Using Asian phonetics for the wedge names was not a good call.
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Magic: The Gathering |OT3| Enchantment Under the Siege
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Okay so, let's look at the grocery list
1) Wedges? Check
2) Dragons? Check
3) Tribes? Check
4) Gold? Check
5) Continuation of Time Spiral plotline? Possibly check
6) Strong Female Characters? Check
7) Zangief wrassling a bear? Check
Best expansion since... Return to Ravnica!
1) Wedges? Check
2) Dragons? Check
3) Tribes? Check
4) Gold? Check
5) Continuation of Time Spiral plotline? Possibly check
6) Strong Female Characters? Check
7) Zangief wrassling a bear? Check
Best expansion since... Return to Ravnica!
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I dunno, nothing there sounds as clunky as Grixis and people use that all the time.
Grixis is a cool name you take that back.
blindrocket
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I really like all of the art shown so far. Very well done.
"God's Beard!"
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What's up with the albino hamster people?
SigmasonicX
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I'm going to make a guess about how this block is going to progress. Since they emphasized that Khans the block is not wedge-colored; the sets are going to be drafted Khans/Khans/Khans, then "Dewey"/Khans/Khans, then "Louie"/"Louie"/"Dewey"; the premise of the set is going back in time; and Maro said this--
Khans: 3-color, wedges only
Dewey: 2-color, allies only or enemies only
Louie: 1-color
Also, since Maro didn't answer my question about it, I'll guess that the reason why they decided that it was safe to do a multicolor set so soon after Return to Ravnica is that they started to suspect that it was actually more the fault of Shadowmoor one year beforehand than Ravnica three years beforehand that people got tired of multicolor with Shards of Alara, and wanted to see to try again with a two year gap between multicolor sets.
EDIT: Also, all this stuff with extinct dragons and time travel resulting in dragons appearing reminds me of a certain currently airing anime >_>.
--I'll guess:waitingforarmando said: Why was the decision made to center each wedge in Kahns around a color other than the one that has two enemies? It seems like it would be the "natural" way to structure things, and the symmetry breaking makes me a little sad
I cannot explain why we did it that way yet, but there is a very good reason which I will explain at the appropriate time.
Khans: 3-color, wedges only
Dewey: 2-color, allies only or enemies only
Louie: 1-color
Also, since Maro didn't answer my question about it, I'll guess that the reason why they decided that it was safe to do a multicolor set so soon after Return to Ravnica is that they started to suspect that it was actually more the fault of Shadowmoor one year beforehand than Ravnica three years beforehand that people got tired of multicolor with Shards of Alara, and wanted to see to try again with a two year gap between multicolor sets.
EDIT: Also, all this stuff with extinct dragons and time travel resulting in dragons appearing reminds me of a certain currently airing anime >_>.
"God's Beard!"
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Don't you dare bring Fairy Tail into this thread.
Grixis sounds evil
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They're going to also have a bulk pack of the first four sets of duel decks. Seems to have gotten lost in the khans news.
"God's Beard!"
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:-(
But Teferi never was a PW before, right? Makes me wonder if these are cannon or if they're just for funsies.
Also I def think PW should be allowed to be commanders already.
You don't want a game where you can always cast Jace TMS on turn 4 and rebuy him over and over
!?!?!?!?! omg really?
Emrakul? Griselbrand? You just ban him.
blindrocket
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You said taint. *snicker*
I still like my insane idea for this block to somehow allow dragons from any previous set.
TIMESHIFTED DRAGON SHEET.
divisionbyzorro
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I'm going to have to buy all of these things. The pack of Duel Decks especially is very enticing for me.
The Technomancer
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That would be the fucking best thing.
Yeah that's speculation on my part but if the red one isn't Jaya then that's a massive fail on Wizards part. I'm guessing white will be Serra. Black maybe Yawgmoth? Green is most likely Freyalise.
ThLunarian
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My guess for black is Tevesh Szat. Yawgmoth wasn't a Planeswalker. He was more powerful than most of them, but he didn't have the spark and couldn't actually planeswalk.
Jaya & Teferi are my favorite magic characters, so pls excuse my fanboy hype.
I think green (or black) could also be Lord Windgrace, although I honestly have no idea what his color identity is, he's just a neat character.
