It appears we have a new downshift in the commander precons with Angel of the Ruins.
I know people have really been liking some of the landcyclers (like Troll of Khazad-dûm), so this is probably worthy of mention. Unfortunately, it's 2 mana to cycle, not 1.
I love the card in Commander and play it in a lot of decks, but I'm not sure it translates well to Peasant Cube outside of reanimator strategies. Seven mana is a lot for something that can die to not only creature removal, but also artifact removal. The ETB is all going to depend on the quality of targets. If you run Skullclamp/Loxodon Warhammer/Curse of Predation/etc, this becomes better. If not, it becomes less relevant.
As is, I'm considering it for my top end in white. Haven't fully decided yet.
Just went through the card image gallery, though I guess the main set is complete but the precons are not.
Requisition Raid - I know this is more flexible than Basri's Solidarity, and I probably will swap it, but I kinda like how simple and clean Solidarity is compared to this - just "Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control." No complications, no mana calculations.
Rambling Possum - Decent body when saddled and gives opportunities to re-trigger ETBs.
Lavaspur Boots - Haste is the most relevant part, but it's a nice cheap package with pump and minor protection.
Cactusfolk Sureshot - Not sure if it will make the cut, but it looked interesting. My Gruul section has never been as good as other guilds at developing a real identity.
I may have to put Caustic Bronco in Isshin. Isshin doesn't need to attack, so he can saddle the snake horse, and then you get two cards and to drain your opponents twice. Plus, it's cheap and can come out turn 2, followed by Isshin on turn 3.
Voracious Varmint would have been amazing a year and a half ago. Still good, but it has to compete for space against Cankerbloom, and the vigilance doesn't really beat out extra power and proliferate.
Worst Marchesa yet. The Black Rose was great at an aggressive reanimator deck and a theft strategy that could turn temporary theft into permanent theft. The Queen was a successful regicidal assassin that had claimed the monarchy and could spawn out deathtouchy assassins. This... this is worse than "Marchesa at home." This is lame (to use sleeper agent's term) cosplay Marchesa, just some lame wanna-be hanging out in a saloon.
oh I’m shooting you down with that claim that this is the worst one (no pun intended since this is a cowboy set.)
1. That’s not a once per turn tigger
2. It’s only 1 mana more for targeting something opponent related
3. Which is the biggest … YOUR DRAWING ONE SURVEILLING THE OTHER!
And with any new character name, it might have been okay. But this is Marchesa. the woman who schemed and murdered and became queen. So, yes, it is lame.
MTG story has suffered for a long time. The refusal to use a block system restricts the ability to tell a contained story with a beginning, middle, and end. We're introduced to worlds with supposedly world-changing events, but because no status quo is established first, the change from the status quo is lost on the audience. We get a multiverse-wide invasion, but Elesh Norn's decapitation is spoiled before some of the worlds are even invaded. And then characters "somehow survived" things they should not have, and they all get thrown into genre-ripoff-world after genre-ripoff-set with no care for logic, consistency, or good storytelling. All the while, the MTG brand is diluted by injecting other IPs for nonsensical cash-grabs.
Mechanically, the card is fine though uninteresting to a segment of players. But character-wise... LAME!
Worst Marchesa yet. The Black Rose was great at an aggressive reanimator deck and a theft strategy that could turn temporary theft into permanent theft. The Queen was a successful regicidal assassin that had claimed the monarchy and could spawn out deathtouchy assassins. This... this is worse than "Marchesa at home." This is lame (to use sleeper agent's term) cosplay Marchesa, just some lame wanna-be hanging out in a saloon.
Nothing terribly special. I have at least a thousand full arts, but they're mostly in Commander decks, so I opted for more traditional frames that I liked the art for.
Plains Island - John Avon Island Swamp - Jumpstart Zombie Swamp Forest - Alara Sunrise Forest
I never did settle on a Mountain. But I'm wondering if it would be crazy to ditch basics altogether and run art cards in their place just because of this one: LTR Mountain Art Card
I mean, it's essentially a full art land, it just doesn't say it or have any frame at all.
