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Marketing New Brain
Apr 26, 2008

Lone Goat posted:

If you want to stay mono-black you'd need to have a really REALLY good reason to not dip into any of the available multicolour cards, and Dread Shade ain't it.

Cabal Stronghold is definitely a reason, and Blast Zone gives mono black a way to deal with any permanent type. There's no Corrupt style payoff so I don't think it's worth it but it's already sort of a meme deck, I could see it being more competitive.

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Fantastic Foreskin
Jan 6, 2013

A golden helix streaked skyward from the Helvault. A thunderous explosion shattered the silver monolith and Avacyn emerged, free from her prison at last.

These are cool but id love to see some c. 1995 Ken Sugmori art.

Kild
Apr 24, 2010

There's also Lich which is hard to remove without contempt, Spawn of Mayhem and Citadel.

Lone Goat
Apr 16, 2003

When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.




Marketing New Brain posted:

Cabal Stronghold is definitely a reason, and Blast Zone gives mono black a way to deal with any permanent type. There's no Corrupt style payoff so I don't think it's worth it but it's already sort of a meme deck, I could see it being more competitive.

Cabal Stronghold isn't a reason because you have to Do Something with all that mana. What's the actual payoff?


Kild posted:

There's also Lich which is hard to remove without contempt, Spawn of Mayhem and Citadel.

You can play Lich outside a mono black deck though. Remember that Niv Mizzet was comfortably played in a UWR deck before Ravnica Allegiance was out.

Vorpal Cat
Mar 19, 2009

Oh god what did I just post?
Mabey the solution for dual lands is to put the focus more on the "Dual" aspect

{NAME}
Land - Plains Island
When you play ~ clash with an opponent. if that opponent wins ~ enters tapped

Yawgmoth
Sep 10, 2003

This post is cursed!

mandatory lesbian posted:

Like seriously junji ito doing the person with smoke for a face would be sweet
Pretty sure WotC doesn't want people crying tears of blood when they get a promo.

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:
This Promo Card. It was made for me!

Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem
Maybe the poison-as-a-drawback thing could work in an environment with Proliferate.

Sickening
Jul 16, 2007

Black summer was the best summer.
Does the The Wanderer have other cards just like it already in print? Phyrexian Unlife is similar but not exact.

Pharohman777
Jan 14, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
Sorin looks like just stepped off the box art of a castlevania game, and I love it.

Liliana done by the guy who did the art for classic final fantasy games looks amazing.

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca

Sickening posted:

Does the The Wanderer have other cards just like it already in print? Phyrexian Unlife is similar but not exact.
Mark of Asylum, Tajic

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Sickening posted:

Does the The Wanderer have other cards just like it already in print? Phyrexian Unlife is similar but not exact.

https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%22prevent+all+noncombat+damage%22&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name

It's been on a few cards but only specifies creatures, not to players

Pharohman777
Jan 14, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
https://twitter.com/ghirapurigears/status/1120528531308650496

https://twitter.com/ghirapurigears/status/1120498314636607488

https://twitter.com/ghirapurigears/status/1120485496994578438


Some background on the Japanese planeswalker artists.

A gunpla artist doing karn is perfect.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



I was already planning a deck with Arlinn Kord in it, I want that alt art on Arena!

Pharohman777
Jan 14, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
The foils of the alt-art Japanese planeswalkers are gonna be so, so expensive.

Vorpal Cat
Mar 19, 2009

Oh god what did I just post?

Pharohman777 posted:

Some background on the Japanese planeswalker artists.

A gunpla artist doing karn is perfect.

On the other end of the spectrum you have:

https://twitter.com/ghirapurigears/status/1120510587342082049

"Who should we get to draw Nissa? "
"How about a guy who draws girls with broken spines and lots of fanservice?"
*not hearing first half of that sentence* "Sounds Good."

Edit: The crop manages to hide her severe case of scoliosis, here's the full art in all its r/badwomensanatomy glory

Vorpal Cat fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Apr 23, 2019

Hellsau
Jan 14, 2010

NEVER FUCKING TAKE A NIGHT OFF CLAN WARS.
Full art for Vraska is way better than the crop:

https://twitter.com/ovopack/status/1120502161866207234

e: also i don't know why they don't use the transparent text box that they use on promos on stuff like this and expeditions

Pharohman777
Jan 14, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
https://twitter.com/mtgjp/status/1120530237870231554

Yoshitaki amano liliana sleeves.

https://twitter.com/nablange/status/1120504936284999680

In the full art Dovin is riding a thopter

Star Man
Jun 1, 2008

There's a star maaaaaan
Over the rainbow

Hellsau posted:

Full art for Vraska is way better than the crop:

https://twitter.com/ovopack/status/1120502161866207234

e: also i don't know why they don't use the transparent text box that they use on promos on stuff like this and expeditions

My educated guess is that there's enough text on planeswalkers that it would be visually distracting with the underlying artwork. The bands also help make it easier to tell the loyalty abilities apart.

Hellsau
Jan 14, 2010

NEVER FUCKING TAKE A NIGHT OFF CLAN WARS.
Full-size Amano Liliana is excellent.

wait, Liliana is Golbez.

