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Worldwake Preview: Canopy Cover
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-01-14 13:33:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Worldwake, Prerelease, Spoiler, Preview, Canopy Cover
Can Worldwake make auras playable? Have a look:
Auras are notoriously underplayed in both Limited and Constructed formats because they provide the opportunity for your opponent to two-for-one you, trading for both your aura and the permanent it enchants with a single card. Will Canopy Cover change that?
To be honest, the odds are not good. If Cover resolves, it protects the permanent it's on from being target by removal spells, and that does cut down on the likelihood of the two-for-one. Giving your creature a form of evasion is certainly nothing to scoff at either, but are the two together enough? In Constructed if you had a creature large enough to want to give it evasion, being able to protect it for free would certainly be a bonus. But it just doesn't seem likely Canopy Cover will cut the muster in Standard, Extended, or other. In Limited there's a chance it will see play. I don't like it for Draft, but in Sealed deck it could certainly be a reasonable inclusion. Protect your fatty, or just give yourself a creature your opponent can't block. Worse plans have been hatched.
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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.