December 8, 1997

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The Card of the Day is...

Agent of Stromgald

Alliances Common
R Summon Knight

1/1
"R: Add B to your mana pool. Play this ability as a mana source."

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A brief rundown of the card:

Agent of Stromgald is looked over way too much. Not only is he an extremely cheap replacement for/suppliment to Badlands, he also is the cheapest summon Knight in the game. Here are a few of the cards Agent of Stromgald seems to work very well with:

• Sedge Troll
  Agent of Stromgald can help free up some of your resources when a Sedge Troll is around. Sedge Troll is out of print for very good reason. A potential 3/3 regenerater for the price of a 2/2 Grey Ogre can't be overlooked. Agent of Stromgald is a good means of ensuring Sedge Troll will be around for a while.
• Soul Burn
  Drain life is clearly a better card than Soul burn, but it's soooo good I'd would play with 8 Drain Life's sometimes. Soul Burn is just a little more pricey than Drain Life, but has just the same potential as Drain Life in a red/black burn em' up quick deck if you include Agent of Stromgald in your plans.
• Zhalfirin Commander
  Remember what I was saying about Agent of Stromgald being the cheapest knight in the game? Here's why I brought that up. Pump up your Agent of Stromgald and go nuts on your opponent. You can convert red to black mana while the agent's tapped too. Neato.

E-mail me with comments, complaints, suggestions, or combos. I can't put every suggestion or combo up, but I will probably try to if I like it.