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Originally posted by choco man:
Since the ability is not a "may ability," I think it would be rather hilarious. I hope to deck many a player who want to play him.

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Originally posted by WeedIan:
Same here I don't see much i would want for EDH

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Originally posted by Pail42:
That really makes me want to donate a notion theif to somebody then Enter the Infinite

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Is there any easy way to remove the randomness that I'm missing? All I could think of was Tombstalker, but even on that I don't see the tempo working (you need Deadbridge and Stalker same turn = 8 mana to make sure you get either decent tutoring or a crit from the graveyard next turn, otherwise it's Deadbridge -> nothing on that turn -> one more random effect turn while you cast TS -> only next turn the Chant hits for sure.

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Originally posted by yoriagami:
I don't see anything with a random effect hitting that much value after the hype clears out. All the less at cmc 6.

Is there any easy way to remove the randomness that I'm missing? All I could think of was Tombstalker, but even on that I don't see the tempo working (you need Deadbridge and Stalker same turn = 8 mana to make sure you get either decent tutoring or a crit from the graveyard next turn, otherwise it's Deadbridge -> nothing on that turn -> one more random effect turn while you cast TS -> only next turn the Chant hits for sure.

Me, I'm happy to bet on Plasm Capture and Render Silent.

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I think you're looking at deadbridge chant wrong. I would put it in the same lot with Doubling Season (maybe not as powerful but to the same type of player)

Deadbridge chant won't be doing much in standard or any of the other faster formats, but it's EDH gold!

You get to draw an additional card every turn. You have spell recursion as things are coming from your gy and not your library, and to top it off if you snag a creature it goes to play. The card was designed with EDH in mind.

As for the counters...

Plasmcapture is neat, but I don't think it'll do much outside of standard fringe decks. It's a 4cmc counter that has an unreliable payoff. You can ramp up to more reliable mana through other means. Mana drain is insane at 2cmc, plasmcapture is a fixed version of that.

Render silent, I like a lot! But still I don't know if the power is there to make it great. I'm sure at some point during the design it was a WWUU and they couldn't attack that turn either. Some of the aggro decks are so fast that not being able to cast spells for a turn is merely a speed bump.

It may never see heavy play, but the card I'm most interested in is Skylasher.

you get a 2/2
that can't be countered
has protection from blue
has reach
act now and you'll also receive FLASH!

How much would you pay for this? 4, maybe even 5 mana?
Call now and receive this disgustingly efficient creature for only 2cmc!