Karlov of the Ghost Council WB Legendary Creature - Spirit Advisor (M)
Whenever you gain life, put two +1/+1 counters on Karlov of the Ghost Council.
WB, Remove six +1/+1 counters from Karlov of the Ghost Council: Exile target creature.
2/2
That's a pretty cool pair of effects, kinda steep for the exile effect (and i wish it said permanent unstead of creature) but this color pair has got plenty of ways to gain life. I like that he's a 2 drop too.
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
I like how he kind of mirror's original Teysa with his ability requiring a certain amount of things in order to exile a creature.
The card is pretty cool, but I was really hoping for a Commander that involves draining life and gaining like. I just want to focus on WB so I don't want to play Trololo (not to mention he's incredibly hated). He gets very large very quickly though. If you open with a turn 1 Soul Warden he comes down on turn 2 as a 4/4 for WB. That's pretty damn powerful. I guess I'm going to have two WB decks!
This is silly and I love him. Fitting how well he plays with Extort (each Extort trigger is 2 counters, multiple creatures is multiple triggers, lots of chances to tack on incidental lifegain to other things the deck might want to do), and 2 mana means the engine can start rolling right out of the gate.
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I feel it's gonna be much easier to get six counters through incidental life gain than through forcing +1/+1 counters on him. One Scoured Barrens, one activation from Pristine Talisman, a single extort and Bam! Six +1/+1 counters!
Not sure if this would replace Obzedat in my bleeder deck, but it's definitely nice when you have a lot of small life gain.
Replacing Obz is going to be tough at this point - he's really good at what he does. I do feel like they nailed this one though - 2/2 for 2 in the command zone with easy to trigger abilities that people are playing heavily right now (lifegain.dec and reusable removal) seems pretty solid. Or, just a nice cheap beat down general that gets huge relatively fast.
Welp, my brother should like the look of Boris Karloff here. Now, that just leaves one new commander left to spoil: the UR Sphinx. Here's hoping it's more Mizzix and less Anya.
Well now we know why BFZ sucked, all the good designers were working on C15.
I haven't seen a bad card spoiled yet and almost all have really interesting effects. Going to be hard to not buy each deck this year. My wallet is already crying.
Christ this is awesome as a commander. a 2-drop that can get absolutely massive if unchecked or lightning greaved that has a built-in exile creature effect? the price for it seems steep, but it's 3 triggers. BW can do that really fast.
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Well now we know why BFZ sucked, all the good designers were working on C15.
I haven't seen a bad card spoiled yet and almost all have really interesting effects. Going to be hard to not buy each deck this year. My wallet is already crying.
I dunno. Awaken the Sky Tyrant is a pretty big dud. And the Boros commanders, while not awful, are quite uninspired/uninspiring.
Well now we know why BFZ sucked, all the good designers were working on C15.
I haven't seen a bad card spoiled yet and almost all have really interesting effects. Going to be hard to not buy each deck this year. My wallet is already crying.
Ya I totally agree. Props to the teams that did these decks (except the boros commanders, they suck!).
Legendary Creature - Spirit Advisor (M)
Whenever you gain life, put two +1/+1 counters on Karlov of the Ghost Council.
WB, Remove six +1/+1 counters from Karlov of the Ghost Council: Exile target creature.
2/2
From Gathering Magic:
http://www.gatheringmagic.com/carlosgutierrez-alexullman-110515-karlov-of-the-ghost-council-commander-2015-preview/
Decks:
Casual
R Burn R
EDH
R Godo Voltron R
RUG ETB Overload RUG
BW Clerics Pain and Drain BW
GW Spirits!!! GW
RUG Landfall Silliness RUG
That said, it's different and at least a little interesting.
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Holy moly.
This year freaking rocks.
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
*edit* NM the lifegain off extort is lumped together, still not bad with extort though
The primary thing you have to think of is how competitively costed this guy is. It doesn't take much for him to really get out of hand.
GX Tron XG
UR Phoenix RU
GG Freyalise High Tide GG
UR Parun Counterspells RU
BB Yawgmoth Token Storm BB
WB Pestilence BW
The card is pretty cool, but I was really hoping for a Commander that involves draining life and gaining like. I just want to focus on WB so I don't want to play Trololo (not to mention he's incredibly hated). He gets very large very quickly though. If you open with a turn 1 Soul Warden he comes down on turn 2 as a 4/4 for WB. That's pretty damn powerful. I guess I'm going to have two WB decks!
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If you got a fat life total, you can yo with unspeakable symbol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8h2vp5Xis
In the commander zone, Karlov will get scary with Soul Warden and friends.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
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- UG Ezuri, Claw of Progress The Artist Formerly Known as Kraj,
- R Heartless Hidetsugu Burn it all down .
- G Kamahl, Fist of Krosa/Jolrael, Empress of Beasts Nacatl War-Pride shenanigans.
- WBR Zurgo Helmsmasher Wrath.dec
I haven't seen a bad card spoiled yet and almost all have really interesting effects. Going to be hard to not buy each deck this year. My wallet is already crying.
BUG Reanimator
BWG Nic-Fit
BGR Punishing Nic-Fit
GGo Elf YourselfG
WThat Cat Has A Knife!W
BUGWhip your assBUG
RGWMayael the AnimaRGW
UBRMarchesa, the Black RoseUBR
Modern Decks
RGWNaya BurnRGW
I dunno. Awaken the Sky Tyrant is a pretty big dud. And the Boros commanders, while not awful, are quite uninspired/uninspiring.
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- UG Ezuri, Claw of Progress The Artist Formerly Known as Kraj,
- R Heartless Hidetsugu Burn it all down .
- G Kamahl, Fist of Krosa/Jolrael, Empress of Beasts Nacatl War-Pride shenanigans.
- WBR Zurgo Helmsmasher Wrath.dec
Ya I totally agree. Props to the teams that did these decks (except the boros commanders, they suck!).