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Another day of unexciting spoilers? Is WotC just saving all the exciting stuff for later on? Isn't one of the keys to a spoiler season trying to hype people up? This spoiler season seems like it's missing the mark by a lot.
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Apr 4, 2017 15:54
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Nest of Scarabs is looking kind of disgusting with all these cheap green creatures that make a million -1/-1 counters. If it wasn't a 3 drop it would be so sweet.
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Apr 4, 2017 16:05
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Okay, thank you for a cycling payoff card WotC. Drake Haven looks pretty exciting. Also combos really well with Collective Brutality. I kinda dig it.
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Apr 4, 2017 16:10
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Elyv posted:
That's uh. Why does it have to be Azure Mage? I like it but it's so dang expensive to activate and getting to 7 cards in hand is kind of hard in this Standard. Without an X card draw spell, I don't see how you can easily enable this.
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Apr 4, 2017 16:31
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GeneX posted:Ideally they reprint sphinx's rev Do you really think WotC will reprint Sphinx's Revelation? Have they even printed a scaling card draw spell since RTR?
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Apr 4, 2017 16:40
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TheChirurgeon posted:Yes, but not in this set--it would have been an Invocation. I suspect it'll be in the Hour of Devastation invocations, 10% chance to show up in that set. BSZ and Stroke both saw play. It's mostly the instant speed ones that are very good; it's hard to fully abuse Mind Spring/Braingeyser. Instant speed x draw spells are powerful because they are insanely good late game.
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Apr 4, 2017 16:59
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mandatory lesbian posted:what kind of a dumbass complaint is this, just because they don't print an X draw spell every set doesn't suddenly mean they've decided to never print one ever again I mean, it's kind of in line with the current design philosophy of avoiding very durdly blue control decks. It's also been, what, four and a half years since RTR was printed? In that time we haven't gotten a single x draw spell. Epiphany really, really doesn't count. Epiphany scales pretty drat poorly and doesn't have the late game power of a x draw spell. It looks like one, but it doesn't do the same thing.
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Apr 4, 2017 17:07
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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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Apr 4, 2017 17:58
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Jabor posted:You attack it. It does require a pretty developed board to deal with it
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Apr 5, 2017 16:03
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Permanents dying to removal doesn't seem like the best way to criticize this card tbh. In my mind, the weakest thing about it is that it will never generate card advantage. It can lock down a creature and force your opponent to dig for an answer, but it can't leave anything behind. It's still very powerful, but it's not the best 3 mana Planeswalker ever printed.
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Apr 5, 2017 16:25
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mcmagic posted:That isn't how planeswalkers work. It sits on the table and generates more card advantage as it sits there because you only pay for it once. If it blanks a creature for 2 turns that is already card advantage. No. This Gideon cannot ever deal with an opponents card permanently. If you blank a creature for 2 turns, it's still going to be there on the third. This doesn't leave anything behind if it's removed, regardless of how long it's on the battlefield, therefore it does not provide card advantage. This Gideon is essentially a 1WW 4/4 with upside.
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Apr 5, 2017 16:37
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mcmagic posted:You actually will play other cards in your deck though and you can actually use Gideon's abilities differently when it is to your advantage to do so based on the game situation... Those are all true and 100% irrelevant things. Gideon of the Trials does not have the ability to generate card advantage.
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Apr 5, 2017 16:41
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Ein Sexmonster posted:I think new Gideon is pretty bad actually. He's a win more that offers little value on his own. Just think of him as a 4/4 that can sometimes be a Pacifism and sometimes randomly hate out some decks g1. He's still very good, just not the best thing since putting butter on your sliced bread.
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Apr 5, 2017 16:44
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Ein Sexmonster posted:Oh yea I'm not saying he's a healthy card. I just think he's way too easy to answer and offers no ongoing value. Isn't this the equivalent of saying it dies to removal? Obviously this is true and that's what makes the card not quite insane but still good. A 4/4 that resists sorcery speed interaction that can also be a Pacifism and also can randomly lock people out of a game is still very good.
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Apr 5, 2017 16:50
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3 mana enchantment that does nothing to impact the board? I'm gonna go with a hard no on this card's playability.
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Apr 6, 2017 00:58
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It's definitely theoretically possible that the card ends up being playable, I just don't see it happening. It's expensive and unimpactful except for very niche situations in a format where not being impactful will lose you games. Maybe I'm wrong, I just can't justify spending so much mana with the hope that I'll be able to assemble a not game winning combo. To be fair, I'll definitely jam this plus Wheel of Fate into Storm because that interaction is sick as heck. I don't expect it to be good, but I'll try it anyway. shades of blue fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Apr 6, 2017 |
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Apr 6, 2017 01:12
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I would not be surprised if they spiked now because of crazy speculators and then dropped later because it's not actually that good of a combo. AV is definitely playable though so feel free to pick em up.
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Apr 6, 2017 01:45
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So we can now play 8 cards that give you 1/1s whenever a -1/-1 counter is put on a creature? There has to be a deck that abuses that, right?
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Apr 6, 2017 18:50
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If this becomes a tier 1 deck, Modern will be the greatest format on the earth.
