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AlternateNu posted:I don't know why they're using the past participle forms for their verbs instead of the simple past. Most German writing doesn't use the "haben + past-participle" form when talking about past events specifically because it takes up more space. I guess its functionally just searing blood Lightning Strike in a dedicated Dragon deck but yeah, its only truly useful to announce the spell as "FUS RO DAH'. If people are really making a dragon deck, I don't actually think they'd play roast. Because you just fly over everything and use Crater's Claws. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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Angry Grimace posted:
Wow, 2 Instant Speed Discard spells in standard at the same time, that's pretty cool. Also I really like this
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I know its far ahead of the game, but with maro's promise to be more aggresive with reprints in a world without core sets, I've been making a mental list of Zendikar block cards that are prime for reprints in Zendikar 2.0. either due to need or backwards compatiblity with Tarkir. Keywords aside as we don't know which, if any will make it back this time around. Dragonmaster Outcast (more dragons! works great with DTK) Consume the Meek (Destroy all morphs and manifests) Enemy Fetchlands to fill out the cycle and delve enablers Mnemonic Wall (prowess and rebound) Goblin Guide (needs a reprint unless he's in MM) Gravitational Shift or Gravity Well (makes dragons more awesome OR gently caress those dragons!) Kiln Fiend (jeskai's best friend) Leatherback baloth (ferocious) Mortician Beetle (exploit bonus) Relic Crush (alot of enchantments about) Sphinx Bone Wand or Surrakar Spellblade Terra Stomper (1 man formidable) Twitch (prowess) Vengevine (turns on fericous, raid and needs a reprint)
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forbidden lesbian posted:Wow, 2 Instant Speed Discard spells in standard at the same time, that's pretty cool. Also I really like this Shock and make them discard one aren't worth more than 1 mana each though...This card is good but I still believe that Sluimgar's Command is the best one despite the 5 mana.
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mcmagic posted:Shock and make them discard one aren't worth more than 1 mana each though...This card is good but I still believe that Sluimgar's Command is the best one despite the 5 mana. You can't evaluate a Command card by just taking the 2 most generic options and assuming that's the way you always use it. The value is that you can discard a card in top-deck mode, shock a creature and get a 2-for-1 on a Perilous Vault or Whip of Erebos, or kill a creature and re-draw a good creature that got his with removal, etc.
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Angry Grimace posted:You can't evaluate a Command card by just taking the 2 most generic options and assuming that's the way you always use it. The value is that you can discard a card in top-deck mode, shock a creature and get a 2-for-1 on a Perilous Vault or Whip of Erebos, or kill a creature and re-draw a good creature that got his with removal, etc. I understand that. I'm just saying that the power level on that card isn't as high as some of the others.
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Lets Pickle posted:I like the way that sounds a lot better than having a bunch of abilities that read "use this only once per turn", but it doesn't work the same way rules wise. If I activate Rootwalla and you Snakeform my Rootwalla at any point, Rootwalla will end up being a 3/3. It will be a 1/1 and the +2/+2 will still apply. If i give it base power 4, then Snakeform later in the turn will override that and Rootwalla will be a 1/1.. So they're not functionally the same, but designers may choose to use the setting base power/toughness template in the future anyway because it is more intuitive rules-wise. Additionally, if you template it as "Base power and toughness" instead of "Activate once per turn" then you are less vulnerable to being blown out, if you have the mana to activate twice, since you can just activate the ability in response to the bolt, or whatever. Assuming it's an ability that affects toughness in this case.
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Dragon's Roar looks really good, and it seems like there's almost no downside to running that if you're already running Stormbreath for red-based removal. I think my favorite part about the 'dragons matter' instants and sorceries that we've seen is that you can either reveal a dragon from your hand or just have one on the board when you cast them in order to get the additional effect. That said I think I'll be playing Roast instead, it fucks up Rhino way too hard right now.
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Count Bleck posted:Dragon's Roar looks really good, and it seems like there's almost no downside to running that if you're already running Stormbreath for red-based removal. There is a A LOT of downside to running this instead of Lightning Strike. I do agree with you about Roast since it hits both Rhino and Tasigur.
