Infinite Stars
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To be fair to Hearthstone, at least Standard hasn't had the same deck/Colors be dominant for 6+ Months. We'd be bitching about that too.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT10| Aether Revolt - That shit that make your Soul Burn slow
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It looks like it would be a sweet looking foil.
It does happen a lot, but this is probably the most hyped new plane. People have been wanting an Egyptian theme for years and we already have to ugly new frames with it. What we have seen should be as exciting as the fact we are going to an Egyptian themed plane, and instead it looks like WotC dropped the ball on the stuff to remember from the set.
Personally I'm upset that they put Bolas on the plane and seem to be focusing on him more then the plane (full art lands all have Bolas horns, Invocations all have Bolas horns). I like Bolas, ever since I got him in a pack of Chronicles, but would have liked this to be more discovery than fighting a known big threat.
I know what you are getting at, the online community does get super negative about anything they don't agree with, but currently I can totally understand why so many people are down on the set. Hopefully the set ends up playing as well as Innistrad.
Yeah one of the things I liked about Alara is that you don't discover Bolas's shenanigans until the second set. I liked how in the past they just dropped us players into a new plane with new faces and new stories unfolding. Now you're forced to follow the band of timetravelers and their dumbass mingling because who the fuck knows why. It feels like Stargate but without any sensible writing.
Infinite Stars
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That seems pushed at Common to me. Like, really pushed (for a common, in draft)New card?
Remembrance
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The Trueheart Duelist token also had no right hand. Makes me think that the full-art version having two hands was an art error.
It happens to everything actually. People see cracks and believe a shit show is just around the corner. Look at Mass Effect. That one animation problem in a demo heralded some crazy shit.
SigmasonicX
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Embalm is going to be amazing in limited. If it's not in all colours, the colours that lack it (probably red and blue) will be at a disadvantage.
Oh, so the reminder text will write out the case for each particular creature then.
And if this is what's at common, there has to be common graveyard removal.
divisionbyzorro
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Common and uncommon creatures have been experiencing ridiculous power creep over the past few years.
Careful what you wish for. If Standard stays as bad as it has been for too much longer we could start to see more store closures. Aether Revolt sales have been sluggish and I don't think we want to see what happens if that trend continues.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Screw standard would just end up in an official frontier format of sorts. Probably origins forward.
Giant Panda
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https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/status/846898199893852160
Was this posted? They're claiming the illegibility was intentional.
Was this posted? They're claiming the illegibility was intentional.
Found these on mtgsalvation too, some story slides with some new art and info there:
I love the snake dude with his pet pals.
Just Ashodin from what I can see here.
I love the snake dude with his pet pals.
Just Ashodin from what I can see here.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
So Bolas is basically breeding a super army under a magic dome in the middle of the desert?
Awesome
Awesome
I wonder if the planar portal can't transport living creatures so that's why Bolas is turning his best warriors into zombies for his planar conquering army. Zombies are also Eldrazi proof as we saw in Eldritch Moon so he's covered there if he runs into them.
charlequin
Banned
I just hope that if we're gonna be down on the set itself it'll be because the cards and mechanics are bad. As bad as they fucked up on these Invocations, I'd much rather that than the actual set proper. And I do like the mechanics we've seen so far a lot in a vacuum.
This is a really good analogy, actually.
This theory makes... a surprisingly large amount of sense.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I'm really not thrilled with embalm playing a deck in standard currently that's 90% counters and removal.
I'm going to have to go up to 4 Incendiary Flows like this and I don't like having to resort to sorceries as that leaves me open to a Gideon resolving.
I'm going to have to go up to 4 Incendiary Flows like this and I don't like having to resort to sorceries as that leaves me open to a Gideon resolving.
Infinite Stars
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So Basically, Bolas is going to return to Amonkhet hoping to reap his Army of Zombie Walkers only to find The Gatewatch Fucking shit up and he's going to have to wreck the Plane to get them out
This sounds like Always Sunny to me
Also, Commons have been getting good, but like, that card is on par with Topanga Freeblade as "Pushed!!!". A 1W Conditional 3/3 with Vigilance? Yes please.
