Open Heart
1B
Sorcery
Uncommon
Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonlegendary, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
The problem with defining this format by what is "fun" is that everyone seems to define fun as what they don't lose to. If you keep losing to easily answered cards, that means you should improve your deck. If you don't want to improve your deck, then you should come to peace with the idea that you are going to lose because you chose to not interact with better strategies.
Yeah this is pretty stellar. For one colorless you get to fuse Duress and Despise, and yes, with the exclusion of legendary creatures. Still, this is going to hit plenty of targets in nearly any matchup, and with that kind of versatility I'll find other ways to deal with whatever legendary menace is on the horizon.
Would this replace Transgress in Standard? Or is the exile clause + lack of nonlegendary restriction still better?
I expect this to be more versatile than Transgress, and whether or not Transgress is going to be better depends on how much you're afraid of Delirium decks and Torrential Gearhulk flashbacks.
Would this replace Transgress in Standard? Or is the exile clause + lack of nonlegendary restriction still better?
Exile is still relevant.
With Fling being reprinted it's going to be interesting to see how the Metalwork Colossus decks does. And exile is relevant in shutting down the Colossus recursion.
Besides that (currently) fringe cast the non-legendary clause will still make Transgress the premier hand-disruption of the two I think.
OK, you win, but we didn't know it's suppossed to be female, I understand giving her the creature type God for gameplay reasons, but it's grating to see the same character being male in the English version and female in others. I wonder if this is some BS 'sexism' issue, about not wanting to offend some SWJ by applying patriarchal notions of gendered gods to a make-believe word. Whereas in languages like Russian or Spanish calling a female god that, 'god' instead of boginya or diosa only makes you look like a really incompetent translator.
OK, you win, but we didn't know it's suppossed to be female, I understand giving her the creature type God for gameplay reasons, but it's grating to see the same character being male in the English version and female in others. I wonder if this is some BS 'sexism' issue, about not wanting to offend some SWJ by applying patriarchal notions of gendered gods to a make-believe word. Whereas in languages like Russian or Spanish calling a female god that, 'god' instead of boginya or diosa only makes you look like a really incompetent translator.
We did. Just go to Amonkhet image gallery and change EN in the site address to RU or something else.
OK, you win, but we didn't know it's suppossed to be female, I understand giving her the creature type God for gameplay reasons, but it's grating to see the same character being male in the English version and female in others. I wonder if this is some BS 'sexism' issue, about not wanting to offend some SWJ by applying patriarchal notions of gendered gods to a make-believe word. Whereas in languages like Russian or Spanish calling a female god that, 'god' instead of boginya or diosa only makes you look like a really incompetent translator.
The **** are you talking about?
Why would you think the character changes gender between languages? That doesn't make any sense. I don't even know if that's what you are saying.
The russian translation indicates femininity, that is all.
EDIT: I would like to note while here that Ammit is female and Sobek was male, so as well as the black color choice and seeming relation to the Cursed (note Cursed Minotaur's flavour text "that is what awaits us if we fail", meanwhile Bontu is surrounded by Cursed in her art, suggesting that Bontu is responsible for the failed becoming cursed and/or ruling over the cursed), being female lends to Bontu being potentially more Ammit than Sobek.
OK, you win, but we didn't know it's suppossed to be female, I understand giving her the creature type God for gameplay reasons, but it's grating to see the same character being male in the English version and female in others. I wonder if this is some BS 'sexism' issue, about not wanting to offend some SWJ by applying patriarchal notions of gendered gods to a make-believe word. Whereas in languages like Russian or Spanish calling a female god that, 'god' instead of boginya or diosa only makes you look like a really incompetent translator.
The **** are you talking about?
Why would you think the character changes gender between languages? That doesn't make any sense. I don't even know if that's what you are saying.
The russian translation indicates femininity, that is all.
EDIT: I would like to note while here that Ammit is female and Sobek was male, so as well as the black color choice and seeming relation to the Cursed (note Cursed Minotaur's flavour text "that is what awaits us if we fail", meanwhile Bontu is surrounded by Cursed in her art, suggesting that Bontu is responsible for the failed becoming cursed and/or ruling over the cursed), being female lends to Bontu being potentially more Ammit than Sobek.
It's not that I "think" the character changes gender between languages, it actually does, tne English text in Nest of Scarabs says Bontu, god of ambition, god, not goddess. Unlike the Russian text which uses goddess, not god (bog). It makes no sense of course, that's why I'm curious about the reasoning behind calling Bontu a "god" in the English version when there's a specific word for female gods, goddess, and the character is feminine as evidenced by the Russian text.
I don't think so.... lol.
mostly of the time I'd rather include Distress than this on my deck, I mean, being able to hit legendary cards is bigger than having to pay B instead of 1...
except if you're playing with a really bad mana base or a 5 color deck.
the set keeps being really underwhelming so far.
didn't like any of the cards save for the dual lands.
OK, you win, but we didn't know it's suppossed to be female, I understand giving her the creature type God for gameplay reasons, but it's grating to see the same character being male in the English version and female in others. I wonder if this is some BS 'sexism' issue, about not wanting to offend some SWJ by applying patriarchal notions of gendered gods to a make-believe word. Whereas in languages like Russian or Spanish calling a female god that, 'god' instead of boginya or diosa only makes you look like a really incompetent translator.
The **** are you talking about?
Why would you think the character changes gender between languages? That doesn't make any sense. I don't even know if that's what you are saying.
