(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 This card is incredible in a variety of formats, including EDH and Vintage, where, by tacking an enormous cost onto an opponent's accelerants, it forces them to either play a slow game (which puts them at a supreme disadvantage to the Remora player) or allow the Remora player to continually rake in advantage. The cumulative upkeep appears as if it would become steep as the turns pass, but simply keeping up with land drops will allow you to keep your Remora online, so that when you finally reach the point when you have a larger spell worth casting and have hit your third, you can let the Remora go and overtake the opponent who was forced under a disadvantage the entire game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Incredible card in EDH. I really like this and Rhystic Study because they force much more complex decisions for the opponent. Both out at the same time is downright disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Incredible card in EDH. I really like this and Rhystic Study because they force much more complex decisions for the opponent. Both out at the same time is downright disgusting. A few days ago I was playing against my friend's Edric deck (same game I mentioned in the skype chat) and was able to land turn 1 Remora while on the play. A passerby (we were at the LGS) asked why I wasn't doing anything but playing lands and paying the cumulative upkeep while my opponent established their board state. I just said I was "playing the remora game". Turn 6 I let Remora die and hit half a dozen permanents with Gaze of Granite. Felt awesome. Game ended up lasting well over an hour, but I came out on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementuo Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 then your opponent shows a hand of lands and creatures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 I've considered adding this to my pillow fort EDH deck but it just seemed too much weaker than Rhystic Study to be worth it. Card is certainly good but I'm 100% on how much I'd want to play this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Rhystic study taxes by one. This taxes by four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Study also triggers off of anything (not missing creatures is massive) and still lets you play on curve after the fact. This can only be allowed to sit around for about 3 turns. Yes, the tax is much smaller, but most people would rather play stuff on curve then worry about giving you cards. EDH is VERY mana hungry and even 1 is a pretty big increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 One of the most annoying lines in EDH: "Do you pay the 1?" Amped up significantly when Remora surfaces in the early turns and allows you ridiculous profits when others try to ramp. Even a single go-round the table will net you a couple cards which already more than makes up for putting it on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 This has never really performed for me in EDH. In all the games I played with it, I drew maybe one or two cards before deciding to not pay upkeep costs. On the other hand, Rhystic Study has drawn me like a billion. "Noncreature" versus "spell" is a huge difference. Luckily, if you want to try it out, it's literally costs a quarter. Great budget option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted July 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 This has never really performed for me in EDH. In all the games I played with it, I drew maybe one or two cards before deciding to not pay upkeep costs. On the other hand, Rhystic Study has drawn me like a billion. "Noncreature" versus "spell" is a huge difference. Luckily, if you want to try it out, it's literally costs a quarter. Great budget option.Basically, the higher level your local metagame, the better Remora is. I get to draw off of mana crypts and mox diamonds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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