Oh, yeah, that's also dead. Maybe Intimidate isn't dead, as Red still needs some sort of evasion for limited
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Oh, yeah, that's also dead. Maybe Intimidate isn't dead, as Red still needs some sort of evasion for limited
Landwalk has practically been gone for ages. That makes sense.
What if red's evasion became something like:
Strong Arm 1: This creature can not be blocked by creatures with power 1 or less
Strong Arm 3: This creature can not be blocked by creatures with power 3 or less
Strong Arm 3: This creature can not be blocked by creatures with power 3 or less
Or what if were simpler like this:
Strong Arm: Creatures with power equal to or less than (EXAMPLE)'s base power can not block (EXAMPLE)
Obviously the name sucks but it's an idea.
Regeneration is hella confusing and doesn't work how people would imagine it would.
Landwalk it stupid and only applies a small fraction of the time.
Intimidate is useless outside of draft.
Lifebane Zombie says hai.
pelicansurf
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Intimidate is pretty cool in EDH and playing Mono-Black decks. Cool is about the extent of it though.
Regenerate does not work like you think it would, and is super annoying at a constructed power level because they don't print Bury effects anymore
Protection is even more confusing- if Shroud can't exist because it might confuse people, Protection can't exist either.
They don't like Intimidate and Landwalk because they go from really good to meaningless based on the colors your opponent is playing.
Based on recent sets, I'm guess they'll be using the two-headed ability more where they'd normally use intimidate (can't be blocked, except by X or more creatures).
Silumgar Assassin's evasion is also a bit weird. It's the only creature with that form of evasion. It almost acts like a pseudo-deathtouch since it's rare that anything that blocks it won't trade with it. There's a chance they'll use it more in the future.
Based on recent sets, I'm guess they'll be using the two-headed ability more where they'd normally use intimidate (can't be blocked, except by X or more creatures).
Silumgar Assassin's evasion is also a bit weird. It's the only creature with that form of evasion. It almost acts like a pseudo-deathtouch since it's rare that anything that blocks it won't trade with it. There's a chance they'll use it more in the future.
C'mon, that wasn't why Lifebane was good. It was good because it basically nullified green creature strategies for an entire season and hit white ones too. The Intimidate ability was a bonus -- the card is only slightly less bonkers without it.
Splinter Twin as a mythic is kind of lame. I assume its because they don't want two card combos in limited but I feel it would come up a lot less frequent than would be necessary to warrant that rarity bump :/
The evasion was still super relevant as it could often breeze through those Green decks it hated on so much. It also made the card much more maindeckable.
I still don't entirely understand WOTCs issue with intimidate but I guess I've already said my piece on that enough times
Also the evasion of Silumgar's Assasion is weird and shitty
The evasion was still super relevant as it could often breeze through those Green decks it hated on so much. It also made the card much more maindeckable.
I still don't entirely understand WOTCs issue with intimidate but I guess I've already said my piece on that enough times
Also the evasion of Silumgar's Assasion is weird and shitty
Yeah, the ability was sometimes relevant. I wouldn't really question that, but it always felt like an extra sauce on an already awesome card. I tend to think about it this way:
Lifebane Zombie 1BB
Intimidate
3/1
Intimidate
3/1
As opposed to
Lifebane Zombie 1BB
When it enters the battlefield, look
at target player's hand and exile
a white or green creature from it.
3/1
When it enters the battlefield, look
at target player's hand and exile
a white or green creature from it.
3/1
The one that is conditional exile discard (especially during a season when graveyard decks were big) with a creature stapled to it is better than the straight up Intimidate creature. I think the card loses almost no playability if you remove the Intimidate, and loses almost all of it if it only has Initimidate. Obviously the combo was really good, but I'd say one ability was much stronger than the other.
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There are a lot of uncommons that are stupidly expensive. At least Remand did finally get a reprint, but there are others. I think Inquisition is something like $8-9, for example.
That's almost got to see a reprint in MM2 right? That and Path both have to by now.
divisionbyzorro
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The FNM Promo Path has definitely got me curious. Does that mean it is or isn't getting a reprint in MM2?
It does raise an interesting question. I'd like to think that, it being such a staple, that they'd have to include it. But the FNM version does make me nervous about it.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Lightning bolt!
Lightning bolt!
Lightning bolt!
Lightning bolt!
Lightning bolt!
divisionbyzorro
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Only if you give it new art. Even then, it's not Mythic.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
You're not mythic
divisionbyzorro
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Nah. If I'm anything, I'm a foil uncommon.
It's almost certainly because of limited balancing. But there is a severe lack of high rarity red playables though.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I can't wait until they get rid of gratuitous lifelink, e.g. Whip of Erebos.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The next set is going back to Zendikar.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I would be surprised if they didn't bring them back although I guess MM is a possibility for a reprint as well.
Angry Grimace
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I'll admit that right now I'm pretty down on it. Modern is insanely expensive, and Standard has been mostly ruined by the Esper Dragons deck.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Just sell plasma bro
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Because speculators
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You're going to hear the word "casual appeal" a lot.
But the real answer is twofold: people won't let go of their delusional idea that she's good in control and the stores that sell them don't want to take a bath on it. Both of these reasons can be condensed down into WanderingWind's answer.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I'm a concise mofo
I think they'll actually wait until the set after BoZ to reprint enemy fetches. Imagine all that fetching that's going on if every fetchland is available in the same standard rotation. Yuck!
divisionbyzorro
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Remember that we'll be starting the new rotation schedule, so you'd only have all of the fetchlands in Standard for one rotation (two sets) before the Khans fetches rotated out.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
So I played that 5c Mono Blue deck a bit and its basically durdle.dec. An Esper Dragons matchup is favorable but holy hell does it take fucking forever. Its basically, draw - go -put a counter on my crucible -cast Dromoka off one land - do it all over again once they kill your Dromoka. It seems like they can never really finish off Dromoka or Ojutai because there's just too many of them to begin with and too many Havens pulling them right back. But unless they draw really bad, it takes forever to actually get in a position where they can no longer do anything to stop the Dragonlords.
They're at $20 on eBay so they're working their way down atleast.
Etrian Oddity
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God I hate draw-counter-go decks. So damned boring and they suck all of the fun out of the game.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I don't think WOTC should encourage that kind of deck, but its just part of the game. Draw-go vs. draw-go is not exciting though.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
EDH is your friend.
So on turn three I can make sure my opponent won't be able to play lands for the next three turns? Seems a little OP.
Have fun waiting until the end of time LOL (at least for a CMC like that)
That's a $50+ right there. Way too good. Plus they don't really do land destro now.
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Should I buy Misty Rainforests at $25?
pelicansurf
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I'd play a 3x that In a mono red deck and never lose again.
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