Mark my words staple

@florianwerk4505

Ай бұрын

yeah.... no probably not there will be decks that play it but it will for sure not go in every red deck (Turbo rly doesnt want it)

@Mastaslick.

Ай бұрын

@florianwerk4505 don't let the color pip fool you. This isn't for red decks. It's for multi color with red in them. Red is the only color without a single mana top deck tutor so you can only rely on top or less good artifacts which u won't do. For everyone else this enable instant speed wins with top deck manipulation that allows you to sneak in after a stack war. At its worst it's just small value. Hit a two drop counterspell on grand abolisher, underworld, or even hit a drannith. With how similar decks are today and lower cmc, this is heat.

@Thelastpraetor

Ай бұрын

The way I see it, Jenson/Lurrus will love it

Hope to see a Nadu examination soon!

In Krark saka you can cast the spell for free and may get multiple copies and if it fails your draw a card

pairs well with scroll rack.

I think this will be a great card in Elsha of te Infinite. Alongside with Counterbalance this can produce alot of value for you, especially with option to cast spells from top of your library in response to both triggers

I think that any deck that already runs Sensei's Divining Top for whatever reason may benefit from this. Citadel decks heavily benefit from also already running top in their list, so this is just more synergy with that. I'm currently testing it in Ob Nixilis and it feels a little weird without top on the field. This definitely has cool potential though.

Im adding this in a staxier shell of Minsc, Timeless Hero. The double red is a bitch but I think with the rest of the deck focused on prolonging the game, that gives a lot more time to shine for these tasty 2 mana value engines (Power Balance and Birthing Ritual)

I f'n love this card

What's funny is, if you play with some form of lantern of insight, it might make people think twice before playing spellsn that they know will give you value. While they would have probably taken the risk anyway if they didn't know. It's probably not relevant to the power of the card but I love the lil psychological stuff like that.

My gut reaction is that this is nowhere near as good as Counterbalance. First, you don't get any value when revealing a land. Second, in cedh many deck slots are spells that you don't just want to cast whenever, but rather the timing of when you cast them is very important. And if you are cutting counterspells and other spells that have a huge timing-based floor/ceiling ratio to make this card better, that just seems like a bad idea.

@wizardsmix7961

Ай бұрын

That’s why you play it in black red or mardu since your deck is basically just gas.

Well this answers my quest why ask how was the win rate of counterbalance on the sensei divining top video xD

I like this one because it doesnt interfer with opponents spells

Top deck manipulation is going to be way stronger with this card, and this has sneaky utility. Counterbalance and vamp tutor can counter most spells, but powerbalance and vamp tutor could also counter most spells in a properly constructed deck, if backed into a corner. You can mana drain a thassas oracle or force of will an ad nause.

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Counterbalance does less than power balance because you don’t want to counter every single thing that goes on the stack and you can decline the trigger

Hey Mons. What about trouble in pairs?

@diegorezi5760

Ай бұрын

Yes, wanna know statistically about that because looks like trash

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Idk man a week ago I was going for a win. Had plenty of resources. I got hit with a talión opponents counter balance 3 time in 1 turn. It hit my silence. Then it hit my 3 feri. And then it hit my breach. Counter balance with top is crazy.

@cedhtv

Ай бұрын

That sounds like crazy bad luck!

If on your opponents turn he plays a spell, you reveal a creature of same mana value. Can you cast the creature on your opponents turn?

@cedhtv

Ай бұрын

Yes. It happens directly. even before the opponents spells resolve.

Will & Lucas tech? EDIT: The white one would silence them, black would Dark Confidant the card into your hand, and green would tutor up a creature of equal or lesser cmc.

@TheDarthsteve316

Ай бұрын

lol, we all know that the white version would just gain you life

@MasterDecoy1W

Ай бұрын

@@TheDarthsteve316 I feel like they still give white the shaft, but try to be less obvious about it. Now that I think about it, Mons thought the green one would do counters, but I be the white one would probably buff your guys or catch you up on creatures.

People will think twice before casting ad naus or kraum with this one in play. Imo it offers way more flexibility compared to counterbalance

THIS GOES IN THE SLICERONE

I know this is a cedh channel but that card seems really strong in casual edh. Investing 2 mana to potentially a few free spells is a risk I would take any day.

@cedhtv

Ай бұрын

I don't know. people play more the same mana cost in cEDH and play more spells in generall. I think it can struggel in casual. Not always hitting.

@vonix9199

Ай бұрын

@@cedhtv I'll definitely test it out 👍

White Balance would gain life equal to mana value 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@cedhtv

Ай бұрын

probobly saddly true.

Unbalance should be in the next un set

From people that have playtested it, it's pretty meh on it's own. It can take over a game with sensei's divining top, but then you have to run top lmao. Probably best in rakdos decks playing bolas's citadel?

@BlueCollarDev

12 күн бұрын

Pretty sure the best deck for this card is Elsha of the Infinite by a long shot.

4:15 powerbalance does not counter the opponents stuff, so people probably won't play around it. At least in the beginning And if a counterbalance is sitting there "doing nothing", that nothing could be keeping the opponent from playing the cmc that was shown before by counterbalance. and impacting the way the opponent plays seems like something. Powerbalance looks like a lot of fun, but im not sure if it works well for sisay or Korvold. As always great Video and hope youre doing well.

I had a feeling that Powerbalance would get a card review. I personally think that the card advantage is much better than countering opponent's spells

*THIS CARD DOES NOT WORK AS ADVERTISED....AFTER SIMULATING OVER 2000 GAMES WITH ONLY 0-2 CMC DECKS, POWER BALANCE ONLY ALLOWED FOR THE FREE CASTING OF 21 SPELLS. WHAT'S WORSE IS THAT ON THE STACK IT WAS NEVER A THREAT, IT WAS ALLOWED TO RESOLVE ON EVERY CAST BECAUSE OF HOW INEFFECTIVE IT WAS.*

@japplek

Ай бұрын

When you say "simated", what do you mean? Was it played in all of those simulated games? And on which turn was it played in those simulated games? And how does that compare to something like Rhystic Study in the same experimental setup? I want to know more!

@blankspace178

Ай бұрын

@@japplek Games were simulated on Pezcal's node-farm/MTG. Decks used were recent tournament top 16s, including red, with average CMCs

The art is kind a lame compared to the art of counterbalance :(

@Lorry_Draws

Ай бұрын

It's the exact same composition. Just more traditionally painted. That is the vibe the wizards was going for with this set (nulldrifter is a keen example of this). So set wise it fits perfectly. You probably just prefer more modern art with digital effects. Nothing wrong with that, but powerbalance's art definitely isn't bad

@austink.9223

Ай бұрын

Get the alternate art in borderless, looks a bit better

LOL green counterbalance would fetch you a land to put into play tapped

@Nick-ff4is

Ай бұрын

Maybe not fetch but check the top card. Then "Repeat this process X-1 times where X is the cards mana value"

@tokertalk9648

Ай бұрын

@@Nick-ff4is I'm still convinced that green needs a draw engine similar to rhystic but it does something like draws upon a land entering the enemies battlefield. Green really needs a better draw engine than sylvan library nowadays.

@Nick-ff4is

Ай бұрын

@@tokertalk9648 Green gets burst draw from creatures. It can draw a ton off Rishkar's Expertise and such effects. Or Momentous Fall type cards. Those are always bad in CEDH though. But Green is like 2nd in draw after blue in cards and amounts the color can draw.