Limited Set Review: Dark Ascension – Blue
Welcome to my Limited Review, in this particular section i will be
covering Blue as a whole, for the purposes of this i will only be doing Commons and Uncommons since they are most of the cards you will see passed around during drafting and sealed deck events such as prereleases and releases.
For the purpose of this review i will be using the following points
system.
1 – Avoid this if you can
2 – Maybe can be useful here, depending on the situation
3 – Middle of the Road material
4 – 2 copies or more, always
5 – Always go for it if you got it.
With that in mind let’s begin.
#27) Artful Dodge – 2/5, combat tricks are nice as i previously stated but however they are getting very old here and i don’t want to constantly have to worry about this particular card taking up one of the many slots in my deck.
#29) Bone to Ash – 4/5, in any non constructed format counter spells are what blue players desire here, with this however you not only counters a spell but get a free card out of it, making it even more worthwhile.
#31) Chant of the Skifsang – 3/5, For a 3 drop aura it’s not that bad, better then a lot of the prevention tricks in this set so far, of which there is none prior to this card.
#32) Chill of Foreboding – 3/5, usually 3 mana mill spells turn out to be total jank but in limited this thing is going to be a beast, blue’s getting some decent material here.
#35) Divination – 4/5, Card draw in this format is very limited and with a reprint like this returning for said format i wonder if it’s not going to be impacted by the fact there’s stuff like Burning Vengeance and Snapcaster Mage available.
#38) Griptide – 2/5, for something that puts a creature on top of it’s owner’s library 4 mana is a little much, if it was 3 mana i’d consider making it a middle of the road card on my scale.
#40) Headless Skaab – 2/5, Not one of the more desirable zombies if your going that route but if not then i’d suggest to avoid this at all costs.
#42) Mystic Retrieval – 4/5, returning your spells and such is awesome and all, espically when you can go Red/Blue and play a burning vengeance style deck with this card, since it returns instants and sorceries to your hand, giving you that much more fuel.
#43) Nephalia Seakite – 3/5, 2/3 flash fliers in limited are nice, but 4 mana makes it a little easier to cast when your playing blue due to stuff like Deranged Assistant.
#44) Niblis of the Breath – 2/5, 2/1 flier that untaps things, excellent here honestly but with so many three drops in this format it’s kinda hard to decide if this is good early on.
#45) Relentless Skaabs – 3/5, 4/4′s normally are good here and with undying i think this card makes it a 3 instead of a 2/5 even with the high 5 mana cost it’s still a decent beater.
#46) Saving Grasp – 3/5, a much better combat trick that saves a creature when necessary or threatened by a spell, even with a white flashback cost it’s still decent for blue.
#47) Screeching Skaab – 4/5, Powering a zombie deck early on with this guy is going to be key, with Deranged Assistant and him i think zombies is going to be tough to beat in limited.
#48) Secrets of the Dead – 4/5, Finally a enchantment spell that rewards flashback costs for players, even for 3 mana it’s still really good and will power a flashback deck to victory.
#49) Shriekgeist – 3/5, so many 2 drops so little time but when it takes 2 cards off the defending player’s library it helps all the better here.
#50) Soul Seizer/Ghastly Haunting – 2/5, sure a creature that turns into a Mind Control is a nice thing and all but it’s a 1/3 for 5, which takes up a lot of resources early on and is easily dealt with removal.
#51) Stormbound Geist – 3/5, a 3 drop that has flying, undying and can only block other fliers, it’s ok, i mean it’s got it’s advantages like chumping and coming back as s 3/3 here, plus it has some serious evasion.
#52) Thought Scour – 4/5, If you draft blue at all this card is one not to be avoided, since the fact is it deprives resources of your opponent early on if you choose and let’s you draw a card, which isn’t half bad honestly.
#53) Tower Geist – 5/5, i only ever give 5′s when i see a effect like his, getting a card when he enters the battlefield, putting the other into the graveyard, as well as a flying 2/2 for 4 mana, sign me up.
Rares i would draft: Call to the Kindred, Geralf’s Mindcrusher, Increasing Confusion
Rares i wouldn’t mind drafting: Counterlash, Curse of Echoes, Dungeon Geists
Rares to avoid: Beguiler of Wills
That’s it for blue for this set, enjoy
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