Subject: the incredible walls of stronghold
Date: 26 Feb 1998 22:18:45 GMT
From: odariani@aol.com (ODariani)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc

aren't these things great?  i am very impressed with the new walls, excepting
wall of razors, which dies horribly to mogg fanatic.

wall of essence, or wall of thanks for attacking, keeps creatures away until an
opponent has played enough to do damage (usually three creatures are required).
 its discouraging factor makes it a power card against sligh and other fast
beatdown decks.  definitely worth using in control decks.

wall of souls, or wall of don't attack me, is incredible in offensive decks
with removal.  imagine using it in a deck with big creatures, bolts (shocks)
and incinerates. an opponent cannot profit from an attack so he/she holds back
for defense.  in a deck with big creatures, that means double blocks which,
with removal, traslates into card advantage.

wall of tears, or wall of go away, is a good addition to bounce decks and
temporal control in general.  combined with propaganda, this traslates into a
huge mana advantage which can be furthur exploited with winter orb, mana leak
and power sink.  this can be incredible, leading to an easy win while an
opponent's frustratingly trying to do some damage.

wall of blossoms, or wall of gaea's blessing is, flat out, incredible.  by
giving up turn two, a green player can effectively shut down an opponent's
early game offense.  drawing a card makes this one of the best walls ever
designed, as it only costs two mana.  besides the obvious use of this wall with
wildebeests and tradewind rider, the card is solid.  it stops one creature from
dealing damage ever.  absolutely incredible.

i think wotc has done a fine job of designing four useful walls.  kudos to them
for making the green wall the best of the lot.

omeed.