MTG Salvation

Just saw this card I think she is spectacular. Lilliana looks like she will play well in multiple decks and will reward good, smart play. She is a must answer 3 drop that will really push through some damage in aggressive builds and can be bonkers in recursion style decks. She is such an amazingly interactive card that she will really force a lot of decision making on both sides of the board, and because she has such an easy casting cost she can literally come down at any point in the game. Throw in a decent butt, lifelink (which black always loves), and a random 2/2 zombie and you have yourself an amazing cube card.

Slow clap for wizards on this one. I just love this card.

An abuseable planeswalker? Slam dunk for any cube. This card is an engine, build around with lots of power.

I'm just concerned how often you'd get to flip her.

Wow, what a fantastic card. I love the flavor and the exploration into the the design space of flip cards. I don't think flipping her will be a problem. Creatures die all the time. I thought the same thing before including Blood Artist. Turns out you don't need a sacrifice effect to make it trigger.

It's not that terrible if you don't, plus black creatures never stay in the graveyard very long in my cube.

Finally a solid inclusion. Greaat

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Finally a solid inclusion. Greaat

It's the first spoiler we have from that set, lol.

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It's not that terrible if you don't, plus black creatures never stay in the graveyard very long in my cube.

Holy crap, i only just realised that this is a reanimate-able PW. Such a slam dunk O.o

Small enough to get back with Sun Titan, cheap enough for Stronghold and Genesis. Reanimates with Lark and Alesha. It's an engine card.

It triggers with an evoked Shriekmaw too. Or just letting an Avalanche Riders die or something. Sweet.

Zendikar?

Yes. The next block (the first of the 2-set blocks) in October is a revisiting of Zendikar.

Which probably means, enemy manlands in the next calendar year.

And there was much rejoicing. Today truly is a magical christmasland day haha!

On topic: Love the new Lili, going to proxy her up immediately and test in place of Hypnotic Specter.

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And there was much rejoicing. Today truly is a magical christmasland day haha!

On topic: Love the new Lili, going to proxy her up immediately and test in place of Hypnotic Specter.

Thank you very much; please let us know how it goes.

I honestly can't tell if this card is good. Black got some good 3 drops recently. Looking forward to hearing testing results.

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Karla Ortiz hasn't done a lot of cards (hasn't had many sets) but I'm a big fan of her art and think that the Liliana art is her best. Wow.

She got herself another fan in me!

Got a proxy ready to go. I haven't been this excited about a card since... I don't know, its been years.
A guy in my group isn't excited, but don't worry, I'll make sure he suffers for his folly.

Unearth just gained more value.

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It triggers with an evoked Shriekmaw too. Or just letting an Avalanche Riders die or something. Sweet.

Vampire Hexmage, Carrion Feeder, Bone Shredder, this list will only get longer. I'm going to be first picking her a lot...

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Unearth just gained more value.

Yup, we've been wanting to re-add Unearth for a while now, this gives is yet another reason to go ahead and do it.

Oh man, if any place showcases Liliana's power, it's cube.

Transform her with:
White: Balance, Karmic Guide, Lark, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Armageddon + manland
Blue: Gilded Drake, Glen Elendra Archmage, Mulldrifter, Clones (play clone, sacrifice clone), possibly Tinker
Black: Flesh Carver, Braids, Shriekmaw, Boneshredder, Mulldrifter, Vampire Hexmage, Carrion Feeder, flashed Necromancy, Toxic Deluge, other ways via edicts and 187 creatures
Red: Goblin Bombardment, Hellspark Elemental, Keldon Marauders, Ghitu Slinger, Greater Gargadon, Sneak Attack, Avalanche Riders, Mogg Fanatic, Fire Imp, Siege-Gang Commander, Pyroclasm, Torch Fiend, Mogg War Marshal, Generator Servant, and burn spells to your own creatures, possibly Daretti, Scrap Savant
Green: Sakura-Tribe Elder, Birthing Pod, Natural Order, Yavamaya Elder
Artifact: Skullclamp, Grafted Wargear, Mortar Pod, Smokestacks, Trading Post
Gold: Qasali Pridemage, Falkenrath Aristocrat, Murderous Redcap,

...combat, your own removal spells.

Her planeswalker minus is also really good with a lot of these creatures

Synergistic with:
Genesis, Lark, Alesha, Stronghold, Unearth, Recurring Nightmare, Squee, Goblin Nabob, Life from the Loam, Flickerwisp (to flip her from planeswalker to creature)

Doesn't transform from wraths.

She feels really great the more I think of her. Lifelink is nice in black and being able to reanimate her will be nice. Making a zombie to protect the PW form is also a nice bonus. I don't really like how DFC cards play, but I will make an exception for her (I do play DFC garruk and Huntmaster as well). Interesting to find out about the other planeswalkers from Origins.

So. Effing. Good. Can't wait to have her in a deck with Recurring Nightmare and/or Flesh Carver.

Cheers,
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Karla Ortiz hasn't done a lot of cards (hasn't had many sets) but I'm a big fan of her art and think that the Liliana art is her best. Wow.

She got herself another fan in me!

Got a proxy ready to go. I haven't been this excited about a card since... I don't know, its been years.
A guy in my group isn't excited, but don't worry, I'll make sure he suffers for his folly.

I'd also like to proxy her for my cube tomorrow, and I was wondering if the attachment from the OP prints to the right size. If not, could you provide the image you're using?

On the card itself, it seems so flavorful, with interesting gameplay, and a high powerlevel without being degenerate. Probably my favorite overall card design since... ever?

Very strong with STE.

Dimensions match other officially spoiled cards' standard dimensions (265 pixels width, 370 pixels height.)

I'm going to proxy it out in about 4 or so hours and I'll let you know if it needs to be tweaked.

These aren't half as sweet as something someone more talented in Photoshop could make, but if you're looking to test, it's better than printing that smaller version.

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Dimensions match other officially spoiled cards' standard dimensions (265 pixels width, 370 pixels height.)

I'm going to proxy it out in about 4 or so hours and I'll let you know if it needs to be tweaked.

I printed out the proxies in this post and as expected, they fit inside of the card dimensions perfectly. I'm going to put both pieces of paper in the sleeve and while I won't be able to make this week's weekly draft, I'll ask people how this implementation/card itself plays out.