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Molybdenum: Jun 25, 2007; Melting Point ~2622C

I'm going to present my wife with a foil copy of ever after "hey hon, this is us in one hundred years!"

# ? Mar 24, 2016 20:21

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C-Euro: Mar 20, 2010; Soiled Meat

Bread Set Jettison posted:

Almost kind of sort of not quite black tooth and nail

E: I miss unburial rites

They're holding hands :3:

# ? Mar 24, 2016 20:22

Balon: May 23, 2010; ...my greatest work yet.

I feel there's a breakable combo with Ever After, Woodland Bellower, and something else.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 20:49

80s James Hetfield: Jan 20, 2004; METAL UP YOUR ASS

Kalli posted:

More or less unrelated but man Bonds of Faith was a cool and good card.

bonds of faith on invisible stalker ftw

# ? Mar 24, 2016 20:58

Rinkles: Oct 24, 2010; What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

# ? Mar 24, 2016 20:59

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

How could the art be so cool looking in this set and so lovely looking in the last block lol

# ? Mar 24, 2016 20:59

LifeLynx: Feb 27, 2001; Dang so this is like looking over his shoulder in real-time; Grimey Drawer

Something about this card, probably the super realistic art compared to the last printing's, made me think it was a Photoshop and someone stuck a still from a movie in there. I was trying to figure out what movie it was from to see if I could figure out the joke when I realized it was a new reprint.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:03

Trilas: Sep 16, 2004

Rinkles posted:

Is that a mouth growing out of the side of his head?

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:03

Rinkles: Oct 24, 2010; What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

mcmagic posted:

How could the art be so cool looking in this set and so lovely looking in the last block lol

Either someone at wizards really likes and cares about Innistrand as a setting, and/or understands that so does the fanbase, or they took our complaints to heart.

ORI/BFZ development problems also probably rippled into the art production

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:06

Yawgmoth: Sep 10, 2003; This post is cursed!

Trilas posted:

Is that a mouth growing out of the side of his head?

Where else are the voices gonna come from, hmmm?

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:07

Elyv: Jun 14, 2013

Rinkles posted:

I don't get the flavor here. She's a pacifist until she has someone strong on her side?

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:09

Attorney at Funk: Jun 3, 2008; ...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.

GeneX posted:

That's not a gain, reanimation decks are great and besides, the current assortment os such spells are, ah, rather lacking.

It dates back to the original Eldrazi titans, which had cast triggers to incentivize ramping to them and shuffle triggers to discourage cheating them into play. The fact that they're not as good reanimated as they are when they're hardcast is a feature of the design, and it's a big part of what lets them print a 15 drop in the first place

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:09

Captain Capitalism: Jul 28, 2009

Rinkles posted:

I know it's been said a thousand times already, but I'm actually liking the flavor text on cards in this set. Also, glad to see our good buddy the mad prophet back.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:10

Attorney at Funk: Jun 3, 2008; ...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.

Rinkles posted:

This is a really cool reprint given that the original foreshadowed this block.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:11

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Attorney at Funk posted:

This is a really cool reprint given that the original foreshadowed this block.

Rarity shifted huh?

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:11

Madmarker: Jan 7, 2007

mcmagic posted:

Rarity shifted huh?

Looting is much more powerful in a set with madness.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:12

Captain Capitalism: Jul 28, 2009

mcmagic posted:

Rarity shifted huh?

Probably because of madness. This is a great card to enable that.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:13

Attorney at Funk: Jun 3, 2008; ...the person who says honestly that he despairs is closer to being cured than all those who are not regarded as despairing by themselves or others.

mcmagic posted:

Rarity shifted huh?

That's how I knew the reprint was real and not a mockup with a photo in it.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:13

Kunzelman: Dec 26, 2007; Lord Shaper

The Innistrad episodes of Drive to Work make it pretty clear that Wizards thinks that Innistrad itself was responsible for that massive bump in playerbase that happened with the set came out (along with the shift toward New World Order design), and with that in mind it isn't super surprising that the set feels like there's a lot more oomph behind it. I have really enjoyed all of the puzzles / animated website / other interesting stuff that they're doing, and I wish that happened more often.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:14

Lets Pickle: Jul 9, 2007

Rinkles posted:

That poor bird

Also, to everyone who does prereleases and Limited: Make sure you know whether your Zombie tokens come into play tapped or not! There's a bunch of cards in the set where they do and a bunch where they don't.

