I'm happy Glissa doesn't have Infect. While I think Scars Draft is a fun format, Infect is a terribly designed mechanic for constructed. It's also nice that New Phyrexia is more than just "the poison faction" too, makes it more like the old Phyrexia and gives them a lot more design space. Maybe Phyrexians will then be showing up as we plane-hop around, kind of like they did from Antiquities to Mirage, before they took center stage as the antagonists.
Only problem with Glissa is that Wizards is totally stacking Phyrexia full of all the older and/or more likeable characters. The Mirrans are all neowalkers and redshirts, it's almost like Wizards has the factions made to split "old" and "new" storyline people.
Maybe in a twist of irony they'll make Memnarch into a new card on the Mirran side...
I like how wotc put artifact recursion in the two colors that have the least use for artifacts. would make more sense if it was jund colored or something imo.
If Battle Cry is what it appears to be, a pump effect, I'm definitely liking it. In limited, it would compensate for -1/-1 counters and the like.
As for Glissa, I'm in love. It's important to note that she doesn't actually have to connect with your opponent to be useful and, in an infect deck, you probably wouldn't want to attack with her anyway. She's looks like she'd be a very effective deterrent and she gives you the upper hand when trading creatures. Feels right at home with artifact creatures like Necropede and Ichorclaw Myr.
As for Thopter Assembly, I'm divided. I feel like it's too defense oriented because neither the tokens nor the Assembly itself can attack the turn they enter the battlefield.
Glissa, the Traitor on her own is a pretty decent card for constructed. She will truly shine as a new B/G commander. Being both a Elf and a Zombie is interesting. Works well with Call to the Grave and Unholy Grotto.
I'm sorry, did someone say reusable removal? UBG rock with Glissa the Traitor in extended? Trinket Mage searches for Executioner's Capsule and Glissa keeps returning it to your hand.
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I want to read the rest of Battlecry. What if it was similar to the goblin piledriver ability? It would only require 2 or 3 cards with it to push aggro over the top.
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Seriously the 3 toughness kills it to easily but Glissa is amazing. I kinda wish she was mono black as their are no duels for g/b atm but this seriously makes me wast to build a green black phyrexia deck. drop her after a wurmcoil is in the grave and let the fun begin, no to mention infinite throne of geths and reusing necopedes, im really hoping that a good phrexia deck can be built without an infect focus but i dont really see that happening.
I want to read the rest of Battlecry. What if it was similar to the goblin piledriver ability? It would only require 2 or 3 cards with it to push aggro over the top.
I don't understand what is so crazy about Glissa aside from being an efficient creature. The ability is quite "meh" for two colors that don't interact with artifacts as much. Also for her to be mythic? Thanks for wasting the B/G slot.
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If you look at Glissa Sunseeker and then this new Glissa the Traitor, they are like reversed mirrors of each other. One destroys artifacts and the other brings them back... even their art is similar, one is looking at you and the other is looking away.
glissa is enemy colored...the factions are enemy colored.
Enemy Colored versions of the fast lands from SOM please? that would shake up standard a little. They normally enable the factions they create to be playable and I doubt that they are going to reprint enemy fetch lands again.
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Any idea on the creature type for the W card? I can't tell if that's an "L" for "Legendary" something, or an "H" for "Human Soldier" or "Human Knight"...or maybe something completely different. I'd love for it to be a Knight, but it seems like it makes tokens, which is sort of rare for knights.
Maybe Karn will be the next Father of Machines, if all of the Mirrodin-block heroes became corrupted.
The cards themselves are okay. Thopter Assembly is quite weird, while Glissa is pretty awesome. If she had infect, she would even be more amazing, although I guess infect and deathtouch are kind of anti-synergistic.
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Only problem with Glissa is that Wizards is totally stacking Phyrexia full of all the older and/or more likeable characters. The Mirrans are all neowalkers and redshirts, it's almost like Wizards has the factions made to split "old" and "new" storyline people.
Maybe in a twist of irony they'll make Memnarch into a new card on the Mirran side...
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As for Glissa, I'm in love. It's important to note that she doesn't actually have to connect with your opponent to be useful and, in an infect deck, you probably wouldn't want to attack with her anyway. She's looks like she'd be a very effective deterrent and she gives you the upper hand when trading creatures. Feels right at home with artifact creatures like Necropede and Ichorclaw Myr.
As for Thopter Assembly, I'm divided. I feel like it's too defense oriented because neither the tokens nor the Assembly itself can attack the turn they enter the battlefield.
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Seems like Glissa would make a fun general.
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Seriously the 3 toughness kills it to easily but Glissa is amazing. I kinda wish she was mono black as their are no duels for g/b atm but this seriously makes me wast to build a green black phyrexia deck. drop her after a wurmcoil is in the grave and let the fun begin, no to mention infinite throne of geths and reusing necopedes, im really hoping that a good phrexia deck can be built without an infect focus but i dont really see that happening.
Might make sense on goblin wardriver, too
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Enemy Colored versions of the fast lands from SOM please? that would shake up standard a little. They normally enable the factions they create to be playable and I doubt that they are going to reprint enemy fetch lands again.
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can someone add this to the OP? I believe this is the right templating for the card and the battle cry ability.
Maybe Karn will be the next Father of Machines, if all of the Mirrodin-block heroes became corrupted.
The cards themselves are okay. Thopter Assembly is quite weird, while Glissa is pretty awesome. If she had infect, she would even be more amazing, although I guess infect and deathtouch are kind of anti-synergistic.