Is that an improved Astral Slide that has cycling itself? Because the original doesn't. (Astral Drift, maybe?) This one even seems to trigger on its own cycling ability!
EDIT: Looks like that's a Kaladesh racecar in the art, too, and it's called Astral Drift...
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I'm honestly kind of shocked that no one is remarking that the BaB promo is FLUSTERSTORM.
That is a game changer in modern. One that very well may be needed if the london mulligan goes into effect.
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Wait, is this reprint going to make Flusterstorm cheaper (more supply) or more pricey (more demand because Modern legal)? I had been considering picking one up for EDH.
I'm excited to see a new card with cycling! I hope they finish that cycle of cycling duals! Please!
I'm honestly kind of shocked that no one is remarking that the BaB promo is FLUSTERSTORM.
That is a game changer in modern. One that very well may be needed if the london mulligan goes into effect.
It's a neat card, but I don't think it's going to be all that in Modern. It shuts down Storm pretty hard, but it does next to nothing to a number of other highly linear decks that prey on the Modern Meta.
Like yeah, you counter one of Phoenix's spells, but they still get to bring back their Phoenixes and dome you with them. It's blank vs Tron, it's mediocre vs Dredge, it's bad against Humans and Death's Shadow.
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I'm excited to see a new card with cycling! I hope they finish that cycle of cycling duals! Please!
I would guess it'll get cheaper, as it's being produced on a print-to-demand basis.
The price is going to go up. While MHI may be print-to-demand, the buy-a-box promo is NOT part of the set (you can see the card is numbered 255/254) so you'll never see it in packs. It was printed in IMA which *might* still be in print, not sure? The price won't skyrocket but I expect it to go back to 20 or so. 30 would surprise me.
I'm honestly kind of shocked that no one is remarking that the BaB promo is FLUSTERSTORM.
That is a game changer in modern. One that very well may be needed if the london mulligan goes into effect.
It's a neat card, but I don't think it's going to be all that in Modern. It shuts down Storm pretty hard, but it does next to nothing to a number of other highly linear decks that prey on the Modern Meta.
Like yeah, you counter one of Phoenix's spells, but they still get to bring back their Phoenixes and dome you with them. It's blank vs Tron, it's mediocre vs Dredge, it's bad against Humans and Death's Shadow.
It does a real number on combo decks in general - yes it won't stop phoenix triggers, but the london mulligan in general gives combo decks a HUGE boost in terms of consistency. I expect not just storm, but amulet and citadel and grishoalbrand to all get a boost from it. Having a pre-emptive "shut up" card at 1 mana makes sense as an early check on it.
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Flusterstorm is obviously a powerful card, but Modern already has Spell Pierce, which can also hit other card types. Decks will probably run a mix, depending on the meta.
Flusterstorm is obviously a powerful card, but Modern already has Spell Pierce, which can also hit other card types. Decks will probably run a mix, depending on the meta.
Flusterstorm purpose in modern is so modern players have it for sideboard Incase of storm decks in modern
Anyway they were so close of going spoiler free to preview season only 2 days short
Flusterstorm is obviously a powerful card, but Modern already has Spell Pierce, which can also hit other card types. Decks will probably run a mix, depending on the meta.
Flusterstorm purpose in modern is so modern players have it for sideboard Incase of storm decks in modern
Anyway they were so close of going spoiler free to preview season only 2 days short
This was bound to happen. WotC sends out promos early and they are the first leaks almost every pre-spoiler season. They just need to officially spoil these cards once they are sent out. That way it won't be considered as a leak and the hype train will just get more speed towards the official spoiler season.
I would've been surprised had Flusterstorm not been included in the set. However I am surprised that it's the buy a box promo. It's not the kind of card that is going to sell boxes.
Astral Drift is awesome and going straight in my ZurAstral Slide Commander deck for even more ridiculous gameplay (now I can have four Slide triggers per cycle).
I would've been surprised had Flusterstorm not been included in the set. However I am surprised that it's the buy a box promo. It's not the kind of card that is going to sell boxes.
If they're going to do an out-of-boosters promo, I'm glad that it's something of Flusterstorm's caliber. It's a reprint, for one, which means the supply won't be bottlenecked to box purchases due to having prior copies printed. It's a powerful, playable card that is a good fit for the format, but, at the same time, it has no chance of being a keystone of any new or upgraded decks. Imo, it's a good balance between putting something desirable at the BaB level while not repeating the central issue behind Nexus of Fate.
EDIT: Looks like that's a Kaladesh racecar in the art, too, and it's called Astral Drift...
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
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EDIT: the "astral drift" is actually awesome! hopefully we get a decree or two, or maybe even better versions!!
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I'm excited to see a new card with cycling! I hope they finish that cycle of cycling duals! Please!
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
It's a neat card, but I don't think it's going to be all that in Modern. It shuts down Storm pretty hard, but it does next to nothing to a number of other highly linear decks that prey on the Modern Meta.
Like yeah, you counter one of Phoenix's spells, but they still get to bring back their Phoenixes and dome you with them. It's blank vs Tron, it's mediocre vs Dredge, it's bad against Humans and Death's Shadow.
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If it's a BaB promo, does that mean it's not in packs? That seems very odd to do for a reprint. Huh.
The price is going to go up. While MHI may be print-to-demand, the buy-a-box promo is NOT part of the set (you can see the card is numbered 255/254) so you'll never see it in packs. It was printed in IMA which *might* still be in print, not sure? The price won't skyrocket but I expect it to go back to 20 or so. 30 would surprise me.
It does a real number on combo decks in general - yes it won't stop phoenix triggers, but the london mulligan in general gives combo decks a HUGE boost in terms of consistency. I expect not just storm, but amulet and citadel and grishoalbrand to all get a boost from it. Having a pre-emptive "shut up" card at 1 mana makes sense as an early check on it.
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So that means it must be the buy a box promo
Flusterstorm purpose in modern is so modern players have it for sideboard Incase of storm decks in modern
Anyway they were so close of going spoiler free to preview season only 2 days short
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the art is a Fleetwheel Cruiser drifting nice art flavor
If they're going to do an out-of-boosters promo, I'm glad that it's something of Flusterstorm's caliber. It's a reprint, for one, which means the supply won't be bottlenecked to box purchases due to having prior copies printed. It's a powerful, playable card that is a good fit for the format, but, at the same time, it has no chance of being a keystone of any new or upgraded decks. Imo, it's a good balance between putting something desirable at the BaB level while not repeating the central issue behind Nexus of Fate.
But it scares me, hope they don’t put any busted mana ritual in the set
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