Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Zurgo is, obviously mythic.
Picture of the last khan punching a bear.
Picture of the last khan punching a bear.
Magic: The Gathering |OT3| Enchantment Under the Siege
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So Abzan (White/Black/Green), Jeskai (Blue/Red/White), Sultai (Black/Green/Blue), Mardu (Red/White/Black), & Temur (Green/Blue/Red)?
Junk > Abzan but I suppose I'll get used to the rest?
Since they can't front load the first set with infinite good cards the wedges are going to be short changed relative to the shards in terms of # of good cards no?
Junk > Abzan but I suppose I'll get used to the rest?
Since they can't front load the first set with infinite good cards the wedges are going to be short changed relative to the shards in terms of # of good cards no?
SigmasonicX
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Well I definitely didn't expect an "a wedge" block.
EDIT: Wait, I misunderstood. So only the first set is wedge? That's really odd; like I said, it's weird that they'd blow their load on wedges for only one set.
Also, djinn, efreets, and apparently tengus? Awesome.
EDIT: Wait, I misunderstood. So only the first set is wedge? That's really odd; like I said, it's weird that they'd blow their load on wedges for only one set.
Also, djinn, efreets, and apparently tengus? Awesome.
The Technomancer
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Sure, but I'll take a decrease in the number of good wedge cards if it means we also don't have the seriously underwhelming multicolor cards of Alara Reborn and to some extent Conflux
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Changing seeded boosters to have 40 prerelease cards in the pool instead of 5.
The real stinker was Shards itself.
The second set will still be partially wedge, by its nature.
Oh, SICK. Since there were 8 rares possible out of a pre-seeded booster, this now means your seeded rare is a promo now, no specific promo per color.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Morph is coming back.
Yeah, Shards the set overall was pretty awful
What does that even mean? Can we end the pre-release packs already
What does that even mean? Can we end the pre-release packs already
The Technomancer
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Mehhhhh Alara Reborn is still probably my least favorite set from the last decade. Just so much literal chaffe. So many designs that felt monocolor but had to be stretched to multicolor so no-one plays them
Like, if with this model the third set of Khans is free of
and
I'm happy
Mehhhhh Alara Reborn is still probably my least favorite set from the last decade. Just so much literal chaffe. So many designs that felt monocolor but had to be stretched to multicolor so no-one plays them
Like, if with this model the third set of Khans is free of
and
I'm happy
The blades were pretty good design I felt. 1st ever mix of hybrid & multicolor and pushed the block theme. Sojourners were pretty whatever though.
The Technomancer
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Did we actually get art from the Temur clan? that's the one I'm most excited about
The Technomancer
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Man I can't get over how awesome that Jeskai art is though
The Technomancer
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From a power perspective maybe, its just that Alara Reborn has so many boring ass designs. Especially on three color cards. It was the set that convinced me that its really tricky to design three color cards that feel meaningfully tri-color. A lot of its cards feel like they could be mono-color, that's the biggest strike for me
The Technomancer
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Are you sure? The order would still be W-B-R even under the old convention. We didn't see any other cards did we?
Go take a look at the Duel Deck.
Why is red before black though?
Because they wanted to center the central color to sync them with Shards.
I see, but why is it RWB and not BWR, since black comes before red normally?
It's because red is "before" white if you put white in the center. RGWUB
The new prerelease packs seem to be worse for new/casual players (who are apparently the people that want them), what happens when they open one of the few unplayable options? They feel entitled to a rare in their chosen colour, randomly getting a bad one will sting when the guy sitting next to them gets something great.
Maybe we will get another Promo after the Prerelease just like a few years ago.
Ah, that makes sense. I r dumb.
SigmasonicX
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New card that wasn't posted here:
Nice to see that Gisa (and I imagine Geralf) are getting their own cards.
It's neat to see Tefari get his own planeswalker card. It's weak that his +1 is almost the same as the new Jace's (except better) in terms of originality, but that ultimate is awesome.
Odd that the card for Cunning (in Speed vs. Cunning) is Arcanis; aren't the front cards usually cards that one would see in Standard?
I'm willing to eat crow about Khans being a wedge block (well, set); hopefully the reasoning will be explained soon.
