Instant speed Rabid Bite that allows you to fight Planeswalkers as well? Well I'll be damned, this seems pretty good. The fact that the Threat side allows you to make something to fight with is also great. Just wondering if it'll see play with Nullhide Ferox being such a player in Stompy decks.
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Ooo this one's good. Really wish the second half was an instant, but I'll take it.
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The card seems good in a RG Monsters style deck, where you have loads of big creatures so the first half is almost always a remocal spell. Being able to target a PW is part of the unprecedented amount of flexibility we're seeing in this set and to some degree GRN as well, and it's probably a nod to BO1 on Arena. The latter half is a do-nothing beater at decent rate, which is very nice to have in case your opponent doesn't have any targets or you don't have any creatures to use for the first half. Good card. I was hoping for something more low to the ground, but this demands some beef to be good.
Guess that's nigh-confirmation we won't be seeing Ruric Thar on a card this set.
And where's the uncommon Gruul split card...?
Since I'm already crunching the red/green gold cards, let me share the approximate list of cards still left to be spoiled:
Split uncommon
CCDD uncommon
Hybrid common
Guildmage uncommon
Unknown rare
Unknown common
Unknown uncommon
Unknown uncommon
Since Gruul already has two legends and two mythics, Ruric must both be a rare and break symmetry of two legends per gold color combination. Either that, or he has gone mono-colored and he's the red or green mythic. All of these options seem unlikely, but who knows.
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This is basically the same as Warrant // Warden, except in exchange for getting a more cost-efficient body (albeit without evasion), you get plain solid removal without the tempo advantage. Of course, that's just fine and I think this is a really solid option for Gruul/Temur/Jund aggro decks.
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Back half is pretty good with the riot enchantment. With that out this is either removal, a 4/4 trample haste, or a 5/5. Seems serviceable. This would have been nuts if the back half had haste imho. Being able to hold up mana and flash in a 4/4 trample during opponents eot when you can untap for combat tricks seems like too much for current standard.
The more gruul cards I see the less I like nikya. She seems like a checkbox card for ruric thar commander players that wanted something slightly different at the helm. She has crap for synergy with a hefty chunk of the guild.
Back half is pretty good with the riot enchantment. With that out this is either removal, a 4/4 trample haste, or a 5/5. Seems serviceable. This would have been nuts if the back half had haste imho. Being able to hold up mana and flash in a 4/4 trample during opponents eot when you can untap for combat tricks seems like too much for current standard.
The more gruul cards I see the less I like nikya. She seems like a checkbox card for ruric thar commander players that wanted something slightly different at the helm. She has crap for synergy with a hefty chunk of the guild.
She literally stops you from playing the best cards in Gruul hahaha xD.
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Back half is pretty good with the riot enchantment. With that out this is either removal, a 4/4 trample haste, or a 5/5. Seems serviceable. This would have been nuts if the back half had haste imho. Being able to hold up mana and flash in a 4/4 trample during opponents eot when you can untap for combat tricks seems like too much for current standard.
Rhythm of the Wild gives riot to nontoken creatures only...
Doesn't mean Ruric won't show up in the next set during the supposed "Showdown" with Bolas.
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Not by itself, but I'm probably not alone expecting a certain Raze Boar to make an appearance in red-green already. And if they have a bunch of additional legendaries for the guilds (not a given since they make a point of telling us beforehand that the third set will focus on the plane more than the guild structure), I expect a ratio of one-per-guild rather than two-per-guild since all ten will be likely more equally represented.
That casts quite some doubt on Ruric Thar getting another card during this arc.
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Melek, Izzet Paragon
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Bruna, Light of Alabaster
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Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Guess that's nigh-confirmation we won't be seeing Ruric Thar on a card this set.
And where's the uncommon Gruul split card...?
Standard/Block = The on-again, off-again holiday fling
Modern/Vintage/Legacy = Stable, homely. A ***** after absence/misreading
Limited/Sealed = Heart breaking free spirit
Commander/Cube = Agreeable, needy and expensive
Pauper/Peasant = Sweet, kind, practical, but shy and boring
Nonbo with Nykya, but what isn't?`
Since I'm already crunching the red/green gold cards, let me share the approximate list of cards still left to be spoiled:
Since Gruul already has two legends and two mythics, Ruric must both be a rare and break symmetry of two legends per gold color combination. Either that, or he has gone mono-colored and he's the red or green mythic. All of these options seem unlikely, but who knows.
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The more gruul cards I see the less I like nikya. She seems like a checkbox card for ruric thar commander players that wanted something slightly different at the helm. She has crap for synergy with a hefty chunk of the guild.
She literally stops you from playing the best cards in Gruul hahaha xD.
This aint your girlfriends meta! This is a man's meta! TURBO META.
Doesn't mean Ruric won't show up in the next set during the supposed "Showdown" with Bolas.
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Rhythm of the Wild gives riot to nontoken creatures only...
Not by itself, but I'm probably not alone expecting a certain Raze Boar to make an appearance in red-green already. And if they have a bunch of additional legendaries for the guilds (not a given since they make a point of telling us beforehand that the third set will focus on the plane more than the guild structure), I expect a ratio of one-per-guild rather than two-per-guild since all ten will be likely more equally represented.
That casts quite some doubt on Ruric Thar getting another card during this arc.
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