"Midweek Magic 2018 #31: Sorin Markov Collective trauma"

"Midweek Magic 2018 #31: Sorin Markov Collective trauma"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I would love to say that when you make a Nicol Bolas EDH deck that the thing that would be the scariest about it is Nicol Bolas himself. Oddly enough it is not any of the 5 Bolas in this deck but another old planeswalker in the form of Sorin Markov that has my play groupmates groaning when it lands on the battlefield. The reason is that this creased card that I bought for a mere 50 pesos somewhere in Greenhills can reduce even the life gainers in my playgroup to have 10 life points. 

From 60 life to 10 in what seems like a Thanos snap. It is normally hard to recover from this effect and so the group reacts when they see Sorin. Yo who had been the victim of the Vampire planeswalker recently even used a Stain the Mind to remove it from one of our EDH games. Out of all the cards that could have been his undoing or detriment it was always Sorin that stuck in his mind.

Another way that my playgroups Collective Trauma manifests is when people are given a choice to attack a Nicol Bolas planeswalker in play or Sorin Markov the latter would almost always be the one receiving the most attackers. Of course with cards like Eldest Reborn and Nicol Bolas , The Arisen I have no problem return Sorin for another round of life lowering.

This is also one of the reasons why I am the first to be eliminated in a non Archenemy game but then again as long as the Collective Trauma remains I am satisfied.