The russian translation indicates femininity, that is all.
EDIT: I would like to note while here that Ammit is female and Sobek was male, so as well as the black color choice and seeming relation to the Cursed (note Cursed Minotaur's flavour text "that is what awaits us if we fail", meanwhile Bontu is surrounded by Cursed in her art, suggesting that Bontu is responsible for the failed becoming cursed and/or ruling over the cursed), being female lends to Bontu being potentially more Ammit than Sobek.
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I need heavy evidence that the crocodile god is female I just don't see the body for a female body.
I don't think so.... lol.
mostly of the time I'd rather include Distress than this on my deck, I mean, being able to hit legendary cards is bigger than having to pay B instead of 1...
except if you're playing with a really bad mana base or a 5 color deck.
the set keeps being really underwhelming so far.
didn't like any of the cards save for the dual lands.
Unless you were intentionally trying to be dismissive and insulting, that lol was completely unnecessary. And how often are you going to need to make your opponent discard a legendary card? Maybe there will be more playable legendary cards in Amonkhet, but right now the only 2 playable legendaries are Heart of Kiran and Rishkar. I'd say being unable to hit 2 cards is worth the tradeoff for it being easier to cast.
I don't think so.... lol.
mostly of the time I'd rather include Distress than this on my deck, I mean, being able to hit legendary cards is bigger than having to pay B instead of 1...
except if you're playing with a really bad mana base or a 5 color deck.
the set keeps being really underwhelming so far.
didn't like any of the cards save for the dual lands.
Unless you were intentionally trying to be dismissive and insulting, that lol was completely unnecessary. And how often are you going to need to make your opponent discard a legendary card? Maybe there will be more playable legendary cards in Amonkhet, but right now the only 2 playable legendaries are Heart of Kiran and Rishkar. I'd say being unable to hit 2 cards is worth the tradeoff for it being easier to cast.
I just disagreed, no intention to insult or anything, really and I apologise if you felt offended somehow.
either way, I'd very much rather to be able to hit more cards than just have a card marginally easier to cast.
Distress was not even a power common, this one is a bad uncommon.
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Open Heart
1B
Sorcery
Uncommon
Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonlegendary, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
We learned that from Nest of Scarabs.
Wrong movie, I know
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I expect this to be more versatile than Transgress, and whether or not Transgress is going to be better depends on how much you're afraid of Delirium decks and Torrential Gearhulk flashbacks.
Exile is still relevant.
With Fling being reprinted it's going to be interesting to see how the Metalwork Colossus decks does. And exile is relevant in shutting down the Colossus recursion.
Besides that (currently) fringe cast the non-legendary clause will still make Transgress the premier hand-disruption of the two I think.
But now it is confirmed that Bontu is indeed female (boginja = goddess).
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OK, you win, but we didn't know it's suppossed to be female, I understand giving her the creature type God for gameplay reasons, but it's grating to see the same character being male in the English version and female in others. I wonder if this is some BS 'sexism' issue, about not wanting to offend some SWJ by applying patriarchal notions of gendered gods to a make-believe word. Whereas in languages like Russian or Spanish calling a female god that, 'god' instead of boginya or diosa only makes you look like a really incompetent translator.
We did. Just go to Amonkhet image gallery and change EN in the site address to RU or something else.
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The **** are you talking about?
Why would you think the character changes gender between languages? That doesn't make any sense. I don't even know if that's what you are saying.
The russian translation indicates femininity, that is all.
EDIT: I would like to note while here that Ammit is female and Sobek was male, so as well as the black color choice and seeming relation to the Cursed (note Cursed Minotaur's flavour text "that is what awaits us if we fail", meanwhile Bontu is surrounded by Cursed in her art, suggesting that Bontu is responsible for the failed becoming cursed and/or ruling over the cursed), being female lends to Bontu being potentially more Ammit than Sobek.
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3 mana discard always felt too weak, and 1 mana discard is often too strong, so 2 mana is the best compromise
It's not that I "think" the character changes gender between languages, it actually does, tne English text in Nest of Scarabs says Bontu, god of ambition, god, not goddess. Unlike the Russian text which uses goddess, not god (bog). It makes no sense of course, that's why I'm curious about the reasoning behind calling Bontu a "god" in the English version when there's a specific word for female gods, goddess, and the character is feminine as evidenced by the Russian text.
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Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
better?
I don't think so.... lol.
mostly of the time I'd rather include Distress than this on my deck, I mean, being able to hit legendary cards is bigger than having to pay B instead of 1...
except if you're playing with a really bad mana base or a 5 color deck.
the set keeps being really underwhelming so far.
didn't like any of the cards save for the dual lands.
This. You can use God in a gender neutral sense too. Goddess would be harder to fit in the card name line, it isn't a worry about offending someone.
Good job, Wizards!
Just one quick thing
I need heavy evidence that the crocodile god is female I just don't see the body for a female body.
Unless you were intentionally trying to be dismissive and insulting, that lol was completely unnecessary. And how often are you going to need to make your opponent discard a legendary card? Maybe there will be more playable legendary cards in Amonkhet, but right now the only 2 playable legendaries are Heart of Kiran and Rishkar. I'd say being unable to hit 2 cards is worth the tradeoff for it being easier to cast.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
I just disagreed, no intention to insult or anything, really and I apologise if you felt offended somehow.
either way, I'd very much rather to be able to hit more cards than just have a card marginally easier to cast.
Distress was not even a power common, this one is a bad uncommon.