Magic: The Gathering- My favorite m12 cards

When I saw this card I was really excited to incorporate him into some of my theme decks. Goblins, merfolk, fairies, any deck that needs a Lord can benefit from this guy.

Not only does he pump all your other creatures up with the same type, he also gets the bonuses from your creatures.

I am planning on building a deck around him in the near future- who knows, maybe it will be frogs.

Adaptive Automaton

Converted Mana Cost: 3

Types: Artifact Creature - Construct

Card Text: As Adaptive Automaton enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Adaptive Automaton is the chosen type in addition to its other types.
Other creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

Distress is not a new card. It has been around the block a few times. However, I was excited to see this included in M12. It is an old staple that works great in black control and disrupt decks. Throw it in a pauper deck- your friends will thank you. ;0)

The artwork on the new card is great also. Great artwork + great card = pure awesome

Distress

Converted Mana Cost: 2

Types: Sorcery

Card Text: Target player reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

This is an extremely versatile creature card that can be used as an aggressive attacker or a defender. It has the potential to go up against Squadron Hawks. It can trample over Goyf early game.

My husband immediately bought a playset of these bad boys.

I can see it going in some great mana-ramp decks for an early answer to flyers and other crazy creatures.

Skinshifter

Converted Mana Cost: 2

Types: Creature - Human Shaman

Card Text: Pay 1 Green: Choose one - Until end of turn, Skinshifter becomes a 4/4 Rhino and gains trample; or until end of turn, Skinshifter becomes a 2/2 Bird and gains flying; or until end of turn, Skinshifter becomes a 0/8 Plant. Activate this ability only once each turn.

I love mill decks. I had a Jace Beleren deck that would run Tome Scour and Archive Trap that would just decimate the most carefully laid out plans. This new Jace has definite possibility.

His 0 cost ability is modeled after Glimpse, The Unthinkable from Ravinca.

Jace, Memory Adept

Converted Mana Cost: 5

Types: Planeswalker - Jace

Card Text:
+1: Draw a card. Target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
0: Target player puts the top ten cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
-7: Any number of target players each draw twenty cards.

Bloodthirst is an ability I have yet to play around with. This guy has the potential to be a 3/3 for 2 mana. Ping with a Goblin Fireslinger to activate his ability.

I don't play a lot of red, but it is nice to see creatures coming out that have some stability. (They don't burn out like a sorcery or have little attack power outside of direct damage)

Stormblood Berserker

Converted Mana Cost: 2

Types: Creature - Human Berserker

Card Text: Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Stormblood Berserker can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.