When i first saw Military Intelligence my first thought was banding, and the rumors of that being the returning mechanic. Just wanted to share my observation.
Jumping in the bandwagon here, more demoralizing is a cruel ultimatum into a snapcaster cruel ultimatum with the snapcaster you just picked from your gy
Which in turn draws you into another cruel ultimatum
I noticed convoke in the spoilers, and i understand why they wouldn't bring back banding, just wasn't sure if it was confirmed that it was convoke coming back.
Jumping in the bandwagon here, more demoralizing is a cruel ultimatum into a snapcaster cruel ultimatum with the snapcaster you just picked from your gy
Which in turn draws you into another cruel ultimatum
Military Intelligence and banding have little in common except creatures attacking together. If you want a newer card that has similarities to banding look no further than Odric, Master Tactician. Odric is probably the closest we'll ever get again to banding.
Wouldn't read too much into an uncommon for set hints. Path of Bravery arguably also could've hinted at Banding but pretty much had no direct synergies with any other card in the set(other than tapping to attack). That card is a higher rarity as well.
But there's no harm in speculation, so I'm just going to say it would be Battlecry before it would be Banding. It fits a pseudo "theme" and is a simple mechanic that is easy to understand in a core set.
As for the card itself, it's amazing for an uncommon.
I think, though it does seem to confuse people, banding won't return because the reminder text is too big. It's just not worth the space on the card, unfortunately.
I'm pretty sure coastal piracy and bident of thassaare blue cards. That being said, I really hate the fact that even blue is being pushed more towards aggro.
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What I do notice about the set is the not-yet-obscene amount of walls/creatures with defender. I think we can expect to see combat-related or 'aggro' things popping up in all five colors.
"Whenever {a creature | a player} attacks" abilities trigger upon attackers being declared. If there aren't two or more creatures declared as attacking creatures, it won't trigger at all. Smarty744 is correct.
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But there's no harm in speculation, so I'm just going to say it would be Battlecry before it would be Banding. It fits a pseudo "theme" and is a simple mechanic that is easy to understand in a core set.
As for the card itself, it's amazing for an uncommon.
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On a related note, am I the only one who feels that Military Intelligence should be a White or Red card? It just doesn't fit the Blue flavor.....
Kinda annoyed how Wizards continues to push creature combat as the only thing that matters in Magic.
"I'd say this about guarantees that it won't be up till this Friday, but considering the current track record, the ETA is now probably two weeks after the set has been out."
Quote from Sirius_B
Speak for yourself, if drawing *****-headed wurms makes social justice warriors cry I'll make it my favorite hobby.
...or a green card...
I think you have to declare them as attacking, and you can't do that with Geist and the like.
[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] -> Lightning Bolt
[c=Lightning Bolt]Apple Pie[/c] -> Apple Pie
Vowels-Only Format
Minimum deck size: 60
Maximum number of identical cards: 4
Ban list: Cards whose English names begin with a consonant, Unglued and Unhinged cards, cards involving ante, Ancestral Recall