Criminy, half the Eldrazi are named "Noun Verber", and the other half are called "Verber of Nouns". I think WotC's creative team could maybe use some new blood.
At first I assumed Searing Light was a reprint, but it turns out I was thinking of the nigh-identical card from the first Zendikar block, Puncturing Light. I don't even know to react to that.
It always amuses me when they print a crab that becomes much easier to kill when you flip it over.
I get that Lightning Bolt, when in standard, greatly warps what creatures are playable. Anything with 3 or less toughness has to be extremely efficient when your opponent can simply spend R and a card to kill it. So WotC has to be very careful about what kind of Standard environment they put it in. But has Standard really gotten to the point where Shock and Searing Spear are too efficient? (But then, why the Grasp of Darkness reprint?) Or is making your burn a colorless source really that good that Reality Hemorrhage can't be printed with better numbers?
While I appreciate the fact that Kazuul's Toll Collector exists, in case I ever rebuild my Bludgeon Brawl/Mycosynth Lattice "equip everything" deck, the card really feels like it belongs in the previous Zendikar block. The flavor seems out of place considering, y'know, the whole war with the Eldrazi thing that's been going on.
Speaking of ignoring a conflict that could literally see the end of the world, Harvester Trolls are equal parts opportunists and idiots.
There are actually some for sale in the mid-20's on TCGplayer. I haven't checked the other major sites yet though. I think IOK will probably stabilize around that price or close to $30.
You can get two copies from the Modern Event deck (as well as three Path to Exile). I wonder if that will make the event deck's price rise?
The Modern Event deck is virtually impossible to find now at a reasonable price. The cheapest I can see is $88. All of the cheap ones were bought up or people raised the price. They are sold out on Starcity and Channelfireball, which lists their price at $99.
There are actually some for sale in the mid-20's on TCGplayer. I haven't checked the other major sites yet though. I think IOK will probably stabilize around that price or close to $30.
You can get two copies from the Modern Event deck (as well as three Path to Exile). I wonder if that will make the event deck's price rise?
The Modern Event deck is virtually impossible to find now at a reasonable price. The cheapest I can see is $88. All of the cheap ones were bought up or people raised the price. They are sold out on Starcity and Channelfireball, which lists their price at $99.
That's funny, I didn't think that this would be the case because my LGS has a ton of them in the shelf behind their counter for $55 each. To me it seemed like they were having trouble getting rid of them.
Maybe it's been mentioned already here, but no Emrakul? I'm kinda surprised. I expected a "fixed, but still fun" version of him just like ula and koz.
Emrakul's still out there somewhere in the big wide multiverse. The main purpose of the Gatewatch, at least at the moment, is to keep watch for signs of her and be ready to stop her like they did Ulamog and Kozilek when she does rear her big ugly non-head.
There are actually some for sale in the mid-20's on TCGplayer. I haven't checked the other major sites yet though. I think IOK will probably stabilize around that price or close to $30.
You can get two copies from the Modern Event deck (as well as three Path to Exile). I wonder if that will make the event deck's price rise?
The Modern Event deck is virtually impossible to find now at a reasonable price. The cheapest I can see is $88. All of the cheap ones were bought up or people raised the price. They are sold out on Starcity and Channelfireball, which lists their price at $99.
That's funny, I didn't think that this would be the case because my LGS has a ton of them in the shelf behind their counter for $55 each. To me it seemed like they were having trouble getting rid of them.
Well that will probably not be the case now since the two Inquisition of Kozilek's are worth just a little less than $55. I have a feeling your LGS has already raised the price.
I just want to point out Eldrazi Immobilizer as a cool design we didn't already know.
Also, is it just me or does the color pie seem a bit looser this set? Like, how is Nissa's Judgment within pie?
More of the "Eldrazi do weird stuff" design space. Kozilek's brood doesn't have nearly the cohesion of Ulamog's, which had a very straightforward theme of "eat stuff and process it". Kozilek's do a bunch of stuff that all costs colorless mana.
The colorless shenanigans loosen some of the pie in the set but the Zendikari side breaks some barriers too, with the whole Awaken theme in WU and Support bleeding into red and even blue, of all colors.
