Here's where I would really hope we get a Chord of Calling reprint,
but they don't ever seem to reprint high-profile cards that use the "guest mechanic".
Maybe they'll go against their previous patterns.
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
Normally I'd also be anticipating a Chord reprint, but after WotC dropped the ball with Serum Visions in Thwros Block, it would not surprise me if they missed again.
That being said, it wasn't in Modern Masters, and they likely knew that Convoke was returning in the future. So there is hope.
Normally I'd also be anticipating a Chord reprint, but after WotC dropped the ball with Serum Visions in Thwros Block, it would not surprise me if they missed again.
That being said, it wasn't in Modern Masters, and they likely knew that Convoke was returning in the future. So there is hope.
Also Exalted and no Noble Hierarch in M13 seems like a tombstone on Chord returning in M15.
Normally I'd also be anticipating a Chord reprint, but after WotC dropped the ball with Serum Visions in Thwros Block, it would not surprise me if they missed again.
That being said, it wasn't in Modern Masters, and they likely knew that Convoke was returning in the future. So there is hope.
Also Exalted and no Noble Hierarch in M13 seems like a tombstone on Chord returning in M15.
Well, Noble Hierarch didn't fit in M13 -- exalted was only in white and black there.
I find Frost Lynx to be fairly interesting just because it's the first mono-U cat in the game. I really hope to see more creature types dabble outside of their traditional colours.
Gotta say, these are some quite interesting spoilers.
Ulcerate is basically a cross between Disfigure and Dismember. Probably not as good as either, but I can't imagine it won't see play somewhere.
Goblin Rabblemaster actually has more raw damage output on an open board than Brimaz himself. In a format of scrylands, control decks, and Purphoros, God of the Forge, that could make him very playable.
The Paragon cycle (very powerful for uncommons), convoke, Raise the Alarm, and random blue squid creatures indicate quite strongly to me that Khans of Tarkir will have a very strong token/"large army" theme.
Other interesting cards: Inferno Fist- Could be a bit of a sleeper hit in the RW heroic decks. Military Intelligence- Surprisingly cheap draw engine. Will be interesting to see how this plays in limited. Void Snare- First unconditional nonland permanent bounce for 1 mana since Chain of Vapor, which isn't modern legal. Could replace Echoing Truth in decks that are mana hungry. Reclamation Sage- Viridian Shaman trades a point of toughness to hit enchantments. Should be an easy cube inclusion and standard sideboard card.
Noble Hierarch wasn't in M13 for two reasons:
1. They decided to do exalted in white and black in M13. There was zero exalted outside those two colors in the set.
2. They don't print multiple one mana accelerators in the same set these days, and wanted to print Arbor Elf to work with the upcoming shocklands.
3. The "tri-color" nature of Noble Hierarch really didn't fit well in a core set.
Obviously, WoTC wasn't anticipating they'd have to ban deathrite, nor the resulting price spike of Hierarch. If they had, Hierarch would have been in MM. As it is, it'll prolly be in MM2 next summer. (Assuming they print it... and really, why wouldn't they?)
As far as Chord of Calling goes... We haven't seen a green convoke card yet, but I would be pretty surprised if Convoke didn't appear in green. Unlike exalted, which never fit green (or blue) very well, convoke fits green better then white. I actually expect it in all 5 colors.
So... Chord wouldn't surprise me at all. It's a powerful effect, but not at all too powerful for standard.
Finally... Reclamation Sage is the nuts. Legacy Elf decks routinely play a copy of Viridian Shaman. I'm pretty sure this is an auto switch out for that. One toughness will matter on occasion, but being able to kill stuff like Counterbalance, Moat, Blood Moon, or Engineered Plague is totally worth it.
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Commmander - Eight-and-a-Half Tails; Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker; Prime Speaker Zegana; Alesha, Who Smiles at Death; Daxos the Returned; Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest; Patron of the Moonfolk; Animar, Soul of Elements
- I can't tell if that Phytozoan 7/2 card that comes back to the battlefield after death is good or not. It seems like it needs trample to be good...
