Are they saying that because other colors have access to ramp? I mean this deck played turn 3 or 4 craterhoof if i remember. Emrakul also shines for obvious reasons. But yeah green has access to ramp and search, so its the real deal.
None of the non alters had readable text so I grabbed this, sorry!
I drafted that Gideon literally a month ago and it was terrible. Remember, 3xGatecrash is full of semi-evasive and bloodthirsted weenies. It's the format where Madcap Skills is the nuts. And Gideon can't even attack the turn it comes into play.
I was actually thinking more DGR. I've drafted him several times in that format and he was always a house.
Haha no. Sadly.
He's played in UWx control decks but imo that's a mistake. He's really bad.
Use him in commander?
I'm playing Guildpact Jace over Dovin Baan at least that one can bounce problematic nonland permanents.
Dovin Baan has been played extensively, he's just bad. He even was in the #2 PT deck.
This is all you'll get
Dovin is actually really good at stabilizing against aggro decks. That said, he's not really a turn-4 play. He usually comes down when you have 6+ mana so that you can leave up tricks, but even as a Draw 3, gain 6, he's solid against aggro. He's usually pretty useless against non-aggro decks though.
I always liked the film analogy. Design is basically the writer and development is the director. The writer writes the script and creates all of the major details, but the director ultimately decides what makes it to the screen. She can cut lines, scenes or even characters completely out of the movie if she thinks it'll make the movie stronger.