Not a fan of the Rad counters for reasons others have stated (especially when reading the card doesn't explain the card). Also not a fan of the general aesthetic - too many guns and modern/future tech.
I did a scryfall search for just the new commons/uncommons (hope I got them all - 44 results), and there are two I might consider. I'll probably pick up a copy and then decide later. Cathedral Acolyte - Small window for the counter, but it is repeatable, and the ward can be nice. Young Deathclaws - Scavenge seems good, though I've had Dreg Mangler for years and never been terribly impressed with it. Might be worth a straight swap to give it to cheaper creatures.
Ooh - I thought the swords were complete, but this opens up a few more slots. I like Sword of Wealth and Power, and doubles strike and/or extra combats can get you multiple copies of a spell. But this also means we can get one with protection from artifacts and enchantments and maybe another with protection from planeswalkers and lands.
No, Isshin does not double a Raid trigger. The reason being that Raid isn't triggered by declaring an attack, it's triggered by the beginning of the end step (assuming you have attacked with at least one creature this turn). Isshin only sees the moment that a creature is declared an attacker.
I know people have really been liking some of the landcyclers (like Troll of Khazad-dûm), so this is probably worthy of mention. Unfortunately, it's 2 mana to cycle, not 1.
I love the card in Commander and play it in a lot of decks, but I'm not sure it translates well to Peasant Cube outside of reanimator strategies. Seven mana is a lot for something that can die to not only creature removal, but also artifact removal. The ETB is all going to depend on the quality of targets. If you run Skullclamp/Loxodon Warhammer/Curse of Predation/etc, this becomes better. If not, it becomes less relevant.
As is, I'm considering it for my top end in white. Haven't fully decided yet.
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Requisition Raid - I know this is more flexible than Basri's Solidarity, and I probably will swap it, but I kinda like how simple and clean Solidarity is compared to this - just "Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control." No complications, no mana calculations.
Rambling Possum - Decent body when saddled and gives opportunities to re-trigger ETBs.
Lavaspur Boots - Haste is the most relevant part, but it's a nice cheap package with pump and minor protection.
Honest Rutstein - Part EWit, part ramp. Considering swapping out Baloth Null to reduce mana curve.
Cactusfolk Sureshot - Not sure if it will make the cut, but it looked interesting. My Gruul section has never been as good as other guilds at developing a real identity.
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MTG story has suffered for a long time. The refusal to use a block system restricts the ability to tell a contained story with a beginning, middle, and end. We're introduced to worlds with supposedly world-changing events, but because no status quo is established first, the change from the status quo is lost on the audience. We get a multiverse-wide invasion, but Elesh Norn's decapitation is spoiled before some of the worlds are even invaded. And then characters "somehow survived" things they should not have, and they all get thrown into genre-ripoff-world after genre-ripoff-set with no care for logic, consistency, or good storytelling. All the while, the MTG brand is diluted by injecting other IPs for nonsensical cash-grabs.
Mechanically, the card is fine though uninteresting to a segment of players. But character-wise... LAME!
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As they say, everything is just a variant of kicker or horsemanship.
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Nothing terribly special. I have at least a thousand full arts, but they're mostly in Commander decks, so I opted for more traditional frames that I liked the art for.
Plains
Island - John Avon Island
Swamp - Jumpstart Zombie Swamp
Forest - Alara Sunrise Forest
I never did settle on a Mountain. But I'm wondering if it would be crazy to ditch basics altogether and run art cards in their place just because of this one: LTR Mountain Art Card
I mean, it's essentially a full art land, it just doesn't say it or have any frame at all.
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I did a scryfall search for just the new commons/uncommons (hope I got them all - 44 results), and there are two I might consider. I'll probably pick up a copy and then decide later.
Cathedral Acolyte - Small window for the counter, but it is repeatable, and the ward can be nice.
Young Deathclaws - Scavenge seems good, though I've had Dreg Mangler for years and never been terribly impressed with it. Might be worth a straight swap to give it to cheaper creatures.
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