Cormela, Glamour Thief (SNC)

Cormela, Glamour Thief
Casting Cost: {1}{U}{B}{R}
Card Type: Legendary Creature - Vampire Rogue
Power/Toughness: 2/4
Card Text:

• Haste
• 1, T: Add UBR. Spend this mana only to cast instant and/or sorcery spells.
• When Cormela, Glamour Thief dies, return up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
  Flavour Text:
• She sees the world as a gift meant for her.
  Artist: Bram Sels

Strengths:

• Ramp and Fixing: Provides mana acceleration and color fixing for a specific strategy, namely casting instants and sorceries.
• Recursion: Helps to recover value when it dies by bringing back an instant or sorcery.
• Stats: A 2/4 body with haste for 4 mana is reasonable, especially with the added utility.

Weaknesses:

• Mana Restrictions: The mana generated is very specific in what it can be used for.
• Multi-Colored: Four mana in three different colors can be challenging for some mana bases to reliably produce.

Potential Deck Placement:

• Likely best in a Grixis (Blue-Black-Red) Spellslinger or Control deck that can make use of the mana for instant and sorcery spells.
• Commanders decks focusing on instants and sorceries would find her particularly appealing.

Flavor and Art:

• Both the art and the flavor text contribute to the impression of a charismatic, opportunistic character, perfectly fitting the Rogue archetype.

Overall Impression:

• Cormela, Glamour Thief could serve as the linchpin in a deck focusing on instants and sorceries. Her abilities are synergistic, and she offers reasonable stats with the added bonus of haste. Her value is most easily unlocked in a deck that can meet her color requirements and make good use of her unique form of mana acceleration.