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Attorney at Funk posted:That, and they've made some high-profile mistakes with where to put powerful reprints in recent years - between Thoughtseize/Mutavault and the fetches with BFZ duals I think they're feeling pretty burnt on the whole endeavor. And now we get Masterpieces instead. Thoughtsieze wasn't the mistake, packrat was.
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Thundermaw Hellkite is the strongest card from RTR standard that I could imagine getting another run in the future. Sphinx's Rev, Thragtusk, Resto Angel, Boros Reckoner, Lingering Souls are all done forever.
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I don't think Boros Reckoner was ever really overpowered in standard.
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I could see them reprinting, like... Loxodon Smiter.
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Entropic posted:That's such a weird random thing to add to the ability. I guess if you don't draw a land, you can bounce and replay a tapped land to get an extra mana for the turn. And you can bounce cycling lands to pitch if you're really flooded. It puts you at +2 cards in hand to make it easier to attack. I assume that's the reasoning behind it.
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Attorney at Funk posted:I could see them reprinting, like... Loxodon Smiter. They just did, except its a cat snake instead of an elephant
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The mini-synergy it has with the Bicycle lands is kind of cool. I still think it is only good out of the board for control mirrors.
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I could easily see a Restoration Angel reprint in the future, though?
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They wouldn't print an instant flicker effect attached to a creature in standard, that has too much potential for infinite combos.
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mossyfisk posted:I hear the opposite, that it's 'return a land, you may draw a card' The may is attached to the return a land part
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Rinkles posted:
Couple of pages late, but I'm pretty sure this is rare due to exert. Getting your exerted creature back at instant speed w/lifelink and beefier seems super good. If exert wasn't a thing the card would be significantly worse. Guess we'll see when more exert creatures get revealed.
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I actually wish Drake Haven were an uncommon that they could power down by making it 3U and/or pump out 1/1 flying thopters, just so there's a higher chance to see one in limited. Build-around enchantments are what make limited so fun.
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I hope there are a shitload of one mana cyclers in this set but I'm not optimistic, I think they're going to have at least a cycle of them though.
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The all-caps STAPpa on Italian cards will never stop looking like an Alpha-era printing error to me.
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Entropic posted:The all-caps STAPpa on Italian cards will never stop looking like an Alpha-era printing error to me. Why can't/don't they use the tap symbol in italian?
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Entropic posted:The all-caps STAPpa on Italian cards will never stop looking like an Alpha-era printing error to me. It's a funny byproduct of the language and its slang--the 's' is used like a prefix on words to denote an opposite--so instead of saying "che fortuna!" to say "what (good) luck!", you could add the 's' and say "che sfortuna!" which means "what (bad/poo poo) luck!" It gets hilarious when you consider that "figa" is northen Italian slang for "pussy," and that instead of saying "che sfortuna" to mean bad luck, they say "che sfiga" instead SoftNum posted:Why can't/don't they use the tap symbol in italian? They do, but "tap" isn't a word in Italian and STAPpare refers to untapping. e: so they make up the word--TAPpare (infinitive form)--then also use the common reversal suffix to invent the opposite--STAPpare (to untap). In this case, the card says "UNTAP target creature," which wouldn't use the symbol TheChirurgeon fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Apr 4, 2017 |
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Is using all caps for invented words a thing in Italian?
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dragon enthusiast posted:Is using all caps for invented words a thing in Italian? Not really. It's done in this case to make it clear that it's a game-specific term. "Stappare" is already a verb in Italian and generally means unblocking/uncorking e: By extension "tappare" means to block/cork something, but the word as used doesn't make sense for Magic. But the desire to keep similar terms means having to jump through some odd hoops during the localization process to keep some word similar to "tap"
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Rinkles posted:According to Rosewater there are no black embalm creatures. Focused on UW but present in all others except B. This is one of the original reanimation spells:  White is secondary in reanimating creatures, but the flavor in it is usually an act of holiness and healing rather than summoning a horde of undead to do your bidding (Unburial Rites uses white in its flashback cost, but the card's black and there are clearly ulterior motives in it). In Amonkhet, I would say that embalming creatures is about preservation.
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Star Man posted:This is one of the original reanimation spells: When you resurrect for all of the wrong reasons. "But I brought you back from the dead, I'm a nice guy!?"
