I would say that meld is like a planeswalker's ultimate: you should mostly evaluate the cards without it, as it won't happen that often. That said, it's probably easier than many ultimates.
I think the meld ability and the voice of nightmares is terrorfying. Bruna is a fun and interesting card.
I hate Gisela, I hate her the same way I hate Kalitas, It is a good card that is always good at being good and it will be an expensive mythic you have to play in every white deck It sucks I hate "generic good card that isn't at all interesting that is also a mythic because its a legendary creature important to the story"
honestly dude I really doubt she'll beat out Gideon as a 4 mana double white drop in decks that would want her. I doubt she'll reach that level in standard, let alone at Kalitas' level as he's practically required in any black deck in standard or modern.
From a Vorthos side, can anyone explain why Bruna and Gisela are White? I don't really get it. If they each only see/listen to Emrakul, they should be colorless. If their card names say they are broken/Fading - if they give theirselves up into Emrakul, why are they so powerful? They just feel wrong, flavorwise.
I also cannot understand people who long for playing them in their angel decks. I mean, these are the essence of de-angeling. Angels with tentacles? Oh come on... If you guys play angel decks, don'T you do it for flavory reasons? And do not broken angels with tentacles melding into a monstrosity feel simply misplaced in a deck of protectors that do all to fight for whatever is at least partly right?
To put it in other words: They failed. They shall be banned from my angel deck forever.
(Don't get me wrong, I love the flavor in this General idea, it's just somehow broken by making them white and so powerful.)
Lead Designer of MtG has spoken about this kind query several times. Essentially it comes down to the color pie and color pie philosophy, as far as I understand it, if a creature is using magic traditionally assosiated with white or is composed of white magic, then it is white. The creature's other actions and motivations might make it dip into another color, for example original Gisela who is partially red due to her vengeant ferverous side, but it is still White.
Angels are white because they are fabricated beings, created through magic, spesifically white magic. They also often use white magic (like containment magic pictured in some cards), naturally enough, but that also contributed color pie philosophically to making them even more centered in white (really stating the obvious here sorry).
As for your question, why are they white instead of colorless. The answer is very simple, they are white because they are primarily still angel in form. I am talking about the un transformed versions here of course, not Brisela. Bruna and Gisela have some tentacles and/or red eyes and purple wing parts certainly, these things indicate they are "turning" colorless as they turn into Emrakul's spawn. But they are still dominantly angel in form. And angels are made of white magic, hence if the majority of the body is still normal angel, the creature is white or most all of it is.
If you consider this, it makes perfect sense why they are no longer partially red (for Gisela) and partially blue (for Bruna), those colors have been absorbed by the starting transformation into Emrakul's spawn (hence the lack of red on Gisela's wings for example). The red motivations of Gisela are dissapearing from her mind as her mind turns to Emrakul's will. So she is no longer red, according to the color pie, but still white, since her entire being was constructed from white magic.
Regarding your comment about using them (angels with tentacles as you put it) in angel decks, I tend to agree, flavorfully it seems wrong to me as well, but that is just an opinion =)
Seasons Past uses him in standard and so does B/W Control. If you find one of the ten Esper Dragons players left in the world they'll be playing him too.
I'm confused? Wasn't Gisela by far the most powerful of the Sisters why did she get so much weaker and Bruna actually got marginally stronger. Also in the story that featured the sisters when faced with the prospect of facing her sisters Sigarda (who also got weaker) was confident she could handle Bruna but feared Gisela. This would be understandable seeing as Gisela v.1 was one of the most terrifying creatures of all time to face but this Gisela just dies to Sigarda who just dies to Bruna who is the only one who is not Mythic. Feels like a huge flavour fail.
Seasons Past uses him in standard and so does B/W Control. If you find one of the ten Esper Dragons players left in the world they'll be playing him too.
The answer is no, nobody plays black in standard anymore. Rightfully so, G/W midrange, humans and Collected company decks are so much better overall.
Man, this was so close to making Tooth & Nail a playable Modern deck. One more point of toughness on the 4/3 would have done it. But as it is now, dies to Lightning Bolt, so nope.
Man, this was so close to making Tooth & Nail a playable Modern deck. One more point of toughness on the 4/3 would have done it. But as it is now, dies to Lightning Bolt, so nope.
She'd still die to Dismember, though. Even if Gisela was pretty chunky, there's still no reason for Tooth and Nail decks to run these girls over Emrakul 1.0 and Xenagod.
Bruna seems like a really powerful 7 drop, even if its just returning a 3-4 drop human or angel it seems really good. Even returning avacyn back to the battlefield this seems like 1-2 of in decks that can reliably cast this and return something. Even if bruna gets countered her cast trigger will still bring something back.
I think bruna makes gisela playable just because if gisela dies early then it makes it easy for bruna to bring her back and transform.
Much like having Archangel Avacyn die to Sigarda, Heron's Grace while she knew that Avacyn was so strong that she could have wiped her out in the blink of an eye.
But at that point, I thought that Avacyn was already "the Purifier."
