I’m not a fan of most of the Fuse cards Give // Take is no acception, and a sorcery to boot From a design standpoint they’re pretty cool, but both halves always seem to cast 1 more than they should. Thus, casting them together just gives you a doubly over-costed spell. The only one I’ve seen so far that seems constructed playable is Far // Away, with an honorable mention to Wear // Tear for sideboards.
The sad thing is we've already basically seen the other 3 cards I guess now we know the mana rocks are all called "cluestones." Probably clues for the Maze.
Simic split card, I love you! And Give has such awesome art.
"Cluestones" are kind of a silly name, and I'm not digging the art on all of them; the big, swirly stone doesn't look that great as part of the architecture of all of them. But the cards are just fine, color-fixing Mind Stones are very welcome.
Having made such a stink about the Mimic art, I'll cede that it looks much better without the cropping that takes place on the playmat. Still not my favorite, but the card more than makes up for it.
Also, give//take is beautiful. Simple and powerful design. There's a lot of simic love going on around here.
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Give and Take is a little mediocre. Playable in limited for sure, but otherwise it's pretty meh. Cluestones are cool, but costing 3 makes me wonder how much use they will actually get.
Mimic is nice. A little costly. Stones are meh. Give/take is really nice. Don't like the 6cc though. Either side alone can find its place in a few decks.
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Not impressed with Give/Take. Give side is overcosted or would be must better as an instant. Take is ultra narrow in a non-limited environment. Rather play Urban Evolution than play fuse on this card. Blah.
EDIT: Should add what he does. Sorry, just wanted it to get posted relatively early in the thread. Now then:
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Tajic, Blade of the Legion is indestructible
Battalion -- Whenever Tajic and at least two other creatures attack, Tajic gets +5/+5 until end of turn. "I run the maze alone, but I fight with the full might of the Legion."
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EDIT: EDIT: There's already a Tajic thread well before me. Crap. Well, I tried.
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I'm a big fan of give // take though, I love how well Wizards can make all the simic cards work together
Edit: mana rocks are commons, that's REALLY awesome for pauper EDH. Yay!
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Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
Love the art and flavor of rocks (especially flavor on Boros one), Clone is still interesting as well. Giggled at anti-Zegana (edit: or a weirdest way to kill tear the part of the Mimeoplasm):)
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I'm a big fan of give // take though, I love how well Wizards can make all the simic cards work together
Edit: mana rocks are commons, that's REALLY awesome for pauper EDH. Yay!
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The sad thing is we've already basically seen the other 3 cards
"Cluestones" are kind of a silly name, and I'm not digging the art on all of them; the big, swirly stone doesn't look that great as part of the architecture of all of them. But the cards are just fine, color-fixing Mind Stones are very welcome.
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Also, give//take is beautiful. Simple and powerful design. There's a lot of simic love going on around here.
Cluestones are ho-hum.
If this wasn't stuff that was already spoiled this weekend it would have been more exciting at least.
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I think it might have some power, that's a nice card if I may say.
If it was instant speed... well, it would be on par with Revealation IMO but its not.
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EDIT: Should add what he does. Sorry, just wanted it to get posted relatively early in the thread. Now then:
Tajic, Blade of the Legion 2WR
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Tajic, Blade of the Legion is indestructible
Battalion -- Whenever Tajic and at least two other creatures attack, Tajic gets +5/+5 until end of turn.
"I run the maze alone, but I fight with the full might of the Legion."
2/2
EDIT: EDIT: There's already a Tajic thread well before me. Crap. Well, I tried.
It could be a good utility card for many different
Guess MaRo was wrong, and the (crappy) Mana Rocks are Common.
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It takes an amazing brand of entitlement to get upset when a card that you had unofficially spoiled is released by Wizards on schedule. Just saying, it's a silly thing to ***** about.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
killtear the part of the Mimeoplasm):)That doesn't sound like a complaint to me