See the unwritten is awful. I remember fondly fools trying to play Summoning trap and then dropping in a mana dork or sometimes nothing. This is just as bad. The BWG anthem is great, exactly what weenie swarms want, and puts the awful Mardu one to shame.
See the unwritten is awful. I remember fondly fools trying to play Summoning trap and then dropping in a mana dork or sometimes nothing. This is just as bad. The BWG anthem is great, exactly what weenie swarms want, and puts the awful Mardu one to shame.
you mean temur. there is no mardu enchantment yet.
Abzan ascendacy is really nice, both a good etb and secondary effect, see the unwritten feels good though mana intensive, probably I'm overvalueing it but I feel it's good if you have ferocious
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See the Unwritten is going into any and every even vaguely creature-based green commander deck I ever make ever from now on. For now, definitely in Karrthus and Wanderer. Two fatties for 6? Yes please.
Abzan Ascendancy looks good, continuing the counters theme and all. If it had any red in it, I'd love to play that with Purphoros for the second trigger, but alas, that's why we have Mardu.
I would say that See the Unwritten is the second-worst mythic ever. That's not even an effect that belongs at rare, and it doesn't seem all that flavorful to me either. Swing and a miss, WotC.
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Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
I would say that See the Unwritten is the second-worst mythic ever. That's not even an effect that belongs at rare, and it doesn't seem all that flavorful to me either. Swing and a miss, WotC.
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I can only conclude that you didn't read the card correctly. I'm not claiming it's good in anything but creature-based EDH decks, but there is no universe in which this effect is uncommon.
I like both of these, but See the Unwritten gets bonus points for not only interacting well with Temur's gameplan, but also Sultai's, as the revealed cards go to the graveyard. I think the card could actually have a place in standard, digging 8 cards deep is very good.
I was ready to write off See the Unwritten until I realized that they put the rest of the cards into the graveyard. There is actually quite a bit of potential there, especially if you're playing with Sidisi or a Golgari general.
See the Unwritten is like a "cheap", random, conditional version of Tooth and Nail. I suppose it's fine if all you care about is having as many fatties on the table as possible, but Tooth still has more ways to be played.
Abzan Ascendancy is cool, though it's difficult to maximize its effects: the first ability wants you to play it after playing lots of creatures, while the second one wants you to have it on the table and build your spirit army ASAP. I'd probably go for the second effect more often, but it mostly depends on how much the Abzan depend on those counters.
See the Unwritten seems good to me. Darn rotation is going to slice and dice my current ramp deck, but I feel this will be right at home in whatever I make next.
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When compared to Tooth and Nail or other cards of similar pedigree, See the Unwritten clearly lags behind because rather than tutor up your game-enders directly, it forces you to run a high volume of big creatures in order to reliably hit 1-2 of them in your top eight cards. As others have said, cards like Summoning Trap, etc. aren't that great because they make you run too many fatties.
The difference I can see here is that this is a set with morph. Sometimes it's nice to play your Krosan Cloudscraper or whatever for 3. So running that critical mass of fatties could be possible, I suppose. But then, if your game plan is to show up at a Standard tournament dropping morphs that you're never planning to flip, you've probably lost before you've even started.
Do people honestly forget how amazing Summoning Trap was in Valakut, or am I missing something? Hell, Valakut only played 4 Prime Time and 2-4 Avengers, and it was STILL ridiculous. How anyone can complain about See the Unwritten is astounding to me.
Oh yeah, and Ascendancy is good, as many other have said.
For what it's worth, the opposite of evergreen is "deciduous" so I suggest we start using that from now on to refer to shroud, banding, islandhome, etc.
See the Unwritten is weird! If you aggressively try ramping into it with dorks you will A) not have ferocious B) probably reveal another dork, and if you have ferocious then putting two bombs in play will probably not be as backbreaking as doing it out of the blue.
Abzan Ascendancy is a solid, interactive card. Definitely Standard worthy.
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Actually I have a deck that will already love that card.
you mean temur. there is no mardu enchantment yet.
See the Unwritten is too expensive for the effect in standard but it's a bomb in EDH. I just wish it wasn't Mythic.
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Abzan Ascendancy looks good, continuing the counters theme and all. If it had any red in it, I'd love to play that with Purphoros for the second trigger, but alas, that's why we have Mardu.
I was a bit down when I learned Abzan would get a +1/+1 counter theme, but I like what they are doing with it.
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Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
I can only conclude that you didn't read the card correctly. I'm not claiming it's good in anything but creature-based EDH decks, but there is no universe in which this effect is uncommon.
I love that card.
See the Unwritten is the best EDH green card next to Praetor's Council like ever. Jeez.
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'Sure, I'll get one of my Delve creatures for free and the other for the minimum mana required.' (And that assumes no Ferocious.)
Abzan Ascendancy is clearly going to be fun. In Standard, it's really too bad that Skybind can't blink enchantments.
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Abzan Ascendancy is cool, though it's difficult to maximize its effects: the first ability wants you to play it after playing lots of creatures, while the second one wants you to have it on the table and build your spirit army ASAP. I'd probably go for the second effect more often, but it mostly depends on how much the Abzan depend on those counters.
RIP Batman guy. I hope somebody picks up the slack now that you are gone. Sick children need their Batman.
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And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
The difference I can see here is that this is a set with morph. Sometimes it's nice to play your Krosan Cloudscraper or whatever for 3. So running that critical mass of fatties could be possible, I suppose. But then, if your game plan is to show up at a Standard tournament dropping morphs that you're never planning to flip, you've probably lost before you've even started.
Oh yeah, and Ascendancy is good, as many other have said.
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Abzan Ascendancy is a solid, interactive card. Definitely Standard worthy.
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