This sounds like Always Sunny to me
Also, Commons have been getting good, but like, that card is on par with Topanga Freeblade as "Pushed!!!". A 1W Conditional 3/3 with Vigilance? Yes please.
SigmasonicX
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Not hard to believe. Still, they didn't go far enough to make it clear that's what they were doing. It's just clear enough that people recognize the words and get frustrated that they're hard to read.
Plus, textless Cryptic Command should have shown them that you never want to actually make it hard to read. They probably wanted it to appeal to the same people that play with Japanese cards and such, but that message was muddled.
I would not be surprised to see a Burn Away reprint or something similar. Even more so given the way the Red god showed up in the story today.
I also get the sense that the gods are mono-color but work together with their enemy colored gods. Maelstrom Pulse and Vindicate both show enemy color gods working together and, in the story today, the white and red gods work together to save The Gatewatch.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Magic: the Gathering - Amonkhet |OT| This is horrifying to the Gatewatch.
It's definitely intentional, and I'm sure they predicted that it would be controversial as well (though, if they knew that, then they probably should have reconsidered revealing the Invocations first).
Likewise, given how the text fields are brimming with overwrought flavor, I believe that the conspicuously are columns flanking the card art and text box are also very much intentional. My guess is that the flatter textures on the walls are part of the 3D illusion of the card, so hopefully they'll look a lot better in your hand than they do on your computer screen.
None of this absolves WotC of criticism, and they definitely introduced Invocations in a way that amplified the controversy, but I do think that they were making very conscious decisions when they designed the Invocation frame.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Burn Away is much too slow. The meta were graveyard hate was needed in mid to late game went away with the Emrakul ban.
SigmasonicX
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I've mentioned this before, but I think graveyard exiling is an area that it would be good for red to get into more, especially if they tie it to other effects (or just damage).
Monocolored gods confirmed
Monocolored gods confirmed
Yeah, the issue with that comparison was that it turned out the main game was *full* of issues like the animation glitch from the demo. That doesn't leave me hopeful!
That's what I'm saying. The lands look like shit, the masterpieces are hated, and the aftermath mechanic is a weird split card thing.
The set might have terrible OP pushed cards with no answers again.
Burn will still be shit, blue will still be shit, and green will get even more card draw.
We should bingo card it.
The set might have terrible OP pushed cards with no answers again.
Burn will still be shit, blue will still be shit, and green will get even more card draw.
We should bingo card it.
Giant Panda
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So with this new flavor info:
|OT|Amonkhet- Have you accepted Nicol Bolas as your Lord and Savior?
or for maximum references:
|OT|Amonkhet - Dyslexic Dragon Demands Devotion and D-D-D-Deuls!
|OT|Amonkhet- Have you accepted Nicol Bolas as your Lord and Savior?
or for maximum references:
|OT|Amonkhet - Dyslexic Dragon Demands Devotion and D-D-D-Deuls!
Got to play with MM17 for the first time last night... Even in sealed, jesus this set is sweet!
Pulled 9 guildgates, shimmering grotto, and 3 signets, so I went full 5-color. Favorite play of the night was Terminus followed up with a Cruel Ultimatum, then next turn a Snapcaster flashing back Cruel Ultimatum.
Pulled 9 guildgates, shimmering grotto, and 3 signets, so I went full 5-color. Favorite play of the night was Terminus followed up with a Cruel Ultimatum, then next turn a Snapcaster flashing back Cruel Ultimatum.
That's just mean! Set is sweet tho. So many playable card .
GregLombardi
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Thats quit the turn progression lol
Gideon of the Trials sounds like he's going to run through some kind of God tests. That's interesting.
The fact that we already knew about the trials of the Gods is why I think this is the actual name. Maybe Gideon was chosen by the Gatewatch as their Champion/representative for the trials.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Jund commanders kinda suck.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
They tend to be forgotten but I like the tri color dragon cycle and that extends to Darigaaz, he can chew through people unless you're playing against some unfun optimized combo decks
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
IMO Kresh starts too small for five mana. The fact that the dragon is a 6/6 flying body for six is why I like that entire cycle for Commanders
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