Mirror of Galadriel (LTR)

Mirror of Galadriel
Casting Cost: {2}
Card Type: Legendary Artifact
Card Text:
5, T: Scry 1, then draw a card. This ability costs 1 less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Flavour Text:
"Your Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while all the Company is true."
Artist: Kasia 'Kafis' Zieliska

Card Strengths and Weaknesses:

• Strengths:
  • Provides card selection and card draw, crucial for late-game strategies.
  • Cost of activation can be reduced if you control legendary creatures, making it potentially more efficient.
• Weaknesses:
  • The initial activation cost is quite high (5 mana).
  • Dependent on controlling legendary creatures to reduce its cost.

Deck Utility:

• Card Draw and Scry: Beneficial in any deck that wants more card selection and card advantage.

• Legendary Synergy: Particularly good in decks that are based around legendary creatures or have a high count of legendary creatures.

Interactions and Combos:

• Legendary Creatures: The more legendary creatures you control, the cheaper the activation cost becomes. Cards like "Captain Sisay" or "Kethis, the Hidden Hand" would be natural partners.

• Cost Reduction: Combos well with other cards that can reduce the cost of activated abilities, such as "Heartstone."

• Top Deck Manipulation: Can synergize with cards that care about the top card of your library, like "Courser of Kruphix" or "Oracle of Mul Daya."

Flavor and Lore:
The Mirror of Galadriel is a powerful artifact in Tolkien's world that allows glimpses into possible futures. Its in-game abilities to scry and draw cards are reflective of this insight.

Overall Impression:
Mirror of Galadriel provides card advantage and selection but is best suited for decks with a higher concentration of legendary creatures to mitigate its activation cost. Even without those, it can serve as a powerful tool for generating card advantage in the late game.