"Vraska , Relic Seeker:Still up to her old tricks"

"Vraska , Relic Seeker:Still up to her old tricks"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

One look at Vraska , Relic Seeker and you would realize that she is a far cry from the Vraska of old. From fierce assassin to Relic seeking pirate  , Vraska has kept some of her charms and then some.

So this Vraska costs 1 colorless mana more that her predecessor but still comes in Golgari colors. Her first ability is great as she is able to create a 2/2 Black Pirate token with menace. That menace would come in handy for your end game but more of that when we get to her ultimate ability.

Her 2nd ability is a -3 that allows you to destroy a target artifact , creature or enchantment and (there's more!) gives you a shiny treasure that you could use to accelerate your mana count later. While this is a watered down version of destroying non-land permanents it will still come in handy as it does take care of most threats your opponents will throw at you except for other planeswalkers.

Now on to her final ability which is a minus two , since she comes in with a beginning loyalty counter of 6 , this ultimate ability can be used on the 3rd turn that she has come in. And while this does not create creatures that can kill a player with a single point of damage it does reduce an opponents life total to 1. 1. And guess who probably still has 2 Black Pirate tokens with menace? Why you of course since you have been activating Vraska's first ability for two turns now.

And well opponents need to have at least 4 creatures to stop the inevitable. Now smile and steeple your fingers in front of you. And watch as your opponents sweat out an idea of getting out of this predicament. It just goes to show that she might have traded in her assassin clothes for pirate garbs but on the inside Vraska will always be up to her old tricks.