Magic: The Gathering's Encroaching Mycosynth creates potential new artifact combo possibilities
As a Magic: The Gathering player, did you worry that Mycosynth Lattice was too powerful? After all, it was capable of turning all permanents in play into artifacts. Interestingly, the Phyrexia: All Will Be One expansion features a brand new version of this card that, in some ways, is far stronger than its predecessor.
Encroaching Mycosynth is a card revealed to be a part of the next Magic: The Gathering set, and with it comes the potential for some incredibly powerful combo moves, not just in Standard, but across eternal formats as well. It costs less than a Mycosynth Lattice, and while the ability reads differently, it’s still an incredible card.
Artifact decks are a favorite of many Magic: The Gathering players, and I personally see great value for this card in Commander in the near future. While it could also be playable in Modern decks, that will have to wait for some time. The potential is certainly there, but whether it replaces Mycosynth Lattice remains to be seen.
Unlike Lattice, this new Magic: The Gathering card only targets cards that you control and own instead of every card on the board. Additionally, it's more limited considering that it doesn’t target your lands. There’s a solid reason for that, though. Considering how much artifact removal exists right now, it would be too easy to obliterate your land base.
Basically, this means that all nonland permanents that you control and own, whether in play or not, are counted as artifacts. If you run the planeswalker Karn, the Great Creator, you could fill your sideboard with powerful creatures and pull them without being restricted to “artifacts.”
Interestingly, there’s even more that you can do with this. Players are always looking for ways to cheat high-cost,
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