At least it's mana fixin' for all colors. Too bad they have summoning sickness. Wish they would've updated them by adding haste to them, with the trade-off of they not be completely colorless. Like the red Myr having a cost of 1R, instead of 2.
that totally kills the point of mana fixing. these guys (and many cards like them) aren't for the sole purpose of simply ramping your mana. they fix colors for multi-colored decks. if you've already got the red mana, you don't need more red mana, you need that green/white/blue/black that you're missing.
I, for one, would rather see Guardian Idol and the Time Spiral Totems over the Mana Myrs. They would be more practical than the Mana Myrs.
more practical than the legitimate denizens of the plane? the only one of those cards that would possibly fit in this setting would be Phyrexian Totem.
not to mention all the cards you listed are uncommons, not commons.
How the hell were the Mana Myrs more successful than the Talismans? The Myrs didn't see play outside of Limited, whereas the Talismans were played in Block, Standard, Limited, the various Highlander formats, and Prismatic. If anything, the Talismans were more successful than the Myr.
The flavor there isn't that the black mage "cares" about killing other black creatures, it's that they're using a type of magic (like magical fear so strong that it actually scares the target to death or evil corruptive acid) that black creatures are immune to.
seriously, who the **** brings a Legacy deck to a free-for-all mini-tournament?
someone who doesn't play Standard/Extended, perhaps? all the players in my playgroup don't own any cards newer than Ravnica block, and probably 95% of my collection is Legacy-legal.
beyond collection limitations, you say it was a tournament, and most people try to bring what they consider the most competitive deck they can to a competitive event. just sayin'.
im sure there will be a handful of reprints, these among them apparently, because its the same place and its not like these guys left. but the set would seem to be very different. if there were no reprints, youd wonder why.
From a flavour perspective, it makes sense that the artifact critters carry on toing thier thing - kinda like Wall-E
I see that Silver Myr is in the spoiler, but none of the others in the cycle are. I guess it's technically possible that they only included one out of the cycle, but it seems pretty unlikely.
I see that Silver Myr is in the spoiler, but none of the others in the cycle are. I guess it's technically possible that they only included one out of the cycle, but it seems pretty unlikely.
Pretty much. It would make little to no sense if the other four weren't included, but they technically haven't been confirmed.
I see that Silver Myr is in the spoiler, but none of the others in the cycle are. I guess it's technically possible that they only included one out of the cycle, but it seems pretty unlikely.
The partial spoiler has high standards. At this point, it's too early to tell. For now the right place for the other for is in italics on the Number Crunch.
Hell yes. Silver myr is back in. With all the awesome equipment we have now, you could combo it with basilisk collar, sword of vengeance, and sword of body and mind, giving you a 5/3 first strike, lifelink, deathtouch, haste, vigilence, trample myr of death that mills for 10, and makes 2/2 wolves when it hits your opponent with protection from blue and green, making it impossible for your opponent to Aether Adept it, or find a way to give it flying and then plummet it. Oh, and it taps for U, meaning obvious synergy by allowing you to pay that colorless mana stoneforge requires.
I call it the Myr of a Thousand Truths.
Clearly a format defining reprint.
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Hell yes. Silver myr is back in. With all the awesome equipment we have now, you could combo it with basilisk collar, sword of vengeance, and sword of body and mind, giving you a 5/3 first strike, lifelink, deathtouch, haste, vigilence, trample myr of death that mills for 10, and makes 2/2 wolves when it hits your opponent with protection from blue and green, making it impossible for your opponent to Aether Adept it, or find a way to give it flying and then plummet it. Oh, and it taps for U, meaning obvious synergy by allowing you to pay that colorless mana stoneforge requires.
I call it the Myr of a Thousand Truths.
I like how people complain about waste of slots when at most 20-40 cards are worth playing in any constructed format ever invented.
This bars out completely casual play which can play with cards as bad as Chimney Imp. Oh noes not a waste of slots!!!
BTW: 20-40 is being completely generous mostly to the best sets ever to pull that number off like Tempest or Urzas Saga. We have been busting good in limited only cards for a long time now so learn to deal with it after say 17 years of Magic.
I swear every set has a ridiculous amount of whining its a bit funny.
I like how people complain about waste of slots when at most 20-40 cards are worth playing in any constructed format ever invented.
This bars out completely casual play which can play with cards as bad as Chimney Imp. Oh noes not a waste of slots!!!
BTW: 20-40 is being completely generous mostly to the best sets ever to pull that number off like Tempest or Urzas Saga. We have been busting good in limited only cards for a long time now so learn to deal with it after say 17 years of Magic.
I swear every set has a ridiculous amount of whining its a bit funny.
It's true. No matter how powerful the cards are in a set or format or whatever only the top percentage will ever be played (competitively). So the quality of the stuff that would never be played anyway isn't that big of a deal. It only matters in limited, where those kinds of cards actually get played.
Mana Myr are simple, cheap, and do their job without unneeded bells and whistles. They're the Terramorphic Expanses, the cards that pros don't need but other folks use because they don't have better options, and are still good enough at what they do to be useful.
I counted a conservative 54 cards out of Zendikar that have seen play in a top16 deck in constructed formats
So yes making up statistics like 20-40 is inaccurate, that being said I do agree coplaining about a myr reprint is silly as they are at least moderate in sealed/draft and thus nowhere near as bad as some filler we end up with.
