MUST HAVE!!! OMG MUST HAVE!!! This is PERFECT...setting up for the Modern FNMs in January with a card that is a staple in a common "budget" modern deck, which I happen to be playing for said FNM
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I am thoroughly okay with this being a promo. An Alt-Art foil for Gitaxian Probe is never an issue in my book, and it is tournament legal as well. I am all for it!
The card is amazing. This art is worse than the original art though. And FNM promos are usually trumped by the set foil, the only exception I can think of is forbidden alchemy. Swords to plowshares didn't have a set foil though unfortunately. Although the FNM brainstorm is the stains of life IMO, I refuse to buy a copy of that card when masques foils are so much hotter (I know because I used to own 4 masques foils until I sold them.)
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I am thoroughly okay with this being a promo. An Alt-Art foil for Gitaxian Probe is never an issue in my book, and it is tournament legal as well. I am all for it!
I've got to say, this is terribly ironic
I'm not a fan of the art. I really liked creepy eye and scythes.
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She wants a ride on the pony, dude.
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I like the art and I think the card is an okay choice but I really think that these FNM promos should be standard playables. The whole point of FNM is to get newer players into a more competitive magic, and their reward should be something they can use at FNM if you're winning it at FNM.
I once farted during the final match for prizes at an FNM. It was a tense moment, everything was quiet, control vs control, I was about to mana leak, thought about it.. and farted. Then mana leaked.
To everyone saying that the art is worse..you do know that FNM promos and the like are them using rejected artwork for the original card, right?
Well, it's not that it's bad. The problem is that we're use to FNM art topping the original in some way. In this case, I really don't think that FNM Gitaxian Probe can top the Gitaxian Probe with that creepy eyeball in it unless it had included a better eyeball since nothing captures the discomfort of being probed like the knowledge that eyes are recording it.
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I don't see what the big fuss is about. The card itself is a very good one for the non-standard formats. Unless you only play Standard, this is a pretty good promo. It's very usable. I agree the original art had a nice feel to it what with the eye and all, but in my opinion it's always nice to see alternate art on a card, good or not.
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Because standards not the only format. (Not even the best format IMO)
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I've got to say, this is terribly ironic
I'm not a fan of the art. I really liked creepy eye and scythes.
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The art is definately a lot worse than the original.
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Well, it's not that it's bad. The problem is that we're use to FNM art topping the original in some way. In this case, I really don't think that FNM Gitaxian Probe can top the Gitaxian Probe with that creepy eyeball in it unless it had included a better eyeball since nothing captures the discomfort of being probed like the knowledge that eyes are recording it.
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