Vraska after reporting to Bolas returns to her small abode in the undercity, the phosphorescent mushrooms proudly lighting a sultai banner hanging above the door.
Suddenly a looming figure easily three times bigger than the cabins small door contorts its insectoid body to exit, between the odd angles and the cracking popping sounds anybody less versed in the ways of the undercity would think the strange beast was in pain. But Vraska knew better,"Mazirek" she said a wry smile escaping her face."It's been a while, have you done that favour i asked of you ?". The Kraul priest clicked and hissed in response a hideous sound that reverberated of the cave walls and stalactites hidden in the darkness...although in this case, it meant simply yes.
Suddenly, the door swung open with a jolt and out slithered and ran at the same time a small Golgari Beetle hatchling, leaping its slime covered embrace into the Assasin's arms."Oh Mr Fibbles, how I've missed you ! Who's mummy's special little guy ? Huh ? You are !" Vraska all but yelled as she finally carried the dredge larvae over the threshold, to her much deserved rest
And by the sounds of it, soon he's going to be stone dead.
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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.
She is also rocking a cool looking new dress as well.
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Vraska after reporting to Bolas returns to her small abode in the undercity, the phosphorescent mushrooms proudly lighting a sultai banner hanging above the door.
Suddenly a looming figure easily three times bigger than the cabins small door contorts its insectoid body to exit, between the odd angles and the cracking popping sounds anybody less versed in the ways of the undercity would think the strange beast was in pain. But Vraska knew better,"Mazirek" she said a wry smile escaping her face."It's been a while, have you done that favour i asked of you ?". The Kraul priest clicked and hissed in response a hideous sound that reverberated of the cave walls and stalactites hidden in the darkness...although in this case, it meant simply yes.
Suddenly, the door swung open with a jolt and out slithered and ran at the same time a small Golgari Beetle hatchling, leaping its slime covered embrace into the Assasin's arms."Oh Mr Fibbles, how I've missed you ! Who's mummy's special little guy ? Huh ? You are !" Vraska all but yelled as she finally carried the dredge larvae over the threshold, to her much deserved rest
Posted in another thread too, but here's my speculation; what if this time Golagari are way more about tokens and sacrifing than reanimating? After all, Vraska is shifting the guild towards insect-domination or something like that, she's using a baby abomination as pet and Dominaria had a BG saproling theme that could continue with the golgari
That would be cool with me as long as they shift the Orzhov to reanimation.
I've been wanting a WB Reanimator commander for almost a decade.
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
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The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
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!
I say its more weird for Vraska she is BG which is a pretty powerful color pairing in Legacy, Modern and EDH.
Course the problem in EDH is a bit different hard to fend off attacks from 3 other players while only getting value every 4th turn. Although again in BG that should be less of an issue.
I say its more weird for Vraska she is BG which is a pretty powerful color pairing in Legacy, Modern and EDH.
Course the problem in EDH is a bit different hard to fend off attacks from 3 other players while only getting value every 4th turn. Although again in BG that should be less of an issue.
You do not play a planeswalker in Commander/EDH unless you have a way to protect it and the willingness to do so. Otherwise it is just an overcosted sorcery spell.
That said I have gotten a lot of mileage out of various planeswalkers in the format, including Vraska.
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I say its more weird for Vraska she is BG which is a pretty powerful color pairing in Legacy, Modern and EDH.
Course the problem in EDH is a bit different hard to fend off attacks from 3 other players while only getting value every 4th turn. Although again in BG that should be less of an issue.
You do not play a planeswalker in Commander/EDH unless you have a way to protect it and the willingness to do so. Otherwise it is just an overcosted sorcery spell.
That said I have gotten a lot of mileage out of various planeswalkers in the format, including Vraska.
I play lot of planeswalkers in my decks and I can say that the form of card advantage and versatility they give as permanents is always superior compared to nonpermanent spells. Yes of course is better to play PWs with an empty board or a single threat that the PW can care about it, but even if they dies they always assure you, in addition to their ability also free fog effect which is nothing to score off (and that happend if you don't have creatures that can protect them).
For example, if I would have to cut a Maelstrom Pulse or a Vraska the Unseen I would cut the pulse and keep vraska for the same effect for the simple reason that, for only 2 more mana, vraska could do, in power, much more advantage than a pulse over time (unless I'm against token but that's a corner case). Yes, vraska could simply do a vindicate effect and dies, but so does always the pulse so at least the PW give me the chance to do much more giving a more favorable board position.
