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Combo Name: The best offense is a good defense! Submitted By: Turbine
Card Name
Type
Cost
P/T
Editions (ordered by release)

Shield Sphere
 Artifact Creature 0 0/6 Alliances, Uncommon

Entangler
 Enchant Creature 2WW Prophecy, Uncommon

Rite of Passage
 Enchantment 2G Fifth Dawn, Rare

Rite of Passage
 Enchantment 2G Fifth Dawn, Rare
Estimated Combo Cost: $3.00
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 6:06 pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Yep. . .
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 6:15pm

psyche
Posts: 1250
Joined: 31-Aug-09

Not bad. It isn't as good as i think you think it is, but not bad. Beyond deathtouch there is the limit that rite of passage is a triggered ability. This means it takes damage, then gets the counters. It can grow, but if it can take lethal damage before it gets the counters. On the other hand it can grow, so it isn't bad, just not as good as i think you think it is.
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 6:42pm

ghostfire86
Posts: 496
Joined: 04-Nov-09

party pooper

Good combo
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 6:54pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Maybe with First Strike.
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 7:11pm

Mentok
Posts: 202
Joined: 26-Jul-10

why not put something in to ping the shield for dmg
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 7:21pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Prodigal Pyromancer
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 7:56pm

psyche
Posts: 1250
Joined: 31-Aug-09

I didn't say it was bad. There are some thing to watch out for, but it is pretty good. I just considered what turbine generally does and thought that he thought it did something else. The combo works, just with a few limitations. Not if you changed out Rite of Passage for Vigor it would do what you thought. It is a much higher mana option, but it would do the trick. Really though, the only thing that my comment showed is that you have to avoid blocking more power than it's PRESSENT toughness. When you do it will grow letting you block more.
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 8:08pm

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

Or maybe an indestructibility?
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 9:04pm

psyche
Posts: 1250
Joined: 31-Aug-09

Once you reach that point the combo is more Entangler, Rite of Passage, any random creature. The shield wall is nice as a 0 mana creature, but if you use Indestructibility then an Ornithopter is better because it has flying and doesn't get 0/-1 each block turn. The idea has evolved and had some refinements made. It started as a descent idea and became better.
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 9:13pm

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

and a pumped up ornithopter will surely hurt your opponent...
Date Posted: Wed Aug/25/10 at 9:29pm

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

what if we add power conduit in there... Just for the hell of it...



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