I doubt its going to be pinging. That is the most lackluster ability for 2R on a Legendary GOD. Even more lackluster than Thassa and her Scry 1 static ability as at least Thassa has "1U: Target creature is unblockable until end of turn". Which is miles better than 2R: Ping 1.
Even Heliod has a better activated ability of "2WW: Put a 2/1 white Cleric enchantment creature token onto the battlefield". As he can make more dudes and he grants his dudes Vigilance as part of his static ability.
wouldn't firebreathing be anti-synergistic with an ability to sac lands to create more guys?
It would, wouldn't it? Gah, I just wanna see what he does already. He's spoiled in about 2 hours, right?
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I doubt its going to be pinging. That is the most lackluster ability for 2R on a Legendary GOD. Even more lackluster than Thassa and her Scry 1 static ability as at least Thassa has "1U: Target creature is unblockable until end of turn". Which is miles better than 2R: Ping 1.
I actually agree with this. That's the whole problem with Scourge of Valkas, it's just lame to have a big dragon ping for 1 when it comes in (at least with Thundermaw, it's some sort of lightning storm). Imagining that huge god busting out of a mountain to aim a single point of damage feels pretty bad.
That said, I disagree about Thassa. Scry 1 just sounds small, but it's good when it's free and attached to a bunch of other effects on one card. Getting to veto one draw is no joke, that's basically like having a looter out. Compare to Think Tank (which I know was in a set with graveyard interactions).
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On MTGO as Protoman.
On 7/14/10, broke 1900 mark! <3 ROE.
I actually agree with this. That's the whole problem with Scourge of Valkas, it's just lame to have a big dragon ping for 1 when it comes in (at least with Thundermaw, it's some sort of lightning storm). Imagining that huge god busting out of a mountain to aim a single point of damage feels pretty bad.
That said, I disagree about Thassa. Scry 1 just sounds small, but it's good when it's free and attached to a bunch of other effects on one card. Getting to veto one draw is no joke, that's basically like having a looter out. Compare to Think Tank (which I know was in a set with graveyard interactions).
Right. Even Thassa has strong Synergy with her weapon.
Thassa's Static: Scry 1
Bident's Static: Coastal Piracy
Thassa's Activated: Unblockability for a turn.
Bident's Activated: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.
Synergy By: Being able to draw into your answers quicker. Able to break stalemates with one guy or force your opponent to be vulnerable by a forced alpha strike.
How about Nylea and her synergy?
Nylea's Static: Trample
Bow's Static: Deathtouch
Nylea's Activated: +2/+2 to one dude ueot.
Bow's Activated: +1/+1 counter on dude, or ping 2 to a flier, or gain 3 life, or shuffle cards in your grave into your library.
Synergy By: Being able to trample and/or deathtouch blockers or attackers, able to permanently or temporarily buff your blockers or attackers, ping fliers, able to gain life when needed, and finally able to reshuffle some of your answers from your grave to your library. (The last three are more fluff synergy than mechanical synergy)
So for Purforos...
Purforos' Static: First strike?
Hammer's Static: Haste
Purforos' Activated: Ping 1
Hammer's Activated: Make a 3/3 dude by demolishing one of your lands.
Wheres the synergy in the activated between the two? To be blunt, there is no synergy.
Also... am I the only one who is getting tired of mono red Legends/Walkers/Fatties getting shafted unless "pushed"?
2R: fling a creature
create a golem, smah with it, then sac to smash again
i'm voting for this or Siedge Gang - like (deal fixed amount of damage). But deal damage, presumably to creature, based on number of Mountains in grave would be neat as well.
Fixed, i used the italian translation (and i keep asking myself why we always have first names translated :mad:, like Darth Vader is Darth Fenner for use: don't ask)
For the active I like this idea of Fling plus search your library for a mountain and add it to your hand.
Edit: I think this would work well with in midrange red decks getting value out of card that would have been lost anyway as well as provideing synergy with the hammer through a cycle of creation and destruction.
Also... am I the only one who is getting tired of mono red Legends/Walkers/Fatties getting shafted unless "pushed"?
You are tired of cards being bad unless they're good?
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I hope to see something like the 3CMC red Chandra us RDW players have always wanted and never gotten.
Something like: 2R for
Indestructible
Attacking creatures you control get +2/+0
2R: Deal 2 damage to target creature or player
If your devotion to red is less than 5 ~ isnt a creature
5/5
Sure, repeatable, never-miss, no-tap indestructible Cursed Scroll? And that's only the activated ability, not the double Orcish Oriflamme or the indestructible 5/5. Seems likely.
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On 7/14/10, broke 1900 mark! <3 ROE.
if we can't get a repeatable shock on a planeswalker which can be attacked there's no way they'll give it to us on an indestructible creature/enchantment
Whenever a Permanent you control goes to the graveyard you may put a token that is a copy of that permanent into play. It is an Enchantment in addition to it's other types.
Or maybe since it's red it's more chaotic.
Whenever a Permanent you control goes to the graveyard reveal the top card of your library. If it shares a type with the card that went to the grave you may put it into play, otherwise put it on the bottom of your library (or maybe exile it).
Either way I'd like his static to have an effect when you sac a land with him hammer.
Can we all agree to start out sentences with "I really have no idea but..." until we get the actual card? K thx bai. Fingers crossed that the 2R isn't a ping.. please gods, anything but a ping.
