Nice find! I wonder what you'd actually get if you bought the Zendikar Fat Pack off their site? (Because if that's Zen 1.0, it's not a bad deal for that price)
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It reads the following:
Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas - 2WR
Legendary Creature - Giant Soldier
Double strike, vigilance
Whenever you cast a creature spell with converted mana cost 5 or greater, you get an experience counter.
~ gets +1/+1 for each experience counter you have.
3/3
I agree that this is boring to look at... but I guess it might be fun to play? I wonder what Experience cards they will make and I kinda hope they are not all the legends... Also cool to have a "keyword" that is actually playable outside commander.
Triggering off cast instead of etb in addition to the 5+ cmc restriction seems... Not that good. I don't think I'd want to play him over any of the other boros legends. Except razia, probably.
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I like the idea, and I do enjoy the simplicity of the RW archetype of "hey turn dudes sideways (that's all my Gisela deck is)," I dislike that they gave the color pair that has the biggest problems with mana production the "CMC5+ matters" general. Hopefully there's a quality ramp package in there to really help it reach full potential.
EDIT: upon further consideration, seems like a really REALLY good general if anyone was wanting to do dedicated giant tribal. It's almost like it was made specifically for that.
Oh how I wish that had said "when you cast a creature spell" or heck "when you cast a white or red creature spell" but this... someone will like it and make a deck with it at least.
I wonder if other cards will have experience counters and if they'll do different things. Like add mana to pool for green, draw card for blue, etc.
It's definitely not a bad card, but I would have liked the featured card to be something that only a Commander product could do. Experience could be done in a normal expansion.
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It's definitely not a bad card, but I would have liked the featured card to be something that only a Commander product could do. Experience could be done in a normal expansion.
Well, at least YOU get the counter, which means that it keeps the experience while going to the command zone. Also, if there are more things that count experience, they level up as well. So, it is somewhat commander-specific, since it somewhat interacts with the command zone.
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Well, at least YOU get the counter, which means that it keeps the experience while going to the command zone. Also, if there are more things that count experience, they level up as well. So, it is somewhat commander-specific, since it somewhat interacts with the command zone.
I didn't catch that, so thanks. Makes it a little better. Still, it could be done in Standard, but much less likely to happen.
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hmmm, I like it a lot, but that's because I am a die-hard combo player, and R/W didn't have one I liked. Also, this is probably the first card that makes me want to run suspend cards.
I could see this being a support legend in the deck, but as the face card of the deck...pretty lame. I was hoping for something other than stereotypical RW beats.
He might not be the most fancy thing ever, but he'll certainly get the job done. He inspires a mid-range aggro build for sure, which is a good place for Boros. I also like this new method of scaling the commander, though if these experience counters are used in more than just a cycle of five commanders, they could be abused. That probably won't happen anytime soon, but I could see it being a thing a few years down the line.
Man, I want to run this guy alongside Aurelia, Gisela, Titans, Primordials and Wurmcoil Engine.
Edit - Just realized this "guy" has boobs. Oops. First female Giant since Rosheen Meanderer? Also, Giants tribal seems like a nice fit, I really hope that's not the theme of the deck though. Boros fanboy here, not an enormous fan of tribal Giants.
Additional Edit - When put into the Greek alphabet, Google Translate tells me her name means "chisels." So there's that.
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RRRAshling, the PilgrimRRR
UUUThadda Adel, AcquisitorUUU
For those not making the jump to the site, you can actually zoom in on the picture there.
It reads the following:
Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas - 2WR
Legendary Creature - Giant Soldier
Double strike, vigilance
Whenever you cast a creature spell with converted mana cost 5 or greater, you get an experience counter.
~ gets +1/+1 for each experience counter you have.
3/3
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Hopefully it just triggers when the creature is on the battlefield, and not from the command zone.
The trigger on this card is not ambiguous. It works exactly how every other triggered ability works...
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EDIT: upon further consideration, seems like a really REALLY good general if anyone was wanting to do dedicated giant tribal. It's almost like it was made specifically for that.
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I wonder if other cards will have experience counters and if they'll do different things. Like add mana to pool for green, draw card for blue, etc.
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A bit boring though, as it will rely on a linear "experience" mechanic. so we can expect probably 3 cycles with that mechanic
Kalemne is a girl
I'd stick with Tajic.
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Well, at least YOU get the counter, which means that it keeps the experience while going to the command zone. Also, if there are more things that count experience, they level up as well. So, it is somewhat commander-specific, since it somewhat interacts with the command zone.
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I didn't catch that, so thanks. Makes it a little better. Still, it could be done in Standard, but much less likely to happen.
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Man, I want to run this guy alongside Aurelia, Gisela, Titans, Primordials and Wurmcoil Engine.
Edit - Just realized this "guy" has boobs. Oops. First female Giant since Rosheen Meanderer? Also, Giants tribal seems like a nice fit, I really hope that's not the theme of the deck though. Boros fanboy here, not an enormous fan of tribal Giants.
Additional Edit - When put into the Greek alphabet, Google Translate tells me her name means "chisels." So there's that.