Quadrant Theory divides the card usefulness depending on situations you might be in:
1.) developing the board
2.) stuck in a stall
3.) trying to finish your foe (having chance to win the game)
4.) under the threat of losing the game
An amazing card will excel at many of the quadrant and worst cards will not excel in any quadrant at all. If you are interested in Quadrant Theory, you can check it out at Magic's website! I might also try to delve into this deeper maybe some other time. For now, this article is only a note of some sort.
Usually, to see whether a card is a good card or not, you can try to imagine how well it does in 4 situation (quadrants):
1.) Do I like to see this card early?
2.) When the game is stuck or worse, do I WANT to draw THIS?
3.) When I need to finish my opponent fast, does this HELP?
4.) When my opponent have the upper hand, does this HELP?
So let's see:
Pristine Skywise! Is this card good?
1.) Do I like to see it or play it early? I probably don't. The same with other high mana cost cards, I'd rather have something playable early and leave this for late draw. As mana is the fewest in the early part of the game, your opponent will have better window in putting down your Skywise.
2.) When the board is stalled, do I want to draw this? Yes! This possibly is the strongest creature in my deck and by having it I will have strong advantage over my opponent! It is also a strong flier, that will be able to start pressuring from the air when the opponent doesn't have a strong front there.
3.) When I need to finish my opponent, does this help? Probably not. Even though this card will definitely ensure your position, but it doesn't help you win right away. Pristine Skywise is not a card that excels at this situation. At extreme situation, you will need a card that really helps in this situation. Imagine someday you are at 4 life and if you don't defeat your opponent right now he'll play Sarkhan's Rage at you, in that situation, no matter how good the card is, you won't win the game.
4.) When my opponent have the upper hand, does this help? Probably yes, depending on the situation. Pristine Skywise is big and can block both flying and land creature, not to mention with a single spell, he can be protected from damage from a color or spell! If the condition is not too dangerous, you can probably stabilize the field by casting Pristine Skywise. Generally, cards that is good at blocking will have good score in this category. It's not a true problem solver, but it sure help!
From those observation we see that Pristine Skywise will be good most of the time when you draw him and is not clogging your early hand. So we can deduce that Pristine Skywise is a good card overall!
Okay, that's it for the simplified Quadrant Theory! Can you see your cards better now? I hope that I didn't forget this myself lol
1.) developing the board
2.) stuck in a stall
3.) trying to finish your foe (having chance to win the game)
4.) under the threat of losing the game
An amazing card will excel at many of the quadrant and worst cards will not excel in any quadrant at all. If you are interested in Quadrant Theory, you can check it out at Magic's website! I might also try to delve into this deeper maybe some other time. For now, this article is only a note of some sort.
Usually, to see whether a card is a good card or not, you can try to imagine how well it does in 4 situation (quadrants):
1.) Do I like to see this card early?
2.) When the game is stuck or worse, do I WANT to draw THIS?
3.) When I need to finish my opponent fast, does this HELP?
4.) When my opponent have the upper hand, does this HELP?
So let's see:
Pristine Skywise! Is this card good?
1.) Do I like to see it or play it early? I probably don't. The same with other high mana cost cards, I'd rather have something playable early and leave this for late draw. As mana is the fewest in the early part of the game, your opponent will have better window in putting down your Skywise.
2.) When the board is stalled, do I want to draw this? Yes! This possibly is the strongest creature in my deck and by having it I will have strong advantage over my opponent! It is also a strong flier, that will be able to start pressuring from the air when the opponent doesn't have a strong front there.
3.) When I need to finish my opponent, does this help? Probably not. Even though this card will definitely ensure your position, but it doesn't help you win right away. Pristine Skywise is not a card that excels at this situation. At extreme situation, you will need a card that really helps in this situation. Imagine someday you are at 4 life and if you don't defeat your opponent right now he'll play Sarkhan's Rage at you, in that situation, no matter how good the card is, you won't win the game.
4.) When my opponent have the upper hand, does this help? Probably yes, depending on the situation. Pristine Skywise is big and can block both flying and land creature, not to mention with a single spell, he can be protected from damage from a color or spell! If the condition is not too dangerous, you can probably stabilize the field by casting Pristine Skywise. Generally, cards that is good at blocking will have good score in this category. It's not a true problem solver, but it sure help!
From those observation we see that Pristine Skywise will be good most of the time when you draw him and is not clogging your early hand. So we can deduce that Pristine Skywise is a good card overall!
Okay, that's it for the simplified Quadrant Theory! Can you see your cards better now? I hope that I didn't forget this myself lol
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