Even if you win one or two flips, you still have much better options for creatures when you’re spending this much mana. Crazed FirecatĪs a 4/4 with a mana value of seven, Crazed Firecat is definitely a gamble. That means it can stick around regardless of whether you win the coin flip or not if you’re able to buff it by just one toughness. Second, this card doesn’t say “sacrifice Goblin Kaboomist,” but instead deals two damage to itself if you lose the flip. Generating one or more can be very useful if your deck includes cards that care about the number of artifacts you have. But there are two factors that make this card better than it initially appears.įirst, the Land Mines are artifacts.
Two mana for the chance to spend another just to deal two damage to a creature without flying isn’t ideal. Goblin Kaboomist originally fell lower on the list because it has the potential to be a mana sink. This can potentially save a couple of your creatures, even if it isn’t the type of card you can rely on. If your strategy already involves swinging out with a lot of creatures to get around blockers, this card can help protect some of the creatures you know are likely to die in the attack. But it can be a good card to include in decks looking to go wide since it’s so cheap to play. Fighting Chanceįighting Chance wouldn’t be on this list if it wasn’t a 1-mana card. This might even discourage your opponent from swinging at you with their best creatures, giving you a little more time to find an answer. It also at least adds a chance that you take out your opponent’s threat since you already know your blocker will be destroyed. It’s really good in situations where you’re chump blocking. Since this is an enchantment, Tide of War has a much better chance of providing value than other coin flip cards. It also enters the battlefield as a modified creature, so it benefits from effects like Invigorating Hot Spring. Proliferate effects and counter doublers like Hardened Scales allow you to pump this up. Chaotic GooĬhaotic Goo alone is only okay, but it works much better in decks built around +1/+1 counters. Goblin Archaeologist allows you to have another goblin with the chance at some artifact removal if you really need it. Plenty of goblin decks care about the number of goblins you have out, especially ones built around Krenko, Mob Boss or Muxus, Goblin Grandee. Creatures with activated coin flip abilities are even better because you get to choose if you even want to take the risk. Goblin ArchaeologistĪs I said above, coin flip cards that don’t rely on the flip to provide value are often better than those that do. Add in the possibility of being able to cast it repeatedly and this card gets a little better. It’s not great, but it at least makes sense to spend mana on. Three mana for two small creatures is fine. Molten BirthĪ lot of the better coin flip cards share a quality with Molten Birth: they still do something even if you lose the flip. This card is a fine addition to any Constructed deck looking to cash in on coin flips, but it’s a lesser option than some of its counterparts like Crash Through and Charge Through. Cheap cantrips are always good for thinning out a Draft or Sealed deck. Chaotic StrikeĬhaotic Strike might work a lot better in a Limited environment. But if you aren’t lucky, this is three mana spent for nothing. This can be a fun card to play that occasionally nets you a good number of cards. This card could draw you a lot of cards for just three mana if you’re lucky. Squee’s Revenge is a prime example of a coin flip card that can make a game much more exciting.
But this card doesn’t have a place outside coin flip decks since it doesn’t do anything on its own, earning it the bottom spot on this list. Every other card on this list instantly becomes much better if it’s on the field. Krark’s Thumb is a staple for any deck built around flipping coins. While it’s risky, the chance to swing a game in your favor for just a few mana is very tempting. But you also have a chance of ending up with nothing. And just like gambling, you have a chance to get more than what you put in. Instead of seeing your mana as an investment into a card, it’s now more of a gamble. But you’ll see as we start the list below that a lot of these coin flip cards are much more powerful than cards of the same mana value. That might sound like a very frustrating type of card since you’re probably used to being able to count on your spells doing what they’re meant to. Stitch in Time (Secret Lair) | Illustration by Micha HuigenĬoin flip cards are any card that has an ability that relies on the flip of a coin.
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