"Gathering the townsfolk for a weenie beatdown..."

"Gathering the townsfolk for a weenie beatdown..."

By:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

     Here is a white card for the price of one mana and one colorless which gives you 2 human tokens or with the new Dark Ascension Mechanic Fateful hour it gives you a total of 5 human tokens , all you have to do is be at 5 life or less and in magic nowadays that’s not so hard to achieve. Aside from the great creatures that can beat you down to 5 or less in standard, you also have the phyrexian mana mechanic that can help dwindle your life total. It is an exciting card that is worth watching.

     Now life gain decks seems to have weakened lately after the rotation of staple pieces like essence and soul warden but incomes Suture priest who at 2 mana maybe a bit slower but has the added effect of life gain per creature that enters the battle field and the loss of life when your opponent has a creature enter their side. Now imagine if you have 2 of these in play and you play this sorcery. Gather the Townsfolk would net you 10 life points! And that’s half of your life total right there. Add at least one intangible virtue in the mix that gives +1/+1 to all your creature tokens and you have 10 points of damage ready to attack next turn or can stop the beat down that has reduced your life to 5. It might seem like a slower version of raise the alarm but this card at 2 mana has the potential to be a great finisher in limited and should be an early favorite in the sealed tournaments of the pre-release. Thraben Doomsayer that gives a bonus of +2/+2 to all other creatures you control when its fateful hour mechanic steps in is sure to be one combo that will be exploited once it hits standard in February. I am looking forward to a little white weenie beat down party soon.