I should start this by saying I have no advance rumour info, haven't for a long time, and this thread is presented as information found online, not as fact, not as evidence, and not for any reason other than for discussion.
In pricing Conflux cards for my own presale, I ran into some sellers on eBay who apparently have a way to get Gatherer images before anyone else. They've got full high res digital images (not scans). The above caught my eye, because of the 5. The rumours in these parts have for the most part listed the toughness as 4, from what I've seen.
Whoa. okay thats pretty cool. Im very sad to see that that is the real art for sure and for true now (I wish is just at least had horns). But wow 4/5 is totally not in sinc with the other 'lings, but wow does it make this card all the better! I'm really impressed that they went the extra mile with it and upped it toughness (techincally its power cuz its 'ling too). Hmmmm, i really want to see it in constructed but charmeol collosus is still far better.
wow... so they are falsely advertizing. it is 100% a 4/4 sorry guys.
how do I know? go to the official WOTC CONFLUX FAQ. the full card is on there.
Thornling
{3}{G}{G}
Creature -- Elemental Shapeshifter
4/4
{G}: Thornling gains haste until end of turn.
{G}: Thornling gains trample until end of turn.
{G}: Thornling is indestructible this turn.
{1}: Thornling gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
{1}: Thornling gets -1/+1 until end of turn.
* Lethal damage and effects that say "destroy" won't cause an indestructible creature to be put into the graveyard. However, an indestructible creature can be put into the graveyard for a number of reasons. The most likely reasons are if it's sacrificed, if it's legendary and another legendary creature with the same name is in play, or if its toughness is 0 or less.
note the 4/4
my guess is someone mocked up the card and did it wrong and then other people copied that bad mock up and it got around that way. just like most of those ebay pics.
It has been pointed out there's no artist credit, so this is probably a fairly well-done photoshop. That would make it the first time I've seen a major seller bother with well-done photoshops at all, let alone screw it up this badly. His presales are going to suffer, I'm thinking.
But yes, there are tons of high-res images of cards on eBay, for anyone who can't wait for gatherer to update, which should happen within 24 hours I think.
In pricing Conflux cards for my own presale, I ran into some sellers on eBay who apparently have a way to get Gatherer images before anyone else. They've got full high res digital images (not scans). The above caught my eye, because of the 5. The rumours in these parts have for the most part listed the toughness as 4, from what I've seen.
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~ Constructed Rating: 1856
~ Peak CR: 1903
~~ 1 PTQ Top 8
~ Limited Rating: 1787
~ Peak LR: 1803
Sales Thread - UPDATED 7/21
how do I know? go to the official WOTC CONFLUX FAQ. the full card is on there.
note the 4/4
my guess is someone mocked up the card and did it wrong and then other people copied that bad mock up and it got around that way. just like most of those ebay pics.
But yes, there are tons of high-res images of cards on eBay, for anyone who can't wait for gatherer to update, which should happen within 24 hours I think.
Thread closed.
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