Absolutely amazing. The two best Red cards yet to be spoiled are Stensia Banquet and Otherworldly Outburst. Meanwhile, White gets a slightly tweaked 3/2 Auramancer and many playable one- and two-drops at Common. Seriously, what were they thinking when balancing these colors?
Not too fond of a lot of these cards. Drownyard Behemoth is great though. Flash and the ability that isn't an ETB trigger - guarantees you untap with it.
Primal Druid is like Viridian Emissary which I wouldn't expect to be in standard, but less midrange and more blocky.
The blue concentrate that can cost 2UU instant is pretty good too.
Lastly, I wanna say Madness cards are so boring. They look like a near-rehash of the last set. Just lame pump spells and mediocre vampires.
Zombies probably doesn't have enough to go all of the way either...Meanwhile they print Hamlet Captain, lol.
Stensia Innkeeper really interests me as a form of temporary mana denial for red, as an alternative to outright land destruction. This could be an interesting space to see more designs in.
Most interesting cards are Terrarion and Weaver of Lightning. Red getting a 1/4 for 3 with reach is a bit strange, but adding on doing damage from instants and sorcery is pretty much cake.
Can I just say the flavor text of Furyblade Vampire is perfect? "Writhe all you want, filth. It will do you no good." Using her ability makes her exactly strong enough to take out Hanweir, The Writhing Township
Edit: Lol. Clear Shot. Rem Karolus is now Slayer of Eldrazi.
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"You say 'learn from history,' but that does not mean 'learn the same bull***** the people in history learned alongside phrenology and alchemy.'" - The Blinking Spirit
The Hamlet Captain reprint scares me, but gosh I love the references to old Innistrad in these cards. I admit I had my doubts earlier about this set, but now that i have seen the full spoiler, this set feels much more like Innistrad than Shadows ever did. Great job Wizards
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/eldritch-moon
Been waiting for that
Give irony and sarcasm, when ignorance and stupidity is found.
The whip is kept for special occasions
Hamlet Captain and Terrarion reprinted. Neat.
Extricator of Sin is a former inquisitor transforming to Eldrazi.
It of the Horrid Swarm - they really dropped the ball on thinking up names...:D
Some good references....Avacynian Priest is now Sigardian. Thraben Purebloods are a bit ...rotten now.
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
Special thanks to XenoNinja of Heroes of the Plane Studios for the awesome avy!
Why did they take it all away from blue and give it to black?
In other news I'll be playing this.
Pioneer:UR Pheonix
Modern:U Mono U Tron
EDH
GB Glissa, the traitor: Army of Cans
UW Dragonlord Ojutai: Dragonlord NOjutai
UWGDerevi, Empyrial Tactician "you cannot fight the storm"
R Zirilan of the claw. The solution to every problem is dragons
UB Etrata, the Silencer Cloning assassination
Peasant cube: Cards I own
Primal Druid is like Viridian Emissary which I wouldn't expect to be in standard, but less midrange and more blocky.
The blue concentrate that can cost 2UU instant is pretty good too.
Lastly, I wanna say Madness cards are so boring. They look like a near-rehash of the last set. Just lame pump spells and mediocre vampires.
Zombies probably doesn't have enough to go all of the way either...Meanwhile they print Hamlet Captain, lol.
R Citizen Cane (Feldon of the Third Path)
An enigma as vexing as life itself.
Repel the Abominable is disgusting in G/W or Mono-White humans.
Give No Ground would be hilarious with Permeating Mass (if only it gave reach).
Edit: Lol. Clear Shot. Rem Karolus is now Slayer of Eldrazi.
"You say 'learn from history,' but that does not mean 'learn the same bull***** the people in history learned alongside phrenology and alchemy.'" - The Blinking Spirit
Look at those spirit
A spirit with flying can't be blocked by creatures with reach.
Repeal The Abominable : I am going to lose a lot of games of Limited to this card.
Weaver of Lightning : Is this the first time we have gotten reach on a mono red creature? Flavor-win!
Two Eldrazi crabs! Hype!
All of the Werewolves spoiled are very decent for limited, especially Shrill Howler.
Slayer's Cleaver is full of flavor and a great throwback to Butcher's Cleaver.