Randaconda posted:

Kill the entire Gatewatch besides Liliana, since she's the only one with a semblance of human motivations and personality.

Baller Ina posted:

Ajani can stay

Witch and the Catman, coming this fall

Tainen posted:

No idea yet but the general plan seems to be to lure all the planeswalkers to Ravnica, use the immortal sun to trap them there, flood the plane with the Eternal army from Amonkhet and then... do something.

The description on the novel makes it sound like the end game is to steal all the sparks.

rkajdi posted:

So some dumb modern theorycrafting:

Between light up a stage and risk factor, red is getting some very strong card draw/advantage. A now skewer the critics is another spell on curve for burn at least at a mana level. Do you think that moving closer to a pure red burn deck in modern is playable? Less creatures (maybe just a set of vexing devils and a lavamancer) and fewer boros spells to accomodate a more simple mana base (fetch + mountains) and playsets of those three spells plus some of the overlooked spells that are high mana/dmg ratio like shard volley. Maybe also browbeat for a similar effect if you think people are actually going to let you draw.

You could probably even go with something more like normal boros burn by trimming things like skullcrack out of the mainboard. You're just tossing creatures and low ratio burn spells for stuff that is going to be going straight to face. I don't know if it's actually good, but the changes are going to be cheap if you already have any risk factors, meaning if you have time to play you might as well try it out.

Irony Be My Shield posted:

Uncommon, one per pack Planeswalkers like Legendaries in Dominaria.

dragon enthusiast posted:

"dozens" of planeswalkers, is this going to be the planeswalker set that wotc has steadfastly denied would ever exist

rkajdi posted:

So some dumb modern theorycrafting:

Between light up a stage and risk factor, red is getting some very strong card draw/advantage. A now skewer the critics is another spell on curve for burn at least at a mana level. Do you think that moving closer to a pure red burn deck in modern is playable? Less creatures (maybe just a set of vexing devils and a lavamancer) and fewer boros spells to accomodate a more simple mana base (fetch + mountains) and playsets of those three spells plus some of the overlooked spells that are high mana/dmg ratio like shard volley. Maybe also browbeat for a similar effect if you think people are actually going to let you draw.

You could probably even go with something more like normal boros burn by trimming things like skullcrack out of the mainboard. You're just tossing creatures and low ratio burn spells for stuff that is going to be going straight to face. I don't know if it's actually good, but the changes are going to be cheap if you already have any risk factors, meaning if you have time to play you might as well try it out.

TheKingofSprings posted:

I think the numbers have been crunched and a deck with Goblin Guide and bolts is much more efficient than a deck with just bolts.

Elyv posted:

People have been messing around with Risk Factor, I haven't had a chance to try it yet. Vexing Devil sucks because it's a punisher card so your opponent will just choose whichever option is better for them. Lavaman is like, not bad, but clearly the fourth best creature since the top 3 all either have haste or pseudo-haste and mana is at a premium in some matchups. You can't play too many Shard Volleys because it's a pseudo 3 mana spell since you still probably need to cast spells afterwards, but you see people play 1-2 sometimes.

Anyway you might be able to move away from white mana after this set comes out, but the question is why would you(assuming budget is not an issue)? In Legacy, Burn also plays PoP and Wastelands are everywhere so there's a real incentive to avoid duals, since a more complicated manabase can gently caress you over. More controlling decks in Modern will try to white screw you, but they're really not that large a percentage of the meta, and you lose access to RiP out of the sideboard. I think monored burn/phoenix will get closer in power level to RW, but still be weaker.

Irony Be My Shield posted:

Uncommon, one per pack Planeswalkers like Legendaries in Dominaria.

Irony Be My Shield posted:

Uncommon, one per pack Planeswalkers like Legendaries in Dominaria.

Tainen posted:

Another possible RAV3 mechanic that would fit in with the Bolas battle.

From an old MaRo article

quote:

During Ravnica design, Richard Garfield had created a new card type he called structures. To reflect the city feel of the set, Richard had come up with the idea of a card type that had enchantment-y / artifact-y type effects but could only be destroyed if it took enough damage from creatures. To allow this, the card type let creatures attack it. The flavor was that there were mystical buildings in the city that had the power to create magical effects, but unlike an enchantment, the building could be destroyed by creatures who could tear it down.

Baller Ina posted:

Next set is a side story at a magical academy

Our focus character? Tamiyo, Lunology Professor

Tainen posted:

Another possible RAV3 mechanic that would fit in with the Bolas battle.

From an old MaRo article

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Bring the Chinese planeswalkers into Standard, it still feels weird that Wizards is making China-only product

AnEdgelord posted:

That mechanic was repurposed into Planeswalkers, we have been living with it for a long time

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Bring the Chinese planeswalkers into Standard, it still feels weird that Wizards is making China-only product


Remember Fortify

GrandpaPants posted:

All creatures are planeswalkers in the set.

Tainen posted:

Dr. Red Ranger posted:

So how well do U/G decks do in limited without something like Wilderness Reclamation? Those goodboyes and adapt abilities are all fairly pricy and blue generally wants to keep mana up for counterspells yes?

The Lord of Hats posted:

Ooh, Captive Audience is a spicy little design. Too expensive to do stuff competitively, but I like it.

Count Bleck posted:

Are Academy Rector shenanigans a thing in any format besides EDH?

Tainen posted:

The ooze lord is pretty sweet. It doesn’t say “each other ooze you Control” like many of these types of cards do so your ooze lord grows at your end step as well.