I don't see why you or anyone else is getting so irritated. This really seems to fit into the blending of the color pie just like many other cards before it. A Hornet Sting makes sense for green.
Yeah, just to agree with everyone else, these cards look fantastic... the art is incredible. Getting a chance to open these cards up and play with them this weekend will be great
The fact that the Naya deck being run by the Channel Fireball writers replaced the playset of Baneslayer Angels in their deck with
2 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Behemoth Sledge
with another copy of each of those in the sideboard, basically means that this an insane combo and the prices of the collar and mystic should rise in the coming days/weeks
How is multiple Sheltered Valleys coming into play different from Scapeshifting 7 lands into 6 mountains and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, and each of the mountains seeing 5 other mountains and the Valakut in play to trigger the ability?
Man, this card is totally sweet...and it looks like a really cool foil/promo too!
Also, that creature on the booster box looks absolutely insane... not only are the colors really cool but its mouth sort of thing is completely ridiculous...
When Scrye closed down within the last few years, I think that was the last of the classic TCG magazines to go...
I know how you feel about missing print magazines, but there is a reason all magazines with magic articles and info have eventually been discontinued: because the internet is far superior. So take advantage of it!
I was sad when these magazines stopped, but at sites like starcitygames.com, channelfireball.com, and magic.tcgplayer.com you can read quality articles daily, all for free (except SCG premium).
If this extremely miniscule percentage of thinning your deck is supposedly worth paying one life, why aren't we seeing every single deck run as many relevant fetchlands as possible?
Decks like Bushwhacker and monowhite tokens run the full set of oncolor lands (12 and 8, respectively) and every other deck like Jund, Naya, Bant runs as many fetches as possible given the constraints. For instance, the first Jund list has only 8 basic lands. Every other land is non-basic, but since fetches can only find basic lands, if the number of basic lands in the deck was reduced, there become a high probability that you have already fetched out all your lands of a certain color, making your fetch-land a dead draw.
The Bant deck even runs lands which can only get a single basic (although this is largely due to KotR) which clearly shows how good fitting as many fetchlands as possible into a deck is.
People arguing that decks like RDW should run only mountains as their manabase should go take their deck and go win some tournaments, if it is so clearly better than the alternative (note: the alternative which is what is currently winning, all the time). Or just get together both versions of the decks, one with fetches and one without, and match them up. I guarantee that the number of games the fetchland deck loses because of the 1-2 points lost while fetching will be less than the number of games won due to overall better and more consistent draws.
... same thing but with Ball Lightning on T3 instead?
Anyway, looking at specific plays is kinda useless. The reason Boros is so good is because even if disrupted slightly, it's still not hard to get T4 wins. It's not because of the nut T3 kill draws.
What exactly are these tools? Better milling cards? Better defensive strats?
Whatever they possibly are, they still don't mask the problems dedicated mill decks have always had no matter what cards you're playing with. Milling does not affect the actual gamestate. A card like Archive Trap is going to do nothing to save you from getting beaten to a pulp by fast aggro decks, especially red-based ones.
But at the same time, them beating you to a pulp isn't going to save them at all from being milled by you? Since you are each working on depleting a completely different life source (library or life total) then it simply comes down to which is faster.
I do think it's true though that mill usually can't consistently mill the opponent to 0 cards as fast as a burn/aggro deck can beat you down to 0 life.
Yes, but the reserve list is in place to govern a card being reprinted. Being released as a judge foil isn't the same. You can't play it in Standard because it was released as a judge foil; it's only legal in the formats that the Exodus version is legal for.
-Nick
And I think specifically, cards on the reserved list can't be reprinted to be SOLD (as in FTV, the Sliver deck, or simply in regular sets).
If a card is on the list, but is either not being reprinted (like the Zendikar treasures) or is being given out somehow (like as a promo) then it's okay.
EDIT: also, it's hard to tell exactly from the picture, but the card looks REALLY cool. A cool choice, too
Psionic Blast says hello.
I don't see why you or anyone else is getting so irritated. This really seems to fit into the blending of the color pie just like many other cards before it. A Hornet Sting makes sense for green.
Also, I love the lich
2 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Behemoth Sledge
with another copy of each of those in the sideboard, basically means that this an insane combo and the prices of the collar and mystic should rise in the coming days/weeks
...This is pretty cool...
EDIT: I guess early game, it's probably like an easier to cast Cancel.
Late game... it won't counter much but will get you to draw cards...? weird...
That is a mockup originally posted on the this thread. The expansion symbol is wrong, for one thing.
How is multiple Sheltered Valleys coming into play different from Scapeshifting 7 lands into 6 mountains and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, and each of the mountains seeing 5 other mountains and the Valakut in play to trigger the ability?
Also, that creature on the booster box looks absolutely insane... not only are the colors really cool but its mouth sort of thing is completely ridiculous...
I know how you feel about missing print magazines, but there is a reason all magazines with magic articles and info have eventually been discontinued: because the internet is far superior. So take advantage of it!
I was sad when these magazines stopped, but at sites like starcitygames.com, channelfireball.com, and magic.tcgplayer.com you can read quality articles daily, all for free (except SCG premium).
TBH, they are:
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds09/sndrdtop8decks
Decks like Bushwhacker and monowhite tokens run the full set of oncolor lands (12 and 8, respectively) and every other deck like Jund, Naya, Bant runs as many fetches as possible given the constraints. For instance, the first Jund list has only 8 basic lands. Every other land is non-basic, but since fetches can only find basic lands, if the number of basic lands in the deck was reduced, there become a high probability that you have already fetched out all your lands of a certain color, making your fetch-land a dead draw.
The Bant deck even runs lands which can only get a single basic (although this is largely due to KotR) which clearly shows how good fitting as many fetchlands as possible into a deck is.
People arguing that decks like RDW should run only mountains as their manabase should go take their deck and go win some tournaments, if it is so clearly better than the alternative (note: the alternative which is what is currently winning, all the time). Or just get together both versions of the decks, one with fetches and one without, and match them up. I guarantee that the number of games the fetchland deck loses because of the 1-2 points lost while fetching will be less than the number of games won due to overall better and more consistent draws.
... same thing but with Ball Lightning on T3 instead?
Anyway, looking at specific plays is kinda useless. The reason Boros is so good is because even if disrupted slightly, it's still not hard to get T4 wins. It's not because of the nut T3 kill draws.
Clearly the deck CAN beat Jund and IS really good... or maybe people were just unprepared for it
If it's not that easy to hate out it looks like it will be a real contender in the upcoming meta.
But at the same time, them beating you to a pulp isn't going to save them at all from being milled by you? Since you are each working on depleting a completely different life source (library or life total) then it simply comes down to which is faster.
I do think it's true though that mill usually can't consistently mill the opponent to 0 cards as fast as a burn/aggro deck can beat you down to 0 life.
Also, seems like Flooded Strand too...
double home run?
And I think specifically, cards on the reserved list can't be reprinted to be SOLD (as in FTV, the Sliver deck, or simply in regular sets).
If a card is on the list, but is either not being reprinted (like the Zendikar treasures) or is being given out somehow (like as a promo) then it's okay.
EDIT: also, it's hard to tell exactly from the picture, but the card looks REALLY cool. A cool choice, too