divisionbyzorro
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Yep! I've gotten very good at international time conversions ever since moving to Australia (well, between Western Australia and the U.S. anyway).
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Yep! I've gotten very good at international time conversions ever since moving to Australia (well, between Western Australia and the U.S. anyway).
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Transhuman
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Anyone care to guess which guild will seem the most impressive when the full set is revealed? So far they've released no common/ uncommon Dimir creatures, so I'm banking on them.
The Technomancer
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Boros is currently the best looking guild. I think Simic is the one most likely to have a surprising effect on the scene. And Gruul will almost definitely give Jund decks some potent tools.
divisionbyzorro
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Really looking forward to Orzhov in Limited, but Gruul will probably be the best (read: easiest to draft).
Drafting Simic will be a skill-testing challenge that will prove to be very, very rewarding for those who can pull it off.
Drafting Simic will be a skill-testing challenge that will prove to be very, very rewarding for those who can pull it off.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Huh, well the articles are up
robotzombie
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Where can I go to see all the gatecrash cards once this happens?
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I want Gruul and Orzhov to be good, though I doubt they will be, except in limited. Which is the only format where guilds even remotely matter, now that I think about it.
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Transhuman
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Boros charm is awesome, yes, but the creatures are pretty weak without battalion buffs.
divisionbyzorro
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Contaminated Ground reprint! Good to see some non-basic land hate.
divisionbyzorro
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You wanted to know how much it cost to draw/discard a card with Cipher?
And if there's an Evolve tempo deck out there, does it use this card?
And if there's an Evolve tempo deck out there, does it use this card?
divisionbyzorro
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Beautiful Naturalize art:
divisionbyzorro
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Here's your limited 5-color mana fixer (i.e., the Transguild Promenade equivalent in this set).
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Here's your limited 5-color mana fixer (i.e., the Transguild Promenade equivalent in this set).
That actually seems really good in comparison to some other 5 color fixing we've had before.
It's a reprint, isn't it?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Yeah, just checked, from Rise of the Eldrazi
Seems like it might be interesting.
A new spirit mantle, could be good.
Awesome draft removal.
Great mana dump in draft.
I'm going to lose many limited matches to this bastard.
=/ Cipher is looking like a lost cause.
Simic limited bomb, yikes.
5 mana? Uh...
Interesting...
Anti intangible virtue and yet another lingering souls hoser.
Neat.
Great for Dimir mill strategies.
Why is this red?
RTR/GC/DM Nice centaurs there Selesnya.
Going to lose to this a lot.
Bloodrush is disgusting. 3 mana, seriously?
Nice trick.
Hmm....
This guy might actually be a star in Pauper.
Heh, love the new art.
Cool, though probably too expensive to see much constructed play.
That's a cool way to do looting, I like.
Wow a land destruction card that I might actually play once in awhile, I'm shocked.
Nice reassembling skeleton replacement. I have a friend who had all kinds of ridiculous shenanigans with that guy.
That's gonna be rough in draft. Arguably better then stab wound since you can keep attacking once you slap that on something.
Why does this have haste? Are you really dropping a dude and a 5 mana aura on the same turn?
What an awful reanimator card.
Equip cost of 3? Ahahahahahaaa.
So... looks like a fun limited set, I don't know how much of an impact on constructed it's going to have outside of a few cards.
brainzelda
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I'm no pro but this seems pretty good.
divisionbyzorro
Member
The set looks fun for limited, but I certainly wouldn't expect the packs to hold their value.
I'm definitely going to hold onto any good mythics I pull; this set won't get opened nearly as much as RtR.
Modern Soul Sisters players just came a little.
I'm definitely going to hold onto any good mythics I pull; this set won't get opened nearly as much as RtR.
Immortal Servitude seems like a fun card to build around:
Modern Soul Sisters players just came a little.
BlewHedgehog
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Like most people, I'm not blown away. I think Assemble the Legion has been largely overlooked as an inevitable finisher which is difficult to remove, though that will change in a hurry if people are packing negative Intangible Virtue in their boards. Both of the mythic Simic creatures are batshit good and I'm prolly gonna make playing those guys a priority when the set comes out.
divisionbyzorro
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Dat flavor text...
I would really like for him to become a 'walker by the end of this. Seriously.
