A lot of goodies getting spoiled today. I hope there is some nice enchantments to go with the Starfield. For the tutor, the initial cost of 5 is kind of high. You still can't play it early in the game.
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It's awkward that Starfield of Nyx turns the tokens generated by Heliod, God of the Sun into 0/0s once you control five or more enchantments. It also shrinks Heliod if you have devotion.
It's awkward that Starfield of Nyx turns the tokens generated by Heliod, God of the Sun into 0/0s once you control five or more enchantments. It also shrinks Heliod if you have devotion.
If you're at 3BB floating with PA active you're going to win without needing a card that gives you a bunch of off colour mana. People are not using gifts and that's on colour and pretty busted when you can tutor 4 cards then 4 more just needing to get 1 PiF to get access to all of them..
I second that Enduring Ideal decks will love that white enchantment. If your Form of the Dragon ever gets binned, or you discard to Peace of Mind, you can get it back on board.
With Starfield, Dictate of Heliod is a 7/7 with Flash that buffs all of your other enchantments. Alternatively, Ephara, God of the Polis triggers are fun, assuming I'm not reading the card wrong and that Starfielded enchantments ETB as creatures. In a similar vein, if the enchantments aren't creatures until they ETB, Skywise Teachings could be fun. The recursion plays nicely with the better Fonts (Fertility, Fortunes, maybe Vigor) and with Kruphix's Insight (any excess enchantments can be easily recurred). Nighthowler isn't at its best in a Starfield deck, but it still gets +3/+3 on top of whatever buffs it would normally get. Spear of Heliod is a 4/4 with an anthem attached, Citadel Siege goes from a control piece to a beater. Even turns Ghostblade Eidolon into a 3/3 Double Striker for 3.
Most of this is jank, but it's fun jank, at least. Definitely going to look to get my hands on Starfield...and super disappointed this card wasn't actually in Theros block. I get why it wasn't, but I wanted a card that represented Nyx so much, and we're only getting one now, when Theros is about to rotate. (At least it's flavorful: enchantment creatures are products of Nyx, and Starfield of Nyx turns enchantments into creatures in much the same way it would have animated the Nyxborn. Doesn't give them creature types, but no card's perfect.)
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
I LOVE Starfield of Nyx. Beautiful card. I see Heliod and Erebos in the art, perhaps the scene when Heliod first banishes him to the Underworld? Anyway, what happens when you have Devotion a god, so they're a creature yet still an enchantment when Starfield becomes active? Does them being a creature override it and Thassa remains a 5/5, or will Starfield see her as an Enchantment, make her a creature at 3/3?
I feel like since she'd already be a creature at that point she'd be a 5/5 and unaffected, but if I lost Devotion to her and still had Starfield active, she'd continue being one at 3/3.
MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Tainted Remedy is a card I've wanted for the longest time. I used to have a really fun YuGiOh deck that was built around a pair of cards that had the same effect. I love that it's on an enchantment, but I still hope that one day I'll get that effect stapled onto a legendary creature for EDH purposes.
Reficure.dec was the best thing that ever happened in YGO. Fear those Burning Algae! Yes, being able to play something like that in Magic sounds awesome.
Hahah, yes. I always loved flipping over Gift Card and even with Reficule or Bad Reaction out, it always took my opponent a minute to process exactly what was happening. We need a Magic card that gives your opponent like 10 life in exchange for something.
So, Liliana's necromantic and removal abilities are natural.
Griselbrand gave her tutoring powers and Kothophred gave her eternal youth and life syphoning.
Guess that means there's a mind-destroying demon and a mana-ramping demon we've yet to meet.
Dark Petition... This is all I see, "Search your library for Necropotence and put it on the battlefield." I don't have a problem with this.
I like to think "If you have 2 Instant and/or Sorcery cards in your graveyard, this card is Demonic Tutor", lol. Or as a throwback to Urza untap spells, "If you have 2 Instant and/or Sorcery cards in your graveyard, untap 3 lands."
It's awkward that Starfield of Nyx turns the tokens generated by Heliod, God of the Sun into 0/0s once you control five or more enchantments. It also shrinks Heliod if you have devotion.
Don't play them together?
That makes it a flavor fail, seeing how Heliod's a key part of Nyx and all that.
It's awkward that Starfield of Nyx turns the tokens generated by Heliod, God of the Sun into 0/0s once you control five or more enchantments. It also shrinks Heliod if you have devotion.
Don't play them together?
That makes it a flavor fail, seeing how Heliod's a key part of Nyx and all that.
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You could always run Grove of the Burn Willows. Too bad Punishing Fire is banned in modern :'(
Do I need devotion or do I only need devotion to make them bigger? Heliod, God of the Sun would be a 4/4 right?
Well, there are some minor differences -- the main is that the token is exiled, not sacrificed.
Don't play them together?
If you're at 3BB floating with PA active you're going to win without needing a card that gives you a bunch of off colour mana. People are not using gifts and that's on colour and pretty busted when you can tutor 4 cards then 4 more just needing to get 1 PiF to get access to all of them..
Yep, if you can't cast a 3 drop on turn 2 how does this even count as a dork?
I get in for 1 damage yay!!! Then I can ramp on turn 3 into a 4 drop? I can do that with Rattleclaw Mystic.
Most of this is jank, but it's fun jank, at least. Definitely going to look to get my hands on Starfield...and super disappointed this card wasn't actually in Theros block. I get why it wasn't, but I wanted a card that represented Nyx so much, and we're only getting one now, when Theros is about to rotate. (At least it's flavorful: enchantment creatures are products of Nyx, and Starfield of Nyx turns enchantments into creatures in much the same way it would have animated the Nyxborn. Doesn't give them creature types, but no card's perfect.)
Day's Undoing: Hm...blue reset button?
Dark Petition: Definitely a combo piece for Legacy Ritual decks. I've gone up against turn 1 Ad Nauseams, and this frankly looks almost as scary.
Tainted Remedy: OUCHIES! This turns Invigorate into green player burn and Grove of the Burnwillows into a dual that hurts your opponent. Ridiculous! And if you play it with Wound Reflection...?
Flameshadow Conjuring: Hello, red JNY card! Meet your friends Purphoros, God of the Forge, Warstorm Surge, Dragon Tempest, Scourge of Valkas...
Honored Hierarch: The moment I read the name, I thought "Hey, new Noble Hierarch!" Then I read it and thought "Even better!"
Nissa's Pilgrimage: Well hey, a land ramp spell for Nissa! Pretty nice with Mulch and its kin.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
I feel like since she'd already be a creature at that point she'd be a 5/5 and unaffected, but if I lost Devotion to her and still had Starfield active, she'd continue being one at 3/3.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
Hahah, yes. I always loved flipping over Gift Card and even with Reficule or Bad Reaction out, it always took my opponent a minute to process exactly what was happening. We need a Magic card that gives your opponent like 10 life in exchange for something.
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Griselbrand gave her tutoring powers and Kothophred gave her eternal youth and life syphoning.
Guess that means there's a mind-destroying demon and a mana-ramping demon we've yet to meet.
I like to think "If you have 2 Instant and/or Sorcery cards in your graveyard, this card is Demonic Tutor", lol. Or as a throwback to Urza untap spells, "If you have 2 Instant and/or Sorcery cards in your graveyard, untap 3 lands."
That makes it a flavor fail, seeing how Heliod's a key part of Nyx and all that.
I think we did, but then our hopes got extinguished, and now they have been relit with the fires of hope.
On another note, White Lotus would be AWESOME!!! Wizards, do this. Do this now!
Also, good. Heliod is a jerk.
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