- Jallax looks cool and can probably confirm a new legendary cycle!
- Demon is cool. Even though your opponent gets to make the decision, you always benefit and at least he's semi-beefy.
- I like the Squid Token cards. It seems almost stupid they didn't make this a kraken with kraken tokens, or a serpent, or anything on Whelming Wave. It's a good slap to the face from Wizards.
- The new Angels look kind of cool, but that life-resetting one seems awfully expensive. I guess you can abuse him with blink and bounce effects though, right?
- I'm glad Convoke is returning. It's a versatile mechanic that each color can use which makes me happy.
- I like the Squid Token cards. It seems almost stupid they didn't make this a kraken with kraken tokens, or a serpent, or anything on Whelming Wave. It's a good slap to the face from Wizards.
Yeesh, now that you mention it, yeah. Squid's a pretty odd choice, even Octopus would have worked with Whelming Wave, and they could probably have gotten away with using the same art.
Ulcerate will only see play if the format is really fast due to paying 3 life being a harsh additional cost on top of the life loss of Thoughseize being in the format.
The 5/3 black Demon, Indulgent Tormenter, probably won't see play due to having such a low toughness and the extra draw being the opponent's decision (Bloodgift Demon this is not).
The Paragons might see play in certain colors, but 4 mana is a lot for a 2/2 with a single target tap ability. I would almost rather play Spear of Heliod or Hall of Triumph due to those being harder than a creature to remove and coming down a turn earlier.
Cruel Sadist is really bad and the only reason it is rare is due to having two abilities. To deal 3 damage to one creature requires 3 life, 5 turns, removing 3 +1/+1 counters, and 6 mana. This card might have seen play if you didn't have to remove the +1/+1 counters, but because it does it is a horrible design.
Siege Dragon looks cool, but walls haven't been a very playable type in a while.
Goblin Rabblemaster looks cool and if red gets enough goblins could be janky with Mutavault in the same format with it for 3 months.
Avarice Amulet is pretty awesome in EDH, but unplayable in standard.
I hope they give us some good discard effects and at least reprint The Rack to go with Waste Not. Someone mentioned a Burning Inquiry reprint and I think cards like that would make the discard not so oppressive to new players that WotC could print them and not piss off the casuals.
As others have said making the blue 1/1 tokens, squids, was a horrible design oversight on Wizards part.
I am not a big fan of Theros, but I think M15 at least has some potential.
After a whole block without elves, it's really nice to see them back! I guess it had to be expected with Nissa being the green walker of the set. Hopefully there will be enough and good enough for an elf deck!
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Huey, Dewey and Louie are always dressed in RUG. it is CLEARLY going to be the wedges block Pioneer: WURFaerie fires BRGDragons ModernBGElves WRBurn UR Fires Turns URGift Storm UG Twiddle Storm
So assuming we are getting a "Soul cycle" of mythics. Would do people think the planes associated with white, black, and red will be? Sorta think Innistrad for black, any other thoughts?
The 5 planes associated with D15 are Zendikar, Ravnica, Innistrad, Theros, and Shandalar, so presumably those will fill the cycle out. Maybe red for THS, black for INN, and white for shandalar.
Hmmm okay, I would probably switch Theros and Shandalar. Isn't Shandalaar Chandra's home plane?
