"Aminatou , The Fate Shifter: Sa Iyo Na."

"Aminatou , The Fate Shifter: Sa Iyo Na."

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

Let us all welcome the youngest planeswalker and probably the most powerful one to date. The 8 year old Aminatou , the fateshifter who comes to us via esper colors of White, Blue and Black.

Her first ability let's you draw a card and allows you to put a card on top of your library. So I guess this is a watered down Brainstorm but it has great uses. It interacts well with setting up Miracle cards that you have already drawn. You could also put back a card from your hand , a card that you do not want to be discarded or wheeled away if your play group has a Nekusar or Locust God player. It simply is a great card draw.

Her -1 second ability allows you to flicker a permanent. exile and return to the battlefield under your control. I am thinking of something really bad about this 2nd ability but I would just be happy to flicker back a lot of cards with ETB triggered abilities like the Primordials of the Titans.

And her fate shifting ultimate ability of -6 is something that you can use as a political tool to have a potential ally or basically stave off a lethal attack on your person by stripping or giving an opponent all of the nonland permanents other than Aminatou to the next player in the chosen direction. Left of Right. And so the nonland permanent shifting happens. Some will win and some will lose with this ability.

The thing that I like is that it is not really a sure thing. Her fate shifting ability has so many variables to consider before triggering it. Of course it has to be advantageous to you like an opponent getting an Infernal contract or something that halves their lives like a Black Saga. 

So I guess unless an opponent will be taking control of Aminatou with a Silumgar or control enchanted permanent , you will always be the one saying Sa Iyo na as you change every ones fates.