I am so so so glad I held off on getting Chord of Calling for Saffi now. I know my buddy that was wanting me to buy his off of him is gonna be pissed that it's not going to be near as expensive as it was though. Not sure which version I want. I like the new art but LOATHE the really really lame "Hey kiddos, your creatures can help you cast your spells!" reminder text on this one.
Wow, first Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and now this. Gotta say that this is the best Core Set yet, lots of good reprints and value cards. I'm not quite sure how this will impact standard though, the cost is pretty steep with GGG in the cost, but with elvish mystic and sylvan caryatid in the current standard I would say that this could probably warp the current meta to aggro based decks, and this for silver bullets.
#1 - What's the dumbest idea you ever had?
#2 - 15/15 for 15?
#1 - Make it dumber
#2 - Give it protection from removal and counter?
#1 - DUMBER!
#2 - Add Timewalk?
#1 - DAMN IT MAN, I SAID DUMB!! DUMB !!!
#2 - It destroys everything when it attacks.... And wait, I have a friend who plays mill decks... I want to beat him too.
#1 - Excellent! Recess is over, go back and learn sex-ed with the other 6th graders.
While it isn't an infinite combo, you can always use it with Dictate of Karametra and Nissa, Worldwaker to search up huge creatures like Worldspine Wurm and Colossus of Akros.
And there is big reprint number two chord of calling paired with urborg, tomb og yogmoth. Now if they do something else big I'll be blown away but I only expect 2 reprints like last year. I am hoping for something else. The more they reprint cards the more I will like this set. Karn liberated ? Where are you buddy?
Not in this set. I recall Maro saying there were 6 walkers in this set, and I believe Garruk makes 6.
A big win for the players of the game and a small step towards correcting a big problem. I hope Wizards continues on this path.
The new art is pretty neat, but I do prefer the original. I'm happy I'll be able to have access to this card at a reasonable price for my EDH decks and I can't wait to see what it does for Standard.
Sage of Hours + Master Biomancer (better if Master Biomancer already has some extra power somehow, and you have some bouncing tools to bounce Sage of Hours)
So, they introduce a new Legendary Bard, whose ability is essentially Chord of Calling, but then decide not to use him on the art for the actual Chord of Calling? For shame Wizards, flavour fail.
So, they introduce a new Legendary Bard, whose ability is essentially Chord of Calling, but then decide not to use him on the art for the actual Chord of Calling? For shame Wizards, flavour fail.
Nice! The main card that I (and most other people) thought of and wanted reprinted when we heard that convoke was in M15 was actually reprinted, this opens up a lot of nice stuff for standard and makes the card cheaper for casual and older formats.
UBBreya's Toybox (Competitive, Combo)WR
RGodzilla, King of the MonstersG
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UBLazav, Dimir Mastermind (Competitive, UB Voltron/Control)UB
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While it isn't an infinite combo, you can always use it with Dictate of Karametra and Nissa, Worldwaker to search up huge creatures like Worldspine Wurm and Colossus of Akros.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
Not in this set. I recall Maro saying there were 6 walkers in this set, and I believe Garruk makes 6.
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My thoughts exactly... All signs pointing that it is them. nice shoutout to the Selesnya's iconic ability.
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It still would have seemed out of place.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
Why yes, yes they are, and they are rocking it to the selesnya old school.
It looks like my wallet is going to be hemorrhaging on this one.
The new art is pretty neat, but I do prefer the original. I'm happy I'll be able to have access to this card at a reasonable price for my EDH decks and I can't wait to see what it does for Standard.
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As for awesome creature based combos:
Sage of Hours + Master Biomancer (better if Master Biomancer already has some extra power somehow, and you have some bouncing tools to bounce Sage of Hours)
Aurelia, the Warleader + Felhide Spiritbinder
I mean, how else is Wizard's gonna make sure that SCG knows well enough ahead of time to dump their current stock as quickly as possible?
UBBreya's Toybox (Competitive, Combo)WR
RGodzilla, King of the MonstersG
-Retired Decks-
UBLazav, Dimir Mastermind (Competitive, UB Voltron/Control)UB
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—Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
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No. JOU was really good.
Yea, no. I can't even say that without correcting myself. It was good for the THS block though(but that's not saying much).
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Actually, Yisan's ability is Hibernation's End.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
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