A Darksteel Review with Snark Part 1a: Artifacts and Lands

Me and my imaginary friend were having a heated conversation over this card. I said it sucks, that it’s too slow and would only be usable in a control-ish Mirrodin Limited deck, either B/x or U/x. Rodrigo, on the other hand, said it could be very powerful in a W/x weenie deck which doesn’t need more than three lands at any one time. I was winning the argument until Rodrigo pointed out that I originally called Broodstar “one of the worst cards ever printed,” at which point I brained him with a shovel. I lose more imaginary friends that way.

Normally, I’d write up a pre-release report for a new expansion. I greatly enjoy playing in prerelases. Unfortunately, I’m not going to the…

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