Devin's DTK Set Review

monowhite aggro/devotion, which might be a thing, which would be nice since it's the only devotion color that never really got there the first time around

same as previous but not as good, don't want your 3 drop getting killed by Wild Slash

UW Heroic, probably worse than 1 costed options but being able to save a guy from removal then make him "unblockable" the following turn would be good

monowhite aggro, especially if dragons are a thing, still sucks versus Stormbreath

random sideboard card, probably just worse than other options

another kind of interesting UW Heroic potential

legit good card, kills opponent's best dude then is a 3/2 lifelinker, an insane card to manifest

this might be a real thing in some sort of white control, good mana sink, not vulnerable unless you want it to be, can be huge, might even be better than I think

with so many options on a reasonable body it has to be playable in something

all the dragon bonus cards need to stand on their own without a dragon, this probably falls short but flying Wall of Omens is real good

it's Pacifism, funny flavor text

missed this the first time through, it seems possibly really good, instant speed scalable Raise the Alarm seems sweet, EOT x=a lot>untap>Dictate of Heliod

another fine sideboard card, attacking/blocking restriction sucks but not that much

another good sideboard card, notably a great anti Stormbreath card for UW control, don't miss that it has Flash

maybe monoblue devotion, but probably too bad

seems pretty good, Frost Titan and Dungeon Giests have both been playable and this is smack dab in the middle

not good but so cool

maybe a bad sideboard card

Exile Dig, have 8/8 with no evasion, be sad, reread the card and realize it just has to deal damage, not necessarily to a player, still bad, but better

mostly pacifisms a guy with potential upside, probably not bad in mono blue devotion, stick it on their Rhino and activate Bident, stick it on your Master of Waves and attack

why don't you cost 3

still playable, sweet art

way too cute, but cool and powerful, very cool against tokens and small dudes, notably you can play this card and sacrifice it to it's own ability, also of note, it doesn't hit creature with the same toughness as the sacrificed creatures, only less

if monoblue is going to happen again this is how, also is an Elemental for Master of Waves

This card has potential, another mono blue possible

Force Spike might be good enough when it at least has the chance to be Counterspell, even just the threat of Force Spike is often a powerful effect for control, forcing your opponent to play "off curve" is good

kind of a Talrand where you trade payment free triggers for being less vulnerable, might be cool if TurboFog was a thing

another good card for monoblue devotion, with Wrath costing 5 now, and having been a big weakness for the deck, a card like this that can get in under and flip to counter a Wrath effect is good

strong effect with enough haste/Dash

I don't know, seems fine, at least it's a tribal relevant 3/3 for 3 that provides some reach

2/2 for 2, ok ability, maybe if you want to play bad tribal

super cool, combos with Risen Executioner, having the size of the token limited by creatures in the yard and not by mana available is nice, also lets you go big or go wide, whichever is better at the time

probably just better playing Sign in Blood or Read the Bones, undoubtedly powerful effect when relevant

don't know what deck would want this, but it would be sweet against some decks, *cough*GW Devotion*cough*

bad, should be an instant at least

still Duress, can't decide if art is cool or sucks

might be fine in Rhino Mirrors, return a Rhino, kill theirs

reasonable sacrifice effect, probably not good enough in this format, too many random expendables

probably bad but I've always thought this card was kind of interesting, certainly better now than during Innistrad Standard

too expensive, maybe cool in control mirror until they Dig and delve away all relevant cards in response then just let it resolve because who cares

seems good in monoblack aggro, I guess, 3 toughness is rough though, at least it attacks into Courser

definitely bad but turning Satyr Wayfinder into 2 zombies seems cool

will either see a fair amount of play or almost none at all, combos with Corpseweft and delve and is essentially a free card draw when milled, not blocking sucks so much

don't know if this is good enough for sideboard, not getting to choose the creature really hurts it

good card, will see play alongside OG Sidisi, possibly elsewhere, let's you play more one of bullets or trim down on important cards that you just don't want to draw in multiples, like Whip

worse than the pseudo opposite white version, still not bad

Only really solid 2 costed black removal in the format

bad to ok sideboard card probably

might be worse than Chandra or Outpost Seige but a very strong effect, it is an instant and says until the end of your next turn, most people misread that, might be good in non-Standard formats with Storm, although it's probably worse than Ad Nauseum there

seems like Searing Blaze and as far as the dragon bonus cards go this one is actually in the right color

better now than it used to be

quintessential good monored card, the Formidable ability could just not be there and it would be exactly as playable

