Dumb name. I get that it fits the Magus cycle, but this name just feels like it's pushing it. What's next? Magus of Abrupt Decay? Magus of Fatal Push? It should be named Pondering Magi.
This thread is full of idiots... Lightning Bolt is NOT being reprinted.
Many times has a writer in Wizards said so, because of the plain and simple fact that it's too powerful for what it costs. x/3 creatures shouldn't be able to die at instant speed for one mana without a signifigant drawback. (like PTE giving you a land)
I absolutely guarantee that LB will not be printed in M10, and you can quote me on that.
Dumb name. I get that it fits the Magus cycle, but this name just feels like it's pushing it. What's next? Magus of Abrupt Decay? Magus of Fatal Push? It should be named Pondering Magi.
... Did you read the actual card? The thread title is not the card name. The card is Pondering Mage.
I'm starting to re-think my pre-orders for this set. It's not the crazy powerhouse I was thinking it would be. It's not even blowing my skirt up as much as many of the cool new cards in the last half a dozen sets have done.
Magus of PonderU
Creature - Human Wizard , sacrifice Magus of Ponder: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Draw a card.
1/1
That would be Magus of Ponder. Pondering Mage is unplayable, especially given that we already had an ETB Brainstorm in Riverwise Augur at 4 mana and that sees zero play.
EDIT: Added "sacrifice Magus of Ponder" to the activation cost....
That's my thought, if you're in a casual/multiplayer format where your deck is 'flicker things' or 'revive things' this is a perfectly fine 60th (for 100card)/34th (for 60card) add.
Not amazing, but it's fine. Just very outside of what the set purports itself as.
Magus of PonderU
Creature - Human Wizard :Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Draw a card.
1/1
Magus of PonderU
Creature - Human Wizard :Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Draw a card.
1/1
Magus of PonderU
Creature - Human Wizard :Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Draw a card.
1/1
That would be Magus of Ponder.
That would also be horribly overpowered. Compare it to literally any looter.
Magus of PonderU
Creature - Human Wizard :Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Draw a card.
1/1
That would be Magus of Ponder.
That would also be horribly overpowered. Compare it to literally any looter.
Whoops. I forgot to add the "sacrifice Magus of Ponder". My bad.
Either way, calling Pondering Mage a "Magus of Ponder" is horribly misleading.
Magus of PonderU
Creature - Human Wizard , sacrifice Magus of Ponder: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Draw a card.
1/1
That would be Magus of Ponder. Pondering Mage is unplayable, especially given that we already had an ETB Brainstorm in Riverwise Augur at 4 mana and that sees zero play.
EDIT: Added "sacrifice Magus of Ponder" to the activation cost....
Hahahaha! The fact that this would rearrange the top three cards, then shuffle the library, and then draw a card would be absolutely redundant and do nothing which is hilarious. There would be no point in pondering and rearranging the top three cards at all. It would literally be used only for card draw.
Magus of PonderU
Creature - Human Wizard , sacrifice Magus of Ponder: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Draw a card.
1/1
That would be Magus of Ponder. Pondering Mage is unplayable, especially given that we already had an ETB Brainstorm in Riverwise Augur at 4 mana and that sees zero play.
EDIT: Added "sacrifice Magus of Ponder" to the activation cost....
Hahahaha! The fact that this would rearrange the top three cards, then shuffle the library, and then draw a card would be absolutely redundant and do nothing which is hilarious. There would be no point in pondering and rearranging the top three cards at all. It would literally be used only for card draw.
Ummm.. What? That's literally how Ponder works. You don't have to shuffle.
Magus of PonderU
Creature - Human Wizard , sacrifice Magus of Ponder: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Draw a card.
1/1
That would be Magus of Ponder. Pondering Mage is unplayable, especially given that we already had an ETB Brainstorm in Riverwise Augur at 4 mana and that sees zero play.
EDIT: Added "sacrifice Magus of Ponder" to the activation cost....
Hahahaha! The fact that this would rearrange the top three cards, then shuffle the library, and then draw a card would be absolutely redundant and do nothing which is hilarious. There would be no point in pondering and rearranging the top three cards at all. It would literally be used only for card draw.
Ummm.. What? That's literally how Ponder works. You don't have to shuffle.
I didn’t see the “May” part my bad. Yeah that makes sense now
Magus of PonderU
Creature - Human Wizard , sacrifice Magus of Ponder: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Draw a card.
1/1
That would be Magus of Ponder. Pondering Mage is unplayable, especially given that we already had an ETB Brainstorm in Riverwise Augur at 4 mana and that sees zero play.
EDIT: Added "sacrifice Magus of Ponder" to the activation cost....
Hahahaha! The fact that this would rearrange the top three cards, then shuffle the library, and then draw a card would be absolutely redundant and do nothing which is hilarious. There would be no point in pondering and rearranging the top three cards at all. It would literally be used only for card draw.
Ummm.. What? That's literally how Ponder works. You don't have to shuffle.
I didn’t see the “May” part my bad. Yeah that makes sense now
That's why the card is good - and banned in Modern
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Yeah, limited fodder that calls back to a strong card, that's what I expect from the commons in this set. I'm ok with this.
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... Did you read the actual card? The thread title is not the card name. The card is Pondering Mage.
Creature - Human Wizard
Draw a card.
1/1
That would be Magus of Ponder. Pondering Mage is unplayable, especially given that we already had an ETB Brainstorm in Riverwise Augur at 4 mana and that sees zero play.
EDIT: Added "sacrifice Magus of Ponder" to the activation cost....
Not amazing, but it's fine. Just very outside of what the set purports itself as.
lol. LOL. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.
1 mana for repeated filtering, shuffling and drawing? Sure, THAT is what they should have designed...
And call it Magus Of The Top instead.
Whoops. I forgot to add the "sacrifice Magus of Ponder". My bad.
Either way, calling Pondering Mage a "Magus of Ponder" is horribly misleading.
Hahahaha! The fact that this would rearrange the top three cards, then shuffle the library, and then draw a card would be absolutely redundant and do nothing which is hilarious. There would be no point in pondering and rearranging the top three cards at all. It would literally be used only for card draw.
Nah, they dont want a playable ponder in Modern. :[
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Ummm.. What? That's literally how Ponder works. You don't have to shuffle.
I didn’t see the “May” part my bad. Yeah that makes sense now
That's why the card is good - and banned in Modern
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