No, Chandra's home world is currently unknown. It could be either Black OR White for Innistrad. Shandalar is technically where Garruk confronted Liliana, and where she got the Chain Veil and where she cursed Garruk, AND Onakke Catacomb. Considering White or Black is so flavorful for Innistrad, and as Mono-colors go, Theros could only be white or red (considering all of the poleis are and otherwise Soul of Theros is Red. I like the fact that if Theros wasn't there for publicity's sake, all of the planes featured would directly relate to all of Garruk's previous known events. Hunting on Zendikar, cursed on Shandalar, treated and arrested on Innistrad, and pretty much Jace (Ravnica) is Garruk's only real associate. HA, I know this tiny comment belongs in Storyline, but can't help it, whether Jace shows up in M15 set or not, I bet the Jace vs Vraska UR was to give Jace reason to not be on Ravnica when Garruk comes looking, because Jace is looking for Garruk. Anyway, praise be Purphoros that this game has a "explore the plane" function that lets you face a random (hopefully planar appropriate) opponent so you can still grind for packs after you beat the campaign. Also because that sounds like pure Vorthos Fun-Time lol
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3WWU, 2GWW, and 4RWW! These were the mana costs chosen to summon the perfect little angel! But Professor Avacyn accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction! Chemical x Thus, the Powerpuff Girls were born! Using their ultra super powers, Gisela, Bruna, and Sigarda have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil!
As others have said making the blue 1/1 tokens, squids, was a horrible design oversight on Wizards part.
See, on the other hand, I think making them squids makes perfect sense with Whelming Wave, flavorwise. The Wave bounces everything but the giant sea monsters, not everything but stuff that can swim (see Merfolk). So since they're 1/1 tokens, they're obviously not big enough to fight the wave, thus getting bounced like everyone else. It would have been nice if the Chasm Skulker itself could have resisted the wave, but then you wouldn't have the types of the tokens and creator match up, which I thought was nice.
Red should be Soul of Shandalar actually. It is the fifth plane mentioned in the video.
but they don't ever seem to reprint high-profile cards that use the "guest mechanic".
Maybe they'll go against their previous patterns.
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
That being said, it wasn't in Modern Masters, and they likely knew that Convoke was returning in the future. So there is hope.
Also Exalted and no Noble Hierarch in M13 seems like a tombstone on Chord returning in M15.
Well, Noble Hierarch didn't fit in M13 -- exalted was only in white and black there.
Checking this myself, I'll confirm what Unfortunately says.
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Ulcerate is basically a cross between Disfigure and Dismember. Probably not as good as either, but I can't imagine it won't see play somewhere.
Goblin Rabblemaster actually has more raw damage output on an open board than Brimaz himself. In a format of scrylands, control decks, and Purphoros, God of the Forge, that could make him very playable.
The Paragon cycle (very powerful for uncommons), convoke, Raise the Alarm, and random blue squid creatures indicate quite strongly to me that Khans of Tarkir will have a very strong token/"large army" theme.
Other interesting cards:
Inferno Fist- Could be a bit of a sleeper hit in the RW heroic decks.
Military Intelligence- Surprisingly cheap draw engine. Will be interesting to see how this plays in limited.
Void Snare- First unconditional nonland permanent bounce for 1 mana since Chain of Vapor, which isn't modern legal. Could replace Echoing Truth in decks that are mana hungry.
Reclamation Sage- Viridian Shaman trades a point of toughness to hit enchantments. Should be an easy cube inclusion and standard sideboard card.
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Thanks! You're right on all counts. Though I already have Hot Soup as 1.
The black paragon looks like 2B to me.
The MTGS spoiler lists the green 7/2 as "Phytozoan", which seems correct.
1. They decided to do exalted in white and black in M13. There was zero exalted outside those two colors in the set.
2. They don't print multiple one mana accelerators in the same set these days, and wanted to print Arbor Elf to work with the upcoming shocklands.
3. The "tri-color" nature of Noble Hierarch really didn't fit well in a core set.
Obviously, WoTC wasn't anticipating they'd have to ban deathrite, nor the resulting price spike of Hierarch. If they had, Hierarch would have been in MM. As it is, it'll prolly be in MM2 next summer. (Assuming they print it... and really, why wouldn't they?)
As far as Chord of Calling goes... We haven't seen a green convoke card yet, but I would be pretty surprised if Convoke didn't appear in green. Unlike exalted, which never fit green (or blue) very well, convoke fits green better then white. I actually expect it in all 5 colors.
