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[Tunoku]

Oh, I just realized something. You know what card goes well with that new dragon?

Get dunked on.

 

[Ashodin]

Oh, I just realized something. You know what card goes well with that new dragon?

Get dunked on.

I mean. Planeswalkers have it rough without good vehicle removal. Or good burn.

 

[Santiako]

I mean. Planeswalkers have it rough without good vehicle removal. Or good burn.

The dragon is still there to block

Also, Gideon, Chandra and Saheeli are format staples so there can be room for another PW to see play (probably not Arlin though lol).

 

[Tunoku]

It's probably bad, but I'll make it my mission to make some RG Kibler deck with those two cards in it.

 

[Ashodin]

Kiora's time to shine with the exert mechanic?

She untaps.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Kiora's time to shine with the exert mechanic?

She untaps.

"Temur Exert is Tier 1, so we decided to not ban *broken card that powers 40% of the meta from Amonkhet*."

 

[Firemind]

couldn't even make the dragon 5/5 huh

 

[Infinite Stars]

Oh, I just realized something. You know what card goes well with that new dragon?

Get dunked on.

Arlington putting in work.

Does this mean we might see Tamiyo rejoin the field, because she's better then Arlin(Sorry not Sorry)

 

[Ashodin]

I'd be interested to see what the other exert colors can do, because if there's a 3 mana dude that exerts to say, add GG to your mana pool next turn, yum yum.

 

[Santiako]

Kiora is just a bad pw.

I'd be interested to see what the other exert colors can do, because if there's a 3 mana dude that exerts to say, add GG to your mana pool next turn, yum yum.

Yeah, exert seems kinda narrow since its only an on attack trigger, but I'm really wondering what kind of effect they'll do.

 

[Tunoku]

I'd be interested to see what the other exert colors can do, because if there's a 3 mana dude that exerts to say, add GG to your mana pool next turn, yum yum.

I don't think Extert has to be limited to damage for red. I could see some draft common giving itself menace to then take a turn off. Like a 2/1 First Strike with Exert:Menace seems fair.

 

[The Technomancer]

I am all about those crocodile dragons

 

[shrapnelmagnet]

lol

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Urzas+Saga/Fluctuator#paper

$15

 

[Ashodin]

lol

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Urzas+Saga/Fluctuator#paper

$15

SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE LOL

 

[bigkrev]

Fluctuator spike kind of makes sense? It was part of the redeption program from 1999, where you could mail in one of the banned rares in Standard (Earthcraft, Dream Halls, Mind over Matter, Recurring Nightmare, Fluctuator, Time Spiral, Tolarian Academy, and Memory Jar) and get a free booster of that set, which means there are probably less copies of it in circulation than a normal Saga rare.




Constructed playable reprint (and new card for Modern!)

Kind of insulting for them to print this in a format where counterspells aren't remotely playable

 

[charlequin]

I don't think Extert has to be limited to damage for red.

Besides gaining combat abilities, the other obvious effects I can think of are tapping down lands, looting, and quick-draw. Heck, given that this is a graveyard-y block you could put a Snapcaster effect on an Exert creature pretty easily.

 

[OnPoint]

Cat snake? What sound does it make when it purrs/hisses?

Also, the Renewed Faith art/flavor text says Gideon is DEFINITELY having a 'come to jesus' moment with at least one of the deities. I bet this is how they end up not getting wiped out after losing to Bolas.

 

[Haly]

Pissssssss obviously.

 

[TheBlackMarvel]

Gideon is totally going to betray the Gatewatch.

 

[Rafy]

SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE LOL

Just now I got a playset in English for 20 euro on MKM. With my luck, they'll reprint it in a few months...

 

[Firemind]

Should have given it haste smh

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Serpopard? I'm sorry but that's idiotic.
This thing is even quadrupedal and has fur.

That makes it a giraffopard. I can't stop laughing.

 

[Santiako]

Constructed playable reprint (and new card for Modern!)

Kind of insulting for them to print this in a format where counterspells aren't remotely playable

Nice. Renewed Faith was a standard staple last time and the cat snake is some serious power creep damn.

 

[Ashodin]

cat snake is awesome

Renewed Faith is a sick card btw

Inc Lifegain Felidar Sovereign deck

 

[Santiako]

Decree of Justice reprint would be sweet.

 

[Poppy]

bahahaha serpopard? are you kidding me?

that thing looks friggin hilarious

 

[sgjackson]

i love the serpopard what a stupid idea

 

[aidan]

Constructed playable reprint (and new card for Modern!)

Just noticed that they include mtgstory.com on the story spotlight cards. They're really pushing that hard.

