MTG Salvation

Thanks. Wasn't sure how SBAs handled something like this case. I was gonna test it on MTGO later but I was curious now.

Let's say I have 4 Eager Cadets and Heliod, God of the Sun (so it's a creature), and attack with all of them. If I cast Cloudshift on one of my cadets in the Declare Blockers step, does Heliod stay in combat? Or does his devotion temporarily reset, knocking him out of combat?

No Wasteland, no Rishadan Port, no Show and Tell, no Sneak Attack, no City of Traitors. Wow. I was planning to draft this set until my eyes bled, but now I'm a bit less sure. I know that we get the duals and Force of Will at rare, in addition to a lot of other money cards, but still, it seems like they missed out BIG TIME on some key cards. I mean, it's not like they can reprint any of these cards elsewhere, like they did with Mutavault, Thoughtseize and potentially Chord of Calling.

One thing I noticed while reading the Ravnica novels, was that more than a few guildleaders / paruns were the last of their species:
- Niv-Mizzet is the last dragon
- Szadek is the last vampire
- Sisters were the last gorgons
- Razia was one of the few remaining angels, and IIRC, all angels, including Feather were just duplicates of Razia

In terms of retconning this, it did feel a bit cheap. However, dragons are immensely popular, and apparently people complain loudly if there are no dragons. Also, the Guildpact novel showed that more dragons were possible. As for vampires and gorgons, I guess they wanted some variety in creature types. Gorgons also had a slight overlap in Theros (Keepsake Gorgon, Hythonia the Cruel).

Ah well. RTR block was fun enough, and I think they did a fine job fleshing out the guilds, so I'm willing to give them a pass on these retcons, especially since so few of the MTG community would even notice them.

From a design or Vorthos perspective:
1) Loyal Cathar
2) Slave of Bolas
3) Blind Obedience

From a gameplay perspective:
1) Lingering Souls
2) Remand
3) Primeval Titan

Soul's Attendant's flavour text is quite sad. Also, Loyal Cathar / Unhallowed Cathar, as depicted in my signature.

Another question is, with mana burn, what was the benefit?

Green is actually pretty good in M14. I'll go with Groundshaker Sliver. The trample doesn't uusally mean much (unless the opponent has a token maker), and a 5/5 trample for 7 isn't super efficient. I tend to disagree with some of the other choices. Plummet is seeing sideboard play in Standard as an answer to Desecration Demon and Stormbreath Dragon or any other flyers, and is usually a fine sideboard card in Limited. Into the Wilds is technically ramp, but it's also card draw in the sense that instead of you drawing a land, you draw something else, just like you do with Courser of Kruphix.

I think that the art on Recycle is hilarious. The flavour text on Medicine Bag is a nice followup.

Demolish. I've won a game with Cyclops Tyrant before. A 3/4 unblockable is fine in grindy games with subpar decks and subpar draws.

Hi everyone, I remember seeing a GIF of the art for Wrath of God morphing into Damnation's art. One user had it as his or her avatar. I can't find said user or the art. Can anyone help? Thanks.

Lifebane Zombie. He's an evasive threat that is also usually a 2-for-1 against decks playing green or white creatures. Polukranos? Xenagos, God of Revels? Reaper of the Wilds? Blood Baron? Ghor-Clan Rampager? All of them get eaten. Let's also remember that he ate Thragtusk and Restoration Angel last year.

HM: Doom Blade and Duress.

It's gotta be Jace, Memory Adept, or as LSV calls him, "Suspend 1: Win the game."

I'll go with Merfolk Spy. It's the only card I've never put into a limited or constructed deck. Tome Scour doesn't really do anything, but I've lost games to it plus Archaeomancers. Glimpse the Future is heinously overcosted, and strong evidence of R&D's current hatred of hand filtering cards, but it is still playable in average to below average blue decks. All told though, blue in Magic 2014 is friggin loaded. Such a fun colour to play in limited.

The draft order is reversed now. Instead of first set - second set - third set, like Time Spiral - Planar Chaos - Future Sight, the most recent set is opened first. So, Dragon's Maze - Gatecrash - Return to Ravnica.