In general I would say that in EDH everything that can be done by a creature is better than the same thing done by an istant or sorcery, and anything done by a PW is better than the same thing done by an artifact, enchantment, istant or sorcery (because of the versatility of 3 or more powerful effects and the fact you don't never need to spend extra mana to do those abilities).
Is better, also because permanents are more recurrable from graveyard to use them once more.
Agreed. They are also a good way to distract your opponents from going face, maybe giving you that extra one turn that you desperately need to stabilize a bad situation.
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The original golgari had a token/sacrifice sub theme so I don't see why it couldn't occur here as well. Also with Dominaria and Ravnica in the same standard together, this may shape up to be one of the best standard formats in a long time.
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Modern UBG B/U/G control BBB MBC WUR Control WWW Prison RRR Goblins
Legacy BBB Pox UBG B/U/G Control UWU StoneBlade UW Miracle Control
I'm surprised to see her depicted this way. I liked the "beautiful Medusa" approach in Ixalan (which yes, is an ancient artistic trope of depicting Medusa as beautiful, but cursed, rather than cursed to be ugly).
this is jsut how mtg art is now, they make ugly characters so the people who play it can relate
I'm surprised to see her depicted this way. I liked the "beautiful Medusa" approach in Ixalan (which yes, is an ancient artistic trope of depicting Medusa as beautiful, but cursed, rather than cursed to be ugly).
this is jsut how mtg art is now, they make ugly characters so the people who play it can relate
She's not that hideous. Heck, I'd say she's still downright pretty in this art. I think the pirate outfit just gave her a...how do I put it...more casual look? She feels less creepy and threatening on Ixalan.
MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
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.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
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.
I'm surprised to see her depicted this way. I liked the "beautiful Medusa" approach in Ixalan (which yes, is an ancient artistic trope of depicting Medusa as beautiful, but cursed, rather than cursed to be ugly).
this is jsut how mtg art is now, they make ugly characters so the people who play it can relate
How is she ugly? Also you do realize that the other depiction Tiro talked about is from Ixalan, which falls under the same "modern era" of art direction, right? Sound like you're just blurting out cynical stuff you heard somewhere.
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Suddenly a looming figure easily three times bigger than the cabins small door contorts its insectoid body to exit, between the odd angles and the cracking popping sounds anybody less versed in the ways of the undercity would think the strange beast was in pain. But Vraska knew better,"Mazirek" she said a wry smile escaping her face."It's been a while, have you done that favour i asked of you ?". The Kraul priest clicked and hissed in response a hideous sound that reverberated of the cave walls and stalactites hidden in the darkness...although in this case, it meant simply yes.
Suddenly, the door swung open with a jolt and out slithered and ran at the same time a small Golgari Beetle hatchling, leaping its slime covered embrace into the Assasin's arms."Oh Mr Fibbles, how I've missed you ! Who's mummy's special little guy ? Huh ? You are !" Vraska all but yelled as she finally carried the dredge larvae over the threshold, to her much deserved rest
Mr Fibbles Purred in joy.
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He already was dead.
And by the sounds of it, soon he's going to be stone dead.
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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|| 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 ||
That would be cool with me as long as they shift the Orzhov to reanimation.
I've been wanting a WB Reanimator commander for almost a decade.
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Looks like a kraul larva. You've seen the imago.
On phasing:
Course the problem in EDH is a bit different hard to fend off attacks from 3 other players while only getting value every 4th turn. Although again in BG that should be less of an issue.
The most recent Vraska was pretty playable in Standard and Cube, for what it's worth.
- Main Cube
- No Brains, All Feelings Cube
You do not play a planeswalker in Commander/EDH unless you have a way to protect it and the willingness to do so. Otherwise it is just an overcosted sorcery spell.
That said I have gotten a lot of mileage out of various planeswalkers in the format, including Vraska.
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Pascite draconem, evolvite aut morimini.
Agreed. They are also a good way to distract your opponents from going face, maybe giving you that extra one turn that you desperately need to stabilize a bad situation.
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Pascite draconem, evolvite aut morimini.
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Modern
UBG B/U/G control
BBB MBC
WUR Control
WWW Prison
RRR Goblins
Legacy
BBB Pox
UBG B/U/G Control
UWU StoneBlade
UW Miracle Control
this is jsut how mtg art is now, they make ugly characters so the people who play it can relate
Well, when a gorgon and a bug really like each other...
Do you need a hug?
She's not that hideous. Heck, I'd say she's still downright pretty in this art. I think the pirate outfit just gave her a...how do I put it...more casual look? She feels less creepy and threatening on Ixalan.
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.