MTG Salvation

The fact they're printing an Aetherborn lord makes me think they plan on bringing the creature type back in a later block.

That said, we haven't seen any more Amphin or Surrakar

Wow. This feels like it could deliver a disgusting punch to the face. Given it doesn't have haste and kind of wants a couple friends around, how viable do you think it could be in standard?

Haha fun and flavourful (with mad art!) Going straight into a couple of my Commander decks.

Honestly as a casual/EDH player, I'm not very excited

Metallurgic Summonings and Demon of Dark Schemes are pretty cool, and I like the flexibility of Saheeli's Artistry, Insidious Will and Fateful Showdown.

But seriously I think the best card in the set is Filigree Familiar.

Am I the only one thinking we might see an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn in here?

The three options as far as I see them are:

Woodfall Primus
Terastodon
Bane of Progress

Personally I'd love to see Bane of Progress start making an impact- pity it poops on my Mana Reflection but

My pool was batsh!t insane. I cracked:

Elspeth, Sun's Champion
Xenagos, God of Revels
Forgestoker Dragon
Ornitharch
Fellhide Spiritbinder
2x Fearsome Temper (beast of a common, especially on Two-Headed Cerberus

as well as some really solid red/white removal.

I even cracked Gray Merchant of Asphodel, some Lash of the Whips and an Ashen Rider if I randomly wanted to splash in some black.

It was easily the best pool in the entire prerelease, and there were two Temple of Malice just to add to the $$$ value.

AND SOMEHOW I MANAGED TO COME TO SECOND-LAST

First match I was ready to drop Elspeth and win and he drops a Perplexing Chimera (WTF);
Second match just randomly lost to Purphoros, God of the Forge triggers;
Third match I drew no removal and the wall-of-creatures stand-offs we kept having routinely ended when his Staggershock Giant went monstrous
Fourth match (against the guy who ended up dead last) I almost lost as well

Most awkward Prerelease of life. Frustratingly back luck, but made back almost double value with all the money I cracked. Won two boosters at the end and cracked more money

Herald of Torment. Hell, remember Junun Efreet? THAT got played back in the day.

I voted red Akroma, for the art, the character, the facesmashery, and the fact its the angel I enjoy playing with the most.

My 2nd vote would go to Razia, for much the same reasons.

Besides the completely weird Chromanticore (I thought Manticores were supposed to be 3/3 to 5/5 mono-red fliers!) I really like Peregrination and Snake of the Golden Grove. I was not expecting Cultivate and Thragtusk wannabes and hopped with joy when I saw them.

I couldn't stand Gaze of Pain when I was a kid and that still holds true now. Freakiest art in Magic.

Blue card depicting a red/white hero and a black/red god? Well then...

That Minotaur + Intruder Alarm + Priest of Urabrask = Budget Splinter-Mite & infinite mana!

Hey all

I have this idea for a deck I've been toying with for a couple days- and not really knowing a huge amount about Modern- thought I'd share it to see if I can get some feedback.

I built it because I love Rakdos, I love Midrange, know from years of playing Legacy that Blood Moon hoses **** hard, and it's full of cards I love



Tempted to have Mogis, God of Slaughter to replace Fanatic.

I've goldfished this deck in Workstation a lot and am confident it doesn't have mana problems. I also tested Whip of Erebos in the place of hammer and found it caused said problems. Same goes for Gray Merchant of Asphodel, as well as not being aggressive enough.

I also understand Fulminator Mage would be considered a shoo-in for such a deck, but I don't own any and am in no place to shell out $30 a pop for them right now.

So, thoughts??

Is the blood moon strategy viable enough in the format? Or should I swap moons out for something like Duress and Terminate?

THAT KRAKEN LOOKS EPIC