Deputy of Detention Is Obviously Great. Here’s Where to Start.
Wow! Detention Sphere on a Stick! Converting a Spell into Its Creature Form Has Proven Successful in Thepast, as Long as the Body Is Combat-Relevant. Creatures...
Wow! Detention Sphere on a stick!
Converting a spell into its creature form has proven successful in the
past, as long as the body is combat-relevant. Creatures that interact with
your opponent are among my favorite Magic cards to cast.
I fully expect Deputy of Detention to become a Standard staple in a variety
of strategies, from aggro to midrange to dedicated Wizard tribal. Now we
just have to hope for a Cephalid lord!
Reputation of Strength
Okay, maybe not so much this one.
Tacking on the text of a powerful interaction piece has proven to be a
successful formula for a format all-star.
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More Than A Two-For-One
You need to win the game somehow, and for me, beating down is the way to
go. Loading up on interactive spells that may or may not be impactful can
be a losing strategy. Of course, creatures are more susceptible to getting
removed than, say, enchantments or artifacts, but that’s a tradeoff I’m
typically happy to take, especially when opposing removal is overloaded by
also having other good creatures in your deck.
Exiling all of a permanent name is pretty nice. Just like Declaration in
Stone and OG Detention Sphere, it blows away all tokens of that name.
Examples include Soldiers from March of the Multitudes, Goblins from
Siege-Gang Commander, Saprolings from Saproling Migration, and various
Vampire tokens like those from Adanto, the First Fort. Oh, and it gets both
Knights from History of Benalia and reeaally punishes them from
drawing multiples (which is normally a really good thing for them).
Anytime you nab two cards with Deputy of Detention it’s going to be
amazing. Deputy of Detention is already a huge upgrade to Fiend Hunter.
It’s basically like comparing Exclusion Mage to Reflector Mage in terms of
power level boost.
Deputy of Detention also gets rid of another recently previewed card in
Hydroid Krasis. Not much to be gained when they get a 0/0 back. The same is
true for Golgari Raiders and Chamber Sentry.
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