Whenever a Permanent you control goes to the graveyard you may put a token that is a copy of that permanent into play. It is an Enchantment in addition to it's other types.
Or maybe since it's red it's more chaotic.
Whenever a Permanent you control goes to the graveyard reveal the top card of your library. If it shares a type with the card that went to the grave you may put it into play, otherwise put it on the bottom of your library (or maybe exile it).
Either way I'd like his static to have an effect when you sac a land with him hammer.
Wow!?! That's a lot of text, given that 1 text line reads(presumably) indestructible, and another deals with devotion. I for one don't want to bring a magnifying glass for when ppl ask what all that fine print says.
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Ping 1
wouldn't firebreathing be anti-synergistic with an ability to sac lands to create more guys?
Even Heliod has a better activated ability of "2WW: Put a 2/1 white Cleric enchantment creature token onto the battlefield". As he can make more dudes and he grants his dudes Vigilance as part of his static ability.
It would, wouldn't it? Gah, I just wanna see what he does already. He's spoiled in about 2 hours, right?
URJhoira of the GhituUR(Under con.)
BMaralen of the MornsongB
UBLazav, Dimir MastermindUB
Standard:
UMono U DevotionU
Casual:
GPrimordial Hydra JankinessG
right
I actually agree with this. That's the whole problem with Scourge of Valkas, it's just lame to have a big dragon ping for 1 when it comes in (at least with Thundermaw, it's some sort of lightning storm). Imagining that huge god busting out of a mountain to aim a single point of damage feels pretty bad.
That said, I disagree about Thassa. Scry 1 just sounds small, but it's good when it's free and attached to a bunch of other effects on one card. Getting to veto one draw is no joke, that's basically like having a looter out. Compare to Think Tank (which I know was in a set with graveyard interactions).
On 7/14/10, broke 1900 mark! <3 ROE.
Right. Even Thassa has strong Synergy with her weapon.
Thassa's Static: Scry 1
Bident's Static: Coastal Piracy
Thassa's Activated: Unblockability for a turn.
Bident's Activated: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.
Synergy By: Being able to draw into your answers quicker. Able to break stalemates with one guy or force your opponent to be vulnerable by a forced alpha strike.
How about Nylea and her synergy?
Nylea's Static: Trample
Bow's Static: Deathtouch
Nylea's Activated: +2/+2 to one dude ueot.
Bow's Activated: +1/+1 counter on dude, or ping 2 to a flier, or gain 3 life, or shuffle cards in your grave into your library.
Synergy By: Being able to trample and/or deathtouch blockers or attackers, able to permanently or temporarily buff your blockers or attackers, ping fliers, able to gain life when needed, and finally able to reshuffle some of your answers from your grave to your library. (The last three are more fluff synergy than mechanical synergy)
So for Purforos...
Purforos' Static: First strike?
Hammer's Static: Haste
Purforos' Activated: Ping 1
Hammer's Activated: Make a 3/3 dude by demolishing one of your lands.
Wheres the synergy in the activated between the two? To be blunt, there is no synergy.
Also... am I the only one who is getting tired of mono red Legends/Walkers/Fatties getting shafted unless "pushed"?
Fixed that for you.
Fixed, i used the italian translation (and i keep asking myself why we always have first names translated :mad:, like Darth Vader is Darth Fenner for use: don't ask)
Can anyone provide a link to the actual page where they're going to be previewing this? Because I can't seem to find it on the website.
He has to be guessing, because that's really bad templating. "Becomes a Mountain" implies "loses all other types".
It's in the forums, it will go online on the frontpage at the stated time (1h35m from now)
Sure, not much to see there tho :>
http://www.metagame.it/forum/viewtopic.php?f=136&t=8585
At least that is what one post says. My Italian is poor, so I'm not really reading it all and I may have just been reading a guess by somebody.
RIP Batman guy. I hope somebody picks up the slack now that you are gone. Sick children need their Batman.
Basically I don't see him having a burn ability is what I'm saying.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
Edit: I think this would work well with in midrange red decks getting value out of card that would have been lost anyway as well as provideing synergy with the hammer through a cycle of creation and destruction.
You are tired of cards being bad unless they're good?
About Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx:
Something like: 2R for
Indestructible
Attacking creatures you control get +2/+0
2R: Deal 2 damage to target creature or player
If your devotion to red is less than 5 ~ isnt a creature
5/5
Sure, repeatable, never-miss, no-tap indestructible Cursed Scroll? And that's only the activated ability, not the double Orcish Oriflamme or the indestructible 5/5. Seems likely.
On 7/14/10, broke 1900 mark! <3 ROE.
Or maybe since it's red it's more chaotic.
Whenever a Permanent you control goes to the graveyard reveal the top card of your library. If it shares a type with the card that went to the grave you may put it into play, otherwise put it on the bottom of your library (or maybe exile it).
Either way I'd like his static to have an effect when you sac a land with him hammer.
CUBE: http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/73964;jsessionid=2DE1F5FF41A24820A137448A2FD5CF8F
I LIKE DRAGONS!
Wow!?! That's a lot of text, given that 1 text line reads(presumably) indestructible, and another deals with devotion. I for one don't want to bring a magnifying glass for when ppl ask what all that fine print says.