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DangerDongs posted:When you resurrect for all of the wrong reasons. "But I brought you back from the dead, I'm a nice guy!?" When was the last time we had a white reanimation spell? Defy Death is the last that springs to my mind. I guess we had rally the ancestors, but that wasn't a specific target.
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RembrandtQEinstein posted:When was the last time we had a white reanimation spell? Defy Death is the last that springs to my mind. I guess we had rally the ancestors, but that wasn't a specific target. Refurbish  These days, white reanimates artifacts, enchantments, and small creatures generally to separate it from black resurrection.
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RembrandtQEinstein posted:When was the last time we had a white reanimation spell? Defy Death is the last that springs to my mind. I guess we had rally the ancestors, but that wasn't a specific target. straight up creature reanimation only? the last one was Bruna.
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YggdrasilTM posted:straight up creature reanimation only? the last one was Bruna. ....Refurbish?
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YggdrasilTM posted:straight up creature reanimation only? the last one was Bruna. Ah, yeah. I knew I was forgetting something. She's still super specific, but that makes sense as you're really only looking for one target with her Elyv posted:Refurbish Yeah, I wasn't counting enchantment or artifact return as we've had a fair amount of that. I was more thinking along the lines of resurrection/breath of life where you can nab a specific creature from the graveyard.
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Star Man posted:This is one of the original reanimation spells: I love the backgrounds of Dan Frazier's art. Like you cross-sectioned some cool mineral and then painted on it.
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Salvor_Hardin posted:I love the backgrounds of Dan Frazier's art. Like you cross-sectioned some cool mineral and then painted on it. It's marble paper. http://www.dickblick.com/products/black-ink-thai-marbled-mulberry-papers/
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Jesus was black
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dragon enthusiast posted:Jesus was black Maybe Orzhov...?
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dragon enthusiast posted:Jesus was black YggdrasilTM posted:Maybe Orzhov...? he was antiestablishment, so more like mardu
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Elyv posted:
I think this is pretty good actually. Would you play an enchantment that is 2U and Activates for 3U to draw a card in your Torrential Gearhulk deck so you basically never waste the mana you're keeping up? I think so.
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mcmagic posted:I think this is pretty good actually. Would you play an enchantment that is 2U and Activates for 3U to draw a card in your Torrential Gearhulk deck so you basically never waste the mana you're keeping up? I think so. The format would need to be slowed down drastically for this to be a reasonable card. If you tap out for this with 4 or 5 cards in hand on turn 3 and the opponent just slams Gideon with a creature and a vehicle in play, you're pretty disadvantaged even if you can untap and activate to attack Gideon. It'll be a pretty good sideboard card for control mirrors until people change their removal suites to be able to answer it.
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Hellsau posted:The format would need to be slowed down drastically for this to be a reasonable card. If you tap out for this with 4 or 5 cards in hand on turn 3 and the opponent just slams Gideon with a creature and a vehicle in play, you're pretty disadvantaged even if you can untap and activate to attack Gideon. It does block Gideon pretty good on T5 and going forward though these kind of decks don't want to be picking up their lands... It does also depends on what the rest of the set looks like. Cast Out seems amazing to play with this.
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Not counting the meld Bruna which was only angels and humans, Defy Death doesn't have any restrictions and gave you a bonus for getting an angel.
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Bugsy posted:Not counting the meld Bruna which was only angels and humans, Defy Death doesn't have any restrictions and gave you a bonus for getting an angel. Also Return to the Ranks. Target X creatures with cmc 2 or less. edit: whoops. You said "doesn't have any restriction".
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mcmagic posted:It does block Gideon pretty good on T5 and going forward though these kind of decks don't want to be picking up their lands... It does also depends on what the rest of the set looks like. Cast Out seems amazing to play with this. I haven't been playing standard lately, how are you getting to 7 cards in hand on T5 and not just dying on board?
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muon posted:I haven't been playing standard lately, how are you getting to 7 cards in hand on T5 and not just dying on board? You're casting this on T3 and Glimmer of Genius on T4 or Activating this and picking up a land... The card is definitely slow but it's too early to say what the format will look like.
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muon posted:I haven't been playing standard lately, how are you getting to 7 cards in hand on T5 and not just dying on board? WotC please print bouncelands at common with basic land types
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