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[SigmasonicX]

I was about to say, "Uh, I'm pretty sure a strictly better Glorious Anthem is more than a Limited card", but then nontoken. Now it's just good in Limited.

 

[kirblar]

This price at a non-ebay shop? I will never use ebay again ever. With good-several-hundred-dollars reasons.

Ebay, but I've used the same set of sellers repeatedly for preorders.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Also just ordered a playset. It's gonna be extra funny combined with artifact hate. Here's your million clue tokens you can't activate.

 

[Crocodile]

 

[SigmasonicX]

Good if... your opponent doesn't cast anything on turn 1, I guess.
Anyway, I find it funny to think this guy literally turned into a werewolf right after saying it's bad news.

 

[kirblar]

lol, you were saying, Grimace?

 

[Yeef]

I guess this does an okay impression of Monastery Mentor Swiftspear. Reminds me a lot of Goblin Glorychaser.

 

[Angry Grimace]

lol, you were saying, Grimace?

...saying what? This is not Monastery Swiftspear? It's a lot closer to Goblin Glory-Chaser.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Just seems meh. Even in limited I wouldn't be sure about it.

Reckless Waif reprint on the other hand would have been dope.

 

[kirblar]

...saying what? This is not Monastery Swiftspear? It's a lot closer to Goblin Glory-Chaser.

Stupid red is going to be some sort of a thing at all times until they change their dev philosophy.

 

[Korgill]

Stupid red is going to be some sort of a thing at all times until they change their dev philosophy.

Red are stupid pyros, green are hippie lumberjacks, black are a Satanist cult, white are authoritative police, and blue are genius manipulators

Spoiler

who get anything they want

.

Or something.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Stupid red is going to be some sort of a thing at all times until they change their dev philosophy.

I don't understand

 

[WanderingWind]

I guess this does an okay impression of Monastery Mentor Swiftspear. Reminds me a lot of Goblin Glorychaser.

Did everybody forget Reckless Waif? She was a fair amount of play. Don't see how this is "stupid red," either.

 

[Crocodile]

from Limited Resources

Did everybody forget Reckless Waif? She was a fair amount of play. Don't see how this is "stupid red," either.

When kirblar says "stupid red" he means the super-aggressive, all in Mono or near Mono Red deck that has been good in Standard for the past several years.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

The rest of the cycle as a reminder

The green one seems awesome a grizzly bear with a great upside for limited, followed by either black or white. Red is disappointing blue could be a thing but idk.

 

[WanderingWind]

When kirblar says "stupid red" he means the super-aggressive, all in Mono or near Mono Red deck that has been good in Standard for the past several years.

I get the term. Putting aside the fact that mono-red has been around since the beginning of Magic, is this just going to be the kneejerk reaction every time a playable red card is spoiled?

 

[kirblar]

I get the term. Putting aside the fact that mono-red has been around since the beginning of Magic, is this just going to be the kneejerk reaction every time a playable red card is spoiled?

I was just pointing out to Grimace that "world where Mono Red isn't a thing" isn't really a world we seem likely to live in any time soon.

 

[WanderingWind]

I was just pointing out to Grimace that "world where Mono Red isn't a thing" isn't really a world we seem likely to live in any time soon.

Ah. Of course not. I hope we never live in a world where mono-colored decks are not viable. It's the very basic foundation of Magic for that to be a thing. Green stompy. White weenie. Red sligh. Black control. Blue...uh...well...um. Huh. Okay, maybe every color.

*except in Modern and Legacy where blue and red have the only really viable mono-colored decks.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I love fish, can't believe we got a better card from Origins' Zendikar than in either BFZ or OGW. 2 of the 5 merfolk are multicoloured and the next realistic chance for a playable creature is in Return to Theros/Lorwyn/Ravnica tri

Imagine Thalia as a merfolk, tier 1 right there.

 

[Crocodile]

I get the term. Putting aside the fact that mono-red has been around since the beginning of Magic, is this just going to be the kneejerk reaction every time a playable red card is spoiled?

I mean its been around since the beginning of the game but it hasn't always been good in Standard. The past few years have been a good run for the archetype.

 

[kirblar]

Ah. Of course not. I hope we never live in a world where mono-colored decks are not viable. It's the very basic foundation of Magic for that to be a thing. Green stompy. White weenie. Red sligh. Black control. Blue...uh...well...um. Huh. Okay, maybe every color.

*except in Modern and Legacy where blue and red have the only really viable mono-colored decks.

In Rav-type block environments, those decks being viable/very good is actively bad.

See: RTR/Theros.

We're seeing a redundancy in mono-red cards that we haven't seen before- the deck just isn't wax/wane-ing, and I don't like that. In OG INN the B/R zombie and vamps decks were the best aggro deck.

(This is aggravated by Mono-Red being the el cheapo Modern deck of choice.)

