Posted by Avatar of Wisdom on May 09, 1998 at 21:00:14:
In Reply to: Re: Mox Diamond/Necro/three color Type 1.5 restricted posted by Pariah on May 09, 1998 at 13:36:07:
: : Well besides the fact that mox diamond sux in type one cause its card disadvantage and that it is nowhere near as good as real moxes and the fact that it should only be used in certain deck types (not necro) is one thing, go ahead and try it.
: well, he did say 1.5. wrong mill to post on, but still... the diamond is [marginally] effective in decks where you draw a lot of cards. the biggest problem with the card is that when you draw it late game, you wind up waiting a long time to actually use it. i can't understand people wanting to use it in pox decks; i tried it and was constantly casting it (without discarding a land) to get rid of a card while hiding behind an ensnaring bridge. first turn, it was great, otherwise it sucked. however, if you have a card drawing engine, it's utility increases quite a bit. i find myself discarding excess swamps occasionally when i necro to more than 7 cards, so it's possible that the diamond could be an somewhat efficient card in this case.
I do see what your saying with the necro point of view (in a mono color necro it would be useless obviously), but in a necro with a splash of another color maybe it would be ok. I still say that the duals and cities o brass are good enough. Something to toy with though...
AoW