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Magic: The Gathering |OT3| Enchantment Under the Siege
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acheron_xl
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Clever how they show the differences between two clans at the same mana cost. This also disproves the theory that Mardu two-color cards will only be RW and BR.
This is neat in a kind of Brothers Yamazaki way, but I'm really surprised they ate up two B/W uncommon slots in the file on these.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";129433874]Wow, embodiment of spring is a fantastic limited common.[/QUOTE]
A 1 CC common that blocks morphs and ramps? Yep.
"God's Beard!"
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Wow, embodiment of spring is a fantastic limited common.
Cosmo Clock 21
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landfall enabler
I like the flavor of this card.
narcosis219
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How low will the fetches go?
I think I'm buying at $10
I think I'm buying at $10
ThLunarian
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If all 10 of them end up getting printed this block, then we could see them go lower than that. Some of the RtR shocklands were down to like 6 bucks at one point.
Buying them when they hit 10 is completely reasonable though. It's hard to say how the new rotation schedule is going to change card valuations.
acheron_xl
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I don't know anything about standard, but 4x Chief of the Edge, 4x Oreskos Swiftclaw, 4x Tormented Hero seems like a nice BW aggro creature base at the low end.
Clever how they show the differences between two clans at the same mana cost. This also disproves the theory that Mardu two-color cards will only be RW and BR.
Wonder if warriors are a theme for black/white/x in limited.
Edit: Rabblemaster's also a warrior. Not much of a constructed player but I imagine that's noteworthy on some level.
Someone of Salvation is posting alleged unspoiled cards. Some of them seem pretty cool: http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/the-rumor-mill/571712-new-cards-no-images
Burn Away fills a slot I've always wanted in cube.
Burn Away fills a slot I've always wanted in cube.
10 to 12.50 non-U. 12.50-15 U.
Buy as soon as they hit those ranges for your personal playsets imo.
SigmasonicX
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I don't see much of a point in looking at that when everything will be revealed, complete with art and flavor text, in less than two days.
Anyway, some more cards with (blurry) art and flavor text!
This seems good as a build-around.
This seems like a limited bomb.
ThLunarian
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That milling artifact seems super obnoxious. It's also better than Millstone (not that that's super impressive, but Millstone was used as a kill condition in control decks back in the day).
If that's real and it's rare, it could go places.
If that's real and it's rare, it could go places.
"God's Beard!"
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Wtf defiant strike and ride down are broken
Is the bird not standard playable? Sure it's no Resto Angel (what is?) but 3/4 flying for 4cmc with upside and things to do with mana late game makes this seem playable to me. Goes with Ajani's Pridemage I think it's called.I don't see much of a point in looking at that when everything will be revealed, complete with art and flavor text, in less than two days.
Anyway, some more cards with (blurry) art and flavor text!
This seems good as a build-around.
This seems like a limited bomb.
This is the question I'm asking myself right now
On any abzan board its almost assuredly a 4/5 at minimum when it hits the field, and permanently buff's your guys, including soldier of the pantheon. Question is; is it too slow ? It's hard to say how fast the format is going to go, and if it's slowed down just enough it should be a great card.
Nikodemos
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Finally, a combat trick to get you around the "blocked creature" clause.
You might be able to get away with running two or three Scalding Tarns and then two or three Arid Mesas with the Polluted Deltas.
Yeah, my mistake. I don't play legacy/EDH.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Use Ajani to make it faster.
The Technomancer
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Feels more green than blue TBH
Desecration Demons see play at that slot with downside. I think White has been looking for something like this since Resto. My vote is it will see play.
Keru_Shiri
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This seems like a limited bomb.
This seems really good. Constructed viable, perhaps?
"God's Beard!"
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Tree of redemption vs nyx fleece ram?
ThLunarian
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Huh, weird. Kin-Tree Invocation also seems to be an Abzan card that's only black/green.
Cosmo Clock 21
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No watermark (despite being 100% Abzan otherwise)
How is it blue?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean, I guess if you Ajani it up, you could make him huge. I think that might be a janky combo though.
