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Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

that frog is me

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Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

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

i don't think i get the flavor-to-gameplay connection

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

Rinkles posted:

i don't think i get the flavor-to-gameplay connection

lil hunter gets eaten by big dinosaur

wizzardstaff
Apr 6, 2018

Zorch! Splat! Pow!

Rinkles posted:

i don't think i get the flavor-to-gameplay connection

It only kills small things that are easy to pick on, but a "small" CMC can mean a tiny critter or a full-sized human. Also it has cycling.

Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

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

Kurtofan posted:

lil hunter gets eaten by big dinosaur

i was thinking maybe the cycling originally had a triggered effect that only killed even smaller things

long-ass nips Diane
Dec 13, 2010

Breathe.

Rinkles posted:

i was thinking maybe the cycling originally had a triggered effect that only killed even smaller things

You're overthinking things

PJOmega
May 5, 2009

Rinkles posted:

i don't think i get the flavor-to-gameplay connection

There's always a bigger fish.

shades of blue
Sep 27, 2012

wtf

PJOmega
May 5, 2009

Rinkles posted:

i was thinking maybe the cycling originally had a triggered effect that only killed even smaller things

I could definitely see the same card with

"cycling 6

If WW was spent to cycle it, destroy target creature with power 4 or greater"

Cuz it'd be the cycle of life.

Or

"Cycling 3

When you cycle this you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, destroy target creature with CMC equal to or less than the sacrificed creature's power"

Call it the life for a life cycle.

dragon enthusiast
Jan 1, 2010

Lets Pickle posted:

Hopefully it targets the player to draw cards as well so it can't get countered if they sack or remove their own targeted creature.

Yes the draw card effect is targeted. The lifegain effect is only you though!

Lone Goat
Apr 16, 2003

When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.




Lone Goat
Apr 16, 2003

When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.





BizarroAzrael
Apr 6, 2006

"That must weigh heavily on your soul. Let me purge it for you."
Polly shouldn't be.

kalvanoo
Apr 29, 2018

look at this lil perv

man this art whips

Sickening
Jul 16, 2007

Black summer was the best summer.

kalvanoo posted:

man this art whips

You aren't loving kidding. Savage for sure.

Tainen
Jan 23, 2004
there they are


Cynic Jester
Apr 11, 2009

Let's put a simile on that face
A dazzling simile
Twinkling like the night sky

Polly got jacked.

Count Bleck
Apr 5, 2010

DISPEL MAGIC!

Tainen posted:

there they are



:captainpop:

Star Man
Jun 1, 2008

There's a star maaaaaan
Over the rainbow
loving excuse me?

Tainen
Jan 23, 2004

Nolgthorn
Jan 30, 2001

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense

So what's the limit on the number of these you can have in a deck, is it 4

TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012

Tainen posted:

there they are




Hachi Machi

AlphaKeny1
Feb 17, 2006

holy poo poo

long-ass nips Diane
Dec 13, 2010

Breathe.

The alt-art on those is loving sick

Tainen
Jan 23, 2004

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
i have never been more confused by seeing these announced and having people get so angry that they're too good

Lone Goat
Apr 16, 2003

When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.




flatluigi posted:

having people get so angry that they're too good

who the gently caress is saying this?

Cactrot
Jan 11, 2001

Go Go Cactus Galactus





Shard versions when wotc.

Count Bleck
Apr 5, 2010

DISPEL MAGIC!

Cactrot posted:

Shard versions when wotc.

Probably when we actually go back to Alara sometime next decade.

Fuzzy Mammal
Aug 15, 2001

Lipstick Apathy
fully sick

boo_radley
Dec 30, 2005

Politeness costs nothing

"Think owlbear, but more... Tropical"

Reik
Mar 8, 2004
I mean, they still have to enter tapped, so they're worse than filter lands.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

Lone Goat posted:

who the gently caress is saying this?

a discord i'm in

apparently it's bad because they're fetchable and any eternal format with fetches is going to want it which means they'll be like $20 and impossible to find in standard

i basically went 'oh, paper prices. ok' and went elsewhere

Star Man
Jun 1, 2008

There's a star maaaaaan
Over the rainbow

Count Bleck posted:

Probably when we actually go back to Alara sometime next decade.

So, never.

Irony Be My Shield
Jul 29, 2012

flatluigi posted:

i have never been more confused by seeing these announced and having people get so angry that they're too good
I don't think they're too good, but keep in mind the last wedge set had a cycle of these:

and they were played pretty extensively. This is a pretty substantial upgrade, and it's the first time you can grab a triland with a fetch in older formats.

Irony Be My Shield fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Apr 9, 2020

Mat Cauthon
Jan 2, 2006

The more tragic things get,
the more I feel like laughing.



Tainen posted:

there they are




That alternate art is beautiful but christ almighty do these lands suck by any reasonable metric.

Bust Rodd
Oct 21, 2008

by VideoGames
They do really make the temples look like wet buckets of dog poo poo don’t they

Count Bleck
Apr 5, 2010

DISPEL MAGIC!

They're a commander player's wet dream; a land that fixes 3 colors and if drawn late, card draw.

shades of blue
Sep 27, 2012

Bust Rodd posted:

They do really make the temples look like wet buckets of dog poo poo don’t they

art wise or gameplay wise? scry 1 is really good.

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AlphaKeny1
Feb 17, 2006

the scry 1 is extremely good in many cases

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