Lets Pickle fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Mar 24, 2016

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:15

Entropic: Feb 21, 2007; patriarchy sucks

I think the spoiler season for this set has been really well done, they've done a good job of giving us a steady stream of interesting cards to argue about.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:18

Dungeon Ecology: Feb 9, 2011

it helps that it hasnt been a shitshow of posturing and bans due to early leaks

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:20

Lets Pickle: Jul 9, 2007

There seem to be more Mythics than usual this set. I count 16 regular + 2 double-faced cards. Usually there are only 15 in a set. We also haven't seen a single multicolored uncommon, I hope those are still in.

Lets Pickle fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Mar 24, 2016

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:21

Sarmhan: Nov 1, 2011

New cards:

Strictly better savage surge, the best trick we've seen so far.

Common support for that U/R spell deck they want to be draftable. Only needs 1 spell to be solid, but gets silly very rapidly. Also very scary to block.
Also, I'm calling this Hot Dog forever.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:23

Elyv: Jun 14, 2013

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:23

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Green in this set is very meh.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:26

Wurzag: Jun 3, 2007; Bad Moons, Bad Moons, wot ya gonna do?

antagonist of SOI block confirmed as five legged shrew

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:35

suicidesteve: Jan 4, 2006; "Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends.

sarmhan posted:

Common support for that U/R spell deck they want to be draftable. Only needs 1 spell to be solid, but gets silly very rapidly. Also very scary to block.
Also, I'm calling this Hot Dog forever.

I don't know if that UR pauper deck wants this card, but I hope not. I hate that deck.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:37

Meatbag Esq.: May 3, 2006; Hmm which internet meme should go here again?

Rinkles posted:

Somebody is confused. Ferocious was several sets ago and is rotating...

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:37

Sarmhan: Nov 1, 2011

suicidesteve posted:

I don't know if that UR pauper deck wants this card, but I hope not. I hate that deck.

Nah, that pauper deck is aiming for turn 4 kills. The removal is too good for this to survive.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:39

Niton: Oct 21, 2010; Your Lord and Savior has finally arrived!

..got any kibble?

sarmhan posted:

Common support for that U/R spell deck they want to be draftable. Only needs 1 spell to be solid, but gets silly very rapidly. Also very scary to block.
Also, I'm calling this Hot Dog forever.

I wouldn't be surprised to see this one show up in Constructed somewhere. A permanently growing "prowess" card with Trample seems very strong.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:40

Fish Of Doom: Aug 18, 2004; I'm too awake for this to be a nightmare

Rinkles posted:

Man, Christopher Guest is pissed.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:41

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Niton posted:

I wouldn't be surprised to see this one show up in Constructed somewhere. A permanently growing "prowess" card with Trample seems very strong.

It's too expensive for Prowess decks.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:43

Symphonie: Dec 24, 2010; lol just flamestrike it idk

Niton posted:

I wouldn't be surprised to see this one show up in Constructed somewhere. A permanently growing "prowess" card with Trample seems very strong.

It's a 4 mana 2/3.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:43

suicidesteve: Jan 4, 2006; "Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends.

sarmhan posted:

Nah, that pauper deck is aiming for turn 4 kills. The removal is too good for this to survive.

Hmm, for some reason I thought this was a 2 mana 2/2. Yeah definitely not.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:46

Sarmhan: Nov 1, 2011

Even more commons:

Easier to cast Ampryn Tactician , probably good in the green/white humans decks.

Obligatory 3/1, not a human though

Best common green removal spell ever?

The zombie decks want to go long, so this is could be ok. Still meh though. Kinda awkward that you want it to die, but it's bad at trading.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:47

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

Fight cards that don't pump your guy are usually meh. Inspiring Cap is awesome.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:49