Archmage Ascension

[b00xx]

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Archmage Ascension (http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=94880&d=1252296396) http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/images/smilies/mana2.gifhttp://forums.mtgsalvation.com/images/smilies/manau.gif
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At the beginning of each end step, if you drew two or more cards this turn, you may put a quest counter on Archmage Ascension.
As long as Archmage Ascension has six or more quest counters on it, if you would draw a card, you may instead search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle your library.
Illus. Christopher Moeller



this card is pretty awesome... it can potentially make any draw card a tutor card...

[hellkite91]

hmm this with howling mine seems ridiculous. i guess time sieve/turbo fog got a new play thing

[b00xx]

oh wow i didnt even realize that this could easily play with time sieve decks.. its even brought back with open the vaults..

nice call on that one hellkite

[siopao]

yep. with a play like t2 mines, t3 ascension, you get to tutor TWO cards a turn. wow... turn 9 isnt even really difficult to get to.

[GenericKen]

6 counters is pretty high...

I mean, people could wait 4 turns for anscestral vision, but that was a p9 variant with no additional investment required.

I've got serious doubts is what I'm saying.

[Damaja]

its an ok card, nah actually its really good but all cards like these are doing is forcing people to run enchant/arty removal more than they did, possibly even start running them maindeck. These days most decks dont even run maindeck enchant/arty killers, but back in the days you either ran them maindeck or you got owned. It appears times are going back to the old days.

[siopao]

@ken- yep. im dubious myself. but i dont find it a stretch for a control player to buy 6 turns with this active. a number of control deck staples can easily provide the card draw needed for its trigger. its not for every deck thou i must admit.

@damaja- it seems that way. but it all depends how good the other quests turn out to be. blacks are pretty meh if you ask me. fingers crossed for red :D

[namegoeshere]

It takes 6 turns and another draw card in play. NOPe

[PlatypusPlatoon]

hellkite has the right idea. I think the only way this will ever see play is in a Howling Mine deck. Decks like those can easily fog or otherwise buy time for 6 turns; heck, they can just Time Warp for more turns.

It's really bad without a Howling Mine in play, though, so it probably won't make the cut in a Time Sieve deck.

[pastorofmuppets]

hellkite has the right idea. I think the only way this will ever see play is in a Howling Mine deck. Decks like those can easily fog or otherwise buy time for 6 turns; heck, they can just Time Warp for more turns.

It's really bad without a Howling Mine in play, though, so it probably won't make the cut in a Time Sieve deck.

its gonna get tested in legacy. Landstill, Brainstorm, Library, it's all good.

[Coolcat131913]

Sexy, I didn't know they were really painting a card about my wife...

[PaulRall]

this card is not good i mean if you get the 6 quest counters on it it is insane but the odds that it will happen is just not good

[roon]

Meh, it's pretty bad. Very slow card and when playing the time sieve deck it's only on rare occasions you don't draw something useful when you got howling mine(s) in play.

[kwonzo]

another application I see, which I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned yet, is Jace. He adds counters nicely...

[Magidex]

Clockspinning is gonna make a big comeback

/sarcasm.

(Although that does ACTUALLY work, mind you. Just not so fast as to make it super bah-roken. And Gilder Bairn. Yay.)

[undertacker0]

It is decent. Tutor every turn will make sure you are drawing the cards you need to stall with for turbofog. w/r/u might be possible in the future.

[JasperNinja]

Pulled this in the prerelease. My thirst thought was Compulsion. Get counters on your opponent's team w/no benefit to them as with HM.

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=34473

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