I hear all the "story > balance" comments, but I think they could have at least waited until spring to make this move a little more palatable. This is going to be a long RG winter.
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Well, I won'rt be able to afford this guy. Really amazing walker. It is interesting that they balance him by giving him a 3 loyalty and a +0 that you really want to use right away forcing you to either hold back and pump his loyalty or risk removal staying at 3.
WTF?! Grull gets another planeswalker in the same standard, we still dont have a selesnya or simic one yet... This guy is reply good too, not looking good for blue mages...
Wow. Modern finally got a playable card from Theros. Maybe Jund can go back to being 3 colorsnow.
This is not a modern card. 4 mana in the format needs to put the opponent in a critical position; this guy makes either 1-2 mana (bolts, decays, PtEs, etc abound in modern so creature #s are low) or gives you a 2/2 haste token.
Should be great in a slower standard environment and have value, but it's a $5 planeswalker on rotation down the line, guaranteed. Domri is far more useful in modern and is still fairly rare there.
This is not a modern card. 4 mana in the format needs to put the opponent in a critical position; this guy makes either 1-2 mana (bolts, decays, PtEs, etc abound in modern so creature #s are low) or gives you a 2/2 haste token.
Should be great in a slower standard environment and have value, but it's a $5 planeswalker on rotation down the line, guaranteed. Domri is far more useful in modern and is still fairly rare there.
Are you crazy?
a 0: ability that gives you 2/2 budies with haste is not good?
He cost 4 and that ability (tokens) alone is a good reason to run hin.
Bbe before the banning was run by the free spell and the 3/2 haste body...
It it's to spaculate its value post rotation , please make it a $18- 20 ( yes he is playable)
Holy Hannah Montana that is NUTS! Potentially absurd ramp for a +1, a 2/2 hasty critter for his 0...I could care less about his ultimate, but even that's not that bad.
WTF?! Grull gets another planeswalker in the same standard, we still dont have a selesnya or simic one yet... This guy is reply good too, not looking good for blue mages...
first of all: i kinda dont like his flavor.
isnt he supposed to be some crazy megalomaniac with somekind of black magic?
i mean i dont know the lore, so i may be wrong, but wouldnt black/red fit better then? and his abbilities really dont fit this behaviour. mb someone corrects me, and tells me that i got his personality wrong.
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seems like a very good planeswalker. but dont compare him to jtms plz... he is never nearly as good as jayce.. he is more on one level with domri. which is totaly good enough
Hasty 2/2s for 0 is good but the +1 isn't all that great.
I have to agree with this guy. The + ability is not as good as say an elvish archdruid because it doesn't count it's self. It seems to be a ramp card and trying to use creatures to ramp that late in the game is generally a bad strategy. It cast more than domri rade and has a much worse plus ability (generating CA is better than allowing you to **** out your whole hand) I suspect He will see play in midrange decks but for the powerful 0 ability. It's no huntmaster but a hasty 2/2 every turn is nothing to scoff at. Jund may use his +1 ability to hit harder with rakdos returns but honestly if you are pumping out a 2/2 every turn you don't need to be casting fatties. He seems like he will be resonable in the right deck but I suspect he will often get miss used as a ramp card. The only deck that should run him for the +1 ability would be young pyromancer combo (beck + pyromancer+Xenagos The Reveler could prove to be very potent especially with the return of scry). He will probably remain at 30 for a while and then drop down to 20 or less. Overall I would say he's slightly worse than koth but still very solid.
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I was skeptical of another RG walker, but this guy is awesome. This fits much more into the Kibler-style midrange than straight blitz, and should replace Domri in those builds. Also, this dude just wants to party. Who can't get behind that?
That said, rumor is that it is Kiora, which means she is either blue or blue/green.
Or blue white, because there's a history of merfolk with white, and some Modern merfolk decks are blue white, so she might be blue white!
Or blue/black, because we don't know much about her, and her story might be dark, indicating she turned to dark magic to further her own ends, so she's blue black.
You don't want to race to get this guy out. He's a midrange engine, not an aggro enabler.
You can play him in many different types of decks. He's more flexible than you are giving him credit for. That being said, he is good with Domri, he is GREAT with Biggest Garruk.
I could be wrong but to buy this walker at $40 seems crazy. Yes he is good no question, but is he that much better then Domri? Hell no. This will be a $20 card by the end of its first week in standard. If Im wrong well I'll be the first person to pony up the $40 bucks then. But I'm quiet sure that's it's overpriced as it is.
Everything about this card is perfect. I just want one to look at/roll around in/reflect upon. I was actually hoping this guy wouldn't do much in standard so I could pick him up on the cheap but i don't care, now he'll be worth more to me when i pick him up also THE REVELER is the best title, besides mind sculptor of course. Dang this guy is so cool.
