Thuran said: Gonti doesn't remove an enemy creature, hostage taker at least affects the board
Kinesia said: I see the hostage taker as removal primarily, stealing the creature is a 2ndary bonus if you feel like casting it, that part is optional. More options are good and this card adds to them.
Gunmix25 said: Kinesia said: I see the hostage taker as removal primarily, stealing the creature is a 2ndary bonus if you feel like casting it, that part is optional. More options are good and this card adds to them. Stil cheaper than Angel of Sanctions which still sees a fair amount of play
DBJones said: I wonder how Hostage Taker will work when stealing a reinforced creature? I assume you get one copy in hand, but I wonder whose graveyard the extra copies will go to.
Kardynal said: DBJones said: I wonder how Hostage Taker will work when stealing a reinforced creature? I assume you get one copy in hand, but I wonder whose graveyard the extra copies will go to. One would assume the owner's graveyard, rather than the new controller's; in paper MTG, a card may never be placed in a graveyard except it's owner's.
khurram said: Gunmix25 said: Kinesia said: I see the hostage taker as removal primarily, stealing the creature is a 2ndary bonus if you feel like casting it, that part is optional. More options are good and this card adds to them. Stil cheaper than Angel of Sanctions which still sees a fair amount of play Different colors. Removal is scarce for white in standard. Not to mention Angel of Sanctions comes back to take out another creature. Annoying for the opponent to discard and resilient to removal. The opponent has to use two spells to take it out usually. And dont get me started on the shenanigans you can get up to with it in Ajani 2.7/8 flyer versus a 4/5 vanilla after the initial etb. There isn't that much of a comparison.In black removal is cheap so it isn't adding much there. In blue it will see play but there are other cards to compete with it for a deck slot.
ElfNeedsFood said: I'm interested in how "destroy all the gems" works out too...
Matthew said: You're thinking of Armageddon.It destroys all "non-support gems", I believe, so there is a slight distinction.
Gunmix25 said: Matthew said: You're thinking of Armageddon.It destroys all "non-support gems", I believe, so there is a slight distinction. Thanks for clearing that up. So... looks like everything takes a hit. Interesting.