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Sirbloody posted:I have been monitoring Crucible of the Spirit Dragon since the spoilers and I have noticed a very steady increase in demand and a slight increase in price. Am I missing something that makes this card more desirable besides all the dragons in Dragons of Takir? I am somewhat a new player again (Just started again after a 10+ year break) but the only real use I can see for this card is to keep storing mana when you have nothing to cast while waiting for a dragon? It's certainly not a good card, but I'm starting to see its appeal. With Atarka's Command, stuff like Font of Fertility, and Crucible, there is currently a good suite of non-creature ramp cards in Standard along with a wide range of strong dragons that have decent synergy with each other. There's always the EDH effect - Scion of the Ur-Dragon is a fairly popular deck getting lots of nice new toys.
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Lancelot posted:
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Mar 5, 2015 16:59
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stop replying to mcmagic posts
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Sirbloody posted:I have been monitoring Crucible of the Spirit Dragon since the spoilers and I have noticed a very steady increase in demand and a slight increase in price. Am I missing something that makes this card more desirable besides all the dragons in Dragons of Takir? I am somewhat a new player again (Just started again after a 10+ year break) but the only real use I can see for this card is to keep storing mana when you have nothing to cast while waiting for a dragon? Where are you looking? You can buy them online from multiple places for 15-30 cents apiece. That's at or below the normal rate for bulk rares.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:00
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Sirbloody posted:I have been monitoring Crucible of the Spirit Dragon since the spoilers and I have noticed a very steady increase in demand and a slight increase in price. Am I missing something that makes this card more desirable besides all the dragons in Dragons of Takir? I am somewhat a new player again (Just started again after a 10+ year break) but the only real use I can see for this card is to keep storing mana when you have nothing to cast while waiting for a dragon? Nah. people are just realizing that the first and second spirit dragon lands are probably going to be part of some silly combo with the third land in DTK. Tomb was uncommon so people who seriously opened KTK have 200 of them by now, but crucible is a rare and they're buying it in anticipation of it selling for a profit. EDIT: VV Even as a 6 drop she's pretty real. The only thing killing a 5/7 is "destroy target creature" and her third ability is more or less Narset's emblem... In the colors that ramp and want to play this stuff. Siege Rhino> Dromoka- > Dromoka + as asking for a wrath or a concession. What is the consensus on Zhurgo Bellringer? 1 mana 2/2 that can't block things that would beat it, or Valley Dasher?? Gensuki fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Mar 5, 2015 |
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Mar 5, 2015 17:01
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I love this. I just wish it was like a 5-mana 5/5 or something instead of a 6-drop.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:01
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Entropic posted:Where are you looking? You can buy them online from multiple places for 15-30 cents apiece. That's at or below the normal rate for bulk rares. I sometimes send cards on Pucatrade and that's when I started to notice a lot of people asking for a ton of them (I think the price increased by 5 points in the last few days).
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Mar 5, 2015 17:01
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Zurgo got skinny and decided to join team Sligh
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Mar 5, 2015 17:01
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drat, monoR picking up some good bits this set
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Mar 5, 2015 17:01
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Its funny that I was right and this timeline's Zurgo is a big fuckin' wuss
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Mar 5, 2015 17:02
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Love the design on Zurgo.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:03
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Sadly the kind of deck that wants this kind of creature wants to run 4, which makes the Legendary drawback hurt. I can see him replacing a few Firedrinker Satyrs in the boss sligh red deck though.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:03
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I like it, even if it isn't gonna be played in constructed. Entropic posted:I love this. I just wish it was like a 5-mana 5/5 or something instead of a 6-drop. yeah that would have been cool.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:03
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I feel like this really puts into perspective how strong isamaru is relative to other dogs. Okay the real question is why does bell striking in DTK not tap people down now? Entropic posted:Sadly the kind of deck that wants this kind of creature wants to run 4, which makes the Legendary drawback hurt. I can see him replacing a few Firedrinker Satyrs in the boss sligh red deck though. Zoo was playing 3-4x isamaru (in 2006), I don't think legendary is going to be that big of a problem here. Zoness fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Mar 5, 2015 |
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Mar 5, 2015 17:04
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This has to be one of the strongest 1 drops red has ever had This seems like it's going to eat a Downfall and not accomplish much a huge amount of the time.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:05