So... Chord wouldn't surprise me at all. It's a powerful effect, but not at all too powerful for standard.
Finally... Reclamation Sage is the nuts. Legacy Elf decks routinely play a copy of Viridian Shaman. I'm pretty sure this is an auto switch out for that. One toughness will matter on occasion, but being able to kill stuff like Counterbalance, Moat, Blood Moon, or Engineered Plague is totally worth it.
Commmander - Eight-and-a-Half Tails; Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker; Prime Speaker Zegana; Alesha, Who Smiles at Death; Daxos the Returned; Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest; Patron of the Moonfolk; Animar, Soul of Elements
- Jallax looks cool and can probably confirm a new legendary cycle!
- Demon is cool. Even though your opponent gets to make the decision, you always benefit and at least he's semi-beefy.
- I like the Squid Token cards. It seems almost stupid they didn't make this a kraken with kraken tokens, or a serpent, or anything on Whelming Wave. It's a good slap to the face from Wizards.
- The new Angels look kind of cool, but that life-resetting one seems awfully expensive. I guess you can abuse him with blink and bounce effects though, right?
- I'm glad Convoke is returning. It's a versatile mechanic that each color can use which makes me happy.
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Innistrad - The Darkest Night
~THE RAVNICAN CONSORTIUM~
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Yeesh, now that you mention it, yeah. Squid's a pretty odd choice, even Octopus would have worked with Whelming Wave, and they could probably have gotten away with using the same art.
gadly wizards reprinted Magma Spray as a safespot
I'm right there with you. Soup.dec will rule standard.
Commander:
R Daretti, Scrap Savant
BR Olivia Voldaren
BRG Shattergang Brothers
GUR Riku of Two Reflections
WBG Karador, Ghost Chieftain
The 5/3 black Demon, Indulgent Tormenter, probably won't see play due to having such a low toughness and the extra draw being the opponent's decision (Bloodgift Demon this is not).
The Paragons might see play in certain colors, but 4 mana is a lot for a 2/2 with a single target tap ability. I would almost rather play Spear of Heliod or Hall of Triumph due to those being harder than a creature to remove and coming down a turn earlier.
Cruel Sadist is really bad and the only reason it is rare is due to having two abilities. To deal 3 damage to one creature requires 3 life, 5 turns, removing 3 +1/+1 counters, and 6 mana. This card might have seen play if you didn't have to remove the +1/+1 counters, but because it does it is a horrible design.
Siege Dragon looks cool, but walls haven't been a very playable type in a while.
Goblin Rabblemaster looks cool and if red gets enough goblins could be janky with Mutavault in the same format with it for 3 months.
Avarice Amulet is pretty awesome in EDH, but unplayable in standard.
I hope they give us some good discard effects and at least reprint The Rack to go with Waste Not. Someone mentioned a Burning Inquiry reprint and I think cards like that would make the discard not so oppressive to new players that WotC could print them and not piss off the casuals.
As others have said making the blue 1/1 tokens, squids, was a horrible design oversight on Wizards part.
I am not a big fan of Theros, but I think M15 at least has some potential.
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Standard Deck:
BUPirates
Modern Deck:
B8-Rack
Pioneer: WURFaerie fires BRGDragons
ModernBGElves WRBurn UR Fires Turns URGift Storm UG Twiddle Storm
Is the video purposely a bit blurry? Makes it tough to see all of the cards... lame-sauce...OK, went to Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-e203r7SLg). It can be viewed in HD, 720 dp. What I found was:
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Thraben Purebloods 1W
Hounds ----- Common
1/5
(@ 3:10 mark)
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(can't read name) 3B
Spirit ----- Uncommon
Intimidate
3/2
(@3:19 mark)
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D'oh! Thought they were new... lol, I tried...
Mostly all cards with new art has chances of being in M15 as does the New cards.
Old cards with Old art are there only for the game play
By now most of the new cards and reprints with new art had been discovered But THX anyway