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Magic: the Gathering - Oath o/t Gatewatch |OT| Look again, the mana is now diamonds!
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I guess Akroma is just chopped liver then right
charlequin
Banned
Either she's the gold card and the werewolf legend is next set (or it's a single-sided Tolovar), or she's something wacky like green front/red back and that's the werewolf legend.
She 100% is a planeswalker on both sides, Origins-style flipwalkers are for PWs who sparked recently which she isn't, and her entire bio/intro story is set up to establish her as a planeswalker with a human and a werewolf side.
Whenever the thing is "{x} legendary" it's "to head up a Commander deck about {x}."
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
What would the color identity of such a card be for EDH purposes?
It's something people have been wanting ever since the original Innistrad, and Wizards has on multiple occasions acknowledged it was a fuckup but that there were limited opportunities to correct it. SOI and EDM are basically THE place to print a legendary werewolf.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
No, I know its for Commander, but I don't know why there's such a fixation on it as though it absolutely needs to exist right now.
WOTC should have trolled and made it an intro pack rare.
Yep! Color identity includes the "color indicator" thing that shows up on the back of DFCs (to the left of the type line). So, for example, Archangel Avacyn is a RW commander because Avacyn, the Purifier has a Red color indicator.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Logistical difficulties of printing a singleton DFC card, mostly. It's easier/not impossible to make such a card when the whole block lets you collate multiple DFCs onto a single sheet.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Well, I mean they're going to print it, I just don't think they're going to blow a Planeswalker on the card.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
As far as I understood, she can only retain her original form on Innistrad meaning she can't shift forms anywhere else.
That way she could be a creature on the front.
That way she could be a creature on the front.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I think that's so they can print her single sided, on either form, later on
SigmasonicX
Member
She can switch forms only on Innistrad, but she's lucid in both forms and capable of planeswalking. As pointed out when the character was first revealed, this presumably leaves them open to print an Arlinn card in another set without it having to be double-faced.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
but then it'd have little meaning for her to be a werewolf since 9 out of 10 times with her the human form would be more convenient on other planes
It's pretty archaic and non-standard.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It's unclear whether that restriction was something that only happened on her first planeswalk or whether it persists off-world.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Buried Cryptolith
Land
~ etb tapped
{T}: Add {C}
{T}, Sacrifice 13 Clues: Transform ~
Emrakul, Hidden Horror
Creature - Eldrazi
Protection from relevant shit.
~ does awesome shit when she attacks.
13/13
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I would be surprised if there isn't a mythic something that can trade in a ton of clues for something gamebreaking, or even just winning the game a la Maze's End.
charlequin
Banned
It would be a huge failure if there isn't. I mean we've already seen Tamiyo's Journal so we know they're doing stuff in that direction, but there should really be a huge one.
I don't get it. She's a werewolf because (a) a werewolf is cool and (b) in Innistrad it lets her be a two-sided PW that flips back and forth. It doesn't make any sense at all for her to have a creature side.
Joe Molotov
Member
Emrakul 2.0
Sac 10 Clue Tokens to Transform
*flip*
Marit Lage
Psyche, we got you motherfuckers! *trollface*
~WotC
Sac 10 Clue Tokens to Transform
*flip*
Marit Lage
Psyche, we got you motherfuckers! *trollface*
~WotC
Infinite Stars
Member
Piece Together the Puzzle
3U R
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast ~, Sacrifice all clues you control
Search your library for a card with CMC X or less and put it into your hand, where X is the number of clues you sacrificed. If X is equal to 13, you win the game.
"It was Emrakul, in the Blind Eternities, with a Tentacle!"-Jace
That art really reminds me of a lot of pre-Ravnica artwork.
Love the curtain/tentacle thing going on here.
I wonder if the art direction is less strict for this set than it was for the past few blocks. If so, I approve of the change.
SigmasonicX
Member
People said the same thing about Tooth Collector.
Of course, we'll have to see if this continues with "Lock", but they may be listening to the people wishing for a wider variety of art styles.
Moon flips into Emrakul!
A flip card for the moon/emrakul would be really grokkable for the whole "dark side of the moon" thing.
It would piss EDH players off, but it would be so cool!
It's done by Christopher Moeller, he's one of the few old time artists who still does artwork these days, since Urza's Saga apparently. I'm glad he's back for SoI since he had nothing in BFZ. John Avon too, he's done the Clue token so I hope there are some lands done by him.
All the more reason to make it a reality.
Seems like a weird thing to waste John Avon on but something is better than nothing, I suppose.
shrapnelmagnet
Member
Honestly astounded. ChannelFireball can't somehow convince a single one of their people to float a draft video up in 3 weeks. Or, they can't be bothered to post one.
GatheringMagic isn't quite so sparse, but even they are struggling to string together one a week.
GatheringMagic isn't quite so sparse, but even they are struggling to string together one a week.
Drafts have so much fuckery w/ errors relative to constructed.
Also, Leagues are just way easier for people.
Bumbling Fool 1U
Creature -- Human Mage
UU, T: Investigate. If you have 13 clues, transform ~.
1/1
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Ace Attorney
Creature -- Human Lawyer
Sacrifice a Clue: Counter target spell.
2/3 Vigilance
At beginning of each upkeep, if Ace Attorney is controlled by Hasbro, transform it.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I always assumed they just don't post the ones where they fuck up and lose.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Flip a coin for each clue you control. If three or more come up heads, transform ~. If three or more come up tails, sacrifice ~.
Remembrance
Member
Marvel vs. Capcom version:
Front - UR, T: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, investigate. Otherwise, put a Red Herring token into play with "If a Clue token would enter the battlefield, exile it instead." and "2, sacrifice this: gain 1 life."
Back - T: Target player loses the game.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
FTFY
shrapnelmagnet
Member
They used to not, but lately they have been posting them (well, when they post). I really enjoy the draft portion and listening to the rationale of players I like on those sites.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
The modern videos have been hilarious since the Eldrazi Uprising. "Well, let's see if we...oops, welp onto game 2." One video, I think from Caleb, he built a deck to specifically combat Eldrazi then didn't face a single one. Funny shit.
SigmasonicX
Member
Where does he bring this up? I don't remember reading that.
Anyway, also on Blogatog, they considered unearth, and the reason why it was rejected is interesting
That has a couple of possible implications. Most likely, they just didn't want SOI gameplay to be so similar to Innistrad, and they didn't want feel-bad moments where using flashback/unearth would shut off delirium.
SigmasonicX
Member
Eh, it seems like a leap to conclude that DFC rares are included separately from the commons/uncommons.
If it were one slot like before, he'd just say so. Mixing them together sells more packs.
charlequin
Banned
Fits with both how they handled them in ORI and with the existence of two checklists, tho.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
My point is she loses any novelty if she gets to decide what she'll be outside Innistrad she might as well not be cursed.
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