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Entropic posted:Sadly the kind of deck that wants this kind of creature wants to run 4, which makes the Legendary drawback hurt. I can see him replacing a few Firedrinker Satyrs in the boss sligh red deck though. I'm probably going to take out my Firedrinkers and replace them with 2x Zurgo and 2x Lightning Berserker, as I don't really want 4x of either.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:07
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TheKingofSprings posted:This has to be one of the strongest 1 drops red has ever had Its worse than Goblin Guide but I cant think of much else that trumps it (in modern)
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Mar 5, 2015 17:07
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Entropic posted:I love this. I just wish it was like a 5-mana 5/5 or something instead of a 6-drop. Even if it was a 5/5 for 5 it's still not better than the Dramoka from FRF. Lots of big dummys in this set.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:08
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Zoness posted:Okay the real question is why does bell striking in DTK not tap people down now? Zurgo doesn't know how to sing, I'm guessing. TheKingofSprings posted:This seems like it's going to eat a Downfall and not accomplish much a huge amount of the time. Probably, but forcing them to tap the mana on their own turn counts for something, I think.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:09
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mcmagic posted:Even if it was a 5/5 for 5 it's still not better than the Dramoka from FRF. Lots of big dummys in this set. Yup. Get out your Hero's Downfalls, it's gonna be raining dragons.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:09
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Starving Autist posted:Zurgo doesn't know how to sing, I'm guessing. Also the bell being struck in Singing Bell Strike is the base of the creature's loving skull.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:10
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TheKingofSprings posted:This has to be one of the strongest 1 drops red has ever had It accomplishes the opponent being happy their opponent tapped out.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:10
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Entropic posted:Yup. Get out your Hero's Downfalls, it's gonna be raining dragons. None of them are going to be played in standard other than maybe the 4/4 red one.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:11
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More to the point, new Zurgo is sweet in Mardu heroes. Even if you're dropping it T3 for a hero's blade equip, that's a 5/4, so it's rarely a dead draw unless you have 1 in play already.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:11
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 See now this is good (because its hard to evaluate and that is often very good)
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Mar 5, 2015 17:13
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Zurgo getting in touch with his orc heritage
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Mar 5, 2015 17:13
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Terrible Horse posted:Its worse than Goblin Guide but I cant think of much else that trumps it (in modern) Swiftspear is still great.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:13
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Angry Grimace posted:
Is this really necessary (In a Jesus Christ way)
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Mar 5, 2015 17:13
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GonSmithe posted:Is this really necessary I love cards like this because they're so hard to evaluate.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:14
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Angry Grimace posted:
That feels so much more mythic than the random zombie lord. Protects itself, gains life, and shuts down blockers. Probably would be good in Block if that still existed.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:15
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Angry Grimace posted:
Wow this does alot of stuff.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:15
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If you showed that card to someone in 93' their head would loving explode.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:15
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Oh my god they even flicker themselves when you end hostilities. ... and then still die  drat it why can't I get aetherling.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:15
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Zoness posted:Oh my god they even flicker themselves when you end hostilities. They would return before it resolved and die
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Angry Grimace posted:They would return before it resolved and die shut up i edited that, i was really hoping okay I need my goddamn aetherling fix
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Mar 5, 2015 17:16
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Zoness posted:Oh my god they even flicker themselves when you end hostilities. Yeah, that doesn't work.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:16
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Someone at Wizards has a huge loving hard-on for running a Kung-Fu Monks deck full of Mythics.
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Mar 5, 2015 17:17
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Zoness posted:Oh my god they even flicker themselves when you end hostilities. This is what spoiler season is for: reading all the cards really quickly and excitedly and getting the wrong assumptions out of the way now, so we're not doing it during the pre-release.
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Angry Grimace posted:Someone at Wizards has a huge loving hard-on for running a Kung-Fu Monks deck full of Mythics. My hope for the next year of standard is that there's an actually competive deck for which I'll be able to write "(Everybody Was) Kung Fu Fighting" as the deck name on a GPT deck registration sheet.
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