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[charlequin]

From Twitter:

What could have been...

Honestly, looking at these mockups makes me more convinced that they did the right thing. They were never going to do the far-right one, and the outlined text is too busy in the middle one.

CG is being used, presumably because it ties into their online stuff, but it's utterly souless and dreadful.

A big portion of Magic art has been digital for like a decade, that's not really new. The issue really just comes down to what artists are in use -- like, besides a few pieces I'm not particularly a fan of Brad Rigney's work anyway.

 

[Toxi]

Honestly, I'm just waiting for Raymond Swanland's inevitable contribution to the set.

I love his art for creepy creatures like Caustic Crawler.

 

[Matriox]

Huh, my post didn't show up for some reason, trying again.

Sorry if this double posted, I can't see a previous post and not sure why it didn't go.

 

[Toxi]

Nissa, your renewal isn't very exciting.

 

["God's Beard!"]

This Top 4 might be the most boring in the tournament's history.

I'm just enjoying the level of play.

 

[SigmasonicX]

Huh, my post didn't show up for some reason, trying again.

Sorry if this double posted, I can't see a previous post and not sure why it didn't go.

And Nissa's story arc for this set looks just as terrible as I expected.
Triple landfall triggers is fine for a rare.

 

[charlequin]

lol story spoilers

 

[Bandini]

Man, that Hallowed Fountain. I usually don't care much about aesthetics, but that makes me want to drop some dollar bills. Despite already having a regular playset.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Come on Owen ;_;

Overcome the odds!

 

[Bandini]

Sorry GB, Owen is no John Cena. My boy Seth has got this.

Unrelated: Seth reminds me of the fail upward guy from Silicon Valley.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Sorry GB, Owen is no John Cena. My boy Seth has got this.

Honestly, I think in a first to ten or twenty Seth would win maybe 70% of games just based on his decklist. But with a relatively short set it can get crazy. Seth's 2-for-1s being Planeswalkers and Owen's being Read the Bones is huge.

 

[Infinite Stars]

And the Twitch Chat is just mocking Siege Rhino.

I've only been playing seriously since FRF and even I'm sick of Siege Rhino. It's just too durdly/overused. I mean, it's insanely good, but it's still overused.

 

[Lazy vs Crazy]

Owen using Mirage forests? Man has fine tastes.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Like I said, crazy stuff can happen.

And the Twitch Chat is just mocking Siege Rhino.

I've only been playing seriously since FRF and even I'm sick of Siege Rhino. It's just too durdly/overused. I mean, it's insanely good, but it's still overused.

I'd say it's being used exactly the correct amount.

 

[Bandini]

This is almost making me want to play standard again. What are the the legal sets gonna be when BFZ comes out?

 

[SigmasonicX]

This is almost making me want to play standard again. What are the the legal sets gonna be when BFZ comes out?

Khans of Tarkir, Fate Reforged, Dragons of Tarkir, Magic Origins, and Battle for Zendikar.

 

["God's Beard!"]

C'mon Owen ;_;

One more game on the play! One more ;_;

 

[Bandini]

It's over, good game.

 

[Infinite Stars]

This is just great, watching this higher level of play.

 

[Firemind]

Honestly, I'm just waiting for Raymond Swanland's inevitable contribution to the set.

I love his art for creepy creatures like Caustic Crawler.

Raymond Swanland is the reason why Alara block is better than Khans block. His contributions in Khans are mediocre. Again, I blame the art director. I mean, you only have to look at goblins. They went from this to this.

 

[kirblar]

LSV just nailed the line that wins the game for Seth (Pump Owen's Courser, Minus Elspeth.)

This lets you knock Ugin to 2, keeping the board from wiping.

Seth missed it.

edit: Getting a downfall off the top works too.

 

[divisionbyzorro]

What an insane run for Seth. Well done.

 

[Bandini]

Woo! Woo! Woo!

 

[Firemind]

Seth wooooooo

Owen lololololol

He didn't want the title anyway.

 

["God's Beard!"]

:-(

Great finals, though.

 

[bigkrev]

For a Mulligan to 4 Lands, Toughtsieze, and Read the Bones, hell of a performance by Owen, even if I had no clue how he could win that game.

 

[kirblar]

For a Mulligan to 4 Lands, Toughtsieze, and Read the Bones, hell of a performance by Owen, even if I had no clue how he could win that game.

Seth actually got bailed out. He missed the sequence LSV nailed that would left Owen with a board of Ugin at 2.

If he doesn't rip that Downfall, Seth is in rough shape.

