EDIT: forgot to talk about the card itself. Not good. The fact that it can 'cheat' the commander tax is what could break the card, but stuffing your deck with lifegain, especially outside of green, means you will be forced to play tons of suboptimal spells. Maybe there are enough lifelink creatures to make it work? Don't know.
There is some neat Tech you can do with it in some places, The Concept of "Orzhov Bleeding with a Commander who can apply huge damage pressure." isn't entirely a bad starting point.
Because 2 life for a permanent +3/+3 is still pretty amazing. It also makes the card better in multiplayer.
Except its 5 life. That's not nothing. That once per turn clause is something they usually save for stuff that gets left on the table after a draft. Not a mythic commander.
Because 2 life for a permanent +3/+3 is still pretty amazing. It also makes the card better in multiplayer.
Except its 5 life. That's not nothing. That once per turn clause is something they usually save for stuff that gets left on the table after a draft. Not a mythic commander.
Except she has lifelink. And so if you don't activate her the turn you cast her, you'd net 2 life. But if you do activate her the turn you cast her and the turn after and attack, you break even.
Because 2 life for a permanent +3/+3 is still pretty amazing. It also makes the card better in multiplayer.
Except its 5 life. That's not nothing. That once per turn clause is something they usually save for stuff that gets left on the table after a draft. Not a mythic commander.
I think the once per turn thing is to prevent "I'm gonna blow your face up instantly with commander damage." Like Scion of the Ur can do with Moltensteel.
This...there are better Mardu commanders and even better vampires. Looking more and more like the Dragon or Cat deck is the one I'll be getting.
Hopefully Edgar is a house to make up for his weakling retinue.
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Looks like Ravnica to me. Or maybe Fiora, but I'd say Ravnica.
If it's Fiora, it's ancient Fiora back when it was MTG Rome instead of MTG Renaissance Italy.
Not necessarily. Remember, almost all of what we've seen from Fiora is from one city. We really have no idea what the rest of the plane might look like.
Definitely Roman Empire. The whole armor indicates to that, and so do the structures on the background. Someone said that is Fiora in its early ages? That might be so... or maybe a new plane. I find it crazy they would make Roman and Greek world, since most Roman gods borrow from the Greek ones. Maybe it doesn't matter because, aside from that, they had pretty different traits overall.
They said something similar to this, creative believed Roman tropes and ideas (not the mythology) could fill a new plane, so in Theros they tried to only use Greek myth ideas. This defiantly feels like a Roman world.
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Definitely Roman Empire. The whole armor indicates to that, and so do the structures on the background. Someone said that is Fiora in its early ages? That might be so... or maybe a new plane. I find it crazy they would make Roman and Greek world, since most Roman gods borrow from the Greek ones. Maybe it doesn't matter because, aside from that, they had pretty different traits overall.
EDIT: forgot to talk about the card itself. Not good. The fact that it can 'cheat' the commander tax is what could break the card, but stuffing your deck with lifegain, especially outside of green, means you will be forced to play tons of suboptimal spells. Maybe there are enough lifelink creatures to make it work? Don't know.
The first good (extremely so) one that springs to mind is Serra Ascendant.
sooooo..Rakdos, Lord of Riots mashed with Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter? Kinda boring, but I guess for someone who wants to do a life gain, having access to red is a nice way of having extra removal.
Okay, someone help me figure out how to abuse this and Soulgorger Orgg please.
Obviously there is until EOT flicker stuff but there has to me something more.
Okay, someone help me figure out how to abuse this and Soulgorger Orgg please.
Obviously there is until EOT flicker stuff but there has to me something more.
Without life gain, this commander cost is ridunkulous. It's too high variance to my taste: it can cost a boat-load or as little as 3. Not my cup of tea.
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Though I agree they should expand a bit of knight tribal.
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There is some neat Tech you can do with it in some places, The Concept of "Orzhov Bleeding with a Commander who can apply huge damage pressure." isn't entirely a bad starting point.
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Gonti, Lord of Luxury
Shogun Saskia
Hive World
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Except its 5 life. That's not nothing. That once per turn clause is something they usually save for stuff that gets left on the table after a draft. Not a mythic commander.
Except she has lifelink. And so if you don't activate her the turn you cast her, you'd net 2 life. But if you do activate her the turn you cast her and the turn after and attack, you break even.
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I think the once per turn thing is to prevent "I'm gonna blow your face up instantly with commander damage." Like Scion of the Ur can do with Moltensteel.
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As excited as I was for Theros back when that was announced, I'd be all over a Roman-inspired world.
This...there are better Mardu commanders and even better vampires. Looking more and more like the Dragon or Cat deck is the one I'll be getting.
Hopefully Edgar is a house to make up for his weakling retinue.
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Not necessarily. Remember, almost all of what we've seen from Fiora is from one city. We really have no idea what the rest of the plane might look like.
I hope that Underworld chick is in the deck too
They said something similar to this, creative believed Roman tropes and ideas (not the mythology) could fill a new plane, so in Theros they tried to only use Greek myth ideas. This defiantly feels like a Roman world.
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Anyway for the card pretty good for life gain so right there tells me the vampire deck will be focused on lifegain.
Weird though I expected wizard day as day three of spoilers since the prodcast of wizards is today.
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BChainer, the demonlord!
RWAurelia
WBKarlov of the Ghost Council
Any Extort card, as the cost for the Extort is cost-neutral for the Commander, at least. Bonus points for Tithe Drinker.
Karlov (obv)
Lightning Helix and similar cards
Lifelinkers in general (obv)
Life Drain effects assuming Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth is in play.
Unspeakable Symbol
Westvale Abbey
Aetherflux Reservoir
I'm sure there are others...
Weird that my interest went from:
1: Wizards
2: Vampires
3: Dragons
4: Cats
To:
1: Cats
2: Wizards
3: Dragons
4: Vampires
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Obviously there is until EOT flicker stuff but there has to me something more.
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A lifegain doubler (Alhammarret's Archive, Boon Reflection, Rhox Faithmender)
Two Oblivion Rings
Aetherflux Reservoir
Fling
You're kind of spoiled for choice here...
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