While this doesn't get all the threats as Fierce Empath basically does this gets all the best ones and it does so for a mana less
If Shards you control do become copies of the creature, they'll use the copiable values of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield
Sapphire has two key cards that act as payoffs for your extra ink: Belle, Strange but Special and Hades, Infernal Schemer
[8] The five basic lands are as follows: White lands, or Plains, which produce white mana Blue lands, or Islands, which produce blue mana Black lands, or Swamps, which produce black mana Red lands, or Mountains, which produce red mana Green lands, or Forests, which produce green mana There are also different kinds of lands (dual-lands and tri-lands, for example), but the most a beginner needs to know is that basic lands produce mana of one color only, and that multicolor lands can produce mana of two or more colors
Final-Word Phantasm Anyone who has had the opportunity to play with their entire deck at instant speed know just how powerful an effect of a card like Final-Word Phantasm can be
As if to remind everyone, Wizards graced us with some MagicCon Bloomburrow spoilers as well