Dude. This isn't an aura. This puts out increasingly more tokens. Those tokens have haste. I guess this is harder to splash?
Yeah I noticed. I don't think the haste is that relevant until you're ahead on board because it seems unlikely your 1/1 dudes are going to get past anything you weren't already attacking through anyway.
I did skip over the part where it makes more and more tokens, that does make it quite a bit better.
Card seems like a TON of fun. I would never play it if I wanted to win a game, but I would play it just to see if I could get it to go off. Much like Azorious Elocutors.
A nice, fun, flavorful card for Boros! This will definitely make Battalion easier to trigger in Limited and casual constructed, and, like some other people on this thread mentioned, it might even find a home in some Standard control deck!
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This card costs 2 more, and into an empty board still kills your opponent on the same turn (GA takes 6 turns to kill you starting the turn after it comes down, this takes 4, both kill you on turn 10).
However, this lets you block. That is relevant. It also means you look at the boardwipes in your hand and laugh, since you don't care. You also don't really care about mass token destruction since, by the time this card is a danger, you are making 4+ tokens a turn anyway, and your opponent wiping the board almost invariably puts you ahead.
I like it, especially since it will actually manage to outrace a thragtusk followed by a restoration angel (you block tusk & beast, and tank 7 a turn, and outrace the resto, even though they have 30 life :D)
I guess OP wants it to be 'keyworded' like "dies" was. What word would you replace ETB with though?
When Aegis Angel is born?
When Huntmaster of the Fells arrives?
When Kitchen Sphinx lands?
When Faerie Imposter busts in?
When Dread Cacodemon pops in?
When Malfegor shows up?
Bad. Would much rather play Increasing Devotion, and that card sees no play.
No reason why this couldn't cost 4. This doesn't even seem particularly strong in limited. Average limited game lasts like 8 turns, this is turn 5 no immediate impact at all and by turn 7 you have a captain's call. This is looking to be a fast format, bloodrush can kill you really quickly.
WR control can and will be a thing. Aurelia's Fury, Bonfire, Magmaquake, Terminus.
Assemble the legion can end games by itself against a clear board. I don't think this is in dispute. I think that players have reservations due to Boros being an aggressive guild, which presupposes creatures... cheap, efficient creatures. That's your grandfather's Boros guild.
But enough about Boros, other control decks can just splash to play this as a finisher. It's not the best finisher out there (it's not even close), but it does have a unique angle of attack. Board wipes don't really work against it and even if you can wipe the board for several turns, the army is just going to get bigger until you deal with the enchantment itself.
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Don't know about constructed... kind of reminds me of Mind Unbound. Starts off slowly, but at the cost and amount of turns required to build up it could be hard to justify its inclusion in most of decks. However, it does have potential, given that given enough time it's probably going to beat any deck that doesn't stop/punish you for attacking.
But of course, like the majority of other rares so far spoiled, absolute limited bomb.
Bad. Would much rather play Increasing Devotion, and that card sees no play.
No reason why this couldn't cost 4. This doesn't even seem particularly strong in limited. Average limited game lasts like 8 turns, this is turn 5 no immediate impact at all and by turn 7 you have a captain's call. This is looking to be a fast format, bloodrush can kill you really quickly.
i think my average limited games are way longer than 8 turns most of the time. i had a lot of limited games which went somehow endless cause the boards were packed with creatures and noone could really do anything.
this is definitly a clock, and a pretty fast one. in limited its definitly a bomb.
for constructed its too slow i guess, and if this would cost 4 mana i think it would be too strong...
on turn 7 this would do 3 tokens already, and this is the boarder where this gets out of control... 3, 4, 5 tokens every turn for free? feels pretty strong.
like i said, wont see constructed play, but its definitly a good card.
Don't be taken aback by a slow WR card, there's plenty of them, and Assemble the Legion (AtL) fits nicely in control or tempo deck more than an aggro. The best thing about it is that it doesn't require any additional investment to continue producing more and more tokens.
This card is strong, for sure, but there are better options for most constructed decks, I think. Potentially sweepers.dec could be a thing with this finisher. =P
How about "You may discard your hand, pay 5 life, rip this card, remove 3 digits from any number of target fingers you control, and concede at the end of the next end step rather than pay It Will Go Through!!'s mana cost.
I guess OP wants it to be 'keyworded' like "dies" was. What word would you replace ETB with though?
When Aegis Angel is born?
When Huntmaster of the Fells arrives?
When Kitchen Sphinx lands?
When Faerie Imposter busts in?
When Dread Cacodemon pops in?
When Malfegor shows up?