 

[The Technomancer]

I love this art

 

[Firemind]

B/R Zombies was a thing in limited? News to me. Vampires was poop if you didn't have Falkenrath Noble. G/W was the best aggro deck.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Took me a while to notice but

He skinned a human there

 

[Joe Molotov]

Yo dawg, I heard you liked tokens.

 

[The Technomancer]

Yo dawg, I heard you liked tokens.

I have no fucking idea how the flavor works but I love the card

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Poor man's doubling season

 

[El Topo]

Yo dawg, I heard you liked tokens.

http://i.imgur.com/p7IBDrb.jpg

I love this set already, if only for the flavour. Like, there's the two copies even in the art already. Beautiful.

Poor man's doubling season

Instant retroactive one-time Double Season for tokens. Maybe too expensive.

 

[Firemind]

Doubling Season is $40.

I am actually speechless.

 

[Keru_Shiri]

Gibbering Fiend looks like a great card for mono-red. Guaranteed damage, a 2/1 body, and the chance to grind the opponent down in mid to late game, giving the deck more reach.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Gibbering Fiend looks like a great card for mono-red. Guaranteed damage, a 2/1 body, and the chance to grind the opponent down in mid to late game, giving the deck more reach.

how is mono red gonna reach delirium?

 

[Keru_Shiri]

how is mono red gonna reach delirium?

It has creatures, instants, and sorceries already, so it just needs one more. I can also see excess land getting pitched to Lightning Axe in any case.

 

[Nikodemos]

Uhhh, guys, I think I can see a familiar red and mauve something...

 

[The Technomancer]

Uhhh, guys, I think I can see a familiar red and mauve something...

Oh fuck

I didn't even notice

Well that's absolutely confirmed then

 

[Yeef]

Oh fuck

I didn't even notice

Well that's absolutely confirmed then

We've already seen that on Thraben inspector and some other cards.

Anyway, the delirium cycle is pretty good. I think Topplegeist is probably the strongest overall.

 

[TheBlackMarvel]

Uhhh, guys, I think I can see a familiar red and mauve something...

The shape of his blade looks awfully familiar too...

 

[Haines]

Uhhh, guys, I think I can see a familiar red and mauve something...

Read the flavor text.

Paranoid parish seems good, first strike helps

Second harvest seems bad

Skinner looks awesome

Gibbering fiend could be good but I doubt I want delerium in red

Manic.scribe....I dint understand. Why do I want to self.mill when I already have delerium?

The 5 mana blue counter get three clues could be good in sealed

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Second harvest is great for 2 reasons.

• it copies any token not just creature tokens
  
• it's instan't speed

 

[G.ZZZ]

Ah. Of course not. I hope we never live in a world where mono-colored decks are not viable. It's the very basic foundation of Magic for that to be a thing. Green stompy. White weenie. Red sligh. Black control. Blue...uh...well...um. Huh. Okay, maybe every color.

*except in Modern and Legacy where blue and red have the only really viable mono-colored decks.

Elves and D&T are more viable than goblin or any mono Red deck in legacy tbh. Mono black is the real non good mono color in legacy.

 

[OnPoint]

Those images are huge... yikes haha

Second Harvest is great. It also doubles your Clue artifacts, which would be cool if that ends up being an alternate win con.

Tangible Virtue is awful.

That dude definitely has Emrakul-tentacles coming out of his sleeve.

 

[Firemind]

We've already seen that on Thraben inspector and some other cards.

Anyway, the delirium cycle is pretty good. I think Topplegeist is probably the strongest overall.

I dislike delirium to be honest if only because it introduces goyf math to limited games. Threshold was at least easy to keep track of. It also seems very narrow in limited if you don't have ways to self mill.

 

[The Technomancer]

It shouldn't be as bad as threshold because there seems to be much less ways to get cards out of graveyards. It should be much rarer that Delirium turns back "off" once you hit it

 

[Adaren]

Manic.scribe....I dint understand. Why do I want to self.mill when I already have delerium?

It's enemy mill.

 

[WanderingWind]

Elves and D&T are more viable than goblin or any mono Red deck in legacy tbh. Mono black is the real non good mono color in legacy.

Yeah, I have no fucking idea why I wrote Legacy, to be honest.

 

[Yeef]

Someone pointed out that Manic Scribe's pinky fingers look all weird and distorted.

 

[Wichu]

Someone pointed out that Manic Scribe's pinky fingers look all weird and distorted.

His pinky fingers look fine. His sixth fingers are weird.

Also he's stabbed his quills through his hands.

 

[Emerson]

Second Harvest buffing my squirrel deck!

 

[OnPoint]

God I love the subtle art touches in this set!

 

[Nikodemos]

Read the flavor text.

I'm pretty certain that's not his mind creating the tentacles he sees.

 

[Haines]

It's enemy mill.

I see that now. So there's possibly a mill deck in limited.

Fuck. Yesssssssssssssssss