Once Khans and Fate rotate out we'll all be playing limited power cards in standard....
Set is insane for limited, not that great for standard, and terrible for modern.
I just hope that wizards decided to use this block to test how players would react to the change in power level and then bring it back up in SOI. But I highly doubt it. But this set is definitely better than BFZ.
No good reprints, eldrazi were developed well, allies suck. The only thing selling this set will be wastes and wasteland.
All hope for 1 cost mana dork, lightning strike, 4 mana board wipe, and a good 3 mana black removal spell in SOI
Holy cow is cohort bad. Almost all of them (excepting Zulaport Chainmage and a couple others) wouldn't be too powerful if it was just "tap an untapped Ally you control."
There are actually some for sale in the mid-20's on TCGplayer. I haven't checked the other major sites yet though. I think IOK will probably stabilize around that price or close to $30.
You can get two copies from the Modern Event deck (as well as three Path to Exile). I wonder if that will make the event deck's price rise?
The Modern Event deck is virtually impossible to find now at a reasonable price. The cheapest I can see is $88. All of the cheap ones were bought up or people raised the price. They are sold out on Starcity and Channelfireball, which lists their price at $99.
Not true ... there are lots of places that still have them for $70-$75. Just Google it.
Holy cow is cohort bad. Almost all of them (excepting Zulaport Chainmage and a couple others) wouldn't be too powerful if it was just "tap an untapped Ally you control."
I think it might turn out to be a pain to deal with in limited, where allies can mostly just turtle up and drain you to death at EOT.
Unfortunately, my favorite archetype will probably be dissolved in draft I don't think you can reasonably build an ingest/processor deck any more with only one pack of BFZ. Not enough support in OGW.
It seems like this set is going to make for more complicated/busy board states. Cohort and support encourage you to go pretty wide before they become any good.
There's a LOT of support for the UR devoid deck which was the best archetype in triple BFZ. At least black got a good bump
Once Khans and Fate rotate out we'll all be playing limited power cards in standard....
Set is insane for limited, not that great for standard, and terrible for modern.
I just hope that wizards decided to use this block to test how players would react to the change in power level and then bring it back up in SOI. But I highly doubt it. But this set is definitely better than BFZ.
No good reprints, eldrazi were developed well, allies suck. The only thing selling this set will be wastes and wasteland.
All hope for 1 cost mana dork, lightning strike, 4 mana board wipe, and a good 3 mana black removal spell in SOI
Terrible for Modern? Have you not been paying attention at all? This set could easily provide another 2-10 playable cards for the B/x Modern Eldrazi deck. Not much else is exciting, but the fact that this 2-set block pretty much engendered an entire Tier 1.5 modern deck is pretty neat.
Also, it's just the pattern now. RTR was overpowered. Theros was weaker. Khans was again quite strong. Zendikar is relatively weak. Judging by. This pattern (and The power level in OG Innistrad), we can expect SOI to be more powerful than BFZ. They can't push every set. Even still, the eldrazi in Oath are pretty insane.
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Getting a box hopefully but very little that wows me in the set. Many of the mechanics feel pasted together and so on, the Allies might be good for Limited but seem underpowered for Modern (and even Standard?) play. Let's hope Innistrad is a little more aggressive.
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Currently focusing on Pre-Modern (Mono-Black Discard Control) and Modern (Azorious Control, Temur Rhinos).
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I'm calling it right now- worst rare in the set. Even good limited players will find better bombs at common and uncommon no sweat. Worst. Episode. Ever.
I really do predict this to be our worst rare in set award winner. I'd be happier opening a jar of eyeballs, so I think anything worse is highly unlikely. This card wont just have zero constructed potential, but not be significantly better than a mass of ghouls in a draft.
I was pretty down on BfZ (at least as far as Standard was concerned; once I saw the commons I was excited for Draft), but I'm loving this. I see a bunch of things that look amazing to brew around, lots of things I want to try doing in a draft, and even some niche Modern cards. I'm only disappointed that I have such a busy work schedule that I'll barely be able to draft. :/
A few thoughts:
I don't think Shock is too powerful for Standard. I do think it's too powerful to be in Limited at common. Too many one-mana burn spells running around at common and it gets really difficult to play low-toughness utility creatures without risking a huge tempo loss. We already have a strictly-better Shock in Wild Slash and even if we don't get a new one in SoI at least we have Fiery Impulse to deal with small creatures. Reality Hemorrhage is just fine for draft, and I for one will be slotting it into my Modern Burn sideboard to take out those pesky Kor Firewalkers.
