how I see the morphs:
black: obviously the best one here, it's already been discussed so no need to repeat why it's amazing
blue: well it's ability doesn't wow me but if aggro is rampant maybe you want a big wall? who knows
white: can we please get more efficient fliers than 2/1 for 3? please? as it is it's a bit underwhelming
red: solid whether morphed or as a turn 2. can't block= safer raid attacks
green: also solid as a trick to kill bigger things and push in damage.
I think the best part about the blue one is the ability to be swinging for damage early while still having an answer to them dropping a 4/4 or 5/5, where most other creatures would have to chump.
You played JESUS?!?! I heard none of his guys stay in the graveyard, and once you think you have him beat he ALWAYS comes back to win within three turns. I like...WORSHIP him.
Did they realize they were making the black one so much stronger than the other ones? Seems like one you would be glad to take pick 5-8, the other ones not so much.
Gray Ogre is an acceptable cost-for-body rate, and then you look at what happens when you flip it over, and how insignificant flipping it over is. Life will be lost, creatures will die, and your net investment here is 3 mana and a Black card revealed.
Even if it gets shot on sight, you can eke out a Shock's worth of life loss by revealing some card you were already going to send their way.
At minimum, it really craps on the rest of the cycle. I guess Blue has a giant wall sans Defender, and Green has an above-curve beatstick, but Black's Ruthless Ripper is a value Ogre. Face down feels like the correct line of play every time with it.
I think people just cannot contextually evaluate cards at all. The ripper is an excellent card that gives value. You can flip it at almost anytime for FREE, for free, the turn you play it if you want. Now when you combine that with bigger, more high value morph targets and you really get into headgames with your opponent. Everytime they attack they have to be worried if that morph creature is a large threat that can't flip currently, or the ripper that can flip at almost anytime. When they want to kill the facedown card they generally can't know if it is a value play or a waste of a kill spell. Having more information than your opponent is conducive to winning games. There's no reason you can't play this in conjunction with that 6/6 trampling hexproof guy that also morphs. The best part is you might not even have black mana on the board when you put this guy facedown and your opponent can't even anticipate this card in that situation at least the first game.
morphers are sweet, nice that people will actually be able to use morph cards and they arent crazy prohibitively expensive to flip.
The real news here is in the flavor article - even more signs that the Jeskai is related to Ugin - they name each color of mana a different fire, so colorless mana would = ghostfire, which is Ugins famous/infamous trick. Also ghostfire blade hammers home the link to tarkir. evidence is piling up there
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All of them are good:
The black is like a searing blood
The blue one gives you information while leaving a wall berind
The red one is descent in agro deck
The white one is a 2/1 flying ETB gain 2 for 2(while being a potential waste of yours oponent s removal....)
Actually all will make oponents guess
The green one is good maybe to cover other morphs or to make a trample polukranos
They've got the right idea with having handy-but-not-amazing morph cards that can unmorph for "free" so you can tap out to play them.
That Vizier art... I'm a fan of Nils Hamm as it is, but he's really outdone himself here. Very underwhelming card though. Seems good in decks that run Brawn.. but you can bet that's probably gonna be the card I'm exiling.
on a less spammy note, the cycle is interesting and having something that makes delve more attractive is interesting. This could be a decent finisher in a BUG control setup, perhaps.
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That black one is pretty good, but I also think the blue one isn't bad. It's a bear if you need one and a pretty good blocker when you need one too. It's ability isn't that great, but revealing information like that has a lot of upsides if they're holding onto cards. I think by stats alone it could be nice for limited, at the very least.
It's interesting that they gave Marshall that info about morph creatures costing less than 5 to flip dying to the colorless version of morphed creatures. That will certainly affect limited play.
It's interesting that they gave Marshall that info about morph creatures costing less than 5 to flip dying to the colorless version of morphed creatures. That will certainly affect limited play.
That isn't precisely right. After all, the blue one will survive. What he said/meant was that you are going to trade or not -- it won't be the case where you lose your guy and the other survives. Unless the opponent has more than 4 mana available. This actually bothers me a little that they would announce this; it seems like something to learn, not be told up front. And of course it is only about the morph. You or they can be holding other tricks to have the result be one-sided.
The Black one seems nice, he's basically the 1/1 Deathtouch dork but better, and the Blue one could see some play for baiting out removal/info/a big wall. Pretty nice.
It seems like the white morph is always going to be played face down. 2 life and surprise flying blocker has got to be worth any white card you might reveal.
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It's not a "french vanilla." That term is for a creature that only has a keyword ability like "flying" or "haste."
Or you could sing 'Goodbye Horses' and tuck your p... never mind!
What do you think French Vanilla means?
I'll try to use this in my Wizard tribal. Although I hate Morph it's still a fun spy effect to attempt.
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black: obviously the best one here, it's already been discussed so no need to repeat why it's amazing
blue: well it's ability doesn't wow me but if aggro is rampant maybe you want a big wall? who knows
white: can we please get more efficient fliers than 2/1 for 3? please? as it is it's a bit underwhelming
red: solid whether morphed or as a turn 2. can't block= safer raid attacks
green: also solid as a trick to kill bigger things and push in damage.
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1. It's a human (relevant, somehow)
2. 1 drop
3. death touch
4. excellent combat trick
the best scenario is a 1 drop which shock and kill a creature at any size. which is, imho, really decent.
i think if any sort of black aggro exist, it will be played as a 4 of.
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That said, I will drop everything and play Sultai all the way if they give us the promised Attack Baboons.
Gray Ogre is an acceptable cost-for-body rate, and then you look at what happens when you flip it over, and how insignificant flipping it over is. Life will be lost, creatures will die, and your net investment here is 3 mana and a Black card revealed.
Even if it gets shot on sight, you can eke out a Shock's worth of life loss by revealing some card you were already going to send their way.
At minimum, it really craps on the rest of the cycle. I guess Blue has a giant wall sans Defender, and Green has an above-curve beatstick, but Black's Ruthless Ripper is a value Ogre. Face down feels like the correct line of play every time with it.
The real news here is in the flavor article - even more signs that the Jeskai is related to Ugin - they name each color of mana a different fire, so colorless mana would = ghostfire, which is Ugins famous/infamous trick. Also ghostfire blade hammers home the link to tarkir. evidence is piling up there
I invision a future where one is not mighty when he can silence a crowd with brutality,
but when he leaves them speechless with wisdom.
The black is like a searing blood
The blue one gives you information while leaving a wall berind
The red one is descent in agro deck
The white one is a 2/1 flying ETB gain 2 for 2(while being a potential waste of yours oponent s removal....)
Actually all will make oponents guess
The green one is good maybe to cover other morphs or to make a trample polukranos
That Vizier art... I'm a fan of Nils Hamm as it is, but he's really outdone himself here. Very underwhelming card though. Seems good in decks that run Brawn.. but you can bet that's probably gonna be the card I'm exiling.
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URTibor and LumiaRU
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticBUW
UBSygg, River CutthroatBU
RGXenagos, God of RevelsGR
UGVorel of the Hull CladeGU
GBSavra, Queen of the GolgariBG
URGMaelstrom WandererGRU
on a less spammy note, the cycle is interesting and having something that makes delve more attractive is interesting. This could be a decent finisher in a BUG control setup, perhaps.
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That isn't precisely right. After all, the blue one will survive. What he said/meant was that you are going to trade or not -- it won't be the case where you lose your guy and the other survives. Unless the opponent has more than 4 mana available. This actually bothers me a little that they would announce this; it seems like something to learn, not be told up front. And of course it is only about the morph. You or they can be holding other tricks to have the result be one-sided.