My biggest complaint so far, as a Timmy, is that the set's Timmy rares - the huge mythic creatures, the legends, the Ultimatum spells, etc. - fail to excite me. That's a pretty important flaw right there.
Another issue I have is that the keywords are generally dull. I think Exalted is interesting and does a good job of creating a different play experience, but it's the only one. Unearth feels like R&D sat down and said "flashback is one of our most popular keywords, so let's use the creature version of flashback we've had sitting in the design file for years" instead of looking for something that felt new and cool to give a shard its identity. Devour is also a very generic keyword; they've done some interesting things with it but it feels like it could be in any set, not a mechanic that gives a shard its identity. Cycling, another highly popular mechanic, is back and does nothing new. This set is really feeling like the "market research" set.
The all-artifact identity of Esper produced some interesting cards but overall feels like a gimmick and breaks design rules for no particular reason. The colored artifacts don't really feel like they are accomplishing anything new and exciting, they're just breaking a design rule for the sake of breaking it.
I could go on but I'm honestly getting irritated.
QFT, thank you.
I do have to say, though, the art is pretty amazing.
Forget Dreadnought completely, and also especially Stifle because you won't be playing those in the same turn as 2 other spells (think about it).
Include 4 Sensei's Divining Top (Over Skyshroud Cutter). If you find one on top with one in play, you can flip Erayo for 4 colorless mana or less.
You should probably then include 3 Counterbalance, but those decks are really starting to bore me... Dark Confidant is supposed to be in here (you have 8 sources of rainbow already, and can splash 1 dual), but again... blah.
I would go -1 Worldly Tutor +1 Repeal. Repeal is really much better than you might think at first. Besides the obvious Repeal on a Lotus Petal and replay, it is one of the few cards that will have a cmc 3 targetting Counterbalance. It ruins opposing Chrome Mox / Mox Diamond fun and can really screw with some opponents. You'll need 4x to answer the card you'd hate most to see: Aether Vial. Repeal is underestimated in Legacy.
...and yes, I do know what I'm doing, even if it looks like crap. There's a ton of tricks you may not see just looking at text, and I promise that every "3x" is intentional... except for the Arena which I'd like to be 4x.
EDIT: It seems like even when you build the deck around flipping Erayo, you sit there going "wow it would be so much easier to just play Counterbalance" and even if you DO flip it it seems like a waste. This is besides the Legendary "extras-are-dead" crap.
its sad that a retarted reality tv show that involves humor/drinking/partying/drama is what it takes to get peoples attention or make people interested, but its the truth about todays general society.
Cauldron Haze reminds me of Ghostway, in that it won't be as good against sweepers as people think it will be.
True, but the 1 extra mana does make a huge difference. It's a lot easier to leave 2 open and it actually be a surprise. When you leave 3 mana open, its pretty darn obvious you have a 'trick'/Ghostway.
I do want to clarify (because I don't like witch hunts), that Patrick was NOT one of those players who rubbed me the wrong way. I am simply being general in the fact that a great camera personality does not equate great person in real life. I've plenty of "celebrities" in my line of business and have been shocked at how different some people can turn out to be. I've met some who you'd think would be the biggest jackasses ever, and have them turn out to be very thoughtful, respectful, and people who you'd want to hang out with on a regular day of the week. Then others who you can't wait to meet turn out to be complete social retards with huge egos. The camera lies sometimes!
Yeah, well said. Chapin doesn't seem to be a jerk... let's just say I don't the camera is doing any lying when it comes to Tom LaPille.
Let's just pray it's not just Wizard of the Coast's excuse to sponsor Evan Erwin on a large scale... we don't need another form of The Magic Show.. or worse - their official coverage.
It would be great, however, if they could finally somehow pull off a quality program, as they tried in the old days on ESPN2.
I wasn't allowed to go with him at the last minute (mother issues). I don't play Hunted Horror, if thats what you're wondering. We each play the decks we made - go figure.
Sorry to say this, but I built the exact same deck a few months ago (without Omen+Stand, though). Everything else is the same except I played 4x Bringer of the Black Dawn, 1x Bringer of the Blue Dawn, and 4x Temporal Spring.
By doing this, Bringer of the Black Dawn was a "1" card combo that costs 8 life and 5 mana. You search for Temporal Spring every turn with Bringer, while swinging for 5 x 4 turns = 20 damage.
QFT, thank you.
I do have to say, though, the art is pretty amazing.
Include 4 Sensei's Divining Top (Over Skyshroud Cutter). If you find one on top with one in play, you can flip Erayo for 4 colorless mana or less.
You should probably then include 3 Counterbalance, but those decks are really starting to bore me... Dark Confidant is supposed to be in here (you have 8 sources of rainbow already, and can splash 1 dual), but again... blah.
I would go -1 Worldly Tutor +1 Repeal. Repeal is really much better than you might think at first. Besides the obvious Repeal on a Lotus Petal and replay, it is one of the few cards that will have a cmc 3 targetting Counterbalance. It ruins opposing Chrome Mox / Mox Diamond fun and can really screw with some opponents. You'll need 4x to answer the card you'd hate most to see: Aether Vial. Repeal is underestimated in Legacy.
Let me try to fit Erayo into Riptide Lad:
2 [ON] Riptide Laboratory
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
2 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
1 [ON] Flooded Strand
4 [A] Underground Sea
4 [RAV] Swamp
2 [RAV] Island
4 [TS] Sage of Epityr
4 [RAV] Dark Confidant
3 [AP] Phyrexian Arena
2 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
4 [DS] AEther Vial
3 [SOK] Erayo, Soratami Ascendant
3 [FUT] Epochrasite
3 [TS] Dream Stalker
4 [GP] Repeal
4 [TE] Sarcomancy
4 [JU] Cabal Therapy
0 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
...and yes, I do know what I'm doing, even if it looks like crap. There's a ton of tricks you may not see just looking at text, and I promise that every "3x" is intentional... except for the Arena which I'd like to be 4x.
EDIT: It seems like even when you build the deck around flipping Erayo, you sit there going "wow it would be so much easier to just play Counterbalance" and even if you DO flip it it seems like a waste. This is besides the Legendary "extras-are-dead" crap.
you said it
True, but the 1 extra mana does make a huge difference. It's a lot easier to leave 2 open and it actually be a surprise. When you leave 3 mana open, its pretty darn obvious you have a 'trick'/Ghostway.
Yeah, well said. Chapin doesn't seem to be a jerk... let's just say I don't the camera is doing any lying when it comes to Tom LaPille.
It would be great, however, if they could finally somehow pull off a quality program, as they tried in the old days on ESPN2.
By doing this, Bringer of the Black Dawn was a "1" card combo that costs 8 life and 5 mana. You search for Temporal Spring every turn with Bringer, while swinging for 5 x 4 turns = 20 damage.
Yes, we're both going.