A Serious Man
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This is legit my favorite card of all time and this fugly POS makes me legit upset.
We finally get a Desolation Angel reprint and it's this thing. My 13 year-old self is not pleased.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT12| Hour of Devastation - Hour of Jace getting dunked on
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We finally get a Desolation Angel reprint and it's this thing. My 13 year-old self is not pleased.
No idea, sorry. Probably right after revised. Actually, I think legends is the same.
You know, she's isn't that bad though...
This makes what? Five Nissas in standard?
How is she not bad? 7 mana with a plus that pseudo ramps?
If by "isn't that bad" you mean "is garbage" I agree.
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Transhuman
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Yeah that Nissa is barely good even in sealed. They need to start printing Planeswalkers at uncommon
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Transhuman
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She's the type of planeswalker that you put under the leg of your kitchen table so it don't wobble
I love the male angels of Amonkhet. And the art for the new Desolation Angel is fantastic. If only it weren't on that truly awful Invocation frame that makes it look pure garbage.
Have they at any point addressed the controversy over these? Or will it be something we see in Maro's end of year article? I still can't get over how these got through any non-blind art director.
Have they at any point addressed the controversy over these? Or will it be something we see in Maro's end of year article? I still can't get over how these got through any non-blind art director.
Imperfected
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The worst part is that it's a PW Deck Nissa, and I seriously doubt they're packing Ulamogs or something into her PW Deck for her to ramp into. There's a good chance she's the most expensive spell in the deck, really, which means you play her and then hopefully you have a creature in play or else she's doing literally nothing.
I mean, I know the PW Deck 'walkers are supposed to be trash, but they should at least be marginally reflective of how their equivalents are played in Standard. Like, Bolas is fine: he's overpriced at 8 CMC and underpowered at 5 Loyalty, but he does high-CMC PW things like a Bolas should.
I mean, I know the PW Deck 'walkers are supposed to be trash, but they should at least be marginally reflective of how their equivalents are played in Standard. Like, Bolas is fine: he's overpriced at 8 CMC and underpowered at 5 Loyalty, but he does high-CMC PW things like a Bolas should.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Sweet I was right. I was theorizing with a friend and we concluded it had to be less than 6 so he can't minus twice.And here's the full Nicol Bolas
Probably the best pw from one of these decks.
A bit surprised he's at 5 since he can ultimate in 2 turns that way.
"In the first moments, the gate to the afterlife opened, and the people were prostrate in the light of the God-Pharaoh."
What an odd writing style. I actually had to look up prostrate. That's never a good thing.
Also what is Bolas's plan again? From looking at Damnation, he just goes full ham on the plane. I thought he wanted to breed a super army or something.
StrategyFan
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I think he just likes to play these gigantic, interdimensional jokes.
"It's just a prank, bro! You're actually going to die now."
Re writing style, I disagree. Using unusual words can convey meaning beyond everyday language, and in this case prostrate is absolutely the right word. Heck, magic is probably single handily responsible for the word 'Pernicious' being used nowadays... ;-) (such a good word!).
Also, prostrate is a very typical word to use in these settings btw. It's exactly what I'd expect in the circumstances.
MTG deliberately uses a lot of complicated vocabulary w/ card names. It's very good for kids because of that, learning-wise.
Prostrate is also 100% the correct word to use here contextually, it's almost always used in a religious context w/ people bowing towards a holy figure.
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Transhuman
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it's fine for limited
Of course it's a fine limited card, I just wish they would bring back more flexible burn to Standard.
3 for 3 has been the new norm for a while, not to mention-
I'm more complaining about the fact that it has become the norm. Red's power level (or more color pie slice) is in a bad shape nowadays and the one thing it excelled in, direct damage, has been significantly reduced to favor playing creatures. Harnessed Lightning is good, but it can't hit players for good reasons, so I wonder if Lightning Strike would really be too powerful for the format nowadays.
