Beat me to it. I laughed too hard at this thing on the one hand, seems like a funny kitchen table card. On the other hand LOL IT'S ONLY A 3/3 AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
I still find it so weird that wizards is taking the time/effort to preview such a thoroughly unexciting cycle. I get that it's just a twitter preview, but still, a random utility common would excite me more than another one of these.
As far as I'm concerned, the curve for the dragons sealed deck is going to be so high, there's no point in sinking 10 mana into one of these guys to buff your team of 6CMC+ dudes. I'd rather honestly just play it as a 3/3 flier for 6 in sealed. Which isn't even that great on its own.
Casual Decks WRBoros Aggro (Glorious knights of badassery) RBRakdos Bloodthirst (Undercosted waves of fat s***) URIzzet Talrand/Pyromancer (b/c I hate you) GRGruul Ramp and Stomp (SO FAT. SO FAST. RAWRRR) GBGolgari Birthing Pod (b/c you wanted a challenge. I did warn you this BS is banned though) BWOrzhov Lifegain Aggro (Removal for dayzzz) WGSelesnya Tribal Golem-splicers/token (meh. Needs more upgrades. Perhaps switching to bant?) WUAzorius Flicker (b/c I wanna annoy the f*** outta you) GUSimic Evolve Aggro (Aggro takes a journey to the weird side of the color pie) BUDimir Control (b/c I wanna peel your skin off and flay you within an inch of life before I kill you) URWJeskai Ascendency Tokens (MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA) RWBMardu Warriors (Butcher is da bomb) GU Simic Morph (slow as s*** but oh so fun) WBGAbzan Dredge-animator (PURE EVIL) GWHexproof Aggro (Deal with it. Lemme guess, you cant?)
EDH Decks UBRNekusar (Multiplayer MONSTA. 1v1 Klutz) GRB Prossh (Set up engines. WRECK FACE) GEzuri (Hey so I heard you liked Elves...) UTalrand (Counter. Cantrip. Counter. Cantrip. Repeat till opponents die-- possibly of boredom)
Tiny leaders WUDaxos (basic 3/1 fliers do basic s***. Also Daxos) RWAnax and Cymede (Heroic weenie beats)
Standard RRMONO RED AGGRO (RAWWWRRRR!!!!) WUHeroic Aggro (Easy mode beatstick)
As far as I'm concerned, the curve for the dragons sealed deck is going to be so high, there's no point in sinking 10 mana into one of these guys to buff your team of 6CMC+ dudes. I'd rather honestly just play it as a 3/3 flier for 6 in sealed. Which isn't even that great on its own.
Wizards dafuq are you thinking with these dragons? Can't wait to get these last pick in draft and use them as bookmarks.
Oh wait a 3/3 flyer for 6CMC is not strong enough to even be a bookmark my bad.
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UUU Merfolk UUU "Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR "The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
As far as I'm concerned, the curve for the dragons sealed deck is going to be so high, there's no point in sinking 10 mana into one of these guys to buff your team of 6CMC+ dudes. I'd rather honestly just play it as a 3/3 flier for 6 in sealed. Which isn't even that great on its own.
I seriously am lost as to what these cards are for. At this point I'll buy the commands (BR/RG) and not crack a single pack for all this Dragon madness.
I don't get the thought process for these. If you're going to make 3/3 Dragons, they should cost three or four mana. These Dragons are both small and hugely overcosted. Yet they're the smallest dragons in the set? They chose to make small Dragons, but not to make low-cost Dragons.
As far as I'm concerned, the curve for the dragons sealed deck is going to be so high, there's no point in sinking 10 mana into one of these guys to buff your team of 6CMC+ dudes. I'd rather honestly just play it as a 3/3 flier for 6 in sealed. Which isn't even that great on its own.
Yeah this is the worst of a bad cycle. The keywords are mostly redundant. Flying and trample are both forms of evasion, if it doesn't get blocked, the other keyword doesn't do a diddly thing. Flying says it can only be blocked by air fatties or chumped by air chumpers, trample says it can't be chumped by air chumpers, those aren't exactly that common post innistrad, its a non-combo thats long been abused for thematic reasons while having such a narrow gameplay impact, yet this lacks any excuse a legendary mythic vampire lord might have.
Flying and lifelink work well independently
Flying and deathtouch? Well deathtouch is relevant on low power creatures, and this cycle is 3/3 or 4/4. It might trade with an opponents bomb
Flying and first strike? Well it might matter more when blocking or facing another one of these stinkers, but thats the next worst
how irrelevant can it be? Its not like it can even be blocked by a recursive phoenix either, the phoenix can't block
a lot of them pump up and trade anyway whether its 3/3 or 4/4
Wizards dafuq are you thinking with these dragons? Can't wait to get these last pick in draft and use them as bookmarks.
Their thinking (justified or not) is that because these are bad, they will go deep in drafts. And because they'll go deep rather than be early takes like any competent flying creature would be, people who want to draft dragon-tribal will actually be able to do so (at cost of running some truly awful cards to be able to get the dragons-matter fringe benefits).
