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Originally posted by Eatatjoes:
Its only good if it hits turn one, plus standard is flooded with cheap removal right now. Shes not worth the effort

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this, in a nutshell.

First of all, what blue deck would play her? Super Friends would rather spend slots on planeswalkers/planeswalker protection. Mythic Conscription doesn't need to worry about the efficiency of its creatures (slapping a conscription on even a Noble Hierarch is enough to end the game very very quickly). UW control doesn't need- or want- a 1-drop, unless it's also almost immediately relevant in the late game (a la scute mob). GU Turboland has better things to be playing altogether.

Secondly, how big will it get? 4/4, maybe 5/5 tops depending on the deck you play and the length of the game. This is the biggest problem with the Trickster in that its value is determined by what your opponent's deck does, not yours. Maindeck you want spells that assist your deck's game plan. You leave the stuff that works against a specific type of opponent's deck in the SB so you can switch it in game 2. And it's not like it has a particularly damning ability either. If it were to shut off your opponent's ability to crack their fetchlands (like a very specific magus of the moon or something), THAT would be something. Just growing by 1 every time they smooth their mana base isn't much.

What exactly does it offer in the abstract? a 3/3 for 1? Wild Nacatl does the same thing, more reliably, in colors better suited to actually use a 3/3 for 1. For one mana blue would much rather have a soft counter like Spell Snare or Force Spike. It has no evasion. It doesn't grow into an absolute monster very quickly (again such as scute mob).

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