Monastery Mentor dropped to 12 tix, no longer an overpriced buy-in price. I may buy a few this week and more in the next month. Why do I like it?
I can see some token decks using it and these decks now make up just a small portion of the meta game. That's good because the chance for a less popular deck to get 10% or above of the meta game is higher than that for a 10% deck to reach 15% or 20%. After all, WOTC doesn't want to see a deck dominating the meta game for good.
The functional side of Monastery Mentor is brilliant, too. Both its mana cost and mana combination are highly adaptable among decks. Depending on the mana cost and strength of non-creature spells, Mentor is able to finish the game in 4-5 turns if not killed.
In terms of rarity, it is a Mythic rare that the chance of getting reprinted as a promo card is lower than rares.
Besides, the current game environment is packed with high power/toughness creatures. Logically, the next set will provide us with some stronger removals. Hopefully, they will also make some better blue draw spells to help blue based control decks. That will help Mentor too. I think Mentor works fine in UW control as one of the finishers or early blockers.
Update: In early March, Rebound key word is confirmed in Dragons of Tarkir, Mentor has risen a bit to 13.
I can see some token decks using it and these decks now make up just a small portion of the meta game. That's good because the chance for a less popular deck to get 10% or above of the meta game is higher than that for a 10% deck to reach 15% or 20%. After all, WOTC doesn't want to see a deck dominating the meta game for good.
The functional side of Monastery Mentor is brilliant, too. Both its mana cost and mana combination are highly adaptable among decks. Depending on the mana cost and strength of non-creature spells, Mentor is able to finish the game in 4-5 turns if not killed.
In terms of rarity, it is a Mythic rare that the chance of getting reprinted as a promo card is lower than rares.
Besides, the current game environment is packed with high power/toughness creatures. Logically, the next set will provide us with some stronger removals. Hopefully, they will also make some better blue draw spells to help blue based control decks. That will help Mentor too. I think Mentor works fine in UW control as one of the finishers or early blockers.
Update: In early March, Rebound key word is confirmed in Dragons of Tarkir, Mentor has risen a bit to 13.
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