Pumping out hasty 4/1s seems excellent, but it'll take three turns (because ID's tokens don't have haste) to reach the level of power that something that Increasing Devotion reaches immediately. (4/1, 4/1, 4/1, 4/1, 4/1 = 20) vs. (4/1 + 4/1, 4/1 + 4/1, 4/1, 4/1 = 24) It's vulnerable to removal and it could get me nothing.
On the other hand, the Jor Kadeen deck that powers out Jor Kadeen + a token producer quickly with artifact mana then wraths the board of lands won't care how slow it is because your opponents won't have the mana to deal with it. That's why it runs things like Goblin Assault and Hero of Bladehold. Sadly, both are cheaper than this enchantment so it might screw up a curve into Jor Kadeen.
My first thought seeing this was that they're finally previewing more Boros cards, yes. But that's not important. Second thought, loving EDH as I do, was to incorporate this into a Jor Kadeen deck for massive swings. With lots of metalcraft, battle cry, battalion and white weenie shenanigans.
By turn 7 this is 3 1/1 hastes. With no mana accels, Angel of Serenity can be hard-cast. By this time, decks are either winning or setting up for a turn 8-10 win. You get 1/1s. Awful in constucted.
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Yeah I noticed. I don't think the haste is that relevant until you're ahead on board because it seems unlikely your 1/1 dudes are going to get past anything you weren't already attacking through anyway.
I did skip over the part where it makes more and more tokens, that does make it quite a bit better.
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This card costs 2 more, and into an empty board still kills your opponent on the same turn (GA takes 6 turns to kill you starting the turn after it comes down, this takes 4, both kill you on turn 10).
However, this lets you block. That is relevant. It also means you look at the boardwipes in your hand and laugh, since you don't care. You also don't really care about mass token destruction since, by the time this card is a danger, you are making 4+ tokens a turn anyway, and your opponent wiping the board almost invariably puts you ahead.
I like it, especially since it will actually manage to outrace a thragtusk followed by a restoration angel (you block tusk & beast, and tank 7 a turn, and outrace the resto, even though they have 30 life :D)
No reason why this couldn't cost 4. This doesn't even seem particularly strong in limited. Average limited game lasts like 8 turns, this is turn 5 no immediate impact at all and by turn 7 you have a captain's call. This is looking to be a fast format, bloodrush can kill you really quickly.
WR control can and will be a thing. Aurelia's Fury, Bonfire, Magmaquake, Terminus.
Assemble the legion can end games by itself against a clear board. I don't think this is in dispute. I think that players have reservations due to Boros being an aggressive guild, which presupposes creatures... cheap, efficient creatures. That's your grandfather's Boros guild.
But enough about Boros, other control decks can just splash to play this as a finisher. It's not the best finisher out there (it's not even close), but it does have a unique angle of attack. Board wipes don't really work against it and even if you can wipe the board for several turns, the army is just going to get bigger until you deal with the enchantment itself.
On a side note, Jace owns this card.
I like this.
Constructed garbage. Am I so out of touch? I just don't see this making the cut.
But of course, like the majority of other rares so far spoiled, absolute limited bomb.
i think my average limited games are way longer than 8 turns most of the time. i had a lot of limited games which went somehow endless cause the boards were packed with creatures and noone could really do anything.
this is definitly a clock, and a pretty fast one. in limited its definitly a bomb.
for constructed its too slow i guess, and if this would cost 4 mana i think it would be too strong...
on turn 7 this would do 3 tokens already, and this is the boarder where this gets out of control... 3, 4, 5 tokens every turn for free? feels pretty strong.
like i said, wont see constructed play, but its definitly a good card.
Don't be taken aback by a slow WR card, there's plenty of them, and Assemble the Legion (AtL) fits nicely in control or tempo deck more than an aggro. The best thing about it is that it doesn't require any additional investment to continue producing more and more tokens.
At three it would be so many ways better (albeit not strictly better) than goblin assault as to be format defining.
It would still be really (really really) good at 4.
Pumping out hasty 4/1s seems excellent, but it'll take three turns (because ID's tokens don't have haste) to reach the level of power that something that Increasing Devotion reaches immediately. (4/1, 4/1, 4/1, 4/1, 4/1 = 20) vs. (4/1 + 4/1, 4/1 + 4/1, 4/1, 4/1 = 24) It's vulnerable to removal and it could get me nothing.
On the other hand, the Jor Kadeen deck that powers out Jor Kadeen + a token producer quickly with artifact mana then wraths the board of lands won't care how slow it is because your opponents won't have the mana to deal with it. That's why it runs things like Goblin Assault and Hero of Bladehold. Sadly, both are cheaper than this enchantment so it might screw up a curve into Jor Kadeen.
Anyone have any thoughts?
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