Comments on: LA Conflux-Dential: My First Conflux Deck http://www.top8magic.com/2009/01/la-conflux-dential-my-first-conflux-deck/ Magic: the Gathering current trends, play tips, gossip Thu, 17 May 2012 23:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Godot http://www.top8magic.com/2009/01/la-conflux-dential-my-first-conflux-deck/#comment-535 Godot Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:34:56 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/2009/01/la-conflux-dential-my-first-conflux-deck/#comment-535 It's obviously going to be deck dependent, but even assuming a three-color deck, Rupture Spire seems a little better than the Panoramas and worse than the tri-lands. Panoramas also effectively use up two mana to use, but they have the benefit of being able to be colorless lands the turn they come into play. That is a definite plus, but the Spire fixes every color ongoing instead of forcing you to pick one color to fix. My sense is that fixing all colors outweighs the benefit of the Panoramas to produce colorless when needed, but if you have a heavy domain theme, being able to fetch an actual basic is obviously important. Seems to me that, like the Panoramas, the Spire will become a limited staple that is frustratingly slow. A necessary evil. It’s obviously going to be deck dependent, but even assuming a three-color deck, Rupture Spire seems a little better than the Panoramas and worse than the tri-lands. Panoramas also effectively use up two mana to use, but they have the benefit of being able to be colorless lands the turn they come into play. That is a definite plus, but the Spire fixes every color ongoing instead of forcing you to pick one color to fix.

My sense is that fixing all colors outweighs the benefit of the Panoramas to produce colorless when needed, but if you have a heavy domain theme, being able to fetch an actual basic is obviously important.

Seems to me that, like the Panoramas, the Spire will become a limited staple that is frustratingly slow. A necessary evil.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.top8magic.com/2009/01/la-conflux-dential-my-first-conflux-deck/#comment-531 Anthony Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:30:16 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/2009/01/la-conflux-dential-my-first-conflux-deck/#comment-531 I played with Rupture Spire yesterday while using a 5c deck. I was pretty much splashing for Ethersworn Adjudicator, forcing me to splash blue and white. That card, by the way, is so broken in limited. But back to Rupture Spire... I found it to be great, but as you said, you are basically Time Walking yourself by playing it. The 4 times I drew it opening hand, it was a HUGE help. If you get one or two in your card pool, I think there's not much reason to not play them, considering you're going 3-4c most likely. I did hear of a guy playing with 3 Rupture Spire's yesterday and had all of them in his hand at one point. That situation is obviously not good. I played with Rupture Spire yesterday while using a 5c deck. I was pretty much splashing for Ethersworn Adjudicator, forcing me to splash blue and white. That card, by the way, is so broken in limited. But back to Rupture Spire… I found it to be great, but as you said, you are basically Time Walking yourself by playing it. The 4 times I drew it opening hand, it was a HUGE help. If you get one or two in your card pool, I think there’s not much reason to not play them, considering you’re going 3-4c most likely. I did hear of a guy playing with 3 Rupture Spire’s yesterday and had all of them in his hand at one point. That situation is obviously not good.

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