Rogues' Gallery (SNC)

Rogues' Gallery
Casting Cost: {2}{B}
Card Type: Sorcery
Card Text:
For each color, return up to one target creature card of that color from your graveyard to your hand.
Flavour Text:
Between the five of them, they'd committed every crime on the books and invented a few new ones.
Artist: Matt Stewart

Strengths and Weaknesses:

• Strengths:
  • Potentially high value, being able to return multiple creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
  • Useful in multicolored decks where you're likely to have creatures of different colors in your graveyard.
• Weaknesses:
  • In a mono-colored deck, the value is limited to just one creature.
  • Requires a well-stocked graveyard to get the most value.

Deck Utility:

• Multicolor Decks: Ideally suited for decks that run multiple colors, especially 3+ colors, to maximize the number of creatures you can return.

• Midrange/Control Decks: These types of decks can get the most benefit by returning high-value creatures.

• Graveyard Strategies: Fits well in decks that have self-mill or sacrifice effects to fill the graveyard.

Interactions and Combos:

• Self-Mill: Pairs well with cards that put cards into your graveyard.

• Sacrifice Engines: Works well in a deck that sacrifices its own creatures for other benefits.

• Reanimator: Can be a setup for a reanimator strategy, refilling your hand with potential targets.

Flavor and Lore:

• The flavor text and name suggest a motley crew of criminals, each specializing in different kinds of mischief. This parallels the card's mechanic of bringing back creatures of different colors.

Overall Impression:

Rogues' Gallery offers a lot of value in the right circumstances. The more diverse your graveyard, the more powerful this card becomes. It's a great way to recover from board wipes or to refill your hand in the late game. Overall, it seems like a strong card in the right deck.