Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
~ can't be blocked by creatures of power 3 or greater.
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library. You gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost. Until the end of the turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
Woah, this guy spits in the face of high CC multiplayer EDH. Only little utility creatures can block him and he doesn't care about color identity? Pretty cool.
So the saboteur ability is a fixed Nightveil Spectre, and it can only be blocked by creatures it's same size, cool. Seems like a good creature to suit up with enchants. I like it.
Only question is, is a 2/2 for 3 worth playing? It's not quite unblockable and its ability is a little worse than draw a card(though screws up opponent's scrying).
Seriously, doesn't anybody wish they'd make Magic cards look like Magic cards again, and not some Fabio Romance Novel?
A) Being half-naked is appropriate for the setting.
B) If straight men and lesbians get half-naked women on card art, fair is fair.
C) Greek mythology block = probably not a good year for you, art-preferences-wise, I suspect.
I like this. It's no Gesit of St Traft. The evasive ability will be solid if he's wearing an Aura or some Equipment, making it really hard for your opponent to block him profitably. And if he does get through, he can create lots of value. Nice Rare.
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 think it's borderline playable in standard.
He can't be blocked by alot of the playable creatures in rtr block.
Seems like they may be trying to push a U/W tempo deck in standard, we already have alot of good stuff for it (still missing alot though) and this guy helps with that strategy.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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If MTG is a part of your life, the formats are like relationships:
Standard/Block = The on-again, off-again holiday fling
Modern/Vintage/Legacy = Stable, homely. A ***** after absence/misreading
Limited/Sealed = Heart breaking free spirit
Commander/Cube = Agreeable, needy and expensive
Pauper/Peasant = Sweet, kind, practical, but shy and boring
Geez, I remember insecure guys getting uncomfortable with Rakish Heir but you can't even see this guys ripped abs or fetish gear so complaining about this seems even more ludicrous.
Just to make sure: because he specifies "cast" you can't take your opponent's lands, right?
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Whenever a player taps a nonbasic land, [Card] deals 2 damage to them.
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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.
Geez, I remember insecure guys getting uncomfortable with Rakish Heir but you can't even see this guys ripped abs or fetish gear so complaining about this seems even more ludicrous.
Agreed. Can male gamers get over themselves a little? You'd think no one ever watched 300 or something.
It'd be cool to see this guy make Standard. The ability is rewarding and interesting. Whether or not spending 3 mana on a slightly evasive Stealer of Secrets-esque critter is up in the air, but it looks like it could get there.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
~ can't be blocked by creatures of power 3 or greater.
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library. You gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost. Until the end of the turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
2/2
from the PAX World Building Panel.
Seriously, doesn't anybody wish they'd make Magic cards look like Magic cards again, and not some Fabio Romance Novel?
How To Keep Your FOIL Cards From Curling: http://youtu.be/QTmubrS8VnI
The Best Deck Boxes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEwgLph_Pjk
The Best Binders: http://youtu.be/H5IauASYWjk
Just wondering the flavor behind it?
WUControlWU
Commander (EDH)
WBRKaalia of the VastWBR
WRGMayael the AnimaWRG
B Lover Since '09 ~
Standard:
meh.
Modern:
Urzatron GR
Vintage:
Contol-Slaver UBR
EDH:
Drana B
Jhoira UR
Savra BG
Turned into:
Adun Oakenshield BGR
Sharuum BUW
Turned into:
Memnarch U
KiKi-Jiki R
Turned into:
Godo R
Turned into:
Aurelia RW
The Mimeoplasm UBG
Rasputin Dreamweaver UW
Turned into:
Geist of Saint Traft -French 1v1 UW
Nekusar UBR
Only question is, is a 2/2 for 3 worth playing? It's not quite unblockable and its ability is a little worse than draw a card(though screws up opponent's scrying).
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Yeah, or at the very least he's been enlisted by Augustin to serve in his EDH deck.
The Sen Triplets might like to get their hands on him too. Ohhhh, he's soooo dreamy! :heart::heart::heart::heart:
How To Keep Your FOIL Cards From Curling: http://youtu.be/QTmubrS8VnI
The Best Deck Boxes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEwgLph_Pjk
The Best Binders: http://youtu.be/H5IauASYWjk
That has got to be about the most flavorful gimmicky rare I've seen in a while.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
A) Being half-naked is appropriate for the setting.
B) If straight men and lesbians get half-naked women on card art, fair is fair.
C) Greek mythology block = probably not a good year for you, art-preferences-wise, I suspect.
Just a little good-natured teasing here, BTW
What are you talking about? The art is of very nice quality. I guess Daxos does sort of look like Colin Farrel, though.
Also goddamn he is only shirtless, he's not even sexualized the way Rakish Heir was. What are you all complaining about.
Koth's Courier was in ads on the website for ages and that got old fast. Actually attractive male art has been missing.
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Decks
Future EDH
BRGAdun OakenshieldG[MANA]R[/MANA]B
When it escaped, the experimenters hesitated. It would cause untold havoc, yet they wished to see it in action.
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
—Karn, silver golem
He can't be blocked by alot of the playable creatures in rtr block.
Seems like they may be trying to push a U/W tempo deck in standard, we already have alot of good stuff for it (still missing alot though) and this guy helps with that strategy.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Standard/Block = The on-again, off-again holiday fling
Modern/Vintage/Legacy = Stable, homely. A ***** after absence/misreading
Limited/Sealed = Heart breaking free spirit
Commander/Cube = Agreeable, needy and expensive
Pauper/Peasant = Sweet, kind, practical, but shy and boring
Not if it was given Hexproof!
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X Cube Drafts X
GW Pauper Boggle GW
- Paper -
Standard:
RWB Mythic Midrange RWB
Flavorful? I must be missing something, because I don't see "guy with a sword who steals spells" as particularly flavorful.
Commander:
R Daretti, Scrap Savant
BR Olivia Voldaren
BRG Shattergang Brothers
GUR Riku of Two Reflections
WBG Karador, Ghost Chieftain
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
Agreed. Can male gamers get over themselves a little? You'd think no one ever watched 300 or something.
It'd be cool to see this guy make Standard. The ability is rewarding and interesting. Whether or not spending 3 mana on a slightly evasive Stealer of Secrets-esque critter is up in the air, but it looks like it could get there.