less stupid. You can remove that pretty easily. "Oh, so you're dropping your god? How about a bird. Whip of Erebos? Bird. Grey Merchant? It's a bird. Aetherling? How about something that can fly?"
January 7, 2014 11:10 p.m.
That was more the Idea that I was getting at, hungerwolf.
January 7, 2014 11:12 p.m.
blackmarker90 says... #6
Read the card again. It doesn't counter creatures, unless they are enchantment creatures.
January 7, 2014 11:13 p.m.
ryuzaki32667 says... #7
"Grey Merchant? It's a bird. Aetherling? How about something that can fly?"
But is doesn't counter creatures tho, only instants, sorcory, and enchantments, although it does get the gods
January 7, 2014 11:15 p.m.
That is the point, it is a very good counter against gods and their equipment.
January 7, 2014 11:15 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #9
But honestly, if you're just looking to counter the gods and their equipment, just run dissolve. You're going to spend at least 2 mana to get rid of the bird anyway.
January 7, 2014 11:23 p.m.
I only run it if there is a card in my deck that I can't afford to have countered. Why not just run Dissipate you ask? Mainly because if I'm up against a deck that does not use counters, it acts as a decent generic counter.
January 8, 2014 12:22 a.m.
Swan Song could have potential in Standard after RTR leaves or as THS progress, but it's mostly going to be good in EDH and/or Legacy possibly (though unlikely) Modern
January 8, 2014 4:13 a.m.
But it's honestly one of the more beautiful foils I've seen in a long time
ryuzaki32667 says... #2
Standard is meh, as most of the top decks are the devotion decks like blue and black and get their devotion with creatures it won't be countering a whole lot all of the time, so it feels like more of sideboard card against control decks
January 7, 2014 10:54 p.m.