2/17/2023 0 Comments Total commander 2017Otherwise, I don't think the card is consistent enough to be worth running.īalan, Wandering Knight is the purrfect creature for Equipment decks. If you regularly run into Nekusar, the Mindrazer, Prime Speaker Zegana, and other decks with big draw spells, Alms Collector will do serious work. So, where should you run Alms Collector? I'd say it's going to shine brightest at tables with opponents playing draw-heavy decks. To get consistent use out of Alms Collector against any opponent, you're going to want to run the same tricks that makes Notion Thief such a pain in the ass - the Wheel of Fortune cards - but unlike Notion Thief, who has wheels in his colors ( Windfall, Whispering Madness, and many more) and can slide into Wheel decks such as Nekusar, the Mindrazer, Alms Collector is unfortunately in White and therefore has no access to Wheel cards or any Wheel commanders. While you can jam Notion Thief in pretty much any deck and expect to get some value out of it, Alms Collector's trigger is much more restrictive as it only occurs when an opponent draws 2+ cards at once, so it doesn't count things like Phyrexian Arena or Rhystic Study. My worry with this card, however, is it might be too much of a step down from Notion Thief to the point that it becomes more of a niche meta call that only some people will end up running. A less powerful, more "fair" version of Thief is welcome even though it's best used in the same situation, it's certainly not as abusable. What I like is it's not just a color-shifted Notion Thief, since while that card is very powerful and competitive, it's also very "feelbad" in more casual playgroups, especially when paired with Windfall cards and forces all your opponents to discard their entire hands while you draw everything you need. Commander 2017 has been fully spoiled, so it's time again for another Commander review! Let's see what sweet cards Wizards created for us this year, and where they might see play:Īlms Collector is a huge step down in power from Notion Thief, which is both good and bad in my opinion.
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