I think Cohort is not as bad as people seem to think. A lot of those creatures have reasonable bodies and they give you something proactive to do during those game states where you're just sitting around staring at your opponent's many blockers. Sure, you have to tap two creatures, but you can do it end step so in that respect it's a lot like Outlast, giving you little bits of value that add up over time.
On Ruin in Their Wake: yeah, it's not Rampant Growth. So? I gave up expecting Rampant Growth when I saw Natural Connection. In a Standard mono-green ramp deck, there's no functional difference between Ruin in Their Wake and Rampant Growth. You don't get to run as many colors, but you get to cast Explosive Vegetation on turn 3 and that's pretty significant. If they just reprinted Rampant Growth, any deck that could get to Ugin, the Spirit Dragon quickly and reliably would also be able to cast any of the Dragonlords without blinking. They didn't do that; so you have to make a choice. You can get to the colorless payoffs more quickly or you can spread out and have more options among colors. That's good game design. I've tried a couple different ramp strategies with a variety of success, and I'm eager to check out this Wastes-heavy one, because, in that deck it's basically Rampant Growth. Which is pretty cool.
On a side note, I didn't look too closely, but it looks like green has better creatures at common, so the "never draft green" thing might not be in play anymore? Also I really really like Elemental Uprising as a pseduo-fight card.
Once Khans and Fate rotate out we'll all be playing limited power cards in standard....
Set is insane for limited, not that great for standard, and terrible for modern.
I just hope that wizards decided to use this block to test how players would react to the change in power level and then bring it back up in SOI. But I highly doubt it. But this set is definitely better than BFZ.
No good reprints, eldrazi were developed well, allies suck. The only thing selling this set will be wastes and wasteland.
All hope for 1 cost mana dork, lightning strike, 4 mana board wipe, and a good 3 mana black removal spell in SOI
Terrible for Modern? Have you not been paying attention at all? This set could easily provide another 2-10 playable cards for the B/x Modern Eldrazi deck. Not much else is exciting, but the fact that this 2-set block pretty much engendered an entire Tier 1.5 modern deck is pretty neat.
Also, it's just the pattern now. RTR was overpowered. Theros was weaker. Khans was again quite strong. Zendikar is relatively weak. Judging by. This pattern (and The power level in OG Innistrad), we can expect SOI to be more powerful than BFZ. They can't push every set. Even still, the eldrazi in Oath are pretty insane.
Outside of the fringe, brand-new Bx Eldrazi deck (which, due to its parasitic nature of requiring Eldrazi creature type, will be limited from growing at all with future sets), the only modern playable cards that stand out to me are Kozilek's Return and Stormchaser Mage. I know I have no interest in Return because 3 damage and the exile clause of Anger of the Gods is more important, IMO, and none of my decks can take advantage of the second clause. Stormchaser Mage could be amazing in UR delver-like shells, but we won't know its place until people test with it. I hope it does well, because it's exactly the kind of creature I want to be playing with. Everything else is forgettable Standard/Limited stuff.
Outside of the fringe, brand-new Bx Eldrazi deck (which, due to its parasitic nature of requiring Eldrazi creature type, will be limited from growing at all with future sets), the only modern playable cards that stand out to me are Kozilek's Return and Stormchaser Mage. I know I have no interest in Return because 3 damage and the exile clause of Anger of the Gods is more important, IMO, and none of my decks can take advantage of the second clause. Stormchaser Mage could be amazing in UR delver-like shells, but we won't know its place until people test with it. I hope it does well, because it's exactly the kind of creature I want to be playing with. Everything else is forgettable Standard/Limited stuff.