If all the dragons were Air Elemental grade, you wouldn't be able to draft a dragon deck. All the dragons (which are all uncommon+ reportedly) would be gone from packs so early that no player could hoard the tribal. There need to be bad cards with the dragon type to make them not be early claims and allow late picks to fill out the dragon-tribal drafter's deck.
Makes sense that green would get the shortest end of an already short stick here. That these are getting individual previews does nonsensical. Maybe blue gets hexproof or something? Who cares, they're all mediocre mana sinks designed for sealed.
Flying trample Megamorph
Would it have been too good for them to give their non-flying ability to all dragons with a +1/+1 counter?
Kresh the Bloodbraided-Jund Aggro
Karador, Ghost Chieftain-Abzan Midrange
Kangee, Aerie Keeper-Bird Tribal
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death-Warrior Tribal
Sydri, Galvanic Genius-Gepetto's Combo Workshop
Melek, Izzet Paragon-Izzet Mad Science
Omnath, Locus of Rage-Land/Elemental Tribal
Avacyn, Angel of Hope-The Church of Avacyn (Innistrad Flavor)
Brion Stoutarm
Daxos of Meletis
Varolz, the Scar-Striped
Narset, Enlightened Master
Damia, Sage of Stone
Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Dakkon Blackblade
Roon of the Hidden Realm
Mayael the Anima
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Gaddock Teeg
Rhys the Redeemed
PLS GTFO
WRBoros Aggro (Glorious knights of badassery)
RBRakdos Bloodthirst (Undercosted waves of fat s***)
URIzzet Talrand/Pyromancer (b/c I hate you)
GRGruul Ramp and Stomp (SO FAT. SO FAST. RAWRRR)
GBGolgari Birthing Pod (b/c you wanted a challenge. I did warn you this BS is banned though)
BWOrzhov Lifegain Aggro (Removal for dayzzz)
WGSelesnya Tribal Golem-splicers/token (meh. Needs more upgrades. Perhaps switching to bant?)
WUAzorius Flicker (b/c I wanna annoy the f*** outta you)
GUSimic Evolve Aggro (Aggro takes a journey to the weird side of the color pie)
BUDimir Control (b/c I wanna peel your skin off and flay you within an inch of life before I kill you)
URWJeskai Ascendency Tokens (MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA)
RWBMardu Warriors (Butcher is da bomb)
GU Simic Morph (slow as s*** but oh so fun)
WBGAbzan Dredge-animator (PURE EVIL)
GWHexproof Aggro (Deal with it. Lemme guess, you cant?)
EDH Decks
UBRNekusar (Multiplayer MONSTA. 1v1 Klutz)
GRB Prossh (Set up engines. WRECK FACE)
GEzuri (Hey so I heard you liked Elves...)
UTalrand (Counter. Cantrip. Counter. Cantrip. Repeat till opponents die-- possibly of boredom)
Tiny leaders
WUDaxos (basic 3/1 fliers do basic s***. Also Daxos)
RWAnax and Cymede (Heroic weenie beats)
Standard
RRMONO RED AGGRO (RAWWWRRRR!!!!)
WUHeroic Aggro (Easy mode beatstick)
i thought everyone was crazy for guessing it would have trample
but there it is
A 3/3 || 4/4 dragon that gets stopped cold by Sage-Eye Harrier
Oh wait a 3/3 flyer for 6CMC is not strong enough to even be a bookmark my bad.
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UUU Merfolk UUU
"Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
But yay, dragons
Except they won't be drafted together....
QUOTING THIS.
I seriously am lost as to what these cards are for. At this point I'll buy the commands (BR/RG) and not crack a single pack for all this Dragon madness.
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uninspired and unpowered cycle....
this must be the common dragon cycle that was bumped to uncommon.
Gah! I keep forgetting this
If ever there's been a cycle of cards to hide in the big Friday spoiler dump, this is it.
Flying and lifelink work well independently
Flying and deathtouch? Well deathtouch is relevant on low power creatures, and this cycle is 3/3 or 4/4. It might trade with an opponents bomb
Flying and first strike? Well it might matter more when blocking or facing another one of these stinkers, but thats the next worst
How many chump blockers would even exist? I was looking at KTK but yeah they won't be drafted together, so throw abzan ascendancy out the window, you can't even make that excuse for this card.
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&set=|[%22Fate%20Reforged%22]&text=|[flying]|[reach]&tough=+%3C=[3]
how irrelevant can it be? Its not like it can even be blocked by a recursive phoenix either, the phoenix can't block
a lot of them pump up and trade anyway whether its 3/3 or 4/4
Their thinking (justified or not) is that because these are bad, they will go deep in drafts. And because they'll go deep rather than be early takes like any competent flying creature would be, people who want to draft dragon-tribal will actually be able to do so (at cost of running some truly awful cards to be able to get the dragons-matter fringe benefits).
If all the dragons were Air Elemental grade, you wouldn't be able to draft a dragon deck. All the dragons (which are all uncommon+ reportedly) would be gone from packs so early that no player could hoard the tribal. There need to be bad cards with the dragon type to make them not be early claims and allow late picks to fill out the dragon-tribal drafter's deck.
As far as trample goes, would you prefer it had the other go-to green keyword--Reach?
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