Babylon Astronaut posted:

I'll buy that, but blue's card draw is less powerful compared to what? As a long time player, it seems like between RTR and now been extremely powerful blue card draw.

Count Bleck posted:

This is exactly why I ignore people's comments about new cards and bulk buy dumb poo poo like Goblin Rabblemaster when everyone keeps telling me it's a bulk rare and I shouldn't be wasting my nickels.

That was a good release weekend.

Algid posted:

I really don't understand how people didn't see rabblemaster was a great card. It's not only good as is, it was printed into a standard with a very obvious monored shell for it to go in.

Sickening posted:

i still put him in as a one of in jund all the time for FNM. Honestly, he always seems great when I get him out on turn 3 even in modern. He honestly should be a card people play.

Entropic posted:

Every color is the worst, every standard is the worst, every format is the worst, I don't know why we even play this wretched game, it's clearly terrible.

Sickening posted:

i still put him in as a one of in jund all the time for FNM. Honestly, he always seems great when I get him out on turn 3 even in modern. He honestly should be a card people play.

Entropic posted:

Every color is the worst, every standard is the worst, every format is the worst, I don't know why we even play this wretched game, it's clearly terrible.

C-Euro posted:

I had him in my Modern Goblins list as a pseudo-Piledriver, then actual Piledriver became Modern-legal and I haven't looked back. I held on to my copies though, someday I'll try it again.

NofrikinfuN posted:

What's the viability of a deck that pitches Newmrakul into the graveyard, puts it back on top of your library with Not Forgotten, then draws into it with Sorin's +1? Too much setup?

Also, is reanimating her with Ever After too costly to be any good? It seems like being able to exist in a graveyard could be a mixed blessing over the original.

NofrikinfuN posted:

What's the viability of a deck that pitches Newmrakul into the graveyard, puts it back on top of your library with Not Forgotten, then draws into it with Sorin's +1? Too much setup?

Also, is reanimating her with Ever After too costly to be any good? It seems like being able to exist in a graveyard could be a mixed blessing over the original.

Rinkles posted:

Does virtually every half critical discussion in this thread have to end on some variation of "you're all whiners"?

Irony Be My Shield posted:

Blue has been getting nothing but garbage like Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time for ages.

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rabidsquid posted:

Historically speaking, other than elves, green has struggled the least with dying to nameless inversion.

rabidsquid posted:

Blue actually can't do anything about Nameless Inversion, because of Crucible of Worlds and Boseiju.

Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:

rabidsquid posted:

That card isnt standard legal

InterrupterJones posted:

mfcrocker posted:

Holy gently caress.

mfcrocker posted:

Holy gently caress.

Elyv posted:

I think we already knew the first two but whatever. FNM promos for July/August/September, in that order:

GeneX posted:

It's me, the guy who is here to say that green has been an integral part of every single top deck from Innistrad/RTR through now with the exception of weird-rear end RTR/Theros standard full of nothing but devotion decks + the best deck that went away after that rotation.

Some Numbers posted:

Wow, finally some decent FNM cards.

Ciprian Maricon posted:

Those are two kick rear end promos, I hope they are given out at conferences because zero judges I know have ever gotten an Exemplar nomination.

Serperoth posted:

The Mana Drain and Azusa are Exemplar promos.