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There are "technically" four Powerpuff Girls, where the Powerpuff Girls created their own fourth sister named Bunny:
Therefore, I dub Brisela "Bunny" to complete the cycle.
Well, there's still that 4th WB lost sister that the story alluded to earlier who people think is the Flight Moonsilver. If that becomes an actual card, then she should probably be "Bunny" instead.
I really hope we get her in this set. It would be perfect to have sigarda lose both of her sisters only to be saved by the one she thought was gone forever.
Therefore, I dub Brisela "Bunny" to complete the cycle.
Blossom + Bubbles = Blobbles.
Sorry. I don't make the rules.
You mean Bussom right?
If Blossom = Gisela, Bubbles = Bruna, and Sigarda = Buttercup, because red blue green,
and if names are combined so that the letters before the first vowel is combined with everything else starting with the first vowel in the second name, then Br una + G isela = Brisela, and B ubbles + Bl ossom = Bossom. Hey, it could have been Guna.
Didn't you know Blossom is played by the same actress who played Amy from Big Bang Theory? Just sayin'.
I think I've learned to treat Magic cards like baseball cards: keep 'em in a binder in numerical order, don't play with 'em, try to finish the set and just keep my head down.
I Wonder if Brisela Voice of Nightmares has any Legacy Reanimator Potetial
No, since Bruna's ability is a cast trigger not an enters trigger, and you need to get two specific cards in order to meld them, just too complex compared to other major reanimation targets.
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Also if they get flickered, wouldn't the meld trigger again?
Jund? People still play black in standard?
Lead Designer of MtG has spoken about this kind query several times. Essentially it comes down to the color pie and color pie philosophy, as far as I understand it, if a creature is using magic traditionally assosiated with white or is composed of white magic, then it is white. The creature's other actions and motivations might make it dip into another color, for example original Gisela who is partially red due to her vengeant ferverous side, but it is still White.
Angels are white because they are fabricated beings, created through magic, spesifically white magic. They also often use white magic (like containment magic pictured in some cards), naturally enough, but that also contributed color pie philosophically to making them even more centered in white (really stating the obvious here sorry).
As for your question, why are they white instead of colorless. The answer is very simple, they are white because they are primarily still angel in form. I am talking about the un transformed versions here of course, not Brisela. Bruna and Gisela have some tentacles and/or red eyes and purple wing parts certainly, these things indicate they are "turning" colorless as they turn into Emrakul's spawn. But they are still dominantly angel in form. And angels are made of white magic, hence if the majority of the body is still normal angel, the creature is white or most all of it is.
If you consider this, it makes perfect sense why they are no longer partially red (for Gisela) and partially blue (for Bruna), those colors have been absorbed by the starting transformation into Emrakul's spawn (hence the lack of red on Gisela's wings for example). The red motivations of Gisela are dissapearing from her mind as her mind turns to Emrakul's will. So she is no longer red, according to the color pie, but still white, since her entire being was constructed from white magic.
Partial source: http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146425010778/so-not-to-be-that-guy-but-does-using-the-tools
Regarding your comment about using them (angels with tentacles as you put it) in angel decks, I tend to agree, flavorfully it seems wrong to me as well, but that is just an opinion =)
Seasons Past uses him in standard and so does B/W Control. If you find one of the ten Esper Dragons players left in the world they'll be playing him too.
or 11?!
The answer is no, nobody plays black in standard anymore. Rightfully so, G/W midrange, humans and Collected company decks are so much better overall.
She'd still die to Dismember, though. Even if Gisela was pretty chunky, there's still no reason for Tooth and Nail decks to run these girls over Emrakul 1.0 and Xenagod.
I think bruna makes gisela playable just because if gisela dies early then it makes it easy for bruna to bring her back and transform.
Season's Past put up a really impressive showing at the last SCG event crushing Bant CoCo, GW Tokens, and W/R Humans along the way
http://powerpuffgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Bunny
Therefore, I dub Brisela "Bunny" to complete the cycle.
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In the last grand prix, g/w and bant company made up 9 of 10 slots. Before that, GP Costa Rica, g/w and bant were the only decks in the top ten.
But at that point, I thought that Avacyn was already "the Purifier."
Well, there's still that 4th WB lost sister that the story alluded to earlier who people think is the Flight Moonsilver. If that becomes an actual card, then she should probably be "Bunny" instead.
Blossom + Bubbles = Blobbles.
Sorry. I don't make the rules.
If Blossom = Gisela, Bubbles = Bruna, and Sigarda = Buttercup, because red blue green,
and if names are combined so that the letters before the first vowel is combined with everything else starting with the first vowel in the second name, then Br
una+Gisela = Brisela, and Bubbles+Blossom = Bossom. Hey, it could have been Guna.Didn't you know Blossom is played by the same actress who played Amy from Big Bang Theory? Just sayin'.
I just thought "Blobbles" was a more accurate descriptor. ^^
No, since Bruna's ability is a cast trigger not an enters trigger, and you need to get two specific cards in order to meld them, just too complex compared to other major reanimation targets.
Also, don't reply to threads that are a year old, that's bad form and against forum policy.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.