Reclamation Sage

[TheWhiteDragon]

Reclamation Sage
2G
Creature - Elf Shaman
When Reclamation Sage enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
2/1

Why is nobody talking about this?  I think this is maindeckable.  2/1 disenchant for 3?  Seems nice to me.  It's in a very splashable color as well.  Rather than sacing pridemages, get a 2/1 with the destroy effect.  4 of these + 4 pridemage means oath and stax don't stand a chance.  Awesome printing for G+ fish.

[Saya]

Of course targetting enchantments is welcome,but this is not far better than Uktabi.Some Graverobbers may test...that's it.

EDIT:I found that even Harmonic Sliver is used in legacy sideboard.This sage could be played more than I thought.

[Guli]

It is not an exciting card. Sorcery speed naturalize for 3 mana. Interesting in Modern in that GW D&T blink deck. Maybe could see play in other formats in sideboard.

If it would be 'exile' I would like it in Vintage (maybe).

[AmbivalentDuck]

EDIT:I found that even Harmonic Sliver is used in legacy sideboard.This sage could be played more than I thought.

This will, without a question, replace the sliver in most sideboards and probably in ELVES!!!. If it sees maindeck play in Vintage, it'll be ELVES!!!, but it's not as competitive here as in Legacy.

[Guli]

yea could be relevant against sneak show, counterbalance, spirit of the labyrinth, engineered plague and other cards that i am missing.

[xouman]

Haven't seen that! Oath was quite hard for elves, but this cards makes the pairing way easier (still it's hard, I suppose). There are other enchantments (spirith of the labyrinth probably the best), but oath + artifact destruction are the main reasons.

Of course it's not going to crush vintage, but I'll get my playset for sure :p

[MaximumCDawg]

This is fine utility card.  Better ability and type than Orangutan, better ability than Viridian Shaman.  If you were tempted to use Virdian Zealot -- NO MORE!

[xouman]

Viridian zealot can be played preentively. You are eager to play it before golems/spheres. However I agree Reclamation sage is better most of the time.

One bad point is having to pay 4 to zenith it into play. But I'm afraid zenith is much worse than I thought, and maybe it's not worth playing it.

[Meddling Mike]

I think this card has some tough competition. There's already Harmonic Sliver, Quasali Pridemage, Viridian Shaman, Uktabi Oragnutan that perform a similar function. The only one of these that sees regular vintage play is the Pridemage. I would have a hard time seeing this guy take the Pridemage's place.

[AmbivalentDuck]

He's fundamentally different from Pridemage because of the Elf critter type. That said, he's never seeing play outside of ELVES!!!.

[Bill Copes]

If tribal shamans ever becomes a thing, this guy fits nicely.

[Soly]

I was going to assume this was (yet another) troll post by TWD, and question again why you're not banned... then I remembered all the 2G guys with similar efffect ONLY destroy an artifact OR only destroy an enchantment, while this guy does both.

TIL: Need to read.

[Tobi]

then I remembered all the 2G guys with similar efffect ONLY destroy an artifact OR only destroy an enchantment, while this guy does both.

In fact, NONE of the 2G guys destroys an enchantment. Therefore for Elf decks this is indeed an improvement over Viridian Shaman.
I doubt this will appear in any non-Elf decks though.

[Samoht]

Junk/Jund decks could easily use this guy.

[TheWhiteDragon]

I was going to assume this was (yet another) troll post by TWD, and question again why you're not banned... then I remembered all the 2G guys with similar efffect ONLY destroy an artifact OR only destroy an enchantment, while this guy does both.

TIL: Need to read.

This guy is head and shoulders above any other 2G guy and with a good type.  While I am the troll extraordinaire, I do know what I'm talking about as well.  I have plenty of valuable contributions, and, yes, plenty of trolling as well.  This card is legit.

[Prospero]

This card seems playable. 

Good find.

[boxian]

This is a real card and playable.

It has an easier casting cost than Harmonic Sliver: 1WG vs 2G
     Side note - it also has a better body, being 1/1 vs 2/1

Vs Uktabi Orangutang and Viridian Shaman: hits an additional permanent type, clampable body

Vs Viridian Zealot and Quasali Pridemage: probably not replacing Pridemage but I didn't think Zealot got a lot of play in any case.

At the end of the day, I think this card is now THE other card when you want to talk about creatures who break things and will have a home in sideboards for quite a while - it will be a choice between Pridemage and Reclamation Sage for most decks looking for this option.

[Guli]

The difference between this and Pridemage (still the best card for this role) is that the Sage could be used more than once with things like Restoration Angel, Jace, Brago, Flickerwisp etc.

So is there a shell right now in Vintage that uses blink and bounce tactics and has green? Another way is probably Oath of Ghouls (humans) with Cabal Therapy and Darkblast.

The type 'shaman' is decent for human/shaman cavern builds. Sage could replace War priest in this kind of build, and move to main deck even. It is a good tempo play to open op with Cavern/Deathrite Shaman and have the option to turn 2 Sage the Oath, Metalworker, Sol Ring/Moxes. Lines with Thalia could allow for uncounterable Sage's too because of the sphere tax.

So yes, I like all this, but the card still doesn't make me thrilled. Solid card is solid card though, it is welcomed. The reason I am not thrilled is because it does not directly answer a Tinker target, which means other slots need to be used to actually cover the Tinker threat.

[forests failed you]

I love this card.  I have played with Uktabi Orangutan in Vintage on multiple occasions.  This card is straight up better.  I think that this card will see play outside of just Elves decks.  Any Bant deck I played with GSZ would for sure play one of these.  I also like that it is a sideboard card that double dips against Oath and WS for decks that want to attack.