Ideas Unbound – The Case For Creatures
Wednesday, August 4th – When you play a creature, you are making the considerable investment of a card and mana. In return, you get an animal, mostly to attack and block. There is considerably more to Magic than attacking and blocking, so if you’re playing a card that is basically only good at generating combat-related interactions, you’re making a significant sacrifice for which you should be rewarded.
“Bloodbraid Elf. Cascade?” “Yeah, sure, why not.” “Blightning you, redirect it to your Jace. Attack-” “I’m sorry, I couldn’t hear…
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