Familienoberhauptvogel
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Mirri isn't the OG Cat Lord.
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Mirri isn't the OG Cat Lord.
Imperfected
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I guess if you're running Cat Tribal you probably want to be running both versions of Mirri, which isn't a sentence I ever thought I'd say.
If it's EDH I have no idea what your Catmander would be to hit WBG, though.
If it's EDH I have no idea what your Catmander would be to hit WBG, though.
It better be in this very block.
Imperfected
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Sadly, I doubt you're going to see a tri-color Legendary in this set.
I sort of wish they would have done a set of tri-color Gods instead of another mono-color cycle, with WBG Bast the Legendary Cat God, but that doesn't seem super likely even for Hour.
divisionbyzorro
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Giant Panda
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That seems good especially in EDH. Also seems good with vehicles.
Jeez Raid Bombardment, you're looking... different.
Great with vehicles and tokens, and I look forward to a swarm of Night Market Lookout decks with this at FNM. Would've been busted if it wasn't legendary.
I'm rooting for Bolas to win.
The new cat lord is probably playable in standard without going into cat tribal. Seven power in three bodies for 5 mana is pretty good rate. Plus 4 of that power is lifelink.
Oh I get it. The tapped creatures are bowing down to you.
I wouldn't normally expect this type of card to be pushed, but it actually seems potentially strong at 2 mana. In addition to vehicles, there's also potential synergy with Exert and White Weenies.
...I've been thinking about a token themed commander deck for a while....
Imperfected
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Listen, it's the Accounting of Hours, not the Revelry of Hours. We're here to get these books sorted for Bolas before the start of the fiscal quarter.
when the choice is between Bolas and the Gatewatch, it's hard to not root for him
Fuck yeah, Magma Spray! Eat shit, Scrapheap Scrounger!
With regards to the new Cat-lord, am I the only one that's annoyed that the tokens it makes already come with Lifelink? And the only other white Cat revealed also has Lifelink? They better start revealing more cats without Lifelink or else I'm treating that buff as +1/+1 and nothing else.
With regards to the new Cat-lord, am I the only one that's annoyed that the tokens it makes already come with Lifelink? And the only other white Cat revealed also has Lifelink? They better start revealing more cats without Lifelink or else I'm treating that buff as +1/+1 and nothing else.
Who isn't better than red these days?
It's been this way since 2004? They made that clear when they printed Shatter at 1R and Oxidize at G back to back in Mirrodin and Darksteel. You have seen things like Manic Vandle and Reclamation Sage in the same format at the same time in more recent years.
Simply Sarah
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Rec Sage is still a better card but Uktabi Orangutan that also functions as a minor stax piece is fine with me.
The green creature seems pretty cool but I'm not really happy about Magma Spray reprint. Its an answer to Scrounger but that is pretty much it. Still doesn't hit face so its not a strictly better card than Shock, especially if CopyCat stays like it is.
Manglehorn does stop the combo, but you can still T4 blink your own land and shock it, then combo off.
edit: It is pretty nice in limited though with all the Embalm. But still, give us some answers for Standard damn it.
Manglehorn does stop the combo, but you can still T4 blink your own land and shock it, then combo off.
edit: It is pretty nice in limited though with all the Embalm. But still, give us some answers for Standard damn it.
Good question.
Yeah, but back in 2004 green was a terrible color so I could understand throwing them some bones. Now green has WAY better creatures than it used to get, better artifact removal, and arguably better creature removal depending on the fight version in the set/block.
We are only like 2 years removed from Mono-red aggro winning back to back Pro Tours, which, because they weren't midrange decks like Wizards wants everything to be, meant the color has been punished. My guess is in 2 or 3 years we might start to see Red be playable again. They are vindictive as hell at Wizards.
Nah question is more like what isnt green better at?
Simply Sarah
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Yeah, 2UU for a 4/4 flyer is reasonable to start with, it has a solid ability, and cycles cheaply to boot.
Yeah turning this 3/1 into a 5/5 Lifelink, Vigilance with Always Watching seems preeeeeeetty good.
Also, I love that Sphinx. Being able to cycle itself as well is just awesome. Goes well in some kind of UW deck together with that new Cast Away card or whatever it's called. And Cycling duals, obviously.
Also, I love that Sphinx. Being able to cycle itself as well is just awesome. Goes well in some kind of UW deck together with that new Cast Away card or whatever it's called. And Cycling duals, obviously.
Man, those seem pretty pushed. 4 mana 4/4 flyer is a lot more aggressive than I was expecting out of a blue dude that cares about cycling, and a 2 mana 4/4 Lifelink that has to attack every other turn is already stupid, even ignoring any way to untap it.
I can't imagine cycling the sphinx unless you're really desperate seeing as it doesn't cost that much, but that's just that much more upside to it.
I can't imagine cycling the sphinx unless you're really desperate seeing as it doesn't cost that much, but that's just that much more upside to it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Do you want another Kamigawa because that's how you get another Kamigawa.
I want another Kamigawa
Always watching is going to be really good with Exert
I mean, a control deck would love to just cycle away threats they get in their opening hands. And this does that. You're fine not playing this until you have stabilized and can play it with some kind of counter backup.
Simply Sarah
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Top-down Egyptian and all that.
The problem with a 4 cmc 4/4 flyer is that there is a 2 mana 4/4 flyer in the format
The problem with a 5/5 Vigilance Lifelink after tapping out on turn 3 is that your opponent can then easily kill you with infinate damage from a Saheli combo
It's -really- hard to not be super pessimistic in evaluating these cards
The problem with a 5/5 Vigilance Lifelink after tapping out on turn 3 is that your opponent can then easily kill you with infinate damage from a Saheli combo
It's -really- hard to not be super pessimistic in evaluating these cards
It's no Morphling.
If there was a classic Draw-Go deck, this would be an ideal finisher. Don't know if it has a place in the modern game, but this card is good
It actually took people a while to discover Morphling. It compares very well to Drifting Djinn, which was the control finisher for a while
That's because Morphling was a pile of shit until the 6E rules changes.It actually took people a while to discover Morphling. It compares very well to Drifting Djinn, which was the control finisher for a while
I'm mostly focusing on limited right now because standard is so fucked, but yes, if this guy ends up as a finisher in any control deck they're going to love having a super cheap cycling cost on it.
Pre-6th Edition Magic rules are so fucking bizarre to me as someone who started playing at Odyssey block.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Not good enough for a 5 mana walker.
this gideon otoh would actually be good in an exert deck.
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