 

[OnPoint]

Also, there's a small chance that one of the very good counterspells in the already spoiled Invocations will be standard legal. Which is safe for Modern? Man, I leave such judgments up to y'all.

 

[Haly]

I wonder if they just rolled a dice. Like they have mammals on one list and reptiles on another. Then they rolled 2d20 and that was their new chimera type.

 

[bigkrev]

How do Cat Snakes have sex

Wait, don't actually answer that

 

[Ashodin]

they're clearly just following up on the Cat Monkey and making Cat Snakes.

All Cats all the time

 

[Poppy]

i hope the fake bast is like legendary creature - cat god

will make tribal more interesting

 

[Wichu]

"Serpopard" is a modern term for a mythical animal known from Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian art. The word "serpopard" is a portmanteau of "serpent" and "leopard", derived from the interpretation that the creature represents a combination of the two animals, featuring the body of a leopard, and a long neck and head representing the serpent. However, they have also been interpreted as "serpent-necked lions". There is no known name for the creature in any ancient texts.

Can we have a GW or Naya Legendary Cat already? I want to build Cat tribal in Commander.

 

[y2dvd]

Temur Tower looking like it will stay relevant. Glad the cat/snake is a 4/3 vs 3/4.

As a cat owner, the aesthetics of the cat/snake creeps me out!

 

[Infinite Stars]

Fluctuator spike kind of makes sense? It was part of the redeption program from 1999, where you could mail in one of the banned rares in Standard (Earthcraft, Dream Halls, Mind over Matter, Recurring Nightmare, Fluctuator, Time Spiral, Tolarian Academy, and Memory Jar) and get a free booster of that set, which means there are probably less copies of it in circulation than a normal Saga rare.




Constructed playable reprint (and new card for Modern!)

Kind of insulting for them to print this in a format where counterspells aren't remotely playable

That last card is just..

Thanks Wizards, hope this means we get better counters?

Also, totally betting the Amonkhet Story focuses on Gideon trying to prove his worth in the Trials so he can get "Murdered" by the gods, only to not die because "I'm indestructible!!" Gideon not dying will cause something to trigger within Amonkhet bringing Bolas back.

 

[bigkrev]

Lets Rank Snake on the list of previous Standard 3-drops that people thought would be good but really did nothing in Standard:

Better than Big Nucks, worse than Brimaz and Daybreak Ranger?

 

[GoutPatrol]

With 2 Mindsensor reprints in this set I hope I can pick up Future Sight versions for real cheap to play in standard.

 

[Santiako]

Looking good.

 

[Ashodin]

gimme that shit!

The snake is great becasuse it makes Kalitas or something for four mana uncounterable on the next turn.

 

[El Topo]

Oh man, that cat snake is going to wreck all those dominant Standard control decks that rely on counterspells. Joke aside, nice card.

 

[Infinite Stars]

Lets Rank Snake on the list of previous Standard 3-drops that people thought would be good but really did nothing in Standard:

Better than Big Nucks, worse than Brimaz and Daybreak Ranger?

Better then Ranger, worse then Knucks and Brimaz
Alas Poor Brimaz, we barely saw him.

He was basically screaming (Him and other plants in Theros/KTK block) for MonoWhite Devotion to be a thing, what with the fun double finishers of Evangel of Heloid and Secure the Wastes, but nope, saw no play in Standard or in Modern.

Edit: I'm kind of surprised we didn't get some sort of Energy based Mana Leak, all things considered, something like:

Revocation of Permit UU

Instant

Choose Target Spell. You get EEE,then you may pay any amount of Energy. That spell is countered unless it's controller pays X, where X Is the amount of energy paid.

Like, that would have been fine. It's Logic Knot meets Mana Leak.

 

[Angry Grimace]

It's mostly interesting in that it's a hoser.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

mountain and island look very similar. Only the swamp looks the part of these.

 

[Santiako]

From blogatog:

ubsuporter sent: Is aven mindsensor the only invocation card (outside gods) that we will see in the regular set, or maybe.... just maybe there is another one?

Aven Mindcensor and the gods are the only Invocations also in the set,

 

[Infinite Stars]

From blogatog:

So long, my sweet Priest, may you be freed from your legacy Containment some day

 

[Ashodin]

Magic: The Gathering |OT11| Amonkhet - Nicholas Exerted Himself Into a Cycling Aftermath, Invoked God

 

[Joe Molotov]

Magic: The Gathering |OT11| Amonkhet - When Gideon Was in Egypt Land, Let My Gideon Go

 

[kirblar]

I thought Brimaz saw a bunch of play at some point in his life cycle?

 

[DashReindeer]

All I can think of for OT titles are weird Passover references that probably don't work for the vast majority of GAF.