My early Warrior's build!
32 Creatures
4xTormented Hero
4xBloodsoaked Warrior
4xGnarled Scarhide (not a warrior, but it's another 1drop that can bestow)
4xOreskos Swiftclaw
4xBorderland Maurader
4XWar-Named Aspirant
4xChief of the Edge
3xGoblin Rabblemaster
1xZurgo Helmsmasher/Butcher of the Horde
6 Spells
4xRide Down
1xSpear of Heliod
1xMardu Charm
22 Lands
I thought about putting Chief of the Scale in there, but I think you just want to go straight aggro so more defense isn't needed. Sure, you may get hit with Drown in Sorrow or Anger of the Gods, but I think this is the right move. Zurgo can probably be replaced, but I want to test it out. Butcher is a mana cheaper and can grant haste so that is probably better. Mardu Ascendancy is too slow, so one charm takes its place. I can probably cut 2 creatures for 2 more lands because of being tricolor, or for 2 Boon of Erebos.
32 Creatures
4xTormented Hero
4xBloodsoaked Warrior
4xGnarled Scarhide (not a warrior, but it's another 1drop that can bestow)
4xOreskos Swiftclaw
4xBorderland Maurader
4XWar-Named Aspirant
4xChief of the Edge
3xGoblin Rabblemaster
1xZurgo Helmsmasher/Butcher of the Horde
6 Spells
4xRide Down
1xSpear of Heliod
1xMardu Charm
22 Lands
I thought about putting Chief of the Scale in there, but I think you just want to go straight aggro so more defense isn't needed. Sure, you may get hit with Drown in Sorrow or Anger of the Gods, but I think this is the right move. Zurgo can probably be replaced, but I want to test it out. Butcher is a mana cheaper and can grant haste so that is probably better. Mardu Ascendancy is too slow, so one charm takes its place. I can probably cut 2 creatures for 2 more lands because of being tricolor, or for 2 Boon of Erebos.
divisionbyzorro
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Doesn't that kinda make sense though?
SigmasonicX
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It would have been better if it put the extra cards in your graveyard, but I suppose that would have allowed you to chain different copies of this. It's still pretty good.
Makes total sense, but makes the "The clans are "R/W" + "R/B"" total bullshit, especially when we're seeing Mardu AND Abzan B/W cards.
divisionbyzorro
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Oh right. I had completely forgotten about that; probably because, as you said, it doesn't actually feel like they designed it that way.
SigmasonicX
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Do remember that was just a hypothesis and Wizards never said anything about that. It is odd that they didn't go down that path regardless, though.
I suppose this means that the change the clans undergo across the block will be more strongly connected to enemy relationships than ally.
I suppose this means that the change the clans undergo across the block will be more strongly connected to enemy relationships than ally.
Impulse on steroids. I like.
It would have been better if it put the extra cards in your graveyard, but I suppose that would have allowed you to chain different copies of this. It's still pretty good.
Too bad there are no combos available in standard. Well, two card combos.
Set 3 could reverse it.
The Technomancer
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Huh...thats actually pretty clever. They're using the tension of Delve, the way that it eats up the resource you need to use it, to their advantage by using it as a way of restricting how many times you're likely to be able to play an effect, at least cheaply. This and treasure cruise are both powerful if you play them once, but have decreasing returns because of Delve's "flaw"
That's how Delve works. Each Delve card you add makes every other Delve card worse. It's why it's the opposite of parasitic.
The Technomancer
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Sure, and while I knew that was a drawback that kept them from using it as a block mechanic I guess I didn't think they'd use it as a chance to do some powerful effects that they're fine with someone getting for cheap...once
Ancestrall Recall is a little less busted when you can only play it once, and only probably after turn 3
SigmasonicX
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Delve is probably the mechanic in this set that requires the most thought behind it if you want to use it most effectively.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Dig Through Time is good even at moderate levels of Delve and ridiculous at a full 6.
The Technomancer
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Oh yeah even if you only delve for 4 that's a damn good effect for 2UU
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