I originally was writing off the Eldrazi deck as "fringe" as well, but the fact is it's hardly that. It might settle into Tier 2 or worse after awhile, but for the foreseeable future, it's going to be a significant part of the metagame. It's already extremely popular and reasonably successful, and we haven't even gotten the Oath cards yet. Sure, it might not grow as much as other decks in terms of the core, but it can still evolve. Think about it, has Tarmogoyf or IoK/Seize/Lili needed to be replaced in Jund for it to evolve? We may not reasonably expect any further Eldrazi to come out after this set, but there are plenty of other cards that could affect the deck. Anything colorless, that provides colorless, that exiles cards, or that somehow supports the core could be relevant in future sets.
Point is, the Eldrazi deck is probably going to stick in Modern, and Oath just pushes it even further. To call that "Terrible for Modern" is a huge oversight. We got a whole new friggin' deck, how is that bad? Compared with a couple playable cards spread across a few existing archeytpes, I'd say getting an entirely new deck is a much bigger achievement. There are also several Eldrazi that might be playable outside the dedicated Eldrazi deck.
I also think you're underrating Kozilek's Return severely. Instant speed colorless Pyroclasm kills everything from manlands, to Etched Champions, Kor Firewalkers, and Masters of Waves. This is a huge tool against specifically Affinity, but it does work elsewhere too. Who cares if you don't use the upside, it's good enough without it! I'm not sure what deck you play that would use a Red sweeper, but I'm easily throwing a copy or two into Grixis Twin.
At the quickest of glances, here are some of the cards that could see Modern play:
I'll admit, I also thought at first glance that this set was pretty mediocre for Modern outside of the Eldrazi deck. But after posting that list above, I even surprised myself. Most of those cards will probably end up being fringe at best, but a few of them will probably prove to be quite strong in Modern, and many of them will pop up all over the place in random places you'd never expect. Also, I'm sure I missed quite a few cards that are Modern playable.
Point is, this set is hardly bad for Modern. It's pretty exciting actually. Don't judge it until we actually get to play with the cards, especially given the fact that the whole colorless matters theme is going to affect EVERY format in some way or another.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
I never really thought about it, but Make a Stand is a card I really needed for my Shu Yun EDH deck. I can easily remove Rootborn Defenses for it. Slip Through Space will also, obviously, do work.
At first I assumed Searing Light was a reprint, but it turns out I was thinking of the nigh-identical card from the first Zendikar block, Puncturing Light. I don't even know to react to that.
It always amuses me when they print a crab that becomes much easier to kill when you flip it over.
Why isn't the Fathom Sludge a card? Instead, it joins the likes of Massacre Girl, Ludevic and the Butcher Clowns as yet another awesome-sounding character that never gets a card.
I get that Lightning Bolt, when in standard, greatly warps what creatures are playable. Anything with 3 or less toughness has to be extremely efficient when your opponent can simply spend R and a card to kill it. So WotC has to be very careful about what kind of Standard environment they put it in. But has Standard really gotten to the point where Shock and Searing Spear are too efficient? (But then, why the Grasp of Darkness reprint?) Or is making your burn a colorless source really that good that Reality Hemorrhage can't be printed with better numbers?
Chandra: a dick to hellions.
While I appreciate the fact that Kazuul's Toll Collector exists, in case I ever rebuild my Bludgeon Brawl/Mycosynth Lattice "equip everything" deck, the card really feels like it belongs in the previous Zendikar block. The flavor seems out of place considering, y'know, the whole war with the Eldrazi thing that's been going on.
Speaking of ignoring a conflict that could literally see the end of the world, Harvester Trolls are equal parts opportunists and idiots.
Goodbye, Hunt the Weak. Hello Nissa's Judgment. Vorel and company have been waiting for you.
Seed Guardian. Into Meren of Clan Nel Toth. Blah blah. You've heard it all before.
Captain's Claws! Now you, too, can be Freddy Krueger! Assuming all your opponent's nightmares involve kor ally tokens.
The Modern Event deck is virtually impossible to find now at a reasonable price. The cheapest I can see is $88. All of the cheap ones were bought up or people raised the price. They are sold out on Starcity and Channelfireball, which lists their price at $99.
Ah, yes. I was confused, because he specified "RW Ally", so I was looking at the red, white, and multicolored cards.