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Apr 8, 2017 02:00
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AceClown posted:$1,283.94 What am Modern Masters? It's also probably relevant to note that the majority of the price in that deck is in the 4 Goyfs and 3 Baubles; put together, those cost $500. There are also tons of less expensive decks you're welcome to play; cherry picking the most expensive decks in a format in order to make a claim about the price barrier being insane is pretty unreasonable. There's also the fact that prices are set more or less by scarcity and demand. That's just how poo poo works, dude.
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Apr 8, 2017 17:40
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I suppose he's talking about Mentor aka the best deck in the format by far? There aren't any other recent cards that people really complain about.
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Apr 8, 2017 19:04
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Errant Gin Monks posted:The format changes a lot. For instance the new BUG build is different. Eldrazi is a thing that exists now. Monastery Mentor, Swiftspear, Fatal Push, Tasigur, Gurmag Angler, JVP, Tireless Tracker, Thought Knot Seer, Reality Smasher, Sanctum Prelate, Recruiter of the Guard, Palace Jailer, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Council's Judgement, Scavenging Ooze, Baleful Strix, Shardless Agent, Warping Wail, Kolaghan's Command, Walking Balista, I'm probably missing stuff but you get the point. There are tons of new cards added to Legacy all the time.
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Apr 8, 2017 19:11
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I feel bad for the D&T player who missed on lands for a bunch of turns so he couldn't Council's Judgement that Batterskull.
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Apr 9, 2017 20:50
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Errant Gin Monks posted:I feel good watching 4 color decks and BUG get blown out by bloodmoon though. I feel bad watching the Miracle decks Bloodmoon people.
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Apr 9, 2017 21:18
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Never to Return is probably stone unplayable because of Heart of Kiran and Copy Cat. It's hard to put cards in your deck that are bad against the two best decks in a format. I guess it might be fine if we see some stuff get banned but as of right now you can't really justify three Mana sorcery speed removal spells. What the hell, how would Desert of all cards be overpowered?
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Apr 10, 2017 15:54
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Siivola posted:Okay someone please explain to me the hosed up logic behind "oh no this thing that kills Saheeli/Chandra/Gideon only does it on my turn I'll never play it". If your opponent is on this in order to kill Saheeli you just wait until turn six and then cast both in one turn. Against Gideon and Chandra you're pretty much just trading down since they're always going to get something out of the deal and you're going to be on very little mana which guarantees their next threat is going to get through. You also can't reliably use it on curve since using it on curve means you're going to be answering something that probably isn't as threatening as a Planeswalker. Expensive sorcery speed removal spells just aren't very good in general and specifically in this Standard they're even worse.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:02
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Pull from Tomorrow is lit and is especially lit if we get an Aftermath card that has a really good flashback. So far I don't see much like that but maybe we'll get something. Also, it comboes with Drake Haven and the Archfiend. The cycling deck is looking better and better.
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Apr 10, 2017 17:21
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Entropic posted:Whoa, it's even one cheaper on the front end and comes with trample. I guess that's why it got bumped up to rare. I'm imagining playing against that card as an uncommon and it's making me miserable.
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Apr 10, 2017 17:28
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ThePeavstenator posted:I admire your optimism Fatal Push and Grasp of Darkness are both good.
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Apr 10, 2017 17:59
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I can't help but love everything about this card
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Apr 10, 2017 18:02
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This card is so loving strange. It can be Cancel -> Timewalk or it can do nothing. I actually really like it.
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Apr 10, 2017 20:05
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odiv posted:I only ever hear two things about SCG Premium: Maybe the people who request the content should consider buying the content
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Apr 10, 2017 21:15
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I can't wait for the inevitable Mardu Vehicles deck featuring 0 Vehicles.
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Apr 10, 2017 23:26
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Some hot takes on the new spoilers: Zombies are sick, Nissa is not good, Green God is loving stupid and very good. His pump ability means all you need is a freaking bear to enable him. He also attacks for a ton of damage and has some flavor text about having death touch because he's a snake. But really, that card is gonna mess people up.
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Apr 11, 2017 16:11
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Jabor posted:He also dodges Grasp, holy poo poo. Dec in Stone? Anguished Unmaking? Counterspells? The new instant speed cycling Oblivion Ring? Stasis Snare?
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Apr 11, 2017 16:14
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Your answer to Snake God should not be sweepers or blocking it. It's pretty trivial to turn this guy on so you're going to want to answer it on a more permanent basis.
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Apr 11, 2017 16:17
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I couldn't tell you why, but I feel like Fragmentize is going to be a main deck card in AKH standard
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Apr 11, 2017 16:19
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Meatbag Esq. posted:Man, you would think wizards would have learned their lesson with 2 cmc plainswalkers with jace. Actually I think the relevant lesson for this card is Tibalt
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I'm not seeing a spot on the curve where Nissa is the card you're all about casting. She seems mediocre at best pretty much constantly. She doesn't do anything to protect herself the turn she comes down which is a huge problem. She can grind card advantage, which is good, but she can't guarantee it without doing so very intermittently. I think it's an interesting design, but she requires a very slow and specific format for her to be good. Or I could be wrong and she's insane and will be a format staple. I just think she has a ton of flaws.
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