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Magic: the Gathering - Battle for Zendikar |OT| Lands matter (but nothing else does)
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WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Angels have the sickest art.
Ezuri's Predation is wholly green. It makes big creatures, fights and is best paired with ramp. Short of the creatures having trample and reach, it's about as green as you can get. Not seeing the color pie stretching here. At least not since fight was introduced as green's creature removal mechanic.
Unban Jace in Modern. Because Modern is too expensive and that'll help.
Ezuri's Predation is wholly green. It makes big creatures, fights and is best paired with ramp. Short of the creatures having trample and reach, it's about as green as you can get. Not seeing the color pie stretching here. At least not since fight was introduced as green's creature removal mechanic.
Unban Jace in Modern. Because Modern is too expensive and that'll help.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Barely any ass for those.
It's more a question of concentration rather than quantity. A lot of Dryad art, especially Dryad art made after Magic's early days, is T&A-focused. Not just in the creature cards, but also in Dryad-related art like Dryad's Caress. There are a lot more angels and they tend to be more balanced with the fanservice, but Dryads after a certain point in Magic's history were almost all fanservice.
On a side note, Chorus of the Conclave might have the most laughable art in Ravnica. The great leaders of the Selesnya are a bunch of Victoria's Secret models.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Chorus of the Conclave was a card I loved in one of my early, casual GW token decks. Which tells you everything you need to know about what I miss about casual Magic
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
It's more a question of concentration rather than quantity. A lot of Dryad art, especially Dryad art made after Magic's early days, is T&A-focused. Not just in the creature cards, but also in Dryad-related art like Dryad's Caress. There are a lot more angels and they tend to be more balanced with the fanservice, but Dryads after a certain point in Magic's history were almost all fanservice.
On a side note, Chorus of the Conclave might have the most laughable art in Ravnica. The great leaders of the Selesnya are a bunch of Victoria's Secret models.
Yeah that art is awful. Iirc it puts +1/+1 counters the amount of their cmc onto creatures when they ETB.
Dryads aren't supposed to go into massive battles while wearing armor that's little more than bikinis though. And they pose much more naturally than most angels.
Both subtypes have truly awful fanservice art.
Another subtype qualm have is prophets. If you search for prophet you find clerics, wizards and shamans. What is it now, shaman and clerics make sense since both are spiritual but not wizards. Wizards aren't prophets, they are the opposite to faith.
what i got out of this is ivy dancer has incredible art
it's feminine, but powerful (i love the musculature in the back). your eye travels over the dryad then lands on the dead people at her feet. this shit is so fucking awesome.
Rakshasa Gravecaller is supposed to be female according to the art description.
Not that you would know.
Etrian Oddity
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Terese is awesome.what i got out of this is ivy dancer has incredible art
it's feminine, but powerful (i love the musculature in the back). your eye travels over the dryad then lands on the dead people at her feet. this shit is so fucking awesome.
On this dryad talk, I wish WotC had gone crazy and printed Dryad Arbor in this standard.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Well it might have made retreat to coralhelm playable in standard
RuinerPrime
Member
I hope the R/U Sphinx is awesome, and not combo or instant/sorcery focused like most of the R/U commanders.
We're fighting next to a tree. Wait a second that tree is suddenly swinging at us (and pumping the other creatures for some reason)!
Wouldn't surprise me if it's artifact-themed given how much people are clamouring for one though that art seems to point to more spellslinging.
fun with heartless hidetsugu
I really like this one - encourages leaving her back as a finished for when games get grindy.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
The new wording on these cards confuses me
TalesFromHoth
Neo Member
The new wording on these cards confuses me
The wording does have a strange flow to it, but it's worded like that so you can't do the Fiend Hunter permanent exile trick.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Yeah but I always liked that interaction and it needed an enabler too so it was fine imo. The new wording makes all of them effectively worse since the targeted cards have never been exiled if the source is removed before the trigger resolves.
The new wording on these cards confuses me
This card is actually pretty cool. Makes people think about how much they want their permanent back versus how much they don't want their opponents getting theirs back.
TalesFromHoth
Neo Member
I agree with you 100% on that, I run Fiend Hunter and Whitemane Lion in my commander deck and its always a joy to see that combo resolve. Then I sometimes get that, wait, what just happened from my opponent.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Oh LSV, never change. MODO looked way worse but also kinda better
It's nice that they're printing new cards that are somewhat political, they should have reprinted some of the conspiracy keywords.
4 damage to each of x target creatures and/or players
The new wording on these cards confuses me
Even tho I don't play white in EDH, that's a great card design for the format.
2G, instant, jesus. This card is amazing.
That is sure to piss off everyone else at the table.
also that red yawgmoth's will lol what dumb art. i was expecting some sort of bankai or equal badassness.
edit: also what a weird template. why doesn't it just say 'target instant or sorcery card'?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Jace the Party Pooper
Return to Return to Ravnica to be all spells no creatures.
