I always enjoyed the equipment subtheme, and this card gives an incentive to play janky equipment that you would rarely play otherwise, such as sword of vengeance.
Youre confusing hate with valid criticism. No one is in a blind seething rage over this card, theyre just pointing out its another forgettable equipment commander, and why
Edit: sword of vengeance is hardly janky, and hardly a card that hardly sees play...
Not particularly exciting to me, but if ever I decide to build white voltron, this looks like the commander. Instant speed equip is being massively underrated by some here.
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Youre confusing hate with valid criticism. No one is in a blind seething rage over this card, theyre just pointing out its another forgettable equipment commander, and why
Edit: sword of vengeance is hardly janky, and hardly a card that hardly sees play...
Valid criticism? Which one? "This card doesn't do something outside of white's color pie. Sad." or maybe "why is it a knight? Its neck looks weird." Equipment is a solid subtheme to receive such criticism, and the great majority of legends are forgotten over time, not only white ones.
Sword of vengeance is pretty janky. Maybe people play it more in multiplayer, but an equipment that is 3 to equip is not the most efficient one. Not to mention all the other better swords that it competes with (fire and ice, feast and famine, war and peace, etc.).
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Kind of strange that he's a knight if he's from Theros since knights weren't really a big thing there. There was only one in the entire block to even let us know that there could be knights on Theros.
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I like Kemba more. She has a decent plan B in "sit there" when you draw your not-as-good equipment. He's good in the deck as a backup plan and a valid win-condition in Sram storm. He's definitely good. Instant speed equip is sweet.
Also, Theros Leonin do look weird outside of Brimaz.
Also, he fails the Kha "test." That being, take a lightning bolt to the face and shrugitoff. I mean, he's not supposed to be but I'm used to my legend kitties having 4+ toughness.
Given the ability and the flavor text, I want someone to alter the background of the art into an Unlimited Blade Works-esque field of weapons. Heck, I'd be okay with someone replacing Balan entirely with Archer in cat ears.
Another fun mono-W Voltron Commander I'm unlikely to play because there are approximately 1 million solid Voltron Commanders and I'm never going to get around to building most of them.
Clothing looks Theran but the name doesn't sound it. Are you guys sure he's from Theros? I don't know of any legendary Leonin on Theros besides Brimaz. Lanathos was a human bard living in Oreskos as the only other related minor legend I know. Guess this guy is just a generic legend. I can live with that if the new cards are mostly relegated to this deck, as it's the one with least to offer as far as cardless characters. So people who want new generic randoms can get it - but I'd be pretty upset if Vampires and Wizards had them, as there's a lot left to work with there.
A lot of these new leonin don't seem very Theros-y. Maybe this is just another plane other than Theros or Alara with leonin. Was it ever confirmed which plane the leonin of Mirrodin originally came from?
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Crazy idea: What if this Balan is from Raksha Golden Cub's home plane, the one he was sent to when the Soul Traps reactivated at the end of Mirrodin block? Maybe Balan is a descendant of Raksha himself?
Dangit, between Raksha, Kemba, and now Balan, our Cats are fighting over who gets all the toys. Raksha just wants one, Brimaz and Jazal are happy to play with him, but Kemba and Balan both just want to hoard them all. Play nicely, you rascals!
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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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Youre confusing hate with valid criticism. No one is in a blind seething rage over this card, theyre just pointing out its another forgettable equipment commander, and why
I don't really see valid criticism, can you point it out.
Forgettable?
It's a card that will most likely take the spot of Commander in every mono-W equipment EDH. That is not forgettable.
Well, he's a 3/3 with (potential) double strike for 2WW, which puts him in the same range as Kalemne, albeit with an easier theme to work with. The "two equipments" rule must be trying to avoid making it as strong as Kor Duelist.
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Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
A lot of these new leonin don't seem very Theros-y. Maybe this is just another plane other than Theros or Alara with leonin. Was it ever confirmed which plane the leonin of Mirrodin originally came from?
Hinted to be Naya/Alara since they both use Kha as the title for thier leader, but never locked down.
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Contrary to stated opinions, I appreciate that he's got first strike but when holding two equipments he gets double-strike. That is grand-slam flavor.
Second the head initially looked like a pumpkin until I parsed the fact that he's looking to the left. Still, it's a mess of orange at that resolution.
Sure, not very original, but the combo is okay. And like I said, I just love getting double-strike with two swords. It only starts to fail when holding more than nine swords.
Sure, not very original, but the combo is okay. And like I said, I just love getting double-strike with two swords. It only starts to fail when holding more than nine swords.
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Personally, I see this card as filling a pretty valuable niche in Commander.
While the instant speed of its ability is interesting (and provides some resilience), though, that's not the part that attracts me. What really makes this guy stand out for me is that we finally have a Kazuul's Toll Collector / armory automaton / Vulshok Battlemaster -esque effect as a Commander.
As someone who has played equipment voltron in the past, needing to completely tap out for two turns every time your commander dies (one turn to play your creature and one turn to equip) can cause serious problems. With this card, you can actually save some mana open to drop new equipment or creatures before connecting everything to your knight.
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Youre confusing hate with valid criticism. No one is in a blind seething rage over this card, theyre just pointing out its another forgettable equipment commander, and why
Edit: sword of vengeance is hardly janky, and hardly a card that hardly sees play...
So this first spoiler reveals equipment as a sub-theme for the cats deck
And this is a extremely good cat. So stoneforge mystic can be added to the 99.
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Sword of vengeance is pretty janky. Maybe people play it more in multiplayer, but an equipment that is 3 to equip is not the most efficient one. Not to mention all the other better swords that it competes with (fire and ice, feast and famine, war and peace, etc.).
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Also, Theros Leonin do look weird outside of Brimaz.
Also, he fails the Kha "test." That being, take a lightning bolt to the face and shrug it off. I mean, he's not supposed to be but I'm used to my legend kitties having 4+ toughness.
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Another fun mono-W Voltron Commander I'm unlikely to play because there are approximately 1 million solid Voltron Commanders and I'm never going to get around to building most of them.
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Dangit, between Raksha, Kemba, and now Balan, our Cats are fighting over who gets all the toys. Raksha just wants one, Brimaz and Jazal are happy to play with him, but Kemba and Balan both just want to hoard them all. Play nicely, you rascals!
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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I don't really see valid criticism, can you point it out.
Forgettable?
It's a card that will most likely take the spot of Commander in every mono-W equipment EDH. That is not forgettable.
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Hinted to be Naya/Alara since they both use Kha as the title for thier leader, but never locked down.
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Second the head initially looked like a pumpkin until I parsed the fact that he's looking to the left. Still, it's a mess of orange at that resolution.
Sure, not very original, but the combo is okay. And like I said, I just love getting double-strike with two swords. It only starts to fail when holding more than nine swords.
Read my other stories as well (some ongoing):
Reaper King (a horror story), Kaalia of the Vast (an origin story), Sequels for Innistrad (Alternative sequels for Inn), Grey Areas (Odric's fanfic), Royal Succession (goblins),The Tracker's Message (eldrazi on Innistrad) and Ugin and his Eye (the end of OGW).
While the instant speed of its ability is interesting (and provides some resilience), though, that's not the part that attracts me. What really makes this guy stand out for me is that we finally have a Kazuul's Toll Collector / armory automaton / Vulshok Battlemaster -esque effect as a Commander.
As someone who has played equipment voltron in the past, needing to completely tap out for two turns every time your commander dies (one turn to play your creature and one turn to equip) can cause serious problems. With this card, you can actually save some mana open to drop new equipment or creatures before connecting everything to your knight.