I think Mystic Genesis might actually be good, Draining Whelk was a very good win condition, this is probably better, not having Flying does hurt a bit, but 5 is a whole lot better than 6. Hijack
Is a five mana counterspell that creates a creature good enough? We did get a 2/2 for 4 with Mystic Snake, but you could at least bounce it back to your hand. There's always Snapcaster Mage though. I like the ability though...
I am actually amazed at the number of GTC cards with standard constructed and casual/EDH implications. Add Crypt Ghast to the list. Love at first sight.
Crypt Ghast is AMAZING. My Teysa EDH deck has needed some extra redundancy in mana ramping. Now I won't have to lean anywhere near as hard on Cabal Coffers/Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, and the fact that it's a delightfully Orzhov card makes it all the better.
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary Melek, Izzet Paragon Oona, Queen of the Fae Bruna, Light of Alabaster Gisela, Blade of Goldnight Rhys the Redeemed Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord Sen Triplets The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
I like the ooze card, especially for that Teysa flavor text. I'm probably really late to the party, but I didn't know she was still around in the story line. That'd be sweet if they printed a new version of her for Dragon's Maze.
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Bident Layers
B Devotion
RG Devotion
UW Control
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Jund
UW Control
Combo Pod
Legacy:
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The extort mana doubler dude isn't terrible though.
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RGodzilla, King of the MonstersG
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BRGAdun OakenshieldG[MANA]R[/MANA]B
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The Extort dude will certainly be good in black edh
Edric | Skithiryx | Merieke | Talrand
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Well except for pauper EDH
Garruk's Packleader | Inkfathom Witch | Gelectrode | Sigil Captain | Glider Barin | Sludge Strider | Paragon of the Ameshsa
That's what it looks like ATM.
I think they didn't want cavern making the creature/counter too good.
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Don't know if it was a mistake or supposed to be in there, I didn't see it in any articles (or in the main spoiler)
RRR Khorenthos - The Red Block (Feedback needed!) RRR
Crypt Ghast is awesome, black should get more mana doublers.
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I don't care how constructed-viable it is, I've always wanted it!
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Control needs more love.
EDH:
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
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Reminder text doesn't matter when determining Color Identity. Any of the Extort cards are legal in B/X or W/X decks if they are B or W.
EDH Decks:
RBG Kresh, the Bloodbraided RBG
GW Rhys, the Redeemed GW
Legacy:
RGW Enchantress RGW
Right now, reminder text doesn't count. I guess they're still working that out though...
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Edit: nath'd
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