khurram said: Surely, increasing loyalty with gilded lotus and karn's ability is a bug, no?
Though to be honest I don't really see the purpose of that Has anyone noticed loyalty gems matching giving more loyalty with the "bonus" increased?
khurram said: Loyalty is not Mana, is it?There are mana gems and there are loyalty gems.
I thought so as well: a gem for free … okay you have to purchase karn.
Yes only 2 shield but if you don’t use gem converter it can be very powerfull.
Made some matches yesterday and it was very useful.
Furks said: It 'might' be balanced though. At two shields it doesn't last very long. Also unlike gem-converter supports, it will never give you free lucky matches and it doesn't interfere with your opponent if they happen to be of an opposite color. It's definitely a strong card, but it's not game winning by itself.
Froggy said: Well, with Immortal Sun now in the hands of almost every player in the game (I would assume - or at least a LARGE portion of them), loyalty gems and Karn’s abilities have questionable use. Immortal Sun is seriously powerful and you could almost say OP, but it could bring serious balance to the playing field.
Volrak said: Can anyone think of a reason to run any other mana/ramp support, in Standard or Legacy, in preference to Lotus? (Apart from "I don't have it yet" or "I want to deliberately de-power my deck for some reason"?)