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It’s a powerful ability and one that can turn off entire decks.
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Now you’re cooking with fire! Your opponent never casting a sorcery again may be A Zor subject for them, but that’s what I call a good time. What if I could abuse this ability to ensure it triggered multiple times and each turn with impunity? The first thing that struck me about this ability was how powerful it was, but how saddened I was to see it only last a single turn. Therefore, pack Dispel, Negate, and Pact of Negation to accompany this general. There is nothing stopping your opponents from dealing with him at instant speed and they will always be allowed to untap before you do. But he is weak to instant-speed removal since his effect only shuts down spells on the opponent’s respective turn. You won’t have to worry about tapping out for Azor and having someone immediately wipe the board. “When Azor, the Lawbringer enters the battlefield, each opponent can’t cast instant or sorcery spells during that player’s next turn.”Īzor comes equipped with pseudo wrath-protection but only as far as the next turn goes. Azor’s only real drawback in Commander is that astronomical casting cost. Azor’s triggered abilities are quite powerful-let’s not forget one of these was a powerful format-defining Standard staple.
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Triggered abilities attached to your general can be broken, since you will always reliably have access to them. A 7th point of power would have served him well as a 3-turn finisher.Īzor has two triggered abilities. Though it is capable of taking a nice chunk out of a life total or planeswalker, Azor still requires 4 hits to a single opponent to finish them off with general damage. No built-in protection is a tough pill to swallow especially for the steep initial mana investment. Oh gee, I sure hope blue and white have plenty of that. Keeping that in mind, the deck should contain a sufficient number of cards to bide time and stall the game. At 6 mana, it comes down late in the game, and if killed off, it will take a while before you can muster the mana to recast Azor. How competitive the rest of the deck will be is up to you. Mana rocks like Coldsteel Heart and Gilded Lotus will provide more use than rocks like Mind Stone or Thran Dynamo because it is crucial to hit your colored mana sources.Ī 6 mana cost may relegate this general toward the more casual side of EDH. The number of colorless utility lands must be managed carefully in this deck. 2WWUU is a tall order as far as casting costs go, and Isperia was really held back by this very strict mana requirement. Right off the bat, you see a mana cost identical to a previously printed Azorius general, Isperia Supreme Judge.