Makes me hope that Even More Ravnica (EMR) will have a shattering of the Guildpact take place in Jace's absence. As we return to the plane, it's in all-out war because Jace shirked his responsibilities and ran off gallivanting through the multiverse with the power rangers.
HOLY SHIT
That seems quite strong.
Wort Boggart Auntie on steroids. She seems ridiculously good.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Huh. Guess there's no DRS after all then.
That card is great, though. Really easy to get things moving with stuff like Sakura Tribe Elder.
That card is great, though. Really easy to get things moving with stuff like Sakura Tribe Elder.
A Serious Man
Member
That seems quite strong.
This makes me want to finally make a Commander deck.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Gain control of target spell you may choose new targets, if it becomes a permanent it enters the battlefield under your control
Huh, guess that art isn't being used on a Deathrite Shaman reprint then!
"God's Beard!"
Member
As much as I hate that stuff as well, if I ever make another Commander deck after I finish my Teysa, Orzhov Scion and Vendilion Clique ones it'd have to be Jeleva. She's the only Legendary Grixis creature with a thief theme. I guess I could just rebuild Lord of Tresserhorn and use my opponents' creatures to sac to his ETB trigger but that's pretty medium.
Grixis Thieves EDH seems fun. Dack Fayden, Olivia Voldaren, Nicol Bolas Planeswalker.
Thanks! I ordered the rest of my deck for pickup at the Philly SCG event. All told, the deck cost me $70. Not too bad for my first foray into Modern and what seems like a (somewhat) competitive deck for local stuff. I'll definitely build it up with better and more expensive cards as I go on. Link to what I bought if anyone cares: http://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/budget-magic-84-6-tix-modern-uw-tempered-steel
Can't decide if I want the BW or the BG Commander deck, they both look pretty cool so far. This better not be some shit where I can't get the deck I want because it has a card that's good for Legacy or Modern and a bunch of jabronis are buying everything up to resell.
GB, did Cockatrice go down for you last night? I tried getting back on for 10 or 15 min then finally said screw it and went to bed
GB, did Cockatrice go down for you last night? I tried getting back on for 10 or 15 min then finally said screw it and went to bed
Looks good, Affinity is always a solid choice even with the insane amount of sideboard hate it faces. Now might be a good time to pick up or trade for the Mox Opals if you can, it was recently reprinted in MM 15 and I'd expect it starts going up in price again soon.
Yeah, I read that... Really don't want to spend anymore money on MtG until after the holidays, though. Someday! I really wonder how well this deck is going to perform at Modern night at the LGS's in Philly. There is a pretty big community in my city so I assume I'll get crushed buy more expensive decks, but oh well.
SigmasonicX
Member
Uncharted Realms - All the Cairns of Jund
The story of Meren. She went through a ritual to become a shaman, but used death magic during the trial, which was unknown to the residents of Jund at the time, and was thus left to die by her clan. She managed to survive and traveled to Grixis to practice her skills. Now she's back to kill not just her clan, but everyone on Jund.
This story makes it clear to me that Alara had terrible, terrible art. Also, everyone in the story being a dick aside, I thought it was pretty decent.
EDIT: The flavor text for Meteor Volley is pretty good.
"Behold the impact of astronomy on war." - Fennor Rhyr, astronomer
The story of Meren. She went through a ritual to become a shaman, but used death magic during the trial, which was unknown to the residents of Jund at the time, and was thus left to die by her clan. She managed to survive and traveled to Grixis to practice her skills. Now she's back to kill not just her clan, but everyone on Jund.
This story makes it clear to me that Alara had terrible, terrible art. Also, everyone in the story being a dick aside, I thought it was pretty decent.
EDIT: The flavor text for Meteor Volley is pretty good.
"Behold the impact of astronomy on war." - Fennor Rhyr, astronomer
I'm loving the new cards.
Part of me wants to figure out a way to make this work in some kind of Legacy Pox brew. But I know it won't be good in it.
Also, I don't wanna play Legacy anymore.
You can just play Tombstalker instead.
what are you talking aboutUncharted Realms - All the Cairns of Jund
The story of Meren. She went through a ritual to become a shaman, but used death magic during the trial, which was unknown to the residents of Jund at the time, and was thus left to die by her clan. She managed to survive and traveled to Grixis to practice her skills. Now she's back to kill not just her clan, but everyone on Jund.
This story makes it clear to me that Alara had terrible, terrible art. Also, everyone in the story being a dick aside, I thought it was pretty decent.
EDIT: The flavor text for Meteor Volley is pretty good.
"Behold the impact of astronomy on war." - Fennor Rhyr, astronomer
meren has top tier art. i love how she has a pet zombie dragon
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