The first preview card has been revealed, and it's no surprise that it's a ninja thanks to our Rumor Mill residents who know how to find the images Wizards puts on magicthegathering.com a few days ahead of time. But enough jabber, let's get down to the card.
Our first Ninja Legend! Whether a Ninja deck can rise over the rest of the Tier 1 netdecks with new spells such as Quash and Erradicate can be seen, but if it can, this will surely be of great use to such a deck! I hope I pull one at the prerelease! (If anyone pulls a foil one they can trade it to me *hint*hint* ;)).
Well that's all for today. We'll have the rest of the cards as they come, wether officially revealed by Wizards or wether it's done secretly through Rancored_elf's many hidden sources
You attack with Higure and make him unblockable, First strike damage goes in, you search your library for a better ninja, and ninjutsu that one in to get its effect (ie kill/bounce creature, or more damage)
You attack with Higure and make him unblockable, First strike damage goes in, you search your library for a better ninja, and ninjutsu that one in to get its effect (ie kill/bounce creature, or more damage)
Intresting little combo there. Perhaps I will have more fun with ninjas than I am having with my Samurai deck. Much more fun for casual IMO.
Is 'wether' US spelling? I'm not being sarcastic as so many words are spelt very strangely in the US. We spell it whether. And FYI a wether is another name for a castrated male sheep. So if that is how you spell it over there, I find that very very funny.
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I'll just ignore what E-Honda's special move said and talk about the card. Whether or not you are looking forward to ninjas, you gotta admit, this is one buff ninja. Ninjitsu is going to be entirely annoying, along with the Genju's... I see discard re-entering the spotlight as the only way to deal with this stuff =)
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Hurray - finally a creature I can respect. Compared to all the crap we've seen so far this makes me smile. Besides the fact that nobody plays blue these days (especially not double costs) this card actually requires some thought and is never really dead. You can play it as a 3/4 unblockable - which last I heard is always a good thing. Being able to search for another Ninja seems quite cool as well - tutoring effects always deserve a second glance.
Now a Rebel it's not, but in Limited it's a bomb because you bring it out as soon as fourth turn (maybe even earlier) and if you are somewhat of a decent player get another card in the process - a Ninja at that. Plus a 3/4 unblockable is nothing to sneeze at either
I really like this card. Hopefully a Ninja deck will be viable, and if it's not? Well, I'll still be using one. Samurai are not as fun.
The unblockability is the big thing - no more blocking, and Ninjitsu is a much better thing.
Of course, tutoring for awesome stuff doesn't hurt.
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Higure, the Still Wind - :3mana::symu::symu:
Legendary Creature - Human Ninja (R)
Ninjutsu :2mana::symu::symu: (:2mana::symu::symu:, Return an unblocked attacker to hand: Put this card into play from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Higure deals combat damage to a player, you may search your library for a Ninja card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you did, shuffle your library.
:2mana:: Target Ninja is unblockable this turn.
3/4
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Excellent! I'm liking the overall feel of ninjitsu. Once he's in play he really becomes
":2mana:: Search your library for a Ninja card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your library."
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I like this card. He reminds me of Lin Sivvi in a way becasue of tutorring but is certainly a much slower card slower card. His unblockable ability could end up maling him viable depending on how good the rest of the ninjas in the set are. I think I'll remain cautiously optomistic for now.
I can't wait to see what the other ninjas look like and i am very tempted to make a ninja so it can flip out and cut peoples heads off and not even think twice about. (sorry about the real ultimate power reference i couldn't help myself)
Excellent! I'm liking the overall feel of ninjitsu. Once he's in play he really becomes
":2mana:: Search your library for a Ninja card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your library."
Actually, you missed some. It would be:
":2mana:, :symtap:: Higure deals 3 damage to target player. Then, search your library for a Ninja card, reveal it, and put it in your hand. Then shuffle your library."
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Yes! Our first official preview and it's not crap! Seriously, I'm impressed. This guys rocks hardcore. And is it me, or does 2UU seems pretty undercosted? Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing the other Ninjas.
On a second note, only blue and black? I can see why they aren't white or green, but why not red? Red would fit. Maybe.
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I never got to play with the Rebels back in the day so this should be interesting and fun for me. I like the way the Ninjas work with the whole second way to play(which seems to be the cheaper way to play). I am really looking forward to a viable blue deck nowadays ... crosses fingers and grins. :winky:
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Our first Ninja Legend! Whether a Ninja deck can rise over the rest of the Tier 1 netdecks with new spells such as Quash and Erradicate can be seen, but if it can, this will surely be of great use to such a deck! I hope I pull one at the prerelease! (If anyone pulls a foil one they can trade it to me *hint*hint* ;)).
Well that's all for today. We'll have the rest of the cards as they come, wether officially revealed by Wizards or wether it's done secretly through Rancored_elf's many hidden sources
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You attack with Higure and make him unblockable, First strike damage goes in, you search your library for a better ninja, and ninjutsu that one in to get its effect (ie kill/bounce creature, or more damage)
Intresting little combo there. Perhaps I will have more fun with ninjas than I am having with my Samurai deck. Much more fun for casual IMO.
all the ninjas we have seen so far are nigh-unplayable without ninjitsu. this one isnt.
very balanced. not broken, and not unplayable
it has a built in tutor, nuff said
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Whether or not you are looking forward to ninjas, you gotta admit, this is one buff ninja. Ninjitsu is going to be entirely annoying, along with the Genju's... I see discard re-entering the spotlight as the only way to deal with this stuff =)
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Now a Rebel it's not, but in Limited it's a bomb because you bring it out as soon as fourth turn (maybe even earlier) and if you are somewhat of a decent player get another card in the process - a Ninja at that. Plus a 3/4 unblockable is nothing to sneeze at either
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The unblockability is the big thing - no more blocking, and Ninjitsu is a much better thing.
Of course, tutoring for awesome stuff doesn't hurt.
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
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Higure, the Still Wind - :3mana::symu::symu:
Legendary Creature - Human Ninja (R)
Ninjutsu :2mana::symu::symu: (:2mana::symu::symu:, Return an unblocked attacker to hand: Put this card into play from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Higure deals combat damage to a player, you may search your library for a Ninja card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you did, shuffle your library.
:2mana:: Target Ninja is unblockable this turn.
3/4
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(:symrg:.:symrg:)
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":2mana:: Search your library for a Ninja card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your library."
Standard: UG Delver
Extended: U Grand Architect
Modern: RUG Tempo
Legacy: UBG Dredge
Commander: UG Eldric, Spymaster of Trest
RWU Zedruu, the Greathearted
Actually, you missed some. It would be:
":2mana:, :symtap:: Higure deals 3 damage to target player. Then, search your library for a Ninja card, reveal it, and put it in your hand. Then shuffle your library."
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On a second note, only blue and black? I can see why they aren't white or green, but why not red? Red would fit. Maybe.
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