Pharohman777
Jan 14, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
Oh, now I see the issue with the nissa art.

Trying to follow the legs to the body ends with my eyes getting lost in the skirt trying to connect the parts of her body in a way that makes sense.

Hellsau
Jan 14, 2010

NEVER FUCKING TAKE A NIGHT OFF CLAN WARS.

Pharohman777 posted:

Oh, now I see the issue with the nissa art.

Trying to follow the legs to the body ends with my eyes getting lost in the skirt trying to connect the parts of her body in a way that makes sense.

Yeah it's a real dire composition.

Vorpal Cat
Mar 19, 2009

Oh god what did I just post?

Pharohman777 posted:

Oh, now I see the issue with the nissa art.

Trying to follow the legs to the body ends with my eyes getting lost in the skirt trying to connect the parts of her body in a way that makes sense.

Zendikar elves are well know for their ability to dislocate their spine and reattach it a different part of their hips as needed.

Chill la Chill
Jul 2, 2007

Don't lose your gay


At first I wanted to split a box with a friend, but now I just want a set of art prints.

Pharohman777
Jan 14, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
What I like about the vraska alt-art is the shiny gold bands of scales in her snaketail hair.

Its very striking, and a good use of color.

Silhouette
Nov 16, 2002

SONIC BOOM!!!

Vorpal Cat posted:

Mabey the solution for dual lands is to put the focus more on the "Dual" aspect

{NAME}
Land - Plains Island
When you play ~ clash with an opponent. if that opponent wins ~ enters tapped

more like duel lands


Blood-Spattered Overlook

Land - Forest Mountain

Add R or G

Fisticuffs (when this card enters the battlefield, fistfight your goddamn opponent. If you cry first, you a lil bitch and this card enters the battlefield tapped.)

Hellsau
Jan 14, 2010

NEVER FUCKING TAKE A NIGHT OFF CLAN WARS.
More like fuel lands:

Goddamn Cardboard
Land - Swamp Mountain
If this would enter the battlefield, you may set it on fire. If you do not, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Buffis
Apr 29, 2006

I paid for this
Fallen Rib
Self Correcting Swamptain
Land - Swamp Mountain
If this card is worth more than 10$ on cardmarket, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem
bold move, giving the non-blue colour pairings better duals

Barry Shitpeas
Dec 17, 2003

there is no need
to be upset

Winner POTM July 2013
no 👏anime 👏in 👏 magic

Silhouette
Nov 16, 2002

SONIC BOOM!!!

counterpoint: more anime in magic

Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?
How are they distributing these?

Hellsau
Jan 14, 2010

NEVER FUCKING TAKE A NIGHT OFF CLAN WARS.

Barry Shitpeas posted:

no 👏anime 👏in 👏 magic

No anime in magic.

More manga in magic. That Arlinn would be excellent as a normal MTG card.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS

Rinkles posted:

How are they distributing these?

50% chance of alt art Planeswalker in every Japanese booster, which can be ordered by any store world wide

Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

Eej posted:

50% chance of alt art Planeswalker in every Japanese booster, which can be ordered by any store world wide

Wow, that's generous by their standards.

Silhouette
Nov 16, 2002

SONIC BOOM!!!

That Amano Liliana is gonna be worth soooooooo much money.

I really want Arlinn, Karn, Lili, Kaya, Ashiok, Saheeli, Sarkhan, Vivien, Ugin, Jaya, Tibalt, Ral, Tamiyo, Angrath, Kiora, Vraska and that Castlevania as gently caress Sorin. The rest range from bland (Teferi) to eh (Ajani, sadly) to awful (what the gently caress is going on with Nahiri's face).

Retromancer
Aug 21, 2007
Probation
Can't post for 6 hours!
gently caress, I told myself I would never buy non-double matte sleeves again, but that Amano Lili art is just too good.

BizarroAzrael
Apr 6, 2006

"That must weigh heavily on your soul. Let me purge it for you."

Silhouette posted:

That Amano Liliana is gonna be worth soooooooo much money.

I really want Arlinn, Karn, Lili, Kaya, Ashiok, Saheeli, Sarkhan, Vivien, Ugin, Jaya, Tibalt, Ral, Tamiyo, Angrath, Kiora, Vraska and that Castlevania as gently caress Sorin. The rest range from bland (Teferi) to eh (Ajani, sadly) to awful (what the gently caress is going on with Nahiri's face).

Main thing going for Nahiri is that it corresponds to Sorin. I dislike how Tamiyo's overlays the frame, but it looks good on Vivian's.

Bolas's is lame though, not as good as the main one. What gives there?

Pharohman777
Jan 14, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
The sorin/nahiri art is actually a cool paired piece.

The perspective of the viewer is from a point directly in between them.

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Buffis
Apr 29, 2006

I paid for this
Fallen Rib

Pharohman777 posted:

The sorin/nahiri art is actually a cool paired piece.

The perspective of the viewer is from a point directly in between them.

Would have been cool if the nahiri art didn’t look like bad fanart.

Some of these are great though.

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