CardName: Landsire
Cost: 6gggg
Type: Creature - Avatar
Pow/Tgh: 10/10
Rules Text: Vigilance, trample
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player
reveals the top ten cards or his or her library and chooses
a land card from along them. He or he puts that card on top
of his or her library and the rest on the bottom in any
order.
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Set/Rarity: Link's Unplaced Cards Mythic
Landsire
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Vigilance, trample
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player reveals the top ten cards or his or her library and chooses a land card from along them. He or he puts that card on top of his or her library and the rest on the bottom in any order.
At first I wondered why it was so expensive (I assumed if put the land on the battlefield), then I realized it was a 1-card soft lock. That's pretty powerful, even for a 10 mana creature.
It is, but I don't think it's any worse than Iona, Shield of Emeria, who cost less and had an ability that's more restrictive in some ways. If she's okay, I think this is okay. Of course, Alex would argue that she's NOT okay, but that's a different question.
With this, unlike Iona, you can still cast any of the cards in your hand, or flashback cards from your graveyard. Eventually, if your opponent can ward off a 10/10 trample while drawing no useful cards, Landsire's ability to "lock" them will peter out, and he'll leave your opponent able to organize your library however they want, which is a drawback.
At first I wondered why it was so expensive (I assumed if put the land on the battlefield), then I realized it was a 1-card soft lock. That's pretty powerful, even for a 10 mana creature.
It is, but I don't think it's any worse than Iona, Shield of Emeria, who cost less and had an ability that's more restrictive in some ways. If she's okay, I think this is okay. Of course, Alex would argue that she's NOT okay, but that's a different question.
With this, unlike Iona, you can still cast any of the cards in your hand, or flashback cards from your graveyard. Eventually, if your opponent can ward off a 10/10 trample while drawing no useful cards, Landsire's ability to "lock" them will peter out, and he'll leave your opponent able to organize your library however they want, which is a drawback.