And to all the naysayers, remember these are digital renders (the actual colors are much more vivid), and that the owl watermark is not nearly so prominent on the actual cards.
The problem with defining this format by what is "fun" is that everyone seems to define fun as what they don't lose to. If you keep losing to easily answered cards, that means you should improve your deck. If you don't want to improve your deck, then you should come to peace with the idea that you are going to lose because you chose to not interact with better strategies.
Well honestly all of them are random
Eye of ugin is banned in everything
Internal tutor sees legacy play
Birthing pod barely sees play in edh
Sterling grove only sees play there
None of these were needed reprints except infernal
But I’d say eye and sterling grove are pretty random
Well honestly all of them are random
Eye of ugin is banned in everything
Internal tutor sees legacy play Birthing pod barely sees play in edh
Sterling grove only sees play there
None of these were needed reprints except infernal
But I’d say eye and sterling grove are pretty random
Well honestly all of them are random
Eye of ugin is banned in everything
Internal tutor sees legacy play Birthing pod barely sees play in edh
Sterling grove only sees play there
None of these were needed reprints except infernal
But I’d say eye and sterling grove are pretty random
Ok you don’t play edh all do you?
I spot it all the time
I used to play Pod in Karador and ended up cutting it for Fiend Artisan. Pod is very good in EDH even when I didn't bother trying to build around it, so you are right there.
Also, to OblivionedOne, Eye of Ugin is banned in Modern. That's it. It still sees a little play in EDH and it is still legal in Legacy. I am pretty sure there is a Legacy Eldrazi deck somewhere.
I am not a huge fan of the cards either (except Sterling Grove; I happen to like the card). But I still like they will have their uses and people will play with them. It isn't like they are dead cards entirely.
Also, and importantly, this year is still the first year for Judge Academy to get things rolling. I think a misstep or two (and I do believe this is a misstep) is expected. They are leaning heavily on Infernal Tutor in this wave since the only foil is $80. And I think that has gone down already.
I doubt the judge foil printing gets anywhere close to that though.
Eye of Ugin makes slightly more sense with the possibility of Ugin being back in standard (increasingly so with the leaks). Does that make Birthing Pod / phi mana a plant for return to New Phyrexia next year?
Eye of Ugin makes slightly more sense with the possibility of Ugin being back in standard (increasingly so with the leaks). Does that make Birthing Pod / phi mana a plant for return to New Phyrexia next year?
Yep I expect war of the spark nissa to spike because of ugin for a attempt at a standard version of tron
Privileged position is great, but often not enough protection on it's own, and this also functions as a second copy of enlightened tutor when needed. Beyond that, Seb is an extremely nice person and talented artist, so I'm happy for him, and look forward to getting at least two copies of this grove with eager anticipation to eventually get signed for the aforementioned commander decks.
All four are tutors. Some people don't seem to see that - took me a minute too because I forgot the second part of sterling grove. They were probably trying to avoid straight up tutors as much, so got a little creative.
The owl foiling is weird! But these are interesting choices and I like the art. Especially the Seb McKinnon art - I hope they reprint sterling grove in a non-foil format with that art. Maybe commander legends?
All four are tutors. Some people don't seem to see that - took me a minute too because I forgot the second part of sterling grove. They were probably trying to avoid straight up tutors as much, so got a little creative.
The owl foiling is weird! But these are interesting choices and I like the art. Especially the Seb McKinnon art - I hope they reprint sterling grove in a non-foil format with that art. Maybe commander legends?
Exactly. The theme was clearly tutors.
Seb impresses me more and more with each new release.
I only wish Wizards started giving him more chase rares or mythic cards.
He's certainly earned it in my opinion, and when I first met him a few years back he seemed disappointed that he hadn't done a planeswalker (yet).
I wonder if he reads these forums and sees the positive reactions from his fan base.
Once the social distancing thing subsides, I'd love to see him again to congratulate him in person for all his recent contributions since I'm a local fan, purchase a new playmat or two, and get some recent playsets of his signed as well (I'd probably get every card he's ever done signed which I don't already have if it didn't tire his wrist). I would even invite him over to inspire him with my view and music (not that he requires any), or let him record something using my keyboard if he wanted to since he's also a musician. I realize of course that I could simply mail him cards for signing, but I prefer a more live interaction with those who are so talented, humble, and personable.
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This is not exactly how I expected that one to resurface.
Which ones? And how are they random?
Eye of ugin is banned in everything
Internal tutor sees legacy play
Birthing pod barely sees play in edh
Sterling grove only sees play there
None of these were needed reprints except infernal
But I’d say eye and sterling grove are pretty random
Ok you don’t play edh all do you?
I spot it all the time
Also, to OblivionedOne, Eye of Ugin is banned in Modern. That's it. It still sees a little play in EDH and it is still legal in Legacy. I am pretty sure there is a Legacy Eldrazi deck somewhere.
I am not a huge fan of the cards either (except Sterling Grove; I happen to like the card). But I still like they will have their uses and people will play with them. It isn't like they are dead cards entirely.
Also, and importantly, this year is still the first year for Judge Academy to get things rolling. I think a misstep or two (and I do believe this is a misstep) is expected. They are leaning heavily on Infernal Tutor in this wave since the only foil is $80. And I think that has gone down already.
I doubt the judge foil printing gets anywhere close to that though.
I play a ton of EDH, and can confirm that Birthing Pod sees a lot of play in EDH.
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Yep I expect war of the spark nissa to spike because of ugin for a attempt at a standard version of tron
Agreed.
Uril, The Miststalker and bant decks definitely want this.
Privileged position is great, but often not enough protection on it's own, and this also functions as a second copy of enlightened tutor when needed. Beyond that, Seb is an extremely nice person and talented artist, so I'm happy for him, and look forward to getting at least two copies of this grove with eager anticipation to eventually get signed for the aforementioned commander decks.
I used to be a demigod, but now I'm an omnimage
The owl foiling is weird! But these are interesting choices and I like the art. Especially the Seb McKinnon art - I hope they reprint sterling grove in a non-foil format with that art. Maybe commander legends?
Exactly. The theme was clearly tutors.
Seb impresses me more and more with each new release.
I only wish Wizards started giving him more chase rares or mythic cards.
He's certainly earned it in my opinion, and when I first met him a few years back he seemed disappointed that he hadn't done a planeswalker (yet).
I wonder if he reads these forums and sees the positive reactions from his fan base.
Once the social distancing thing subsides, I'd love to see him again to congratulate him in person for all his recent contributions since I'm a local fan, purchase a new playmat or two, and get some recent playsets of his signed as well (I'd probably get every card he's ever done signed which I don't already have if it didn't tire his wrist). I would even invite him over to inspire him with my view and music (not that he requires any), or let him record something using my keyboard if he wanted to since he's also a musician. I realize of course that I could simply mail him cards for signing, but I prefer a more live interaction with those who are so talented, humble, and personable.
I used to be a demigod, but now I'm an omnimage