narcosis219
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Holy shit this guy just WORKS
Yeah, now you don't even have to bother heading out to the store. Just do it at home.
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Holy shit this guy just WORKS
Yeah, now you don't even have to bother heading out to the store. Just do it at home.
Wizards wants ALL OF YOUR MONEY
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Noooooooo Mikaeus! My favorite legend from Innistrad, now a filthy zombie?
Sweet, leaning even more towards Zombies now. Just need a sick 2 drop (probably with Undying) and it should be a cool tribal to play at least. I know it's mostly for limited, but it's pretty crazy how good both the new Zombie bombs completely counter all the Human decks in the metagame.
Boogalogist
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Dark Mickey is just soooo nuts. He goes into virtually every EDH deck that has black!!
The Technomancer
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Keru_Shiri
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Made it to Top 4 this weekend at one of my LGS. The top prize was a Mox Ruby. Lost in game three to G/W goodstuff.dec due to mana flood. 
<3 Lands that do more than just tap for mana. Almost the entire Innistrad cycle has found good homes in Standard so I expect the same of the Dark Ascension cycle.
Odd stance. I found M12 games, like Zendikar games but not to the same extreme, were too fast for really expensive mythics/rares/etc. to take over too often. You were often dead if you spent too much time durdling around trying to set up or rely on a bomb. Scars block on the other hand, especially before MB and NPH rolled around, was bomb city. Way too many games were decided by someone herping n' derping their way to victory off a Carnifex Demon, Hoard-Smeleter Dragon, Sunblast Angel, "Stupid Bomb X", etc.
I do agree with your overall assessment that limited has been pretty good for the last few years save some hiccups.
Odd stance. I found M12 games, like Zendikar games but not to the same extreme, were too fast for really expensive mythics/rares/etc. to take over too often. You were often dead if you spent too much time durdling around trying to set up or rely on a bomb. Scars block on the other hand, especially before MB and NPH rolled around, was bomb city. Way too many games were decided by someone herping n' derping their way to victory off a Carnifex Demon, Hoard-Smeleter Dragon, Sunblast Angel, "Stupid Bomb X", etc.
I do agree with your overall assessment that limited has been pretty good for the last few years save some hiccups.
The Technomancer
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My perception of M12 may be warped by my hatred for the Titans.
This can work in a tokens deck. A bunch of little tokens with lifelink and deathtouch, yes please! Intangible Virtue + this = GG!
I built a token deck using the new Sorin in Microsoft Notepad the other day. Now this needs to be added. Hah!
Yum.
Yeah, I'm gonna need two of him.
The Technomancer
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Wow, major effect on Vintage but I'm not sure how I like it in Limited. For one mana it basically shuts down anyone who decides to go heavy reanimation or flashback.
Good thing its rare, but I can totally see drafting U/R and then seeing someone drop that turn one and going "....shit"
Boogalogist
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Holy shit at the Cage!! Reanimators am cry!!
The Technomancer
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It'll be sideboarded for that alone.
The Technomancer
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What are people referring to with Dredge? The card or the mechanic? I don't see how it stops either. It doesn't say that creatures can't go from graveyards to libraries.
cooltrainer
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I really don't like it. The way its worded almost looks like it was made specifically to shut down dredge. Also stops Reanimate, Snapcaster Mage, Green Sun's Zenith, Natural Order, Past in Flames and Gravecrawler before it even had a chance. I think it's undercosted too. Being colorless, 1 mana and very versatile means it will see a lot of play. Definitely a game-changer in Legacy, I think. In Vintage it will probably be a good thing for that format, although I don't pay much attention to the format.
Referring to the deck that utilizes dredge. It shuts down, Ichorid, Narcomoeba, Dread Return, Ancient Grudge. The deck is almost useless with the cage in play.
Referring to the deck that utilizes dredge. It shuts down, Ichorid, Narcomoeba, Dread Return, Ancient Grudge. The deck is almost useless with the cage in play.
Yeah it seems like throughout the years all their attempts at nerfing or hosing Dredge never made too much of a dent and they finally wanted to put the last nail in the coffin for the deck type.
The Technomancer
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The cage also feels like a safety net. They're worried that they might break something in the block and so they're putting out an answer to the most dangerous areas.
When the whole block so far has been built around interaction with the graveyard you don't go and print the best hoser in the second set. Usually things like that are saved for the last set in the block or even the following year's set. I don't know how this got printed. Development and design really messed up.
Rule question: My opponent has 4 artifacts and targets my 4/4 with a Galvanic Blast. Can I, in response to the blast, use two Doomblades to kill 2 artifact creatures to bring him out of Metalcraft status and save my creature?
I'm fairly sure that that works, but just wanted to check since it came up last night when playing with some friends.
I'm fairly sure that that works, but just wanted to check since it came up last night when playing with some friends.
yes you can, metalcraft counts when the spell resolves, not when its cast. [its not a cost most of the time, but it can be sometimes]
Keru_Shiri
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Haha! It's a great time to be a mono-red guy. I'll take 4 of those Cages please!
i run blue/black in every format i play and i aint even mad. i'll take 8.
That's... awful.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Pretty much how I feel... I hope it doesn't kill off other deck types. It seems like it might back standard go stale and just RDW all the time.
acheron_xl
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Should've been
3
Enters battlefield tapped.
T: Add 2 to pool. If it's not your turn, loses this ability and is a 2/3 flying gargoyle artifact creature.
Would've been a nice Worn Powerstone variant.
I have a friend who paid a ton of money for an all foil reanimator deck recently to use at legacy tournies, he is probably raging at the sight of that cage right now. I'm sure somebody will come up with a way to deal with it to some degree but it will definitely impact how a bunch of decks are run now.
Leyline of the Void is worse for reanimator. You can continue plopping fatties into the graveyard and bounce the cage and reanimate when ready to go off. Tormod's Crpyt and graveyard hate makes you restart completely. This card just... slows you down a bit. As for dredge players... I'm sorry for your loss haha. This also cuts off some vintage Oath of Druids and legacy green sun's zenith decks. I just see reanimator having more bounce cards or show and tell maindeck.
The Technomancer
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Going to be very fun in Commander
acheron_xl
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Exploit enters play effects on your side, or a little Legacy Weapon-esque control for their side. Looks like fun.
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