Taking a Look at the Full Zendikar Rising Spoiler
Is Maddening Cacophony from Zendikar Rising even good? How about great?
Maddening Cacophony is definitely not Mike’s favorite blue card from Zendikar Rising.
But is it good? Great? Archetype defining even?
Things to note:
- Maddening Cacophony doesn’t target. Good in group games, sure; but it can also anchor a Mill deck against an opponent with Leyline of Sanctity on the battlefield.
- Eight cards for two mana isn’t that bad.
- You can Mill out an opponent using only Maddening Cacophonies. The card rounds up; so it can take out the last card.
While Mike isn’t excited by this one, Patrick points out that there might be a critical mass of Mill in Modern that is too fast for interaction. This card can be helpful, with or without being kicked.
How interested are you in Ondu Inversion from Zendikar Rising?
On the one hand… Mike doesn’t want to play either side.
On the other hand… He could see this being a four-of in Standard.
Macro / interesting discussion: Will modal double-faced cards change how mana bases have been built for the past twenty-plus years?
Is Nighthawk Scavenger the best card in Zendikar Rising?
Nighthawk Scavenger is only smaller than Vampire Nighthawk if they have nothing in their graveyard at all.
Sometimes people put cards in their graveyards for you (e.g. Fabled Passage).
But if you actually try? A little hand destruction and creature removal? Nighthawk Scavenger can easily jump to 3-5 power… The true, evasive, racing love child of Vampire Nighthawk and Tarmogoyf.
Prediction: This will get played even in Legacy! Standard and Pioneer for sure.
Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats is just Questing Beast
I mean… Look at it!
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