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.
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.
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Lord of the Accursed might be my favorite zombie lord, and Plague Belcher seems like it could be really useful in zombie tribal (I'm picturing Gravecrawler with a sacrifice outlet).
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Very interesting Nissa. I wondered if they were going to make her Simic after her Kaladesh PW deck was also Simic.
Also, very interesting design choice with the X in the cost...almost just tempted to drop her on turn 3 and just scry 2 every other turn and ramp the other turn with her 0.
And SOOOOOOOO much zombie support in this set. Menace on a zombie lord until end of turn will likely end the game a lot of the time.
A good card for Simic? I never would have imagined!
Cool Nissa. Can't protect herself at all, but that's fine. I wish they made more planeswalkers like these so that we would stop getting crap like gideon. These types of cards require some level of deck building.
Finally the long-speculated X-walker! The ultimate may not be especially potent but she's flexible as heck. I can't wait for the explanation of why she's blue now, though.
Dread Wanderer probably isn't quite as efficient as some of its ilk, like Bloodghast, but the ability to block (after it's been out a turn) makes up for it.
I suspect we''ll be figuring out why Nissa is blue this week or next. Otherwise, wow, more Zombie lords, excellent zombie tribal cards (Nice combo potential with Plague Belcher and Dread Wanderer). Will U/B Zombies be a thing again? I think so!
More thoughts on Nissa:
As a Zendikar native, she's always been aligned with the elements, and especially the land of the planes she has visited. On Zendikar she had an affinity for the leylines, on Innistrad, she felt the dark presence through corrupted leylines, and on Kaladesh she was able to understand the origins and properties of Aether. It would only make sense that in her communion with nature that she becomes affiliated with more colors over time. Earth, wind, water, fire, air are all essential elements; perhaps she's blue from communing with Luxa River. Just look at how much water is on the blue cards spoiled in Amonkhet so far. It may be far-fetched, but not far off.
OH My the new Nissa replaces Voice of Zendikar in my U/G energy Deck. That is pretty good card advantage. Super excited about that card.
All the zombies spoiled today are REALLY REALLY good. Good Lord, they practically build themselves.
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Tried to pull away, but now I'm Back At it
Love is Emphatic, cards need to be played
Hailing from the BA, accumulating CA"
Yea, those are MTG Bars. What can I say, I am a dork
No seriously, why is she blue? Her abilities are easy mono green, her artwork is greener than green, she's the posterchild for green planeswalkers ... Why, Wizards, why?
Scry 2 whenever is monogreen?
Flying beaters are monogreen?
No seriously, why is she blue? Her abilities are easy mono green, her artwork is greener than green, she's the posterchild for green planeswalkers ... Why, Wizards, why?
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.
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.
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As for Nissa I have never seen a planeswalker like this the super is the worst ability horde of notions can take her for the elemental tribal.
BChainer, Dementia Master(Big Mana/Reanimator)
BRRakdos, The Showstopper (Mass Life Loss/Ramp)
BUThe Scarab God (Zombie Tribal/Control)
BWKarlov of the Ghost Council (Life Gain)
BGJarad, Golgari Lich Lord (Stompy/Dredge)
BRGProssh, Skyraider of Kher (Tokens/Non-infinite Combo)
Also, very interesting design choice with the X in the cost...almost just tempted to drop her on turn 3 and just scry 2 every other turn and ramp the other turn with her 0.
And SOOOOOOOO much zombie support in this set. Menace on a zombie lord until end of turn will likely end the game a lot of the time.
Cool Nissa. Can't protect herself at all, but that's fine. I wish they made more planeswalkers like these so that we would stop getting crap like gideon. These types of cards require some level of deck building.
Lord of the Accursed is nasty, especially with 3 toughness and at uncommon.
Plague Belcher looks quite good.
Dread Wanderer probably isn't quite as efficient as some of its ilk, like Bloodghast, but the ability to block (after it's been out a turn) makes up for it.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
BChainer, Dementia Master(Big Mana/Reanimator)
BRRakdos, The Showstopper (Mass Life Loss/Ramp)
BUThe Scarab God (Zombie Tribal/Control)
BWKarlov of the Ghost Council (Life Gain)
BGJarad, Golgari Lich Lord (Stompy/Dredge)
BRGProssh, Skyraider of Kher (Tokens/Non-infinite Combo)
WTF is going on with the color pie for Nissa....
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
Presumably Green gets a little Blue in the desert. Making oasies?
More thoughts on Nissa:
As a Zendikar native, she's always been aligned with the elements, and especially the land of the planes she has visited. On Zendikar she had an affinity for the leylines, on Innistrad, she felt the dark presence through corrupted leylines, and on Kaladesh she was able to understand the origins and properties of Aether. It would only make sense that in her communion with nature that she becomes affiliated with more colors over time. Earth, wind, water, fire, air are all essential elements; perhaps she's blue from communing with Luxa River. Just look at how much water is on the blue cards spoiled in Amonkhet so far. It may be far-fetched, but not far off.
So happy
All the zombies spoiled today are REALLY REALLY good. Good Lord, they practically build themselves.
Tried to pull away, but now I'm Back At it
Love is Emphatic, cards need to be played
Hailing from the BA, accumulating CA"
I wonder how many zombie lords I can fit into my Gisa&Geralf ...
Scry 2 whenever is monogreen?
Flying beaters are monogreen?
Scry is mono green? Are you sure about that?
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