WHAT’S THE ORDEAL, MAN?

            Ordeal by definition is an experience that is very unpleasant or difficult. This really lives up to its name in the Theros set with its enchantments. The enchantments in the set are pretty good, some are better than others, but that is expected. Each enchantment does its own unique thing for various types of creatures.

For example:

Ordeal of Heliod is one mana and a white mana to put out onto a creature. Once it’s out on the battle field attached to a creature, it gets a +1/+1 counter each time the creature attack. When it gets 3 or more +1/+1 counters on the creature you sacrifice the enchantment. When you do that you gain 10 life. Not only you can make your creature powerful with the +1/+1 counters, you can also gain 10 life from for a 2 mana drop. That is an excellent card to have and put out. Unless the opponent have a destroy enchantment card then it’s no good to put out.

Another example of how each enchantment can do different things for your creature is Ordeal of Purphoros. Just like Ordeal of Heliod but only with one mana and a mountain mana to cast it.  It does the same thing with putting the +1/+1 counters whenever the creature attacks, when you have 3 +1/+1 counters on it or more, sacrifice the enchantment and when you do, it deals 3 damage to player or creature. This enchantment can be used as a game finisher, or help get rid of a creature the opponent controls.

There are some weird ones where it gets you to draw 2 cards or target player discards 2 cards from their hand. And if you are mana screwed or not getting the land you need, there’s one that would allow you to get 2 lands from your library and put onto the battlefield tapped and then shuffle your library. It’s always good to get a free shuffle of the library for a chance to get better cards in your draw phase.

Enchantments are great spells magic the gathering have. Some could help you a lot or they can actually hurt you. Tell me what your favorite enchantments are in the theros set in the comments. And what creature would you use that enchantment on?

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