They printed a really good card, and it's price is not so much because it is a good card, it's because not enough boxes were cracked so far to meet the demand. That said, Patrick suggests a combination with Beck // Call. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If you constantly use the same land, that also leaves the other lands you draw to be easily used to pay discard costs without harming your land count. Dark Confidant will draw a card on your next upkeep and cause life loss. In Modern, consistently hitting land drops makes Wrenn innately a decent drop. A subreddit dedicated to the discussion of Magic: The Gathering's Modern format! Soon it’s down to 1 mana, and its name will be Deathrite Shaman. More, much more, Modern Horizons right here: Is Command the Dreadhorde the Biggest Big Spell in Standard? Wrenn and Six is a legit reason to play green in and of itself. Two of them are pretty great. Wrenn and Six comes down and can immediately punish the opponent. All you need is a single Wooded Foothills! For cmc2. Just cast the “Beck” side with Ayula’s Influence already in play. Not for nothing: Wrenn and Six and its [-1] ability are a great way to set up Spectacles. You can then use cards like Looting or Seasoned Pyromancer to turn unneeded lands into redraws or break parity on Liliana of the Veil's uptick. And this is just Modern. This is why I will continue to buy as many packs/boxes of MH1 that I can afford even though pack cracking is usually a bad idea. Lion’s Eye Diamond – There is all kind of material with this potential combo. All for 2 MANA! Or trade actually 1for1 with a Baleful Strix. Dakmoor Salvage is a land, so you can discard it to Ayula’s Influence. It's the only truly balanced element about the card. Noble Hierarch, Steel Overseer, Snapcaster Mage, Dark Confidant, Young Pyromancer, and more. Somewhere between a Zombie Infestation and a Bearscape, this enchantment is screaming its synergy with Life From the Loam. Wrenn and Six - (G) (SF) (txt)[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call. So W6 functions kind of as a [[Lay of the Land]], which is also a card that replaces a land. Press J to jump to the feed. Thanks for actually using her correct pronoun. It allows Bolt to kill x/4 creatures (like Thing in the Ice), removes x/2s together with Liliana the Last Hope and lets Punishing Fire bolt things. Wrenn and six isn't because pinging for one or getting a land back to hand isn't worth two mana. Wrenn and Six comes down and can immediately punish the opponent. [-1]: Wrenn and Six deals 1 damage to any target Your opponent might have opened on Noble Hierarch, Birds of Paradise, Arcbound Worker, or any number of commonly played one mana, one toughness, creatures. Another note about the uptick - if you compare it with other card advantage engines, the difference is very interesting. And the reason for it is pretty clear: Plague Engineer is … And then her ultimate provides so much value it basically wins the game usually. The option to ping stuff is not only nice to have but also a permanent threat. At any point, if you draw (and discard) a Dakmoor Salvage… You should be able to draw your entire deck. You make a Bear token and, as a result of Beck, can draw a card. It’s also just a lot of fun to play. But I don't see the hype it's a good card but can somebody explain to me why people are saying its so powerful? Beck // Call from Dragon’s Maze makes for a super cool — and super powerful — combination with Ayula’s Influence. I want to add that her -1 gives other damage or stat debuff abilities reach. It trades card quality (lands are not the stuff you want to topdeck, usually) for reliability and lack of drawbacks. Idea being that as long as you consistently have a fetchland in the yard, resolving a W6 will give you at least 1 land back if needed, and more the longer it survives. Remembering for a moment that this is one of only two two mana Planeswalkers ever printed… Imagine going first.