RGB Jund BGR
WGB Junk/Abzan Company WGB
LEGACY
RUGB Delver GURB
EDH
UW Geist of Saint Traft Aggro-Control WU
RUG Riku of Two Reflections Combo GUR
BBB Skithiryx Control BB
That's funny, I didn't think that this would be the case because my LGS has a ton of them in the shelf behind their counter for $55 each. To me it seemed like they were having trouble getting rid of them.
Emrakul's still out there somewhere in the big wide multiverse. The main purpose of the Gatewatch, at least at the moment, is to keep watch for signs of her and be ready to stop her like they did Ulamog and Kozilek when she does rear her big ugly non-head.
R Citizen Cane (Feldon of the Third Path)
Well that will probably not be the case now since the two Inquisition of Kozilek's are worth just a little less than $55. I have a feeling your LGS has already raised the price.
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
Also, is it just me or does the color pie seem a bit looser this set? Like, how is Nissa's Judgment within pie?
More of the "Eldrazi do weird stuff" design space. Kozilek's brood doesn't have nearly the cohesion of Ulamog's, which had a very straightforward theme of "eat stuff and process it". Kozilek's do a bunch of stuff that all costs colorless mana.
The colorless shenanigans loosen some of the pie in the set but the Zendikari side breaks some barriers too, with the whole Awaken theme in WU and Support bleeding into red and even blue, of all colors.
R Citizen Cane (Feldon of the Third Path)
Set is insane for limited, not that great for standard, and terrible for modern.
I just hope that wizards decided to use this block to test how players would react to the change in power level and then bring it back up in SOI. But I highly doubt it. But this set is definitely better than BFZ.
No good reprints, eldrazi were developed well, allies suck. The only thing selling this set will be wastes and wasteland.
All hope for 1 cost mana dork, lightning strike, 4 mana board wipe, and a good 3 mana black removal spell in SOI
Not true ... there are lots of places that still have them for $70-$75. Just Google it.
I think it might turn out to be a pain to deal with in limited, where allies can mostly just turtle up and drain you to death at EOT.
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It seems like this set is going to make for more complicated/busy board states. Cohort and support encourage you to go pretty wide before they become any good.
There's a LOT of support for the UR devoid deck which was the best archetype in triple BFZ. At least black got a good bump
Terrible for Modern? Have you not been paying attention at all? This set could easily provide another 2-10 playable cards for the B/x Modern Eldrazi deck. Not much else is exciting, but the fact that this 2-set block pretty much engendered an entire Tier 1.5 modern deck is pretty neat.
Also, it's just the pattern now. RTR was overpowered. Theros was weaker. Khans was again quite strong. Zendikar is relatively weak. Judging by. This pattern (and The power level in OG Innistrad), we can expect SOI to be more powerful than BFZ. They can't push every set. Even still, the eldrazi in Oath are pretty insane.
RGB Jund BGR
WGB Junk/Abzan Company WGB
LEGACY
RUGB Delver GURB
EDH
UW Geist of Saint Traft Aggro-Control WU
RUG Riku of Two Reflections Combo GUR
BBB Skithiryx Control BB
Currently focusing on Pre-Modern (Mono-Black Discard Control) and Modern (Azorious Control, Temur Rhinos).
Find me at the Wizard's Tower in Ottawa every second Saturday afternoons.
Yeah, Kozilek seems to focus more on the "weird" aspect of the Eldrazi than on the "big" aspect. Lots of unusual and quirky sorts of effects.
R Citizen Cane (Feldon of the Third Path)
A few thoughts:
I don't think Shock is too powerful for Standard. I do think it's too powerful to be in Limited at common. Too many one-mana burn spells running around at common and it gets really difficult to play low-toughness utility creatures without risking a huge tempo loss. We already have a strictly-better Shock in Wild Slash and even if we don't get a new one in SoI at least we have Fiery Impulse to deal with small creatures. Reality Hemorrhage is just fine for draft, and I for one will be slotting it into my Modern Burn sideboard to take out those pesky Kor Firewalkers.
I think Cohort is not as bad as people seem to think. A lot of those creatures have reasonable bodies and they give you something proactive to do during those game states where you're just sitting around staring at your opponent's many blockers. Sure, you have to tap two creatures, but you can do it end step so in that respect it's a lot like Outlast, giving you little bits of value that add up over time.
