I wasn't much of a fan of Lightning Runner: it didn't seem earned, rather like they thought "what's a red mythic effect that can use energy counters?" And extra attacks just fit. This feels totally earned, totally fun, and potentially really powerful. Well done, all.
I haven't checked through all three pages of this thread beyond a simple search, but has anyone brought up the card's interactions with Saheeli? Seems like you could get three attack phases in if you copied the guy.
Wow. Blows Lightning Runner out of the water, save for the fact you can set up a combo for Runner's ability to give you unlimited combat phases in one turn.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
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You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Does anyone know when Borderland Marauder rotates? If its still in stanard that seems like a great synergy to have in a rdw. Both are passable on their own and the pair togeter threaten 12 combat damage in one swing. Its a bit Christmas landy, with all of the removal about, but its great to force them to halve the answers.
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Does anyone know when Borderland Marauder rotates? If its still in stanard that seems like a great synergy to have in a rdw. Both are passable on their own and the pair togeter threaten 12 combat damage in one swing. Its a bit Christmas landy, with all of the removal about, but its great to force them to halve the answers.
I believe the cards from the 2016 Welcome Decks rotate the same time that Shadows Over Innistrad rotates, as that's when they were first released. (Assuming Marauder doesn't just get reprinted in the 2017 iteration, which is getting released with Amonkhet.)
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If you cannot interact with aggro early on, you tend to lose to it. I would argue that the current midrange decks are far more snowball-y, and early pressure from decent aggro decks keeps them honest. (We also need a solid control deck, but that is another issue)
I know that there's weaknesses involved with this ability being attached to a 4/1 body, but I'm still amazed that they would allow this at 3 when getting this effect on its own typically costs at least 5.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
But its still kinda sad that this is automatically bumped to "mythic" in the last bunch of sets.
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Well said