Spoiler season starts - More than half of the posters complain how terrible the set is (usually starting around 20 or 30 cards spoiled) - Set is released - More than half of the posters complain how broken the new cards are when they actually get to play against them - spoiler season starts.
Except I think people have actually been pretty optimistic (by MTGS standards) about the last few sets.
That's been my perception. I can recall multiple times where I've thought "Wow, they're actually not complaining about this set much at all."
It's been a weird year for weather. The usual suspects are always there, calling every card printed hot garbage unless it shatters Modern like a bat to a dinner plate, but this set is making up for the usual lack of angst.
These are all cards that see little to no play in modern but all felt like good or unique cards and made standard feel like it was being played with powerful cards that may have eternal applications. This set really just feels like a bunch of poor rarity bumped remakes. Newlamog, retreat to coralhelm, gideon, crumble to dust, woodland wanderer, and the manlands are the only things I have seen that have any sort of eternal appeal to them and most of those are just meh.
There have been worse sets for modern and I don't expect every set to be innistrad in terms of shaking modern up but I do enjoy sets to feel powerful and it is odd to say a set built around giant extra dimensional creatures doesn't feel powerful. I just hope the prerelease holds up because I really enjoy those but so far this set looks like it will also have a terrible limited format.
On average, a set sends around 2-4 cards in Modern, mostly in SB. Some more, some less. But when every single card spoiled has a brigade of people calling the card and the set terrible before ever touching the cardboard, it wears thin on people really really fast.
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You don't call "dying to removal" if the removal is more expensive in resources than the creature. If you have to spend BG (Abrupt Decay), or W + basic land (PtE) to remove a 1G, that is not "dying to removal". Strictly speaking Goyf dies to removal, but actually your removal is dying to Goyf.
Nope, its both ways. You can hit your own creatures as well. Read it again.
Stuffy Doll with your opponent named. Tap your big Eldrazi. Do damage to Stuffy Doll. Damage goes to opponents face.
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Does this work with Jeskai Ascendancy? I'm not sure if you are forced to get the Ascendancy's untap clause before you would be able to tap your eldrazi to clear the opponent's board. I think it would work that way, since the Ascendancy untap is on "cast" which means that Gruesome Slaughter won't have resolved yet. Right?
Does this work with Jeskai Ascendancy? I'm not sure if you are forced to get the Ascendancy's untap clause before you would be able to tap your eldrazi to clear the opponent's board. I think it would work that way, since the Ascendancy untap is on "cast" which means that Gruesome Slaughter won't have resolved yet. Right?
Right The Ascendancy trigger goes on the stack the second you cast this spell. Meaning that your trigger resolves first you do all the Ascendency stuff then resolve this spell and your creatures gain the ability.
I'm sure it's rare for Limited, like everything else. This would be great in Limited as an uncommon.
*Blinks*
I don't know where you're coming from, but I'd never want to play in a limited format where this was uncommon, and I'd never play any deck but Eldrazi. This is a one sided board wipe. I mean, christ, if anything belongs at rare for limited purposes it's this goddamn thing.
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Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
First of all, for this card to be any good, you need to go heavy on Devoid and straight colorless Eldrazi. That's a start--then you have to be behind or have the board stalled so much that your 8/8s or whatever are getting chumped by stupid little guys. Aren't you already loosing if your titans are getting blocked?
Going from losing to winning is exactly what you want from a board sweeper. Who uses a board sweeper when they're winning?
This could be funny with Jeskai Ascendancy and any other cheap non-creature spell. Cast this with ascendecy out. Tap to blow up opponents creatures, cast a 1 cmc non-creature spell, untap and swing to the face.
I would rather open a pack and have the rare slot have a post-it saying "Nothing good here, try again for the expedition lottery". What a steaming pile of garbage.
This is not rare for limited. This is rare so it doesn't clutter up the end of every pack.
I was hoping the expeditions would keep the rest of the set cheap, at this rate I am waiting for places who accept bulk to put up signs saying "No Battle for Zendikar"
"Gosh, I wish there was a way I could fight with my awakened lands and not have to worry about them dying and costing me land drops. I could trade off, but that's worse for me than usual!"
You don't HAVE to tap all of your creatures. You can tap one or two to clear away dangerous blockers and attack with the rest. It isn't "giving up your attack step". It's giving each creature the option of going for a specific creature rather than the opponent. Against a deck that is heavy on deathtouch or one that has a lot of utility creatures, this card is amazing. People seem to be stuck in a rut of "If it's not a immediate game-ender, it's crap".
I, for one, ENJOY slower, lower-powered gameplay. It's more fun for me when it takes several cards working together and careful strategy to pull out a win than slapping my opponent in the face with a board wipe and attacking with everything. I fell out of Magic around the first Zendikar sets because I didn't like the fact that if I didn't have Primeval Titan-Valakut, Stoneforge Mystic, Jace the Format Sculptor, or some form of cheating an Eldrazi into play, I was going to lose. I don't have $200 to drop on a deck, so I like the idea that the format has slowed down to the point where my $40 deck can actually win sometimes.
Does that mean that new cards won't affect other formats? Yes. Does that mean that those older cards will get more expensive? Yes. But it also means that newer players can actually have a good time at FNM without dropping a paycheck on cards, and gaining new players is critical to the success of a game company.
On average, a set sends around 2-4 cards in Modern, mostly in SB. Some more, some less. But when every single card spoiled has a brigade of people calling the card and the set terrible before ever touching the cardboard, it wears thin on people really really fast.
"I hope to have such a death... lying in triumph atop the broken bodies of those who slew me..."
Nope, its both ways. You can hit your own creatures as well. Read it again.
Stuffy Doll with your opponent named. Tap your big Eldrazi. Do damage to Stuffy Doll. Damage goes to opponents face.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
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I don't know where you're coming from, but I'd never want to play in a limited format where this was uncommon, and I'd never play any deck but Eldrazi. This is a one sided board wipe. I mean, christ, if anything belongs at rare for limited purposes it's this goddamn thing.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
Losing a top deck war to this is going to blow in Limited
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
So far the only cards I'm interested in are Kiora and Ob Nix. The rest is... unsatisfactory and quite mediocre.
It's for Eldrazi vs Eldrazi limited matchups, clearly. Blast one guy's tentacle monsters without harming your own.
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This is not rare for limited. This is rare so it doesn't clutter up the end of every pack.
I was hoping the expeditions would keep the rest of the set cheap, at this rate I am waiting for places who accept bulk to put up signs saying "No Battle for Zendikar"
I, for one, ENJOY slower, lower-powered gameplay. It's more fun for me when it takes several cards working together and careful strategy to pull out a win than slapping my opponent in the face with a board wipe and attacking with everything. I fell out of Magic around the first Zendikar sets because I didn't like the fact that if I didn't have Primeval Titan-Valakut, Stoneforge Mystic, Jace the Format Sculptor, or some form of cheating an Eldrazi into play, I was going to lose. I don't have $200 to drop on a deck, so I like the idea that the format has slowed down to the point where my $40 deck can actually win sometimes.
Does that mean that new cards won't affect other formats? Yes. Does that mean that those older cards will get more expensive? Yes. But it also means that newer players can actually have a good time at FNM without dropping a paycheck on cards, and gaining new players is critical to the success of a game company.
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG