Brokers Ascendancy
Casting Cost: {G} {w} {u}
Card type: Enchantment
Card Text:
- At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/ +1 counter on Each creature you control and a loyalty counter on Each planeswalker you control.
Flavor Text:
"This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship. And More Importantly, A Profitable One. Now Sign here."
Artist: Dallas Williams
Strengths:
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Long-term Advantage: Provides a consistent and powerful effect that can snowball about time, giving you an edge in prolonged games.
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Synergy: This card has obvious synergy with decks that feature both creatures and planeswalkers, effectively "double-dipping" ons benefit.
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Board Presence: Can turn equally narrower, less-through creatures into major threats if not dalt with quickly.
Weaknesses:
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Immediate impact: Does not affect the board Imediately Upon Casting, Making It Less Useful in Aggressive or Fast-Paced Games.
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Three-Color Requirement: Its Casting Cost Includes Three Different Colors, Making It Potentialy Challenging to Cast on Curve.
Potential Deck Placement:
- IDEAL in Bant (Green-White-Blue) midrange or control decks featuring Both creatures and planeswalkers.
- Could also be used in superfriends decks to get double the benefit from your planeswalkers and any creature-based defenses you might have.
Flavor and Art:
The Flavor Text and Art Combine to Create An Impression of A Business-Like, Opportunistic Atmosphere, Aligning Well with the Theme of Ascending in Power and Influence.
Overall impression:
Brokers Ascendancy is a Potent Enchantment for Slower, More Synergistic Decks. Its ability to grow your board about Time can result in Overhelming Advantage, but its lack of immediate impact and three-color requirement may limit its general applicability.