"Elspeth , Sun's Nemesis : Sun Gods Beware."

"Elspeth , Sun's Nemesis : Sun Gods Beware."

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

We all knew that she would come back at some point and with the death of the main White Planeswalker in Gideon Jura , Elspeth coming back was inevitable as the sun rising.

So things are bad again in Theros as the boundary between the underworld and the world of the living seem like thin veil and the souls are leaking back. One of these is Elspeth.

And her new card features the new Mechanic Escape. A mechanic that let's you use a particular Planeswalkers or Creature from your own graveyard. For a cost. Let us look at how the new Elspeth now.

Elspeth , Sun's Nemesis is out for revenge against that Sun God Heliod. Costing at 4 mana she has 3 different abilities. All requiring her to lose Loyalty counters from her 5 initial ones. In essence , Elspeth does not care if she dies again for as long as she achieves her goals. 

Her -1 gives up to 2 target creatures to have a +2/+1.  And follows na aggressive slant. If you have been attacking with 1/1's or 2/2's and you managed to drop Elspeth , Sun's Nemesis on turn 4 then you are one step closer to beating your opponent with this aggressive stat pump.

So what if Elspeth arrives and you have no creatures to give the stat pump to? No worries because she can create two 1/1 White Human Soldier tokens with her -2 second ability. 

But what if you are running low on life before Elspeth enters the battlefield because your opponents more aggressive creatures and strategies? Well Elspeth , Sun's Nemesis also has an answer for that in the form of a 5 life point increase via her -3 ability.

Sure if you use this ability , an opponent might be tempted to finish off this white planeswalker and send her back to the underworld. And they would have made a big mistake.

And so on to the Escape Mechanic. Elspeth , Sun's Nemesis for the cost of 4 colorless an 2 White mana( 2 more than her initial cost) and the removal of 3 cards from your graveyard can comeback on your side of the board to give you stat pumps , soldiers and life. 

She can stabilize your board state again and again for as long as you have mana and 3 cards to pay from your graveyard. Athreos exacts a heavy toll after all if you want to keep seeing Elspeth again and again. Or at least that is what I assume. This might be something else otherwise but I rather like the idea of paying that Ferry man something for something.