This set will be amazing flavor-wise. I'm already fearing how much I'll spend for this block...
The re-worked enchantment creatures are really interesting, Monstrosity's wide range of abilities is pretty cool, and I absolutely LOVE the wording on the new black creature - "...equal to your devotion to black."\
That's a relatively undercosted creature for red to have. The Monstrous ability seems a little irrelevant but it's not typical for red to get a 4/5 for 4.
The other cards are neat but not breathtaking. Not that I expect much from Intro Pack rares though.
Basically, if you want to open packs to get cards for Standard and Modern, the simpler approach is to just buy all the singles you need and then set some money on fire to make up the difference.
Not so much a rewording of chroma as a particular subset of it. After all, Fiery Bombardment is a chroma card, but it certainly isn't looking at ALL your red mana symbols, just the sacrifice's.
I don't know if this is what Rosewater meant about the returning mechanic, though. I still have a hunch it's convoke. (And you have to admit, the demon's Harpies would be VERY useful to convoke a black spell out.)
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'm in love with these mechanics. Let's see how deep we can go with mon-colored (I believe devotion will be the god mechanic).
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EDH Decks UWB Oloro, Ageless Ascetic's spring of life RUG Animar, Soul of the Elements and friends... lots of them WBG Karador king of two worlds (value and attrition) WRKalemne's Angels BRUG Yidris's Wild Party UWBR Breya's Terrifying Tinker Toys UBRThe Pretender
My first reaction is pretty direct: I would have tons of fun casting any of those cards in limited. The simple fact that I get chills thinking of topdecking any of those cards tells me that Theros is going to be a great success.
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Whenever a player would gain life, flip a coin. If heads, that player loses that much life instead. If tails sacrifice [card] and that player gains that life as per usual.
Monstrosity is going to be as bad as Level up for ccompetitive play. Even for all that mana i rather cast something else. Look at that overcosted mess! For just vanilla creatures!? I am afraid though of a mythic bestow card. It takes the stigma of auras away when your opponent targets the creature u want to enchant. I like it. Hopefully other colors get it.
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To the people that say that a card needs to be a higher rarity because of Limited... I hate you guys so much. I present to you with this.
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
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http://http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1307
Not that that is a good thing, mind you.
Also a demon. That's interesting.
The re-worked enchantment creatures are really interesting, Monstrosity's wide range of abilities is pretty cool, and I absolutely LOVE the wording on the new black creature - "...equal to your devotion to black."\
Yes. Just yes. I'm in love.
WB Eldrazi Processors BW
Legacy:
WUBRGLandless DredgeGRBUW
EDH:
BGMeren of Clan Nel TothGB
WUBrago, King Eternal (Budget!)UW
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The Best Deck Boxes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEwgLph_Pjk
The Best Binders: http://youtu.be/H5IauASYWjk
also, HARPIES!!!!!
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The other cards are neat but not breathtaking. Not that I expect much from Intro Pack rares though.
Or they could just be Enchantment Creatures. The big question is what determines the frame, and so far, it's being an enchantment.
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I don't know if this is what Rosewater meant about the returning mechanic, though. I still have a hunch it's convoke. (And you have to admit, the demon's Harpies would be VERY useful to convoke a black spell out.)
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Seriously though, the cards are meh. The Devotion dude is okay I guess, but he's 7cc. Oh well, usually the intro rares aren't spectacular.
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Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
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
No. Chroma is the tweaked mechanic.
We still don't know the fifth and final mechanic.
- Online -
X Cube Drafts X
GW Pauper Boggle GW
- Paper -
Standard:
RWB Mythic Midrange RWB
EDH Decks
UWB Oloro, Ageless Ascetic's spring of life
RUG Animar, Soul of the Elements and friends... lots of them
WBG Karador king of two worlds (value and attrition)
WRKalemne's Angels
BRUG Yidris's Wild Party
UWBR Breya's Terrifying Tinker Toys
UBR The Pretender
Whenever a player taps a nonbasic land, [Card] deals 2 damage to them.
-or-
R
Whenever a player would gain life, flip a coin. If heads, that player loses that much life instead. If tails sacrifice [card] and that player gains that life as per usual.
Fires Rf Salvation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8h2vp5Xis
Looks like confirmation that each color has a slightly different Nyx border (stars are more white than Erebos or Bidet of Thassa).
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
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