Glad I checked the Arcana before coming here. That was pretty awesome on their web design team's part. Better than just seeing it on the first post of the thread here imo. Very impressive.
The problem with this guy though is that it doesn't actually do anything new, it's just big and has the crazy abilities and is colorless without being an artifact. With those abilities, I could see him being black actually, maybe black/blue designwise... But that's just my humble opinion...
I agree with this. Looks like a very fun card, true, but I was hoping the Eldrazi would add some big innovation to game play. "Colorless without being an artifact" is just not enough. I don't believe that will be the set's theme per se, because that would be really boring.
I'm not a rules genius, but doesn't this card work differently than Darksteel Colossus? Colossus never hits the GY, since you reveal and shuffle it, but this does go to the GY, THEN shuffles the GY, so couldn't you hit it with like a Doomed Necromancer in response to the shuffle trigger?
Because it makes sense for only 6 cards in an entire set to start with the letters A-K.
Really, colorless cards probably come first. This has been said several times. Read the entire thread first, people!
Ummmmmm ok what human being is going to read through nosensical amounts of bulls**t sorry we have things to do and don't have time to read through 20 some odd number of thread pages. I only say that because NO ONE WILL and two B*tching and moaning doesn't fix it *even though i'm technically doing the same* it just doesn't help to have every post to be b*tching and the other half somewhat related. So everyone sit tight and get ready to see multiple people say the same thing it's like how it is with every spoiled card nothing new calm down please.
On the other side, yea what's wrong with 5 cards being the letters A-J? Maybe since they are eldrazi things they have really fancy names that don't start with those letters. This is the kind of set that makes you think. It's going to be shadowmoor without eventide so make the most of a crazy full set i think. If it's all Colorless then wow it's going to be bad or wow it's going to be really interesting and fun. Limited it might be lacking but colorless will definately add to the T2 format. Two cards come to mind with this card and they are Sneak Attack and Summoning Trap. Until we see more of this set i don't think Eye of Ugin will be any better. *still both of these cards are great EDH cards but* the problem with Eye of Ugin is that it does not actually add mana. Which makes me a sad panda but maybe they will add a new kind of ancient tomb or city of traitors kind of card in the lands *which would be pretty sweet* So I'm not going to "call" it now but it's definately a possibility that they remake one of those lands which will mak up where eye of ugin is lackin.
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I still think his home right now is the Summoning Trap deck in T2 *which destroys online but apparently no one wants to play it in real magic*
What deck is this exactly? Intrigued by your comment, I looked through all the standard decklists online from last week's decks of the week, and I didn't find a single winning deck with Summoning Trap. Best showing was 2 3-1s in swiss dailies.
No, you read the card again, actually.
This card isn't like Darksteel Colossus. It has a triggered ability when it hits the graveyard. You can reanimate it while this triggered ability is on the stack, if you have some form of instant reanimation (like the ones quoted).
Anyway, it doesn't seem worth to cheat this Eldrazi into play. If I'm cheating a creature into play, I believe that there would be better targets.
Casting it from a Urzatron or similar, on the other hand, seems pretty good.
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Like some have said earlier, you can respond to the "shuffle all" trigger in order to reanimate him. You just can't do it at Sorcery speed since, by that time, he'd no longer be in the graveyard.
Gotta love how the rules that should have kept him away from reanimator decks can actually work for him getting reanimated.
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I still could get some from ebay Germany for 5 Euro upwards (thats $7) per card. Glad I bought 3 of those in WWK presale for $2 per card...and my frieds were laughing at me for this...who laughs now?
I'm pretty sure they'll still be laughing. There may be something in RoE that will make Eye worth a spot in a deck, but this guy is not it. It costs a land drop and doesn't add mana, so essentially it takes up a land to make this guy cost 9 instead of 10. The hype over Eye of Ugin is ludicrous.
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I don't think all eldrazis take up all mythic spots, because that would cause the set to be broken
No, I'm sure there will be a Fusion Elemental level Eldrazi at uncommon. I'm pretty sure there are just three titans at mythic and there will be non-legendaries at rare.
I'm not sure if the brood lineage will have the Eldrazi creature type, but I'm guessing that they will be the common/uncommon colorless for the set.
This. People forget that Eye is a LAND that doesn't make mana.
So you have to run it in your deck as a spell, but play it as a land drop. Lame.
It eats a land drop, so it slows your ability to cast anything else down by a turn. Assuming all Eldrazi are expensive to cast, you won't play more than one in a turn, so the first ability is arguably worse than the temple's speculated ability.
A lot of this depends on how the lower rarity Eldrazi/brood play out. If Eye makes it cheap/free to put out creatures that are speculated to reduce Eldrazi casting costs, you could come out ahead or have some kind of engine going there.
Nonetheless, I'm just glad I got my playset for $1.75 back when we still thought it was just rare!
Read the card. Read it again, think, read the thread, post.