Well I was thinking more cards that last in T2 you can get a bit more because of the need of cards since a block is rotating.
T2 is such a constantly shifting meta that it is hard to keep cards out of it and a lot of cards are extremely niche like one deck only which will eventually fade since T2 is in a constant state of massive flux.
Urzas Saga cards have stood the test of time they are still quite powerful and are used in Legacy a extremely powerful format.
Plenty of cards hit 10+ bucks then drop to 3 or less once they rotate just cause they are a joke in any older format.
Hell yes. Silver myr is back in. With all the awesome equipment we have now, you could combo it with basilisk collar, sword of vengeance, and sword of body and mind, giving you a 5/3 first strike, lifelink, deathtouch, haste, vigilence, trample myr of death that mills for 10, and makes 2/2 wolves when it hits your opponent with protection from blue and green, making it impossible for your opponent to Aether Adept it, or find a way to give it flying and then plummet it. Oh, and it taps for U, meaning obvious synergy by allowing you to pay that colorless mana stoneforge requires.
I call it the Myr of a Thousand Truths.
Clearly a format defining reprint.
Dude you had me almost falling out of my chair laughing. You are awesome. I'm happy about these for drafting though. Anything they print that could potentially let me draft 3-4 colors makes me happy.
Hell yes. Silver myr is back in. With all the awesome equipment we have now, you could combo it with basilisk collar, sword of vengeance, and sword of body and mind, giving you a 5/3 first strike, lifelink, deathtouch, haste, vigilence, trample myr of death that mills for 10, and makes 2/2 wolves when it hits your opponent with protection from blue and green, making it impossible for your opponent to Aether Adept it, or find a way to give it flying and then plummet it. Oh, and it taps for U, meaning obvious synergy by allowing you to pay that colorless mana stoneforge requires.
I call it the Myr of a Thousand Truths.
Since Trinket Mage was just spoiled and not mentioned as a reprint in the DD:EvT insert, does this mean that there may be other reprints that were in the dual deck?
fingers crossed for StP!
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that totally kills the point of mana fixing. these guys (and many cards like them) aren't for the sole purpose of simply ramping your mana. they fix colors for multi-colored decks. if you've already got the red mana, you don't need more red mana, you need that green/white/blue/black that you're missing.
as another old saying goes, "seek and ye shall find." or as a not-so-old saying goes, "read the thread."
artifacts have been making mana since Alpha. it is nothing new. get used to it.
more practical than the legitimate denizens of the plane? the only one of those cards that would possibly fit in this setting would be Phyrexian Totem.
not to mention all the cards you listed are uncommons, not commons.
there's no Sakura Tribe on Mirrodin. just sayin'.
also, you can't play STE in a non-green deck very easily.
again, you're compairing uncommons to commons.
Condemn. a significant downgrade, but still available.
precisely. you can't exactly terrorize a zombie.
someone who doesn't play Standard/Extended, perhaps? all the players in my playgroup don't own any cards newer than Ravnica block, and probably 95% of my collection is Legacy-legal.
beyond collection limitations, you say it was a tournament, and most people try to bring what they consider the most competitive deck they can to a competitive event. just sayin'.
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From a flavour perspective, it makes sense that the artifact critters carry on toing thier thing - kinda like Wall-E
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Huh, the Myr do sorta remind me of Wall-E, now that you mention it.
That's just awesome.
Pretty much. It would make little to no sense if the other four weren't included, but they technically haven't been confirmed.
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The partial spoiler has high standards. At this point, it's too early to tell. For now the right place for the other for is in italics on the Number Crunch.
Whine about wasted slots when we find out what the set's Razor Boomerang is.
I call it the Myr of a Thousand Truths.
Clearly a format defining reprint.
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Throw in some Proliferate and it'll be a hoot.
And it taps for U as well
This bars out completely casual play which can play with cards as bad as Chimney Imp. Oh noes not a waste of slots!!!
BTW: 20-40 is being completely generous mostly to the best sets ever to pull that number off like Tempest or Urzas Saga. We have been busting good in limited only cards for a long time now so learn to deal with it after say 17 years of Magic.
I swear every set has a ridiculous amount of whining its a bit funny.
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It's true. No matter how powerful the cards are in a set or format or whatever only the top percentage will ever be played (competitively). So the quality of the stuff that would never be played anyway isn't that big of a deal. It only matters in limited, where those kinds of cards actually get played.
Mana Myr are simple, cheap, and do their job without unneeded bells and whistles. They're the Terramorphic Expanses, the cards that pros don't need but other folks use because they don't have better options, and are still good enough at what they do to be useful.
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Well I was thinking more cards that last in T2 you can get a bit more because of the need of cards since a block is rotating.
T2 is such a constantly shifting meta that it is hard to keep cards out of it and a lot of cards are extremely niche like one deck only which will eventually fade since T2 is in a constant state of massive flux.
Urzas Saga cards have stood the test of time they are still quite powerful and are used in Legacy a extremely powerful format.
Plenty of cards hit 10+ bucks then drop to 3 or less once they rotate just cause they are a joke in any older format.
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Dude you had me almost falling out of my chair laughing. You are awesome. I'm happy about these for drafting though. Anything they print that could potentially let me draft 3-4 colors makes me happy.
I'm SO making this for FNM. I made the "All-Myr" deck a long time ago. Muhahaha. Wurmcoil Engine finisher what? :3
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