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The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginning-less time, darkness thrives in the void but always yields to purifying light.
I invision a future where one is not mighty when he can silence a crowd with brutality,
but when he leaves them speechless with wisdom.
Protects self, draws cards, and the ultimate can make it hard for an opponent to win the game. Best part is the protection is a + ability on a walker that is bolt resistant. This has all the right abilities to become quite good.
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RIP Batman guy. I hope somebody picks up the slack now that you are gone. Sick children need their Batman.
Wow the Courier looks like it could fit right into Red/Green decks in this format. if you dump your hand fast enough with 1 and 2 drops, you could end up getting 3-4 cards for the low price of 2 mana. Granted, it's a 1/1 that has to attack, but you're guaranteed to get at least once attack thanks to Haste. The Scrounger looks like a great aggressive option for black decks (Maybe Suicide Black will make a comeback?).
Dovin Baan is a nice, fair UW walker IMHO. He'll see play but I'm not super excited by him. His abilities are all truly U/W, so he's best fit for a control package. I do liek shutting down activated abilities for free though, and he may make a splash in Modern.
Dovin is fantastic. It's worth remembering that lifegain combined with card draw is always a bit better than it seems, which is why most players (including pros) underrated Sphinx's Revelation when it was printed. The life gives you the time to cast the cards and not be forced to sequence them in sub-optimal ways in order to not die, which makes drawing the cards much more powerful
I like the black one. Seems pushed. Dont know what deck would want him but still a very cool card
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The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginning-less time, darkness thrives in the void but always yields to purifying light.
I invision a future where one is not mighty when he can silence a crowd with brutality,
but when he leaves them speechless with wisdom.
Its a construct goblin and construct zombie!
All three of these reveals are pretty pushed. Dovin passes the "protects himself and/or generates card advantage" test of a 4 mana walker, but a control player would really want something better to stabilize against the strong aggro being printed, tapping out just to get a bigger shrink effect isn't that reliable turn 4 where jace did it turn 2 as an all-star, but notice it actually nicely negates a voltaic brawler, making it a 0/2 rather than 1/3 as it cannot activate its ability. But drawing a card and gaining 4 life isn't worth 4 mana if thats all he does.
The constructs on the other hand are pretty powerhousy. Its a stretch to make a raging goblin work on its own. Its the kind of card that needs anthem or equipment (or vehicles) to make people actually want to use it to attack. But what really makes it playable is that it doesn't need to survive combat to produce card advantage lategame, if it attacks turn 1 and sits there unable to swing into a brawler on turn 2, you could just keep it on the backplate and once you're running empty, attack with it, exile your card from the trigger, then sacrifice it without connecting. Having no sorcery speed on that is pretty huge, that means any time you're on the play its going to net you 2 cards at a minimum.
The one drop is okay as a 1/1 haste for 1. But beyond that, I think it'll be tough to make it worth while when you account for how many cards you'll get back vs how many you spent trying to keep it alive and swinging in.
Ok, after seeing the Planeswalker Deck exclusives, I am definitely getting them as each of them contain cards useful for commander, and the alternate art land are gorgeous.
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Venser is still my Azorius PW of choice
I invision a future where one is not mighty when he can silence a crowd with brutality,
but when he leaves them speechless with wisdom.
RIP Batman guy. I hope somebody picks up the slack now that you are gone. Sick children need their Batman.
And half of Static Orb...that is, funnily, among the Inventions.
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
Are their enough walkers in those colors to actually make Deploy the Gatewatch viable?
Dovin Baan is a nice, fair UW walker IMHO. He'll see play but I'm not super excited by him. His abilities are all truly U/W, so he's best fit for a control package. I do liek shutting down activated abilities for free though, and he may make a splash in Modern.
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The Scrounger is cool too though
Spirits !!!!!
I like the black one. Seems pushed. Dont know what deck would want him but still a very cool card
I invision a future where one is not mighty when he can silence a crowd with brutality,
but when he leaves them speechless with wisdom.
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He actually has the opposition/orb combo enabled on that emblem
All three of these reveals are pretty pushed. Dovin passes the "protects himself and/or generates card advantage" test of a 4 mana walker, but a control player would really want something better to stabilize against the strong aggro being printed, tapping out just to get a bigger shrink effect isn't that reliable turn 4 where jace did it turn 2 as an all-star, but notice it actually nicely negates a voltaic brawler, making it a 0/2 rather than 1/3 as it cannot activate its ability. But drawing a card and gaining 4 life isn't worth 4 mana if thats all he does.
The constructs on the other hand are pretty powerhousy. Its a stretch to make a raging goblin work on its own. Its the kind of card that needs anthem or equipment (or vehicles) to make people actually want to use it to attack. But what really makes it playable is that it doesn't need to survive combat to produce card advantage lategame, if it attacks turn 1 and sits there unable to swing into a brawler on turn 2, you could just keep it on the backplate and once you're running empty, attack with it, exile your card from the trigger, then sacrifice it without connecting. Having no sorcery speed on that is pretty huge, that means any time you're on the play its going to net you 2 cards at a minimum.
Phenax - Mill
Breya - Combo
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant - Token
Oloros - Combo
Jeleva - eh...working on it
Yidris - Soft Combo
Modern:
Grixis Shadow
Burn
Titanshift
Copycat (Given up currently, not entirely sure what it needs)
Legacy:
Burn
B/R Reanimator (slowly building
EDH:
Sedris Control/Reanimation
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