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Set your posts per page to the max setting. How you can be on the rumor mill and not be doing this boggles my mind.
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Then again, if you had enough mana to cast him (and draw 4 cards, just saying), you obviously have enough mana to tutor for him with the eye of Ugin, after he's dead, to generate even more card advantage.
Yes, that's the hope for Eye of Ugin - if every Eldrazi has a "when you cast ~this~" and a "shuffle back into lbirary" effects, than the tutor-effect of Eye of Ugin can be quite good.
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It's understandable blue control players would be shocked and in denial at the notion of this card, since their decks have been dominating multiple formats for an eternity yet they've curiously never once had to deal with any counter-hosers that weren't ineffectual, narrow CRAP.
Because it makes sense for only 6 cards in an entire set to start with the letters A-K.
Really, colorless cards probably come first. This has been said several times. Read the entire thread first, people!
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I'm not a rules genius, but doesn't this card work differently than Darksteel Colossus? Colossus never hits the GY, since you reveal and shuffle it, but this does go to the GY, THEN shuffles the GY, so couldn't you hit it with like a Doomed Necromancer in response to the shuffle trigger?
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Ummmmmm ok what human being is going to read through nosensical amounts of bulls**t sorry we have things to do and don't have time to read through 20 some odd number of thread pages. I only say that because NO ONE WILL and two B*tching and moaning doesn't fix it *even though i'm technically doing the same* it just doesn't help to have every post to be b*tching and the other half somewhat related. So everyone sit tight and get ready to see multiple people say the same thing it's like how it is with every spoiled card nothing new calm down please.
On the other side, yea what's wrong with 5 cards being the letters A-J? Maybe since they are eldrazi things they have really fancy names that don't start with those letters. This is the kind of set that makes you think. It's going to be shadowmoor without eventide so make the most of a crazy full set i think. If it's all Colorless then wow it's going to be bad or wow it's going to be really interesting and fun. Limited it might be lacking but colorless will definately add to the T2 format. Two cards come to mind with this card and they are Sneak Attack and Summoning Trap. Until we see more of this set i don't think Eye of Ugin will be any better. *still both of these cards are great EDH cards but* the problem with Eye of Ugin is that it does not actually add mana. Which makes me a sad panda but maybe they will add a new kind of ancient tomb or city of traitors kind of card in the lands *which would be pretty sweet* So I'm not going to "call" it now but it's definately a possibility that they remake one of those lands which will mak up where eye of ugin is lackin.
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What deck is this exactly? Intrigued by your comment, I looked through all the standard decklists online from last week's decks of the week, and I didn't find a single winning deck with Summoning Trap. Best showing was 2 3-1s in swiss dailies.
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i'm in love with this ABSOLUTE MONSTER!
This card isn't like Darksteel Colossus. It has a triggered ability when it hits the graveyard. You can reanimate it while this triggered ability is on the stack, if you have some form of instant reanimation (like the ones quoted).
Anyway, it doesn't seem worth to cheat this Eldrazi into play. If I'm cheating a creature into play, I believe that there would be better targets.
Casting it from a Urzatron or similar, on the other hand, seems pretty good.
Like some have said earlier, you can respond to the "shuffle all" trigger in order to reanimate him. You just can't do it at Sorcery speed since, by that time, he'd no longer be in the graveyard.
Gotta love how the rules that should have kept him away from reanimator decks can actually work for him getting reanimated.
I'm pretty sure they'll still be laughing. There may be something in RoE that will make Eye worth a spot in a deck, but this guy is not it. It costs a land drop and doesn't add mana, so essentially it takes up a land to make this guy cost 9 instead of 10. The hype over Eye of Ugin is ludicrous.
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Well Eldrazi also have the ability to move from plane to plane. I think it's a really cool way to highlight their uniqueness.
No, I'm sure there will be a Fusion Elemental level Eldrazi at uncommon. I'm pretty sure there are just three titans at mythic and there will be non-legendaries at rare.
I'm not sure if the brood lineage will have the Eldrazi creature type, but I'm guessing that they will be the common/uncommon colorless for the set.
A lot of this depends on how the lower rarity Eldrazi/brood play out. If Eye makes it cheap/free to put out creatures that are speculated to reduce Eldrazi casting costs, you could come out ahead or have some kind of engine going there.
Nonetheless, I'm just glad I got my playset for $1.75 back when we still thought it was just rare!
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Set your posts per page to the max setting. How you can be on the rumor mill and not be doing this boggles my mind.
As for the original thread with annihilate on it, long gone.
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im not trolling, but when did you see the new eldrazi guy AND have enough time to create an account with his name? good job!
I saw the arcania prolly around 1:30 AM...then immediately jumped here. thanks for the compliment.
That doesn't make him playable, of course, unless the environment is really slowed down.
You're right. I need something stronger than a 12/12 that forces an opponent to sac 4 permanents every turn. Hmmmm. . . . . .
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