Watching twitch.tv/bobross is one of the most surefire ways to calm down my brain on a haywire afternoon. It genuinely warms my heart to see Wizards give him such a fitting little homage.
Imagine if Jared were a straight-up 5/5. Probably still wouldn't have been that amazing, but at least the drawbackineas of his ability would have made more sense.
"Then, everything changed when the Lhurgoyf attacked."
White. Blue. Black. Red. Green.
Long ago, the five colors lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Lhurgoyf attacked.
Only the Planeswalker, master of all five colors, could stop it. But when the world needed him most… he vanished.
A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Planeswalker: a Mind Sculptor named Jace. And although his mindbending skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone.
Witch's Oven + Cauldron Familiar is a pretty disgusting 2 card combo in draft, both 1-drops with no further mana investment that provides you an optional instant speed ground blocker & drain 1 per turn. Your opponent could have a 10/10 beanstalk giant, only to be losing to cat pies.
Doubt that will take over standard, but I'd keep a suspicious eye on food.dec emulating aristocrats
I consider myself a leftist who spends all-too-much time bemoaning the greed of our capitalist overlords on the internet
But I honestly think that "vote with your wallet" and "if you don't want to buy it, just don't ******* buy it" are applicable for things like alternate arts that by definition aren't necessary for tournament play
At least some remnant Eldrazi would have been nice. My interest is waning.
I'd be shocked if there wasn't at least one mythic Legendary Artifact/Enchantment that represented the hedron or binding spell or what-have-you that led the Zendikari to victory, or otherwise represents the Eldrazi's defeat. It's not like they won't even be mentioned. They just won't be there.
Things don't get to be banned in Vintage unless they totally whack-out the game. The "at least three feet" cards involve physical dexterity, Shaharazaad involves playing an entire game-within-a-game just to determine half of someone's life total, and the ante cards turn it into irl gambling. The only card that one could imagine being banned in Vintage, but isn't, is Goblin Game. (Not saying it should be—it essentially says "secretly pick a number"—I'm just giving an example of what I mean by "whacked-out.")
No amount of overpoweredness, unweildliness, or liability to break the meta in half, has ever gotten a card banned in Vintage. That only happens if a card turns a game of Magic itself into more than just a game of cards.
Lurrus is certainly OP, but so is the Power 9, and the deckbuilding peculiarities that Companions bring to the table have certainly never stopped things like Wishes from being Vintage-legal, either. Every card that would be banned anywhere else, is simply restricted in Vintage. That's kind of the whole point of the format.
White. Blue. Black. Red. Green.
Long ago, the five colors lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Lhurgoyf attacked.
Only the Planeswalker, master of all five colors, could stop it. But when the world needed him most… he vanished.
A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Planeswalker: a Mind Sculptor named Jace. And although his mindbending skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone.
But I believe… Jace can save the world!
T2 Tuia Bearclaw
T3 Phyrexian Soulgorger -> Berserk or Assault Strobe
The Turn 3 Commander Damage Lethal i've always dreamt of~
You say that, and yet the very first reply called out the exact combo that would eventually get it banned:
But I honestly think that "vote with your wallet" and "if you don't want to buy it, just don't ******* buy it" are applicable for things like alternate arts that by definition aren't necessary for tournament play
I'd be shocked if there wasn't at least one mythic Legendary Artifact/Enchantment that represented the hedron or binding spell or what-have-you that led the Zendikari to victory, or otherwise represents the Eldrazi's defeat. It's not like they won't even be mentioned. They just won't be there.
No amount of overpoweredness, unweildliness, or liability to break the meta in half, has ever gotten a card banned in Vintage. That only happens if a card turns a game of Magic itself into more than just a game of cards.
Lurrus is certainly OP, but so is the Power 9, and the deckbuilding peculiarities that Companions bring to the table have certainly never stopped things like Wishes from being Vintage-legal, either. Every card that would be banned anywhere else, is simply restricted in Vintage. That's kind of the whole point of the format.
*Tarmogoyf teasing tribal and planeswalkers cries in the corner*