bridge is gonna be REALLY REALLY broke in Xth?

Fanboy · Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 424

So running through the Xth edition list with excitement I was coming to the black section and i read that Mortal Combat is coming back. I didn't think much, just passed on thinking it was n00b gold and would only spawn pet decks. 10 seconds later...

Oh fuck...bridge!

Is this card gonna make that deck unstoppable?

If you don't know what the card is, it's an instant win enchantment for 2BB. If you have twenty or more creatures in grave at the beginning of your upkeep you win.

Here's a list of Xth is you don't know by now (almost complete)

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=77078

KeySam · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 553

Its all the same this card may fit into bridge but it will die to the same hate it died before. If the would reprint Groundseal that would change a lot(there would still be Leyline), but this card doesnt change a lot.

Athios · Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Posts: 13

This would be a nice alt.win condition. Especially against extirpate. But it still loses to the Tomad's crypt and Leyline. I think it may see play but it will not really improve the decks competitveness.

SaTiVa · Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 201

but it is good if ur oppo has god ruluskas and sacs dudes as needed to take out bridges but other than that it seems janky as it will mostly be dredged to grave

Volrath89 · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 38

avataroflaw · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 38

yeah, not to mention the fact that bridge doesnt really "draw" cards. most likely, it'll just dredge away mortal kombat =P

TD · Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 103

I think dredge combo is too disruptable for this to be a good strategy. Maybe building some sort of control dredge deck centered around bringing this online would work, but I don't think comboing out with this as a backup plan is likely to be tier 1, simply on the basis of you won't draw this most of the time and it is completely worthless in your graveyard, and you still don't evade the hate and still lose to the aggro with burn decks.

Avata · Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 376

If you test with dredge a lot, you'll notice that after turn two, you're almost never actually drawing cards, you're dredging. This means

1) You end a lot of games with 2-3 land in play and

2) Mortal Combat is finding its way to the graveyard.

Is dredge strong? Yes. Does MC help? No, not really.

DRINKALCOHOL · Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 265 Location: New Gunsqu

lolpenis

Spyx · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 888

rofl, mortal combat sucks dude. it loses to something as simple as disenchant or krosan grip...

LONE_GUNMAN · Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 64

people will say 'Bridge what?' it would be Mortal Dredge or Dregde Combat, or some clever name, and throw in lots of counter magic and willbender for grip =D

And this will be less disrputable, it wont even need the MC to win, bridge makes me laugh, i disrupt it pretty easy

Khelvaster · Joined: 08 Mar 2007 Posts: 10

Bridge still dies to extirpate, crypt, leyline, and martyr.