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Magic: the Gathering |OT11| Amonkhet - Have you ever had decks with a Pharaoh?
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Bloodfury Militant
1R
Creature -- Minotaur Warrior （Uncommon)
When ~ ETB ,discard a card.
4/3
this seems pushed.
SigmasonicX
Member
If you're hellbent, then there isn't even a cost. Yeah, that's way better than I expected from red.
EDIT: Compare to
EDIT: Compare to
How does it help emerge decks? Arent they based on cmc ? It seems more pushed for R/B vampires or straight R/B aggro
The UR emerge deck just pitches its hand and uses Stitchwing Skaab and Advanced Stitchwing from the yard.
Big body that can discard an amalgam or stitchwing. The only actual emerge card they play is Elder Deep Fiend (sometimes 1-2 Gryffs)
Bloodfury Militant
1R
Creature -- Minotaur Warrior （Uncommon)
When ~ ETB ,discard a card.
4/3
Really good if some kind of sligh deck becomes viable. Dumping that 3rd or 4th land isn't really a cost.
What a weird narrow card. Goes great in Wheel EDH decks I guess.
Noose Constrictor loves it.
The Jund Nearbent deck I built wants this bad. Drop your hand, fiery temper, attack, get back fiery temper.
What a weird narrow card. Goes great in Wheel EDH decks I guess.
Imperfected
Member
At least with Red-Black there's some nice "We're going to Hell together" cards.
Mono-Red still seems to be in that, "Dump my hand and just pray for the best" mode of thinking, which I really can't get behind.
because they have the bodies of humans and the heads of animals
charlequin
Banned
why isn't this deck called emURge again
for some reason I thought they wanted to expand red's identity, but they still just seem to give them cards that make you want to concede on turn 5
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
I really, really hope Hellbent comes back in the next set.
Imperfected
Member
"Now that I've emptied my hand, Hezoret will finish this!"
"I play Swords of Revealing Ligh--err, Sram's Expertise. You got anything for a bunch of 1/1 chump blockers?"
"... I just told you I emptied my hand."
"Well, hopefully you believe in the Heart of the Cards."
divisionbyzorro
Member
That card is going to end up on Against in Odds almost immediately.
but why
Bloodfury Militant
1R
Creature -- Minotaur Warrior （Uncommon)
When ~ ETB ,discard a card.
4/3
Discard a card, get Rhonas online. Me likey.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Weird design.
And no one posted this one
instant makes 2 1/1s with vigilance sorcery is bonesplinters
Simply Sarah
Member
What a weird narrow card. Goes great in Wheel EDH decks I guess.
I mean, if you can combine it with New Perspectives then things become outright silly and we start getting into draw your deck territory. I mean, I'm not saying that will do anything useful but it's there.
It's a bit awkward for wheels because you either need to have something to flash it back or you need to draw it off the wheel with it being basically a dead card the rest of the time.
This will be broke in my Gitrog EDH deck lol.
What a weird narrow card. Goes great in Wheel EDH decks I guess.
Imperfected
Member
Hey, combine it with Drake Haven and produce stupid amounts of fliers.
I have no idea how you get to that board state short of goldfishing, but maybe you play a lot of games against narcoleptics. I won't judge.
Simply Sarah
Member
Slightly more expensive but also slightly more powerful Raise the Alarm along with Bone Splinters, huh? Seems like a reasonable Limited card.
What a weird narrow card. Goes great in Wheel EDH decks I guess.
How does this work with end step, discard phase? Say I had to discard 2 cards because of maximum hand size. Play this card. Do I get the 2 cards back, and then turn goes to opponent?
That draw spell is really good in limited and would usually be at sorcery speed. If it weren't for Glimmer, this would see standard play. Who knows? Maybe cycle decks still wants this.
Another Black Instant for my Toshiro Umezawa Commander deck.
What a weird narrow card. Goes great in Wheel EDH decks I guess.
Simply Sarah
Member
No one (usually) gets priority during the cleanup step, which is when discard occurs and your turn is over once the cleanup step finishes. So in 99.9% of cases you'll discard and your turn is immediately over so there's nothing you can do.
Now, there are edge cases where you can get priority (discarding something with Madness to hand size, for example). However, even if you cast this then you'll have to discard to hand size since another cleanup step occurs after. Basically you keep having them until nothing disrupts it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Definitely. 3U Draw 2 at instant speed is pretty standard often with upside like glimmer or the surge spell in OGW.
It's just a bit odd to give a card versatility instead of added functionality with Cycling.
Imperfected
Member
A strictly better Crystal Quarry? Hmm.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
I like that land quite a bit actually.
I think people have largely come around on them and their playability.
I think I've come around on the design for Aftermath cards for the most part, maybe 75%. I can only think of one minor change that may work, but thats it. They were a bit of a shock to see at first, but I think the function is portrayed about as clearly as possible.
Edit: That said, I would really love to get an inside look on the design process for them once the set is out.
Edit: That said, I would really love to get an inside look on the design process for them once the set is out.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Spring to Mind is great! That's a lot of card advantage (yes, it's a lot of mana as well).
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
were people down on the playability overall? The design still sucks but it's flashback.
Reduce to Rubble was an instant sell for nearly everyone for instance. Spring to mind is interesting for me as it ramps you into gearhulk while putting a draw spell into the graveyard but it's also a 3 mana sorcery which are unplayable on turn 3 for control decks.
Reduce to Rubble was an instant sell for nearly everyone for instance. Spring to mind is interesting for me as it ramps you into gearhulk while putting a draw spell into the graveyard but it's also a 3 mana sorcery which are unplayable on turn 3 for control decks.
They are ugly but functional, which is always the priority.
divisionbyzorro
Member
And that's going into the library - it's actually not card disadvantage like Unsubstantiate.
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