Also, the duel deck pack is going to be an amazing deal as long as it isn't over $80. There's great value in all of those.
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totally-not-happening wishlist:
White -- Commodore Guff
Blue -- Teferi
Black -- Lord Windgrace, Ob Nixilis, Leshrac, or Tvesh Szat
Red -- Jaya Ballard
Green -- Glissa or Lord Windgrace
I agree with all of this, maybe Taysir for white instead of Serra.
Considering how WotC sucks they'll make up stupid new planeswalkers nobody cares about instead of using classic ones.
Glissa was never a PW and went evil in her last appearance so I don't think that's going to happen. And I"m not sure who Lord Windgrace is, but hey, his name is pretty royal sounding.
My predictions are:
White -- Serra
Black -- Leshrac / Tvesh Szat (Yawgmoth was never a PW to whoever said that earlier)
Green -- Freylaise
Blue -- Jace's dad (no it's Teferi)
Red -- obvs Jaya
Huw_Dawson
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Well after sorting out all my cards and checking rarities and prices, I'm pretty happy that I got one of the more expensive mythics in M15 in my first 10 packs. I can probably trade Nissa on at the local meetups for some nice cards to make somewhat competitive decks with.
Anyway, I'm in a predicament.
I don't want to go out and buy/trade for a bunch of M14 or RTR cards given they're rotating out of Standard soon, so I am going to limit myself to M15 and the Theros block until the Khan set hits. I do own the Journey into Nyx event counterburn deck though, and I'm happy to grab some more cards to make that deck a bit nicer as a holdover.
So far I've scraped together a pretty meh W/G Convoke token deck out of what I own to screw around with, but nothing is quite as much fun as my old Zendikar Vampire tribal deck.
So kinda a joint question for you guys. Firstly, what should I look to buy next to get some solid cards from the Theros block? Secondly, what should I grab as a holdover to buff up my counterburn deck?
These are probably horribly newb questions...
Anyway, I'm in a predicament.
I don't want to go out and buy/trade for a bunch of M14 or RTR cards given they're rotating out of Standard soon, so I am going to limit myself to M15 and the Theros block until the Khan set hits. I do own the Journey into Nyx event counterburn deck though, and I'm happy to grab some more cards to make that deck a bit nicer as a holdover.
So far I've scraped together a pretty meh W/G Convoke token deck out of what I own to screw around with, but nothing is quite as much fun as my old Zendikar Vampire tribal deck.
So kinda a joint question for you guys. Firstly, what should I look to buy next to get some solid cards from the Theros block? Secondly, what should I grab as a holdover to buff up my counterburn deck?
These are probably horribly newb questions...
Huw_Dawson
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Yeah, the multicolour lands are at the top of my list. Any of those in threat of rotating out?
Not until the block after Khans, so you're set for like 15 months.
Huw_Dawson
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Sweet. Hopefully it isn't too pricey to get them all.
EDIT: OH, last question... okay, multiple questions.
JtN fatpacks are £23 on Amazon right now, is it worth grabbing one for good trade bait/useful uncommons and commons?
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If I'm ordering from the UK, what's a good online store?
Of that set I listed, no. They're all attached to Theros Block.
Dno about good online stores for the UK, but if you can use Amazon US, there's always cheap sellers there. Same with TCGPlayer.com.
You shouldn't buy fatpacks, because they rarely have value. It's always better to just draft when you want to open packs imo, because you can still get some entertainment out of it if your pulls suck.
Huw_Dawson
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Well I got a neat box and a paper reference for M15 cards too, I'm okay with that.
So fancy lands, then probably run something I find entertaining like burn or mono black. Hmm.
So fancy lands, then probably run something I find entertaining like burn or mono black. Hmm.
Windgrace is a furry cat PW, from the same race as Mirri. He's BG aligned and met Venser way back when in Time Spiral. He's kind of sort of not dead, having offered his spark to seal the rift in Urbog, but not before infusing the swamp with some of his life force, so there's wiggle room there to bring him back.
Here he is. For some reason the only card he gets is red.
Here he is. For some reason the only card he gets is red.
Huw_Dawson
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It might never. He's the Vegeta to Bolas' Goku.
"God's Beard!"
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I looked up my foil Reclamation Sage and it's 7 bucks! Nice.
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