It's literally 1 cheaper for one card fewer that can be countered.
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It's ok I guess. Not exactly exciting as it's really just Opportunity that can't be countered if you happen to have a dragon nearby. In a dragon deck I'd prefer a smaller, cheaper draw spell considering that the dragons have already laid waste to my mana curve.
* There's a incentive to cut DTT slots there in order to raise Murderousw Cut slots (there's only so much Delve you can use without direct delve enablers).
* DTT's delve cost reduction does not help you to play the card very early. Instead it let you reduce the cost and one of the reasons why this is important is to let you keep mana open to protect it from counters. This can't be countered under certain circustances which sort of have similar effect. And between this and Crux, you want to play dragon finishers anyway.
* It draws a lot of cards which is more in tune with UB strategy then searching for specific cards. TC always had a hard time only because it was a sorcery so playing it without the full delve is pretty bad which made the card inconsistent.
I think UB should consider playing a mix of Antecipate, this and DTT. It looks like a very, very solid draw engine to me.
This is a really lame rare. It's basically just opportunity. The can't be counter blurb is almost never going to be used. It's just opportunity bumped to rare status, nothing more. If it ends up getting play, then opportunity would've been able to get play if it was printed instead as well.
Would've been cool if it was:
Dragonlord's Prerogative - 2UU
Rare
Instant
As an additional cost to play ~, you may reveal a dragon card from your hand.
If you revealed a dragon card or controlled a dragon as you cast ~, ~ can't be countered.
Draw three cards.
This is a really lame rare. It's basically just opportunity. The can't be counter blurb is almost never going to be used. It's just opportunity bumped to rare status, nothing more. If it ends up getting play, then opportunity would've been able to get play if it was printed instead as well.
Would've been cool if it was:
Dragonlord's Prerogative - 2UU
Rare
Instant
As an additional cost to play ~, you may reveal a dragon card from your hand.
If you revealed a dragon card or controlled a dragon as you cast ~, ~ can't be countered.
Draw three cards.
Try 1UUU; 2UU for 3 cards is a sorcery speed ability, as seen in concentrate. Ancestral Recall is a powerful effect, as evidenced by the banning of Treasure Cruise in 2 formats.
Try 1UUU; 2UU for 3 cards is a sorcery speed ability, as seen in concentrate. Ancestral Recall is a powerful effect, as evidenced by the banning of Treasure Cruise in 2 formats.
Concentrate is also an uncommon.
And no one was really using Treasure cruise to draw 3 for 4, or at least that wasn't why it got banned.
2UU for 3 is fine at rare status.
Oh my god... I never realized that word was spelled "prerogative". I was about to call fake, or major-league typo on Wizards' part.
Just curious, as someone who isn't familiar with North American pronunciation, how did you think it should be spelled?
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This is generally better than Opportunity, which saw play in its most recent standard print.
It is strictly better* than Opportunity, but only barely (requires dragons to be any better otherwise it is identical). This needed to be rare? SERIOUSLY?!?
I'm not one to say this before a set is completely spoiled, but... I'm over this set.
*technically not strictly better because the ability to target someone else with opportunity could have niche corner case applications. (on the other hand, not targeting means an opponent can't redirect it either, so that's a plus)
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Really not a bad card at all
Jace's ingenuity is a lot cheaper, and I don't see this replacing Dig through time. Possibly more of a sideboard card for the control mirror.
Ingenuity is a thing, and this could replace it for UB control if they run dragons, since they can play with silumgar to avoid being countered.
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But where would it slot? UW don't really want it, they're already replacing Ingenuity with anticpate to play something early.
Maybe in a blue based midranged deck running dragons? Like sultai midranged as a way to power through control's counters?
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It's literally 1 cheaper for one card fewer that can be countered.
On phasing:
But the other reveal-or-control card we've seen, Scaleguard Sentinels, is an uncommon...
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* There's a incentive to cut DTT slots there in order to raise Murderousw Cut slots (there's only so much Delve you can use without direct delve enablers).
* DTT's delve cost reduction does not help you to play the card very early. Instead it let you reduce the cost and one of the reasons why this is important is to let you keep mana open to protect it from counters. This can't be countered under certain circustances which sort of have similar effect. And between this and Crux, you want to play dragon finishers anyway.
* It draws a lot of cards which is more in tune with UB strategy then searching for specific cards. TC always had a hard time only because it was a sorcery so playing it without the full delve is pretty bad which made the card inconsistent.
I think UB should consider playing a mix of Antecipate, this and DTT. It looks like a very, very solid draw engine to me.
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I used to have that same problem, until Bobby Brown set me straight.
Would've been cool if it was:
Dragonlord's Prerogative - 2UU
Rare
Instant
As an additional cost to play ~, you may reveal a dragon card from your hand.
If you revealed a dragon card or controlled a dragon as you cast ~, ~ can't be countered.
Draw three cards.
Standard: lol no
Modern: BG/x, UR/x, Burn, Merfolk, Zoo, Storm
Legacy: Shardless BUG, Delver (BUG, RUG, Grixis), Landstill, Depths Combo, Merfolk
Vintage: Dark Times, BUG Fish, Merfolk
EDH: Teysa, Orzhov Scion / Krenko, Mob Boss / Stonebrow, Krosan Hero
Try 1UUU; 2UU for 3 cards is a sorcery speed ability, as seen in concentrate. Ancestral Recall is a powerful effect, as evidenced by the banning of Treasure Cruise in 2 formats.
Concentrate is also an uncommon.
And no one was really using Treasure cruise to draw 3 for 4, or at least that wasn't why it got banned.
2UU for 3 is fine at rare status.
Just curious, as someone who isn't familiar with North American pronunciation, how did you think it should be spelled?
If your question is "What would a judge do is this situation?", only one person's answer is relevant, and that is the Head Judge at your event. I can quote the rules, but I don't know your HJ.
It is strictly better* than Opportunity, but only barely (requires dragons to be any better otherwise it is identical). This needed to be rare? SERIOUSLY?!?
I'm not one to say this before a set is completely spoiled, but... I'm over this set.
*technically not strictly better because the ability to target someone else with opportunity could have niche corner case applications. (on the other hand, not targeting means an opponent can't redirect it either, so that's a plus)