 

[Bandini]

Seth actually got bailed out. He missed the sequence LSV nailed that would left Owen with a board of Ugin at 2.

If he doesn't rip that Downfall, Seth is in rough shape.

More proof of LSV'S skill, and the randomness of Magic.

 

[Angry Grimace]

The Nissa card from BFZ seems exactly like all the Nissa cards in Origins.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

So, sui G/B Elves is fucking fun.

I'm sad that Ulcerate is rotating out, it's one of the most underutilized cards in Standard. Gonna miss it.

 

[Matriox]

Hmm no commander 15 spoilers?

 

[ElyrionX]

Did they even confirm that all basics in this set are full art? Didn't Zen have regular basics along with the full art ones?

 

[bigkrev]

Did they even confirm that all basics in this set are full art? Didn't Zen have regular basics along with the full art ones?

Intro packs/Land Stations/Deckbuilders Toolkit/Event Decks will have normal lands, Fat Packs and Boosters will have full-art

 

[ElyrionX]

Intro packs/Land Stations/Deckbuilders Toolkit/Event Decks will have normal lands, Fat Packs and Boosters will have full-art

So all boosters will have full art?

 

[bigkrev]

So all boosters will have full art?

Every booster that does not have a full art fetch/shock will have one.

 

[Yeef]

Every booster that does not have a full art fetch/shock will have one.

Even the ones with the ultra-rares should have one; if Maro is correct, the ultra-lands replace foils, which typically replace a single common in the pack, not the basic land.

 

[The Technomancer]

Intro packs

Huh, really? Thats weird

 

[Matriox]

Lol harabaz druid.

 

[bigkrev]

Huh, really? Thats weird

Intro packs were the only way to get original Zendikar "normal" lands. It's a case where they are rarer than the full arts, but worth less money because they aren't desirable.

 

[Lee N]

This is almost making me want to play standard again. What are the the legal sets gonna be when BFZ comes out?

http://whatsinstandard.com/

 

[charlequin]

Did Rosewater confirm that the third PW in BFZ proper is Nissa? Meaning we have to wait another whole set for Kiora 2.0? Boooooo.

 

[Siegcram]

This Top 4 might be the most boring in the tournament's history.

Literally fell asleep watching.

 

[red13th]

Did Rosewater confirm that the third PW in BFZ proper is Nissa? Meaning we have to wait another whole set for Kiora 2.0? Boooooo.

Well that would make sense if the next set has enemy colour pairings.

 

[divisionbyzorro]

Literally fell asleep watching.

To be fair, the actual final game of the top 4 was great.

 

[Matriox]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/142158249X/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Art book up on Amazon US for $40 pre-order.

 

[Siegcram]

To be fair, the actual final game of the top 4 was great.

Yeah I caught it the morning after, but there's only so much Abzan I can watch at night.

 

[Firemind]

The moment where he flips his fourth rhino with courser. :lol

siege rhino gonna siege

 

[duxstar]

It still boggles my mind how in a world of siege rhinos they decided to print languish. It's another one of those stories that r and d shouldn't have tinkered too much (Siege rhino was originally a 3/4 , but at the last minute got changed to a 4/5).

It's not even the body it's the life point swing that requires any deck to do almost 25 points of damage while fighting through tons of removal and the 4/5 body

 

[Etrian Oddity]

It still boggles my mind how in a world of siege rhinos they decided to print languish. It's another one of those stories that r and d shouldn't have tinkered too much (Siege rhino was originally a 3/4 , but at the last minute got changed to a 4/5).

It's not even the body it's the life point swing that requires any deck to do almost 25 points of damage while fighting through tons of removal and the 4/5 body

I played some Abzan aggro early in the block, and the rhino is genuinely a game-changer when it hits the board.

 

[bigkrev]

It still boggles my mind how in a world of siege rhinos they decided to print languish. It's another one of those stories that r and d shouldn't have tinkered too much (Siege rhino was originally a 3/4 , but at the last minute got changed to a 4/5).

It's not even the body it's the life point swing that requires any deck to do almost 25 points of damage while fighting through tons of removal and the 4/5 body

I think it's more of a case that the mana is a bit too good right now. 1GWB is a restrictive cost, but an average to slightly below average hand from an Abzan deck will have no problems casting this card on curve. This format isn't as bad as Lorwyn-Shards, where you could play Cloudthresher, Cryptic Command and Cruel Ultimatum in the same deck, but I think that our new standard- which will have Ally Fetches and Basic Dual Lands, and enemy Manlands and Painlands in addition to several weaker options at lower rarities- will be a better experience.