However, in today's culture of Justin Bieber, Jersey Shore, and Twilight, where every song on the radio, every program on television and every site on the internet is just another monument to the pinnacle of human stupidity, it's certainly not the worst thing that people could be watching.
Or blue white, because there's a history of merfolk with white, and some Modern merfolk decks are blue white, so she might be blue white!
Or blue/black, because we don't know much about her, and her story might be dark, indicating she turned to dark magic to further her own ends, so she's blue black.
Or possibly....
Or blue/green because those are the exact colors she's associated with in DotP.
This isn't a vague "Scars Elspeth is WG because her art looks greenish and it would sort of be a path her character it could take!" It's "She's UG in the game, she'd most likely be that color as a card."
I could be wrong but to buy this walker at $40 seems crazy. Yes he is good no question but is he that much better the. Domri? Hell no. This will be a $20 card by the end of its first week in standard. If I. Wrong well I'll be the first person to pony up the $40 bucks then. But I'm quiet sure that's it's overpriced as it is.
This card isn't that good. It's a worse, less-restrictive Koth. Garruk Relentless and Domri Rade are both much better than this.
I understand "NEW" and "PLANESWALKER" means people are nearly forced to overreact, but this is a 10 dollar card in a couple months. Pre-order at your own peril.
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I hear all the "story > balance" comments, but I think they could have at least waited until spring to make this move a little more palatable. This is going to be a long RG winter.
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This is not a modern card. 4 mana in the format needs to put the opponent in a critical position; this guy makes either 1-2 mana (bolts, decays, PtEs, etc abound in modern so creature #s are low) or gives you a 2/2 haste token.
Should be great in a slower standard environment and have value, but it's a $5 planeswalker on rotation down the line, guaranteed. Domri is far more useful in modern and is still fairly rare there.
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Are you crazy?
a 0: ability that gives you 2/2 budies with haste is not good?
He cost 4 and that ability (tokens) alone is a good reason to run hin.
Bbe before the banning was run by the free spell and the 3/2 haste body...
It it's to spaculate its value post rotation , please make it a $18- 20 ( yes he is playable)
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isnt he supposed to be some crazy megalomaniac with somekind of black magic?
i mean i dont know the lore, so i may be wrong, but wouldnt black/red fit better then? and his abbilities really dont fit this behaviour. mb someone corrects me, and tells me that i got his personality wrong.
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seems like a very good planeswalker. but dont compare him to jtms plz... he is never nearly as good as jayce.. he is more on one level with domri. which is totaly good enough
I have to agree with this guy. The + ability is not as good as say an elvish archdruid because it doesn't count it's self. It seems to be a ramp card and trying to use creatures to ramp that late in the game is generally a bad strategy. It cast more than domri rade and has a much worse plus ability (generating CA is better than allowing you to **** out your whole hand) I suspect He will see play in midrange decks but for the powerful 0 ability. It's no huntmaster but a hasty 2/2 every turn is nothing to scoff at. Jund may use his +1 ability to hit harder with rakdos returns but honestly if you are pumping out a 2/2 every turn you don't need to be casting fatties. He seems like he will be resonable in the right deck but I suspect he will often get miss used as a ramp card. The only deck that should run him for the +1 ability would be young pyromancer combo (beck + pyromancer+Xenagos The Reveler could prove to be very potent especially with the return of scry). He will probably remain at 30 for a while and then drop down to 20 or less. Overall I would say he's slightly worse than koth but still very solid.
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You don't want to race to get this guy out. He's a midrange engine, not an aggro enabler.
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Or blue white, because there's a history of merfolk with white, and some Modern merfolk decks are blue white, so she might be blue white!
Or blue/black, because we don't know much about her, and her story might be dark, indicating she turned to dark magic to further her own ends, so she's blue black.
Or possibly....
A long history that dates waaaaaaay back, yeah.
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You can play him in many different types of decks. He's more flexible than you are giving him credit for. That being said, he is good with Domri, he is GREAT with Biggest Garruk.
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...The existing GB walker is a gorgon. This post just seems... Silly.
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)
Or blue/green because those are the exact colors she's associated with in DotP.
This isn't a vague "Scars Elspeth is WG because her art looks greenish and it would sort of be a path her character it could take!" It's "She's UG in the game, she'd most likely be that color as a card."
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No. He's better than Domri.
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The ultimate might not win you the game the turn you use it, but otherwise it's a solid 1 CMC better than what I would expect.
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I understand "NEW" and "PLANESWALKER" means people are nearly forced to overreact, but this is a 10 dollar card in a couple months. Pre-order at your own peril.
Bident Layers
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RG Devotion
UW Control
Modern:
Jund
UW Control
Combo Pod
Legacy:
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