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mcmagic posted:Shock and make them discard one aren't worth more than 1 mana each though... Not when each of them is costing you a card, perhaps. But when you can get both of them for a single card, they suddenly look much better. An instant that lets you draw a card for U would be terrible. An instant that lets you draw two cards for UU would be amazing.
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Lottery of Babylon posted:Not when each of them is costing you a card, perhaps. But when you can get both of them for a single card, they suddenly look much better. Yeah, But shock + make them discard one isn't as good as drawing 2 cards. I also think that being able to shock for 1 mana is VERY important in this standard which makes this card less playable. mcmagic fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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 At least her official flavor text is less torture-y.
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There was a deck at an IQ that I was at yesterday that was pretty much a standard infect deck with become emence + temur battle rage. I horribly punted vs him but it's something to be aware of in the meta I guess because he made top 8 and it was a 80+ person event.
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Mar 9, 2015 15:49
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    Edit: There is actually no red one in the article, I imagine it was probably an oversight.
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Angry Grimace posted:
Hot drat!  This is the only card with Formidable I like so far and Formidable isn't even the reason!
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Mono-R devotion!
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Haha, they haven't printed hate like that in a while...
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Weird card since the copy isn't attacking. It just sits there for the rest of combat.
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mcmagic posted:Haha, they haven't printed hate like that in a while... Theros. It was all just self-hate though. mcmagic posted:Weird card since the copy isn't attacking. It just sits there for the rest of combat. I guess you just put it on Siege Rhino. When you're playing 4 colors.
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Angry Grimace posted:Theros.
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You put it on an opposing creature, dipshits.
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Put it on hornet queen, poo poo out hornets every turn. It's a bad card but it's cute and someone will enjoy it in that format.
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mcmagic posted:Weird card since the copy isn't attacking. It just sits there for the rest of combat. I think you're intended to enchant an opponent's creature so you get a copy of their attacker to block with, though enchanting your own creature to get ETB triggers is another option.
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Toshimo posted:You put it on an opposing creature, dipshits. It's even depicted in the art come on guys.
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Angry Grimace posted:I guess you just put it on Siege Rhino. When you're playing 4 colors. You put it on an opponent's Siege Rhino and watch them never attack with it ever. And with all of this high quality burn, I'm thinking Satyr Firedancer may see a resurgence. Him and Soulfire as two drops and just all the burn until you drop Thunderbreak Regent/Stormbreath.
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Toshimo posted:You put it on an opposing creature, dipshits. Or this... Yeah i just thought it's awesome Siege Rhino hate. Beaten.
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AlternateNu posted:You put it on an opponent's Siege Rhino and watch them never attack with it ever. That makes way more sense. Count Bleck posted:Hot drat! I can't believe they have 2 Mythics with Formidable on it. That just reeks of "we couldn't think of anything that sounded Mythic so we stapled a big splashy win-more onto a regular rare." Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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There is still a cycle of rare lands to be revealed right?
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mcmagic posted:There is still a cycle of rare lands to be revealed right? What makes you think there HAS to be a rare land cycle?
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Angry Grimace posted:What makes you think there HAS to be a rare land cycle? Isn't there usually a rare cycle in a big set?
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mcmagic posted:Isn't there usually a rare cycle in a big set? I don't think ROE had one, did it?
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Well hello there! That's a real shot in the arm for control
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The Lord of Hats posted:Well hello there! That's a real shot in the arm for control Nah. Disdainful Stroke is just much better.
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AlternateNu posted:You put it on an opponent's Siege Rhino and watch them never attack with it ever. It's a Guard Duty that costs twice as much mana and that your opponent can choose to ignore and attack through anyway if it becomes profitable for them. I guess it's a rare for complexity reasons, because power-level wise it's an uncommon at best in a Limited environment. No way it sees any play outside of gimmicking with ETB triggers.
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The Lord of Hats posted:Well hello there! That's a real shot in the arm for control Control runs how many actual dragons?
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