1/17/2024 0 Comments Mtg footlight fiend and afterlifeIt feels like there’s a decrease in value (or at least not an addition of value) overall from the curated list, but the guaranteed Play Points should help (and I’m way too far past my deadline to do more analysis). Some are expected like the removal of GRN promos and the UMA box-toppers, but a lot of lands were removed/trimmed (enemy fetch lands, original duals, Ash Barrens ), as were most of the cards from the Chinese Planeswalker decks. The additions are mostly what you would expected with the RNA promos, the new Mythic Edition Planeswalkers, and some RNA staple rares/mythics, but the removals are all over the map. As for the curated list, there are a lot of cuts, with a net of 707 cards removed. The curated rate is mostly the same (.25 Curated cards per chest), and most of the commons/uncommon rate was shifted into Modern rare/mythic (1.45 rares per chest). While putting a floor on the value of each Treasure Chest of 50 cents obviously sounds good, we needed the changes for the full story (which is why this article is so late). We’re in an interesting place with Treasure Chests as of this writing, as while we don’t have the full list of changes, we have the most earth-shattering change yet: the Standard commons/uncommons are being dropped and the third slot is being changed into a guaranteed 5 Play Points. A mill deck with Persistent Petitioners and Wall of Lost Thoughts also seems on the cusp of playability, especially in best-of-one where it can’t be sideboarded against. Ive seen a lot of games just fold when I can get Priest in safely and keep the sacrifice engine going with small creatures like Gutterbones and Footlight Fiend, if the opponent cant take the priest out fast or play 1 extra creature they just have to watch me destroy their stuff one by one and draw another card. I wouldn’t go the full defender route with it though, instead just playing cards that are already decent like Syndicate Messenger, Senate Courier, and Azorius Knight-Arbiter. Footlight Fiend Mana Cost Converted Mana Cost 1 Types Creature Devil Text When Footlight Fiend dies, it deals 1 damage to any target. However, the biggest surprise is that High Alert seems like a legitimate build-around uncommon. You also get a lot of removal for Azorius with Summary Judgment, Slimebind, and Lawmage's Binding, and the guild is probably the best place for Eyes Anywhere if it’s good. The latter seems dangerous in a format with a lot of Afterlife creatures, along with lots of good fliers like Senate Griffin, Chillbringer, and Sphinx of New Prahv, along with honorary flier Azorius Knight-Arbiter. Addendum is by far the mechanic that guides its guild the least (other than Dovin's Acuity ), so we’re back to a classic guided by the pair of uncommons Spirit of the Spires and Windstorm Drake.
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