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Magic: the Gathering - Battle for Zendikar |OT| Lands matter (but nothing else does)
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SigmasonicX
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I think you guys are underestimating the ability to attack for 6 haste damage each turn and have actual card draw in red and clear the board.
There's also a Vampire legend that isn't in that same gallery: http://imgur.com/gallery/DfJHyBO
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
So we're probably waiting on just Jace to be revealed as the last walker? Or is he maybe not actually in the set?
SigmasonicX
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No, we were told that there are only two planeswalker cards in Oath. Jace will get a card in Shadows over Innistrad.
Not sure I get the point of functionally reprinting the Invasion Tap Lands at uncommon. We already got two strictly better common cycles of these fixers with Gates and the Khan lands. Kind of a feel bad if you have to play these in limited.
Also a New Kalitas got spoiled too
Also a New Kalitas got spoiled too
wasteland is going to be worth hundreds of dollars though
the sphinx is hot
the uncommon land cycle is not so hot
r/w manland is 2/1 doubles strike for four. seems alright. of course the u/r manland isn't spoiled.
"God's Beard!"
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It blows up manlands and Stasis Snares, wins games against control by itself and comes down relatively quickly for a card with guaranteed value in every situation.
Just for limited - means they didn't want the lifegain for whatever reason.
charlequin
Banned
Wow!
Good call on whoever suggested Horizon Canopy, and mea culpa on Strip Mine. Kor Haven is also a clever and hilarious cycle-breaker to use here.
Translations on a few of the non-English cards incoming momentarily.
The demon is a preview card duder.
The Technomancer
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I think I'm just upset because I know if I open an Expedition its either going to be like Kor Haven or Eye of Ugin. I opened like four of those dumb Ugin related lands across Khans block
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Huh that definitely feels playable somewhere
Kozi's return seems like the best card from this batch.
Kinda disappointed we didn't get Maze of Ith. With Wasteland and Dustbowl reprinted, Strrip Mine feels a bit much. Replacing Mana Confluence would have been fine too. Still, most of these are pretty solid and at least we got Kor Haven as a pseudo Maze.
Kinda disappointed we didn't get Maze of Ith. With Wasteland and Dustbowl reprinted, Strrip Mine feels a bit much. Replacing Mana Confluence would have been fine too. Still, most of these are pretty solid and at least we got Kor Haven as a pseudo Maze.
charlequin
Banned
Sea Gate Rubble
T: Add <>.
2<>, T: Draw a card. Play this ability only if you have no cards in your hand.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Almost certain its T, pay 1 life: do something
Get 1 mana of any color. Use it only to cast spells with devoid.
Why is that a rare? lol
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Six mana is just too slow, even if her 0 is basically Wheel of Fortune
"God's Beard!"
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Wait, does that other land say <>2,t: draw a card. activate this ability only during your main phase?
That's pretty nuts.
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that makes more sense
Sidisi's back, baby!
That's pretty nuts.
edit:
that makes more sense
Sidisi's back, baby!
Welcome to the world where 4-drops have to compete with Rhino. Both this guy and the legend are probably playable in Modern.
Only if your hand is Empty. It's a reversed Library of Alexandria.
"God's Beard!"
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They missed the opportunity to call it Library Ruins.
This one strikes me as a huge boon for rack-style decks where you force both players to discard
tron plays eldrazis?
Newlamog for sure and if they played this card they could put a couple more to exploit it.
Always has, yeah, at least a handful.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
lol at that mono black Vampire with the Leyline of the Void effect
fuck your Zulaport Cutthroat deck
Yeah that's right you get 7 with WOF it's pretty horrible
fuck your Zulaport Cutthroat deck
Yeah that's right you get 7 with WOF it's pretty horrible
charlequin
Banned
That Chandra is just incomprehensible.
SigmasonicX
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Both Winds of Change and Wheel of Fortune affect all players. Chandra only affects you.
If you can ramp into her shes a wrath and draws you into more big fatty cards.
She's not bad, but she's incredibly niche.
charlequin
Banned
Also:
Tons of sets have had stuff like this come out around the first or second week of previews as unscrupulous tournament organizers crack packs, but this is definitely the most we've had so far in advance in years and years.
Yeah it's not that she's bad, it's that I just feel like this is exactly the type of Chandra no one asked them for?
Tons of sets have had stuff like this come out around the first or second week of previews as unscrupulous tournament organizers crack packs, but this is definitely the most we've had so far in advance in years and years.
Yeah it's not that she's bad, it's that I just feel like this is exactly the type of Chandra no one asked them for?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Nissa seems bad and Chandra doesn't seem playable because she's 6 mana. I mean, kudos for not making her have burn, I guess.
I suppose its easy to misjudge 3 mana walkers, but Nissa just seems like she doesn't do anything.
I suppose its easy to misjudge 3 mana walkers, but Nissa just seems like she doesn't do anything.
The Technomancer
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Nissa could be fixed with literally any other +1, the rest of her is solid for 3 mana
charlequin
Banned
Hey, she protects herself!
Lazy vs Crazy
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Horizon Canopy but no Burnwillows? That's super weird.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I guess Kozilek's Return is the chase mythic because all the other ones look pretty mediocre.
The Technomancer
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The flavor implementation on Kozilek's Return is pretty damn great. First you get the ominous foreshocks, then you get the full eruption
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