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Is there enough support for this type of strategy? I'm not sure.Īll in all, Arlinn Kord is clearly the most flavorful planeswalker in Shadows over Innistrad, but unlike truly great planeswalkers, you won't want to run her in just any deck. She's a little bit like Domri Rade in that she wants to be in a deck with a lot of creatures and preferably, big creatures.

I'm not sure Arlinn Kord has a current home in Standard.

Sure, it will close out the game if you have a bunch of big creatures, but if you have a bunch of big creatures you've probably won the game by giving them trample and +1/+1 every turn. I expect there will be some times when you really, really want a Lightning Bolt, and you are stuck making a Wolf.

The fact that making a token or using the Lightning Bolt ability requires you to transform Arlinn Kord could potentially be problematic.

Remember, we are moving away from the insane mana of our current Standard, which means it'll be difficult to splash Arlinn Kord in something like RB Vampires.

She's a multicolor planeswalker, and we've been burn by multicolor planeswalkers recently ( Narset Transcendent, Sarkhan Unbroken, etc.).

Maybe the best part is it Arlinn's mini- Overrun is a plus ability, so you can continue to give your team trample turn after turn. It's not quite as powerful as Garruk Wildspeaker's Overrun (which is pretty comparable, since both can happen on the turn after playing the planeswalker), but she gets to make a Wolf on turn one. Assuming she finds a home in some sort of Green-Red Monsters deck, it should close out the game very quickly.

The fact that her flip-side +1 gives everything trample is a big deal.

Plus, giving the creature vigilance means that, assuming you have at least one big creature, her +1 does offer some amount of protection.

Her (non-flipped) +1 can be pretty scary in an aggressive deck, a lot like Xenagos, God of Revels's triggered ability.

She sort of protects herself by making a 2/2 Wolf token immediately, and then sort of protects herself again the next turn by Lightning Bolting something.My guess is three of these four will end up in the $5-$10 range with one gaining traction, finding a home in a tier one deck, and ending up closer to $15. I'm also going to avoid individual financial predictions, instead I'll say that the floor for all of these cards is $5 (see: Narset Transcendent's 'no one really plays me' price) and the ceiling is likely in the $20 range (e.g. All planeswalkers from now until forever should be Mythic, end of story. Instead, all four are in the middle of the pack, which means just how good they end up being will depend on the format and the support they get in Shadows over Innistrad and future sets.Īs we talk about planeswalkers, I'm going to shy away from talking about whether or not they deserve to by Mythics. None of them are Jace, the Mind Sculptor, but none of them are Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded either. I reordered them many times in trying to make this list, and I'm not completely happy with where they ended up.

#Shadows of doubt against nahiri how to#

I should start by saying I have no idea how to rank the planeswalkers. #8 - Sigarda, Heron's Grace: Unlike the original Sigarda, Host of Herons, she doesn't protect herself. Plus there's a ton of competition for the big, flying finisher thanks to Dragons of Tarkir.#9 - Mindwrack Demon: While the card itself is playable, and potentially powerful in the right deck, I expect it will remain on the sidelines thanks to competition in the Black four-drop slot.#10 - Descend Upon the Sinful: Could see Standard play as a one-of to supplement Planar Outburst and Languish since it answers specific threats permanently, but at six mana it's too expensive to be the best wrath in the format.

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#11 - Startled Awake: The flavor is amazing, the art is amazing, I love the card, but it isn't constructed playable. I expect we'll see LSV open it in both of his Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad drafts.

#12 - Geralf's Masterpiece: It's like Skaab Ruinator, but worse, and Skaab Ruinator ended up being one of the biggest busts of all time.

#13 - Behold the Beyond: It's beyond me why a Rare ( Diabolic Revelation) with a downside deserves to be Mythic.

#14 - Wolf of Devil's Breach: Easily the worst Mythic in the set, maybe the worst Mythic in all Standard, and possibly a contender for the Archangel Light award for worst Mythic of All Time.

Here's a quick refresher on where we left off. Unfortunately, my longwindedness took over, so I ended up splitting the article into two. Today, we'll be starting from where we left off yesterday. Yesterday we starting counting down the Mythics of Shadows over Innistrad from worst to best.