StrategyFan
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wait for higher rarity cards i guess
red's color identity is basically 'good at limited things' because design is stuck
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Transhuman
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Lightning Strike would make sense in Ixalan given the pirate theme.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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harnessed lightning is better than lightning strike.
They aren't going to put a strictly better burn spell in the same set.
Yes, in an energy supporting deck it's the better choice, but the ability to hit players is sometimes much appreciated. But like kirblar said, they just don't do instant burn to the face anymore.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Any Aether Hub already makes Harnessed Lightning an instant speed Flameslash.
It's really easy to be energy supporting.
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Transhuman
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An instant speed flameslash that costs 1 more and removes the only part of Aether Hub that makes it good, and also you have to draw the Aether Hub and never have needed the mana fixing earlier in the game.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
That's between you and your mana base.
Flameslash will never kill a heart of Kiran.
Flameslash will never kill a heart of Kiran.
Ooccoo
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Exactly. If I want to deal with creatures, I Will play another color. Red is fast and goes for the early kill. At least, it used to.
I think Damnation is showing when he first showed up on Amonkhet an wiped out all of the people who weren't young children.
Giant Panda
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The Scorpio God looks pretty good to me. Looks like a good midrange or control finsher.
Also looks like a fun commander.
Also looks like a fun commander.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
People are still shipping Gaby and LSV lol.
The burn spells that people want- ie, Lightning Strike- aren't powerful enough for Modern
At this point, I'm sure they are WOTC employees who are trying -ANYTHING- to distract from the fact that the next expansion has already had all of it's rares and mythics leak
Remember when idiot red was showing up in the t8 in pt after pt after pt? That was Standard.
I think Fallen Empires is the last set packaged that way. Pretty sure Ice Age and 4th edition have the mylar packaging, and I am 100% sure Homelands and Chronicles do.
SigmasonicX
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I forgot to mention, the mechanics article had the eternalize token for Steadfast Sentinel.
And here's what the flavor of it is.
It also mentions that every eternalize card will be stronger as a zombie, so it shouldn't be on anything bigger than a 3/3.
There's also the flavor text on this.
I've mentioned before that afflict is similar in flavor to infect. I wonder if there might be some connection with the Phyrexians, like Bolas was using this plane as an attempt to experiment with Glistening Oil and make the results loyal to him.
And here's what the flavor of it is.
It also mentions that every eternalize card will be stronger as a zombie, so it shouldn't be on anything bigger than a 3/3.
There's also the flavor text on this.
I've mentioned before that afflict is similar in flavor to infect. I wonder if there might be some connection with the Phyrexians, like Bolas was using this plane as an attempt to experiment with Glistening Oil and make the results loyal to him.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
they already had to fight for the number of tokens required for embalm in a big set. Wotc barely wants to make new tokens for a small set at all.
Eternalize is black token that's always a 4/4.
Lazotep might make them immune to compleation.
SigmasonicX
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Embalm: Exact copy of the creature, except it's a white zombie with no mana cost.
Eternalize: Always 4/4 (bigger than the base creature) and it's black.
Can't say I like the idea of Eternalize as much as Embalm. Embalm at least allowed you to have guys like Honored Hydra, whereas Eternalize is almost certainly going to be limited to much smaller creatures (because why would a 6/6 eternalize into a 4/4?)
I'll need to try it out in draft before I pass judgement, but as it stands I like Embalm more (even if the art for that token looks really sick).
I'll need to try it out in draft before I pass judgement, but as it stands I like Embalm more (even if the art for that token looks really sick).
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GP VEGAS (MODERN) now streaming.
They're starting with a cute little girl haha
GP VEGAS (MODERN) now streaming.
They're starting with a cute little girl haha
A Serious Man
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Child abuse on the stream as this father
in front of his daughter.
pile shuffles
4/4 doublestrike for 3WW is overcosted now?
The word means "costs more than is appropriate," not just "costs more."
I dunno, I think Eternalize seems cooler. Instead of getting the same creature again, you're getting a JRPG-style second form that's more powerful.
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