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While some people might have
read the column in the Magic: The Gathering site
(which I actively advise to look; it’s
hilarious!) and know this card’s
secret brokenness, others who have not will
laugh and think
“This is one screwed
up card, Ha!”.
But if this couldn't
be broken, I wouldn't
be writing this. The usefulness of this lies on
that tokes; their creature types are wirefly.
And what set came out to manipulate these?
Simple, Onslaught-Legions-Scourge. Now that we
know its underlying power, let’s
get specific.
First, for you budget players
out there; be happy. Darksteel comes with
Uncommon killing machine; also known as Wirefly
hive. Using Imagecrafter, which taps to
turn target creature’s
creature type to another creature type of your
choice (U 1/1 Creature-Wizard) , have ability to
turn them into Wireflies. Now that you can see
it, from your fourth turn, you have 1/2 chance
of destroying target creature or getting a 2/2
flier token. Which seems kind of unfair to you
opponent. But do we care? Nope. All we want to
do is smash their face with whatever strategy
you have while your wireflies are killing off
their creatures.
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Note:
Artificial Evolution can also be used in place
of / or with Imagecrafter. But be careful; you
may screw up your plan if you use Artificial
Evolution only once.
Another pain in the butt with
the wireflies is that you can use standardize
– turn all creatures
creature types to something you choose (UU
Instant). Obviously, choose wirefly; and see the
world pay for not giving you that 2/2 token (and
laugh). This means for 3UU, you just created a
Wrath of God. Now, are you worried that your
wireflies are going to die in this massacre? As
I said, there are plenty of creature type
changing things out there; just look carefully
for them. You can even use Imagecrafter’s
effect as a response!
For those who like old cards,
here’s
a card that will throw you off
– Unnatural
Selection(1U Enchantment 1: Choose a
creature type other than Wall. Target creature's
type becomes that type until end of turn) from
Mercadian Masques.
See the unlimited
possibilities. Be awed by them. And start to
blow up the wireflies. If you do not have
Wirefly hive on the play, you can still use this
to turn your creature into Legend and opponent’s
same creature in to Legend in order to remove
it; but this won’t
happen that often. Being Enchantment, it is
rather frail, so have a lot of counters
ready. If you hit them right, they won’t
see anything but mass of 2/2 wireflies for a
while.
Let’s
get off the Blue for a moment and look at other
possibilities such as…
RED!
A Wirefly token being an
artifact makes that scrumptious for red.
Imagine. You just blew the world with
standardize and saved your wireflies with
Imagecrafter. Then you blow them up with
shrapnel blast(1R instant Sacrifice an
artifact as addition to casting cost Deal 5
damage to target creature or player) They’ll
be wondering what hit them when their life gets
down to -3.
Have you tried above methods
and frustrated because Wireflies are just not
strong enough? Well, I can fix that up for you.
Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer sacrifices an
artifact in order to make another
indestructible. For three mana, you might get
2/2 flier Slobad material or blow up the world.
Sound fun, doesn't it!
Other possibilities are infinite
– search for them.
Another colour that is really
fun with wirefly is GREEN.
Let’s
try Alpha Status. This card give +2/+2
for each other creature in play that shares a
creature type with it. And if there aren't
any, standardize them. This will work in
any Green-Blue, but especially well with
Wireflies. Your opponent suddenly faces a 2/2
flier that gets +2/+2 for each other creature in
play - which is equivalent of conceding at most
of the time.
This is just a taste of what
is available with Wireflies. They have proven
that they are determined terrorists
– threatening to blow
up all creatures if they won’t
give another Wirefly. Oh, and by the way, you
can use Krark’s
Thumb for another
flip
– it gives you an
extra flip. Until next time ( that is, if people
liked this column ), start to BLOW UP THE
WORLD!!!
- Written by Dong Yun Kim,
who was very, very bored.
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