Nice to see that Gisa (and I imagine Geralf) are getting their own cards.
It's neat to see Tefari get his own planeswalker card. It's weak that his +1 is almost the same as the new Jace's (except better) in terms of originality, but that ultimate is awesome.
Odd that the card for Cunning (in Speed vs. Cunning) is Arcanis; aren't the front cards usually cards that one would see in Standard?
I'm willing to eat crow about Khans being a wedge block (well, set); hopefully the reasoning will be explained soon.
So many cool things for the new block, I like it.
Oh weird. Explains Teferi though, since I thought that he was killed in the Time Spiral block.
Since Morph is back and time travel is a thing in the block, I wonder if Jeskai isn't named after Jeska (Kimahl's sister) somehow.
Oh weird. Explains Teferi though, since I thought that he was killed in the Time Spiral block.
Since Morph is back and time travel is a thing in the block, I wonder if Jeskai isn't named after Jeska (Kimahl's sister) somehow.
acheron_xl
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I just finished designing a set for my own use that has Morph as a major theme with a wedge subtheme. Funny that. Wonder how many slots in my set I'll have to blow up.
"God's Beard!"
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Yay, I'm happy for wedges. That means my Sultai Superfriends deck has a good chance of getting an upgrade!
KARLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*swoon*
New card that wasn't posted here:
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KARLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*swoon*
SigmasonicX
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I suppose I'll do the roundup post for lazy people.
First of all, MaRo's sum-up:
Note that this means the "central color" of each clan isn't the shared enemy color.
The wedges are:
Abzan (The Abzan Houses)
WBG (black and enemies)
Dragon aspect: Endurance
Jeskai (The Jeskai Way)
URW (red and enemies)
Dragon aspect: Cunning
Sultai (The Sultai Brood)
BGU (green and enemies)
Dragon aspect: Ruthlessness
Mardu (The Mardu Horde)
RWB (white and enemies)
Dragon aspect: Speed
Temur (The Temur Frontier)
GUR (blue and enemies)
Dragon aspect: Savagery
Couldn't quickly find a good picture like the others, so have these two:
EDIT:
First of all, MaRo's sum-up:
Note that this means the "central color" of each clan isn't the shared enemy color.
The wedges are:
Abzan (The Abzan Houses)
WBG (black and enemies)
Dragon aspect: Endurance
Jeskai (The Jeskai Way)
URW (red and enemies)
Dragon aspect: Cunning
Sultai (The Sultai Brood)
BGU (green and enemies)
Dragon aspect: Ruthlessness
Mardu (The Mardu Horde)
RWB (white and enemies)
Dragon aspect: Speed
Temur (The Temur Frontier)
GUR (blue and enemies)
Dragon aspect: Savagery
Couldn't quickly find a good picture like the others, so have these two:
EDIT:
"God's Beard!"
Member
Sultai and Mardu both look really cool. Guess we know why only the enemy painlands were printed now.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Your Saturday-morning cartoon knock-offs will by torn asunder by the ruthlessness of the Sultai.
SigmasonicX
Member
Teferi's card is from the new Commander decks, not Khans, so the time travel is irrelevant in this case. I believe he is supposed to be alive regardless, though.
Anyway, Jeskai definitely looks the coolest out of the clans so far, mainly due to djinns, efreets, and tengus.
The Technomancer
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[QUOTE="God's Beard!";122784616]Your Saturday-morning cartoon knock-offs will by torn asunder by the ruthlessness of the Sultai.[/QUOTE]
The Jeskai have the coolest visual direction so far, but I really hope the Temur are awesome as well. That's the color combination I care the most about
As an aside, does anyone else have the issue of embedded twitter images never showing up in Chrome?
The Jeskai have the coolest visual direction so far, but I really hope the Temur are awesome as well. That's the color combination I care the most about
As an aside, does anyone else have the issue of embedded twitter images never showing up in Chrome?
"God's Beard!"
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I'd be sad if Delve is the reason bad Jace has the bad +1 instead of actual graveyard strategies.
Those two look the ugliest to me.
Those two look the ugliest to me.
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