This is a card that you might find useful to almost any deck that uses blue, as a sideboard option. If you are finding that a parade of trampling, green monsters often leaves you no chance of success, this is the perfect remedy. A well-timed Hibernation will almost certainly give you the foot-hold you need to seize control over the game. This is actually the most powerful return-spell in the game, mass-return usually costing 6 or more. Return happens to be my favorite ability, primarily because I like to use creatures, and when you've quickly cleared the board for yourself, you're creating the necessary condition for victory. Individual returns are powerful because they can often be used as an instant, and catch a powered-up creature in the middle of its attack - But, mass-return is the ultimate game-changer, because each creature has a casting-cost and summoning-sickness to go through. All the time and resources that it takes to setup a force of creatures is far too big to overcome, much of the time. Using Hibernation as a sideboard option to throw into the mix as necessary, for the game-winning play, is always a gamble, of course. A card like this will cover a very large category of decks, but by itself, it may still fail. Blue might be the most versatile color, because of all its abilities that control play - But, I would advise not taking a chance with your life, chasing a professional career in Magic, with a powerful control strategy. Even the most omnipotent control decks can fail, and the game should be played for fun. A serious risk shouldn't even be considered - I can see that control-style play is convincing to the player as an absolute way of winning, but I assure you, there are no guarantees. |
