Card Review

This is a section I'll use to review Magic cards selected at random. My plan is to review one card per day, but updates will probably not be as common. If you want to keep up with live reviews I recommend checking the hashtag #noras custom card review on my tumblr.


Shiv

Great second pick, Shiv from Dominaria, probably best known from Shivan Dragon, which gets referenced in this Plane. Shivan Dragon was a 5/5 Dragon with Flying and "R: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn." What a coincidence that this Plane gives you exactly that.

I havent been able to play any Planechase matches, but this is a very fun reference to a very important card in the history of magic. Ive always loved Firebreathing and id love to roll into this.

Shiv

[10/02/26]
Enchanter's Bane

Enchanter's Bane is a 2 mana enchantment useful in counterplay against enchantress decks. Duskmourn had a lot of enchantments, so this card rarely is a useless in that draft enviroment. In constructed it feels like a weird sideboard, since a lot of players would rather lose life than lose a valuable enchantment, at least for some turns. I guess you can also use this in a weird deck that cares about sacrificing your own enchantments. You cant even use things like Captive Audience to force them to have a high value enchantment because theyll be able to sacrifice it.

Reminder that if there are no other enchantments youll have to take 2 damage or sacrifice it, so its no the greatest control piece either.

The best place for this card is in a limited enviroments with good and expensive enchantments, and maybe enchantment sacrifice. But as someone who loves weird removal this is a very elegant design.

Enchanter's Bane

[09/02/26]