On Ruin in Their Wake: yeah, it's not Rampant Growth. So? I gave up expecting Rampant Growth when I saw Natural Connection. In a Standard mono-green ramp deck, there's no functional difference between Ruin in Their Wake and Rampant Growth. You don't get to run as many colors, but you get to cast Explosive Vegetation on turn 3 and that's pretty significant. If they just reprinted Rampant Growth, any deck that could get to Ugin, the Spirit Dragon quickly and reliably would also be able to cast any of the Dragonlords without blinking. They didn't do that; so you have to make a choice. You can get to the colorless payoffs more quickly or you can spread out and have more options among colors. That's good game design. I've tried a couple different ramp strategies with a variety of success, and I'm eager to check out this Wastes-heavy one, because, in that deck it's basically Rampant Growth. Which is pretty cool.
On a side note, I didn't look too closely, but it looks like green has better creatures at common, so the "never draft green" thing might not be in play anymore? Also I really really like Elemental Uprising as a pseduo-fight card.
Outside of the fringe, brand-new Bx Eldrazi deck (which, due to its parasitic nature of requiring Eldrazi creature type, will be limited from growing at all with future sets), the only modern playable cards that stand out to me are Kozilek's Return and Stormchaser Mage. I know I have no interest in Return because 3 damage and the exile clause of Anger of the Gods is more important, IMO, and none of my decks can take advantage of the second clause. Stormchaser Mage could be amazing in UR delver-like shells, but we won't know its place until people test with it. I hope it does well, because it's exactly the kind of creature I want to be playing with. Everything else is forgettable Standard/Limited stuff.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
I originally was writing off the Eldrazi deck as "fringe" as well, but the fact is it's hardly that. It might settle into Tier 2 or worse after awhile, but for the foreseeable future, it's going to be a significant part of the metagame. It's already extremely popular and reasonably successful, and we haven't even gotten the Oath cards yet. Sure, it might not grow as much as other decks in terms of the core, but it can still evolve. Think about it, has Tarmogoyf or IoK/Seize/Lili needed to be replaced in Jund for it to evolve? We may not reasonably expect any further Eldrazi to come out after this set, but there are plenty of other cards that could affect the deck. Anything colorless, that provides colorless, that exiles cards, or that somehow supports the core could be relevant in future sets.
Point is, the Eldrazi deck is probably going to stick in Modern, and Oath just pushes it even further. To call that "Terrible for Modern" is a huge oversight. We got a whole new friggin' deck, how is that bad? Compared with a couple playable cards spread across a few existing archeytpes, I'd say getting an entirely new deck is a much bigger achievement. There are also several Eldrazi that might be playable outside the dedicated Eldrazi deck.
I also think you're underrating Kozilek's Return severely. Instant speed colorless Pyroclasm kills everything from manlands, to Etched Champions, Kor Firewalkers, and Masters of Waves. This is a huge tool against specifically Affinity, but it does work elsewhere too. Who cares if you don't use the upside, it's good enough without it! I'm not sure what deck you play that would use a Red sweeper, but I'm easily throwing a copy or two into Grixis Twin.
At the quickest of glances, here are some of the cards that could see Modern play:
I'll admit, I also thought at first glance that this set was pretty mediocre for Modern outside of the Eldrazi deck. But after posting that list above, I even surprised myself. Most of those cards will probably end up being fringe at best, but a few of them will probably prove to be quite strong in Modern, and many of them will pop up all over the place in random places you'd never expect. Also, I'm sure I missed quite a few cards that are Modern playable.
Point is, this set is hardly bad for Modern. It's pretty exciting actually. Don't judge it until we actually get to play with the cards, especially given the fact that the whole colorless matters theme is going to affect EVERY format in some way or another.
And yes, I'm kidding about the crab.
RGB Jund BGR
WGB Junk/Abzan Company WGB
LEGACY
RUGB Delver GURB
EDH
UW Geist of Saint Traft Aggro-Control WU
RUG Riku of Two Reflections Combo GUR
BBB Skithiryx Control BB
Strange, I think the problem is there's too much new blood.
Your mods are terrified of me.