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Keru_Shiri
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That's two amazing one-drops White has gotten.
at least in the context of standard, this is mini-auriok champion.
super good card. doesn't dodge the removal that'll be hitting it most often I guess -- magma jet, shock, etc -- but dodges a lot of midrange removal, which is the sort of deck aggro needed help against.
also, if people are running shock just to deal with this, it is doing its job before it even hits the board, so yeah
gj wizards, this makes up for heroic
super good card. doesn't dodge the removal that'll be hitting it most often I guess -- magma jet, shock, etc -- but dodges a lot of midrange removal, which is the sort of deck aggro needed help against.
also, if people are running shock just to deal with this, it is doing its job before it even hits the board, so yeah
gj wizards, this makes up for heroic
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Savannah Lions was once a pretty good one drop without anything at all. This seems really nice for a one drop with that added ability which isn't shabby at all.
Yep, it was fireshrieker on maulhorn so I had very little time to do anything :b
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They could have at least made these guys some kind of Lions/cats in tribute to our poor fallen Alpha creatures.
There's still a slight human soldier "theme" left over from Innistrad so it's better if the one drop is also a human.
EDIT: Although I guess with Avabruck/Parish/Aristocrat rotating out that's no longer true.
Def agree. I actually think there isn't enough care dedicated toward paying tribute to Magic's history. Especially in its 20th year now.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Man, Revised/Unlimited had the best terrible creatures that 14 year olds like myself ran in decks all the time, e.g. Craw Wurms, Lord of the Pit, Force of Nature. (In fact, I don't think anyone I played with had any concept of being any good at the game until people started running Necropotence decks copied from the Duelist)
I'm telling you, Golgari Charm is the dreamkiller in the new standard. It does so much good stuff.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
And it's already in a deck that is post-rotation ready.
Then what about Electrickery? What wouldn't it kill that Golgari Charm could? I'll have to have to rethink my UR's burn spell suite, and so far I think I have Mizzium Mortars, Izzet Charm and Magma Jet/Shock/new Searing Spear. I don't want to clog the 2CMC slot, though, but perhaps I could add Goblin Electromancers to cheapen my 2CMC spells down to 1CMC, both for added value and to be albe to squeeze more Pyromancer an/or Guttersnipe activations in a turn.
The Cancel+scry card seems mildly interesting, but I think I'd be better off running more burn instead.
Golgari Charm isn't just a kill all the 1 toughness things. It's a kill the enchantment things (aka like 80% of the permanents in this set) and wrath defense.
It's good enough to mainboard.
Let's list what heavy hitters its protected from:
Abrupt Decay
Advent of the Wurm
Aurelia's Fury
Azorius Charm
Boros Reckoner
Burning Tree Emissary
Call of the Conclave
Cartel Aristocrat
Centaur Healer
Detention Sphere
Dimir Charm
Domri Rade (!!!)
Dreadbore
Dreg Mangler
Dryad Militant
Fleecemane Lion
Frostburn Weird
Izzet Charm
Izzet Staticaster
Loxodon Smiter
Obzedat, Ghost Council
Orzhov Charm
Rakdos Cackler
Ral Zarek
Spike Jester
Varolz, the Scar-Striped
Voice of Resurgence (!!!)
Warleader's Helix
Warped Physique
Xenagos, the Reveler's token creature
It's easily a 4 of in a white aggro deck.
My bad, I thought the "kill something" mode hit artifacts, not enchantments! That makes it a lot more interesting.
Those Savannah Lions on crack look crazy, but I think I'm really digging the black god's whip; lifelink can be a great boon, and the ability to repeatedly unearth stuff could be quite useful. The swan counter could be good in eternal formats and will possibly still be worth playing in Standard, but it feels a bit too quirky for my taste.
Which shocks me, because booster boxes aren't going for hype levels
I think that's a sign that they may have finally gotten the first print run to a level where stores aren't being shorted in the first few weeks.
Oh god. Play the demon, kill their guy. Next turn bring it back, kill another guy, punch them for 5 and gain 5.
Wow.
Wowy wowy wow.
How're you bringing the same demon back several times? Would't it get exiled by the whip no matter what?
You play the demon, it triggers and kills their dude and then goes to the yard cause you don't have enough dudes in your yard. Next turn you bring him back with the whip, he triggers again killing something, then you get to hit them with him (cause he has haste) and gain 5 life (cause lifelink).
You aren't bringing him back multiple times, just the once. You just get insane value out of him.
Demonic Rising is cycling out unfortunately.
Isn't that a bit too slow and clunky to work reliably? It'd be turn five by the time you play the demon, and unless you've been taking care of your opponent's threats on turns 1-3, not even killing two creatures and a 5-point life swing looks like it's going to save you.
I'm really interested in how this format could change with the recent lack of ridiculous mana-fixing we previously had, but I'm kind of bummed that running my already wonky BUG deck will become even harder to do post-rotation.
They don't want to deal with that card's rules logistics. I can understand that.
Also, the Sealed deck seminar that LSV and Ben Stark ran at GP Oakland has been posted to youtube http://store.channelfireball.com/landing
Also has important Flavor Judge rulings, like Frost Breathing a Wall of Water should turn it into a Wall of Ice
EDIT: Also worth watching to see Ben Stark's Pants.
Also has important Flavor Judge rulings, like Frost Breathing a Wall of Water should turn it into a Wall of Ice
EDIT: Also worth watching to see Ben Stark's Pants.
And here is your Future Sight future shifted card. Please be excited.
This is really what they teased? Like, really?
Keru_Shiri
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And here is your Future Sight future shifted card. Please be excited.
I can't decide if this is hilarious or not.
blindrocket
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Do any of you test out decks with software other than MTGO?
blindrocket
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Interesting. First time I've looked at cockatrice. It looks like it has everything but Theros in it. 
I haven't been following the prices too much but cards are always inflated near release. Is it especially bad for this set?
And here is your Future Sight future shifted card. Please be excited.
When Nessian Asp was spoiled I had a feeling this was going to be the Future-Shifted card :/ I'll enjoy playing these in limited though.
Pretty sure the average value of a opened pack is greater than 3.99 right now, meaning prices will drop unless there are shortages
BigWeather
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Sorry to be ignorant, but what is future shifted? Just a card that has already been printed before?
Card from the Future Sight expansion that was "from the future". This is its "first appearance".
BigWeather
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Ah, that's cool. I pretty much sat out of MtG from Visions or so to Innistrad so missed all of that. Thanks!
I dropped out around Odyssey and got back in around M12, so I feel your lack of knowledge. It will come back as you research. Feel free to ask questions, everyone in here is awesome.
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