What the cards says:
Card Name:
Vendilion Clique
Mana Cost:
Types:Legendary Creature — Faerie Wizard
Card Text:
Flash
Flying
When Vendilion Clique enters the battlefield, look at target player's hand. You may choose a nonland card from it. If you do, that player reveals the chosen card, puts it on the bottom of his or her library, then draws a card.
Well that is quite a lot of text for a 3 mana cost creature.
Here are some of the most common and/or interesting interactions with Vendilion Clique.
1. Vendilion clique + Karakas.
a) Bounce Vendilion Clique after he is declared as a blocker;
b) Bounce Vendilion Clique after you attack (on your turn or theirs) then replay any time before their EOT so that you can clique every turn while still clocking your opponent;
c) Stop your opponents Clique from attacking by bouncing it.
2. The art of Cliquing.
a) Yourself.
i) Get rid of a progenitus or other uncastable/useless card (aka the Clique cycle).
b) Opponent
i) Don't forget that you don't have to take a card out of your opponents hand;
ii) When to Clique your opponent:
Your turn:
To see if they have a removal spell, counterspell, trick, etc.
Their Turn:
Upkeep (before they draw a counterspell), Draw Step (to take a combo piece or miracle as discussed here), Mid-Combat (as a blocker or to get rid of another card before they cast it in their second main), Mid-Combo (after your storm opponent casts their second dark ritual/rite of flame or after your show and tell opponent casts show and tell with the hope that they only have one fatty to put into play) EOT (as an attacker or to get around Liliana and/or kill Lilliana of the Veil).
iii) Clique in response to activated abilities (Fetchlands, Stoneforge Mystic and Ather Vial).
iv) Clique in response to miracle trigger (as discussed here).
v) Any time you have priority and your opponent is tapped out
3. The Scumbag Clique.
a) Don't do this but be wary of other people doing it. Most of the time people will be cliquing you but some players will play Clique without announcing their trigger and will let you reveal your hand before announcing that they are Cliquing themselves. Just remember to ask for the target before you reveal.
b) Your opponent might also ask who the Clique is targeting before the Clique has resolved. Make sure the Clique has resolved before you give your opponent this information.
4. Other Random Cliques.
a) Look out for interactions where the draw a card part of Vendilion Clique maters, this could be for you or for your opponent. For example - Spirit of the Labyrinth and Notion Thief.
b) When playing lands and you have a graveyard Life From the Loam don't just mindlessly dredge in your draw step and get Cliqued. Instead you should wait for your mainphase and draw your Life From the Loam with a cycling land.
c) Don't forget that you can Jace, the Mindsculptor bounce your own Clique if you don't have a Karakas and you need to Clique your opponent.
d) You can also use Jace, the Mindsculptor/Venser/Karakas to bounce your opponents creatures and then Clique your opponent to get rid of them.
e) Also a little reminder that Vendilion Clique is a legend so if you cast a second one you will have to sacrifice one of them.
Just to restate what I said at the beginning Vendilion Clique is one hell of a card. One other closing note; this is obvious but you should be playing with the Morningtide Clique.
Cheers,
Simon
Links to prior Tips and Tricks -
http://mtgbazaar-teamz.blogspot.com/2014/08/magic-tips-and-tricks-part-1.html
http://mtgbazaar-teamz.blogspot.com/2014/09/tips-and-tricks-part-2.html
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