Edge of the Divinity and Nip Gwyllion interest me for limited. They remind me of Mourning Thrull and Shadow Lance form Guildpact. It would be awesome to swing with a 4/4 or 7/7 with lifelink on turn two.
When I read first that the set sizes were shrinking, I thought, "all right, so I've been hearing this a lot on the forums, so I accept this change." Making Magic more easily accessible for players helps the players and helps the game. Then I read on and saw the words Mythic Rare, and I immediately reread that to make sure I read it correctly. "Huh," I said, out loud. I was immediately reminded of Time Spiral and it's extra rarity. I smelled a conspiracy. Perhaps the lack of complaint and the occasional pleased comment with the Time Spiral Block's wacky rarity system gave them the go to produce the mythic rare. In truth, this might not be far off, because Time Spiral's reprint slot gave the okay for 10th Edition to be printed with black boarders and not white boarders, and similarly no one complained about that either, though that's probably because no one really cared. Anyway, after doing the math, I was pleased to know that getting a certain mythic rare was as often as getting a Wrath in 10th, and that all other cards were only getting more common.
Also, I was one of the few who were pleased to hear that basic lands would be in big block packs. I was also probably one of the very few that would love if basic lands or something similar would somehow be implanted in the smaller sets.
There is no situation where Karoo is better than Boros Garrison. Mindslaver does not apply because with either card you want your opponent to play it because it gives you a bigger mana base.
White's weakness is caused by the constant nerfing from Wrath of God's power. Until that is gone, then designers will not understand how underpowered the rest of white is.
In this article, MaRo mentions two mechanics, the E and Q mechanic. The Q mechanic is said to be in Jelly/Shadowmoor. This article was linked to by today's article, though because he brought up the E mechanic that was yanked from Mirrodin. The timing of mentioning the article that most people forgot talked about the upcoming Q mechanic in Shadowmoor only adds to my suspicion that E is potentially in as well.
Known information:
Shadowmoor:
Contains a unique focus never before focused in other sets.
Contains the Q mechanic
Is a continuation of Lorwyn storywise.
Q:
Is in Shadowmoor.
Was created by MaGo, and reportedly his designs tend to push the rules and/or are very unique.
"the letter that would have been most obvious was already used."
The fact that it is a sole letter, which may mean it is a very game-changing mechanic (remember that poll?)
E:
Used to be in Mirrodin
Was yanked out most likely because it was not congruent with the Artifact theme, which means is likely has nothing to do with artifacts.
"R&D likes it and we plan to find a home for it someday." - This statement is my only major doubt of E being in Shadowmoor, since Q is mentioned as a definite.
"In fact, it's shown up in at least one other design."
The one land that means the most to me is Rhystic Cave. I first saw it when my brother bought some packs of Prophecy, Exodus, and Visions "for fun" because he just heard about the game. I was only 10 then and only knew how to play Pokemon, so I had no clue how to play Magic. Rhystic Cave was the only land he received from the boosters, and thus it was only land I saw until three years later. I knew there was something called "mana" and, since it was the only card with such an ability, I guessed it only came from lands. I was, though, more intrigued by the art, the card frame, and the flavor text. The card picture was beautiful (as I thought with many of the other cards my brother opened, but especially this), and I noticed the glints of hue upon the crystals, getting a slight understanding of where the mana comes from. The flavor text really did it for me. "All mages dip into the same well; some are just in more of a hurry." The concepts of mages and them drawing mana from the well made me realize that Magic was a battle of wizards who draw their power from the land.
Of course, now I understand that Rhystic Cave is quite underpowered, and I have it now since my brother never got into Magic, but still, whenever I'm building a deck and come across it in the back of my land pile, I hesitate for a moment, pondering for a second whether or not I should add it.
nice article
anyway i have a rules-question for you:
when i evoke something kan i still sac it to my greater gargadon?
Yes, you can sac' an evoked creature to GG. Evoke's "When this comes into play, sac' it." is a triggered ability and goes on the stack. Since sac'ing it is not part of any cost, you can then use GG's activated ability to sac' it. Then Evoke's sac' trigger resolves, can't sac the missing creature, and goes away in silence.
With cards with Delve and Gravestorm in Future Sight, along with cards like Bridge from Below and Narcomoeba and Spellweaver Volute, it is likely that the other two set block would have a graveyard theme. Additionally, as Tribal is a theme Wizards wanted only to carry out for 2 sets instead of 3, I think they feel the same about graveyard.
By next season, they'll get this old themes feel rotated out, unless they plan to do another Arabian Nights set or two.
Let us not forget that the price increase also coincided with the change of foil rares and uncommons replacing commons now instead of their original rarity making it that much more expertly executed.
Actually, I think the price increase really coincided with the foil distribution change.
I'm all for a chance to get one less common in FS. Wait, no. Some of the commons are great! Give me it back!
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Also, I was one of the few who were pleased to hear that basic lands would be in big block packs. I was also probably one of the very few that would love if basic lands or something similar would somehow be implanted in the smaller sets.
Known information:
Shadowmoor:
- Contains a unique focus never before focused in other sets.
- Contains the Q mechanic
- Is a continuation of Lorwyn storywise.
Q:- Is in Shadowmoor.
- Was created by MaGo, and reportedly his designs tend to push the rules and/or are very unique.
- "the letter that would have been most obvious was already used."
- The fact that it is a sole letter, which may mean it is a very game-changing mechanic (remember that poll?)
E:Of course, now I understand that Rhystic Cave is quite underpowered, and I have it now since my brother never got into Magic, but still, whenever I'm building a deck and come across it in the back of my land pile, I hesitate for a moment, pondering for a second whether or not I should add it.
Yes, you can sac' an evoked creature to GG. Evoke's "When this comes into play, sac' it." is a triggered ability and goes on the stack. Since sac'ing it is not part of any cost, you can then use GG's activated ability to sac' it. Then Evoke's sac' trigger resolves, can't sac the missing creature, and goes away in silence.
By next season, they'll get this old themes feel rotated out, unless they plan to do another Arabian Nights set or two.
Actually, I think the price increase really coincided with the foil distribution change.
I'm all for a chance to get one less common in FS. Wait, no. Some of the commons are great! Give me it back!