It is a little funny that they printed Wildsize before they printed the non-Cantrip version of the effect, not to mention Sylvan Might and the green-component of Selesnya Charm.
Historically pump + trample is ridiculously powerful, with such limited all stars as Colossal Might, Wild Hunger, and the aforementioned Wildsize all representing the effect at common. But I don't know that the average set should be seeing this effect at common, as it seems to be an unnecessary developmental hurdle no matter how mundane it seems.
Trample pump plays very differently from normal pump in that with all of green's big creatures it's often more of a Lava Axe than Cromat's first ability. That may mean that one that's good enough to be a real pump spell (like this) is too flexible (and therefore powerful) to print. But given that Lightning Bolt didn't destroy limited and does pretty much the same thing, I see no problem with making this one of green's premier commons at some point.
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ReplyDeleteMaybe make this a sorcery to offset the additional +1/+1?
Caveat: Maybe +2/+2 is fine as is and the developers were worried about infect being too good in Scars block draft.
DeleteThat's my thinking. See also: Wildsize.
DeleteIt is a little funny that they printed Wildsize before they printed the non-Cantrip version of the effect, not to mention Sylvan Might and the green-component of Selesnya Charm.
ReplyDeleteHistorically pump + trample is ridiculously powerful, with such limited all stars as Colossal Might, Wild Hunger, and the aforementioned Wildsize all representing the effect at common. But I don't know that the average set should be seeing this effect at common, as it seems to be an unnecessary developmental hurdle no matter how mundane it seems.
I wonder if the reason this has never seen print is that it's just too good at G, but too unappealing at 1G.
DeleteTrample pump plays very differently from normal pump in that with all of green's big creatures it's often more of a Lava Axe than Cromat's first ability. That may mean that one that's good enough to be a real pump spell (like this) is too flexible (and therefore powerful) to print. But given that Lightning Bolt didn't destroy limited and does pretty much the same thing, I see no problem with making this one of green's premier commons at some point.
ReplyDeleteWhat Jules said. I look forward to seeing it in Magic 20XX Core Set!
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