Kaldheim Season, Episode 13: In Search of Greatness
In Search of Greatness is a real brewer’s card. It bears a passing resemblance to many different cards, but in each case the differences far outweigh the similarities. The most famous comparison is Aether Vial, a mana generator so powerful that it spawned an entire class of archetypes. But where Aether Vial has a clear ask — fill your deck with creatures and put them at similar spots on the mana curve — In Search of Greatness is far more demanding. To unlock its powerful but capricious free cast trigger, you need to play all up and down the mana curve, and dig deep into the bag of deckbuilding tricks. Getting even one free activation off Greatness feels like an achievement, much less activating it turn after turn. Toski is a fickle little squirrel it seems, always asking for something new and bigger in your hand. Then again, we can always scry 1!
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Brew Session: In Search of Greatness
Sketch 1: UG Enchantress
Sketch 2a: Bant Enchantress v1
Sketch 2b: Bant Enchantress v2
Sketch 3: Enigmatic Incarnation
Sketch 4: Green Devotion
Sketch 5: Bant Flash
Flashback: Righteous Valkyrie
Righteous Sisters (Dan): 4-1 league
Budget Martyr Valkyrie (Damon): 2-3 league
Bant Angel Company (Dan): 3-2 league
Orzhov Angels (David): 3-2, 2-3 leagues
GW Angel Company (Dan): 2-3 league