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Transhuman
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=/ Cipher is looking like a lost cause.
If you play it on something like Shadow Alley Denizen it's as decent as inspiration, maybe more so.
I'm more worried that 1-3 drop Dimir is flat out terrible.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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It's still crappy. You have to do too much work still to get it working in that example and you may be playing against the same colors. It's just not worth it sadly.
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Transhuman
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The fact that it's "combat damage to a player" not "combat damage" is pretty deal breaker-y.
I must say, Orzhov and Dimir are looking terrible for draft.
I don't know about Dimir being terrible. I always felt that mill strategies worked really well in limited due to the smaller deck size.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I'm actually kind of relieved that GTC is kind of flat. I'll be buying a playset of Aurelia's Fury and a box and that's aboot it this time around.
Some somewhat interesting things spoiled, but it largely seems like most of the interesting cards are costed 1-2 cmc than they should.
Some somewhat interesting things spoiled, but it largely seems like most of the interesting cards are costed 1-2 cmc than they should.
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Transhuman
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It you can stall out with walls and tapping, sure. Dimir creatures leave much to be desired however. Boros gets Battalion going and Gruul goes beats much faster than dimir can respond. It's a shame, because Consuming Abberation was the only promo card I really liked.
Caleb Durward posted an article today regarding the forthcoming B&R update on the 28th.
http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/legacy-weapon-examining-the-banned-and-restricted-list/
Some interesting stuff in it. The options for Legacy are about what I would say (mostly keep as is), but even considering unbanning Flash and Survival seems weird. Flash is too good, but Survival I'm not sure we have the hate available for it. DRS is good but slow, and aside from Rest in Peace the hate isn't much different from when it was banned. I'd love to see it back, but it really shouldn't.
For Modern, we agree that the list needs to be trimmed for the format to improve. Jace and Chrome Mox I agreed with, but BB I hadn't considered before and makes sense. I think Misstep could come off since modern isn't quite as 1-drop focused as Legacy, but it's still not a fun card. Basically trim the fat on the list.
http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/legacy-weapon-examining-the-banned-and-restricted-list/
Some interesting stuff in it. The options for Legacy are about what I would say (mostly keep as is), but even considering unbanning Flash and Survival seems weird. Flash is too good, but Survival I'm not sure we have the hate available for it. DRS is good but slow, and aside from Rest in Peace the hate isn't much different from when it was banned. I'd love to see it back, but it really shouldn't.
For Modern, we agree that the list needs to be trimmed for the format to improve. Jace and Chrome Mox I agreed with, but BB I hadn't considered before and makes sense. I think Misstep could come off since modern isn't quite as 1-drop focused as Legacy, but it's still not a fun card. Basically trim the fat on the list.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Orzhov looks pretty good to me actually. Limited is the format where I'm most likely to not hit my curve and have extra mana lying around to pump into Extort
Keru_Shiri
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I want to attend at least one more Jace-free Modern event, so I hope they keep him on ice, same with Mental Misstep. I'm not as bothered by Nacatl now that Shocklands are easy to get, so I wouldn't be opposed to him coming back. I think Preordain and Ancestral Visions might be fine now too.
Don't know enough about Legacy to comment on the ban list.
Don't know enough about Legacy to comment on the ban list.
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Transhuman
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I mostly played Rakdos with no splash in RTR and hit curve pretty much every game. I guess I'm just lucky. I'd rather play with a guild that greatly rewards good hands than smoothes out bad ones. I'd be curious to see how many Extorts it manages to get in per game. I'm guessing 3-7, most of which will be during late-game.
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Transhuman
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The two best guilds in my mind are probably Boros and Simic, so if you choose the Grull guild pack you can side into either of the two depending on which guild you get better cards for in the other boosters. Nothing worse than choosing the Boros pack but get really sweet Simic rares.
I think i'd ban Deathrite Shaman, and unban Wild Nactl, Chrome Mox, Jitte, and Glimpse. I think Jace being banned is more about the approachability of the format and not really the power level, and there is a special place in hell for people who play Bitterblossom.
Why? Standard seems to still be quite open so a set that doesn't create much just means it can stay like that.
People wanted to be able to play the other 5 guilds as a deck base.
That doesn't look likely except for Boros.
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