Goblin Piker+ is sometimes good enough, the upside on this is pretty high

could be good in the right matchups at the right times, which is also it's problem

sideboard card if you want a Falter I guess

not really sure what this does in standard, I guess if you want to kill Butcher of the Horde on the cheap, don't think the uncounterable part is relevant unless you are boarding it in against exactly new Ojutai, could have implications outside of Standard

this is better than Rending Volley in Standard, actually kills Rhino/Tasigur

not really sure why you would want this, maybe it doesn't suck

who doesn't love bad Pyroclasm

regular sort of obviously good card that you will have to kill and take 3 damage and then your opponent will play Stormbreath Dragon

what you get when you make Arc Trail an instant, not sure if there are enough 1 toughness guys to make this have value, but in a format with so much blocking it could turn obvious blocks into bad ones

if there was some kind of Big Red deck this could be Plague Wind, but there probably isn't, so it's not

obviously good, you'll want to draw it in every opening hand but probably can't play 4

if you morph it then it's exactly Nantuko Vigilante, otherwise it's just a more on curve creature, likely worse than Reclamation Sage most of the time, better with Manifest

seems good in a Caryatid, Courser, Rhino mirror, one sided Doran has potential

base stats look really good, if there is a deck that has some creatures with counters then this guy gets even better, also Reach+Trample is stupid (not the good kind of stupid)

this card wants to be good, it's not

I think this is the card Risen Executioner wants to be, with playable Morphs and Whisperwood Elemental and Mastery of the Unseen running around this is probably pretty good

Regrowth effect is very strong when attached to a creature, manifesting this off Whisperwood Elemental or Mastery of the Unseen would be the very definition of value

this seems like a good sideboard card against particularly Sultai Control, deals with Ashiok, Kiora, Garruk, and saves your stuff from their removal

if there is a deck with a critical mass of creatures with +1/+1 counters this card could be nuts

I don't know what to say about this, maybe it does something

Seems like a place to start for an Avatar of the Resolute deck

good even without the Formidable ability, which has to be true of any card with a Formidable ability

thought at first that it added 2 when the land tapped, like most of these types of cards, then realized that it gives it a separate ability so it sucks

A card that only has a Formidable ability is probably bad, at least this gets most of the way there on it's own

this card is good and will see plenty of play, probably even in modern

fights with Stormbreath and monored Sarkhan for the 5 drop dragon spot, loses

this guy seems good, if there is a Whip deck that contains Jund colors then this guy would be nuts, also quite good in GR Devotion

solid anti control card with good stats

this might be more anti control than the last one, this guy is expensive but scary

does most everything you want from a finisher in control, ends the game fast, survives until you untap after playing it, and gives card advantage/quality

probably mostly a sideboard card for when opponents take out removal when you're playing UB control, his best use is taking a Planeswalker the turn before it ultimates

I really don't know how to evaluate this card, it costs 2 and is an instant and has a lot of reasonable options, so it's good?

Cheapish and has decent potential value, not sure where to put it though

probably better in some sort of Jeskai Ascendancy deck's sideboard or something like that than in UW control, but it's probably fine there too

if you can make the first ability do something then this card is probably quite good, otherwise it's playable but not insane

probably just worse than Ojutai in decks where you want a protectable UW dragon finisher

this card is really good, he will be built around and splashed for, if Temur control can be a thing this would be amazing

probably playable as a 1-2 of in UB control, costs 1 mana too much though

kind of cool, probably not good

I don't hate this card, let's you Wrath on 4 and can be a threat later, ability is probably way too expensive though, no variation between this cycle is also disappointing

still playable, but now with colorful art

the card Crucible of the Spirit Dragon wishes it was, a 1 of in decks with an Ugin and a Silumgar