Sorry, it just seems to me like they aren't really trying.
Considering that they were giving us previews for this set before we had anything for M14, we've pretty much had a month of spoilers. Besides, they've never really given us a huge spoiler season for core sets compared to Fall set.
Plus spoiler season for M-whatever is usually pretty boring anyways. It's like, here's some functional reprints or reprints of a classic blue ,white, black, red and green spell to make standard run properly. Here's one cool reprint at rare. Here's a new planeswalker that will maybe be good and he's some other stuff. Granted M14 has caught my eye more than usual but still, that's usually all that happens.
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Springjack Pasture doesn't fit into the Crunch, I don't think. Trading Post would be awesome, because .. Trading Post. Hopefully they'll put a sweet artifact in there to sac to it, though. Oh hey, look, Ichor Wellspring and Mycosynth Wellspring both fit in the crunch. That's probably just wishful thinking though. Ring of Three Wishes might be fun, though. Nah, probably too slow.
And yeah, they sometimes use Magic-world-specific cards in Core Sets, though usually somewhat sparingly. This set, we have some Zendikar-flavored stuff (Vastwood), and last year we had characters from Innistrad (Odric) and Ravnica (Krenko), and the Ring cycle with Shandalar references (Thune, etc.).
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A new token they don't want to reveal? Must be a card hinting at a mythic/rare, maybe Voice of Resurgence has a brother in this set.
Actually they were talking about Garruk's Emblem, as it said "Don't want to show you it untill we show you THIS CARD *cue New needs-to-get-to-the-gym Garruk*"
Actually they were talking about Garruk's Emblem, as it said "Don't want to show you it untill we show you THIS CARD *cue New needs-to-get-to-the-gym Garruk*"
Then they put his and Lilli's Emblem.
Wrong.
He says there's a token we have to wait to see the card for, then lastly shows us the two (note: the only two) emblems for Garruk and Liliana.
In the same way you can tell someone is from the XVIII century because he is arroused by ankles, you can tell someone is from USA because he feels nipples disturbing.
You can't interpret him wrong--we get precisely one week's worth of M14 previews!
How is this tidbit "awesome"? It's a "tidbit", a tiny bit of information, so it's not awesome in the sense of being big news. It's not awesome in the sense of being particularly good news either.
You got readers' hopes up by starting out with the word "awesome" only to then give information that was definitely not "awesome".
How is this tidbit "awesome"? It's a "tidbit", a tiny bit of information, so it's not awesome in the sense of being big news. It's not awesome in the sense of being particularly good news either.
You got readers' hopes up by starting out with the word "awesome" only to then give information that was definitely not "awesome".
I personally thought that Wizards giving us their spoiler schedule was awesome. At least we don't have to speculate about how they'll stretch spoilers over the usual 2 weeks.
How is this tidbit "awesome"? It's a "tidbit", a tiny bit of information, so it's not awesome in the sense of being big news. It's not awesome in the sense of being particularly good news either.
You got readers' hopes up by starting out with the word "awesome" only to then give information that was definitely not "awesome".
he thought it was awesome. matter of opinion. must you nit-pick?
also. one of those tokens does look like something chandra would make. possibly as a +1
Oh pleaseee let trading post come back. Also, that Ratchet Bomb art is pretty neat. I love seeing Goblins' curiosity getting the better of them. This does narrow down Chandra, Pyromasters abilities. No emblem for an ult which makes me sad.
Now, now. He withheld one card in that article for a reveal later. That means that whatever it is so high spoilerific that it may very well be Mythic territory. Chandra may be associated with a new token/emblem.
Now, now. He withheld one card in that article for a reveal later. That means that whatever it is so high spoilerific that it may very well be Mythic territory. Chandra may be associated with a new token/emblem.
It's worth noting there's one more token that I'm hiding until its card has been shown. You'll just have to wait and see!
And lastly there are two emblems in this set.
Maybe Chandra's new-to-red schtick is that she makes tokens that sac themselves for damage or an ability not seen on a red token before. She will not have an emblem because the Arcana specifically says that M14 only has two emblems, and both emblems are revealed.
1. donate blood, buy a goat
2. trade in for a bomb some guy found in the trash
3. nuke all the other rivaling farmers' goats.
4. repeat step 1 any amount of times.
5. profit
I'm SO SICK of the "too strong for Standard" argument. It's the new "Dies to removal". We can have a two mana 4/4 with a zillion abilities, but we can't just have Accumulated Knowledge. Makes sense.
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Considering that they were giving us previews for this set before we had anything for M14, we've pretty much had a month of spoilers. Besides, they've never really given us a huge spoiler season for core sets compared to Fall set.
Also as others have said core sets are 90% reprints and even then 9% of the new stuff is a functional remake of something else.
:Edit: Oh and both of those Sliver tokens look awful.
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And yeah, they sometimes use Magic-world-specific cards in Core Sets, though usually somewhat sparingly. This set, we have some Zendikar-flavored stuff (Vastwood), and last year we had characters from Innistrad (Odric) and Ravnica (Krenko), and the Ring cycle with Shandalar references (Thune, etc.).
Currently playing:
Standard: Superfriends!
Legacy: Nic Fit / Pod
Pauper: Delvar; Tron; Flicker Stuff
Commander: Riku ("Some weird doubple spell thing happened"); Keranos ("I did a Gatherer search for 'random' and 'flip a coin.'"); Superfriends!
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Actually they were talking about Garruk's Emblem, as it said "Don't want to show you it untill we show you THIS CARD *cue New needs-to-get-to-the-gym Garruk*"
Then they put his and Lilli's Emblem.
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Wrong.
He says there's a token we have to wait to see the card for, then lastly shows us the two (note: the only two) emblems for Garruk and Liliana.
How is this tidbit "awesome"? It's a "tidbit", a tiny bit of information, so it's not awesome in the sense of being big news. It's not awesome in the sense of being particularly good news either.
You got readers' hopes up by starting out with the word "awesome" only to then give information that was definitely not "awesome".
I personally thought that Wizards giving us their spoiler schedule was awesome. At least we don't have to speculate about how they'll stretch spoilers over the usual 2 weeks.
he thought it was awesome. matter of opinion. must you nit-pick?
also. one of those tokens does look like something chandra would make. possibly as a +1
Now, now. He withheld one card in that article for a reveal later. That means that whatever it is so high spoilerific that it may very well be Mythic territory. Chandra may be associated with a new token/emblem.
Well, one Elemental is from Pyromancer and the other is from that card that you can flip a coin to add it to hand.
Unless your talking about some other token.
From the Arcana:
Maybe Chandra's new-to-red schtick is that she makes tokens that sac themselves for damage or an ability not seen on a red token before. She will not have an emblem because the Arcana specifically says that M14 only has two emblems, and both emblems are revealed.
#BS (Baseless spec)
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One may be for Young Pyromancer, the other may be for Molten Birth. (art for Molten Birth matches the 2nd Elemental.)
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Ah! I forgot about my favorite card in the set, somehow.... LOL
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or you could just buy it for 10 cent at your lgs or from the net. And agreed, that art is super-beautiful in foil, its so vivid.
you don't need a token for that, the land becomes the creature.
1. donate blood, buy a goat
2. trade in for a bomb some guy found in the trash
3. nuke all the other rivaling farmers' goats.
4. repeat step 1 any amount of times.
5. profit