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Worldwake Preview: Wind Zendikon
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-01-14 13:58:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Worldwake, Prerelease, Spoiler, Preview, Wind Zendikon
It's hard not to be reminded of the Genju cycle from Champions of Kamigawa block, but is this a cycle or simply a one-off?
So is this card good? I'm probably a tad biased. You see, I qualified for a Pro Tour once playing Genju of the Spires, and Wind Zendikon is awfully similar. The most important thing to remember about Wind Zendikon (and more if there are any) is this: casting it on a land you played on a previous turn essentially allows the creature to function as though it had haste. So is a 2/2 for U good? You betcha.
Think about it. There's never been such a card printed. The closest you get is Spindrift Drake, and that had a hefty upkeep cost. And yet players have been willing to run cards like Flying Men, half the stats. It seems very probable a card like Wind Zendikon is going to see both Constructed and Limited play.
One important thing to remember. Wind Zendikon will draw comparisons to Genjus, but the Genjus didn't protect the land from dying, they protected themselves. That means you always got your aura back in Kamigawa block. Zendikar is a different world. When your 2/2 Island dies wearing Wind Zendikon, the land itself will come back to your hand, but the aura is gone. This could potentially be a positive if you have a land you want to protect for some reason, but in general my money is on wishing we still had the aura more often than not.
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.