Homelands is a hard animal to beat for worst set. If I recall correctly WotC required a certain number of cards from each set their decks so everyone just playedSerrated Arrows . I also remember searching every card list trying to make Baron Sengir worthwhile.
There was a pro tour event where they required all decks to have a minimum of 5 cards from each set, Fallen empires, Fourth, ice age, alliances, chronicles, homelands and mirage. The most commonly played cards from homelands were Serrated arrows, Memory lapse, Merchant scroll, Cemetery Gate (2B, 0/5 pro black wall), Autumn Willow and Eron the relentless.
With the inclusion of Rorix Bladewing, the remaining pit fighters seems more likely, and they also all fit (although, we still only have a small portion of the set). It makes Karakas slightly more relevant as a card in the set, too.
Both sets of creatures seems even.more likely to me. Chainer goes well with the reanimator theme too
With sneak attack, natural order and a reanimator subtheme, along with gaps in every color at the right space leads me to say that the likelihood of the prophecy avatar cycle being printed in this set is pretty high.
Wizards needs crap rare fatties and they are good for it.
I could see them printing new CIPT legendary quad basic duals. They would likely be too slow for combo, even if they fix color requirements for little pain.
They would be useful in vintage and possibly legacy.
Feldon's cane was on the restricted list for a long time. It has a powerful effect and had it's place in commander decks that need the recursion. I have it in 4 of my 22'
Urza seems more 4 color than 5. Was he ever shown doing a lot with white mana, or any of the white characteristics?
Well... All his war and preparations against Phyrexia was for the good of the whole multiverse, so it could be argued that he had the good of the collectivity in mind... No matter the cost.
Anyway, Urza already has a card: Blind Seer is actually Urza in disguise.
If we are talking howght of his power, Urza would have to be all 5 colors. Multiple spells he utilized across the books would indicate access to all 5 colors of mana, also having urza's lens for additional color requirements.
If we are talking before he began a planeswalker, before the end of the war, Primarily we see him using red and blue. In the story he laid waste to a forest for its resources. His brother primarily used white and black spells thematically, but he was represented by a UBR creature.
Very complicated when dealing with retcons, recons, romcoms and voltrons
Anyone else have any luck in their local communities?
Blue-
Force of will
Mana Drain
Flusterstorm
Snapcaster mage
Jace the mindsculptor
Black
Demonic tutor
Imperial seal
Grim tutor
Liliana of the veil
Green
Natural order
Oath of druids
Noble hierarch
Tarmogoyf
Red
Imperial recruiter
Through the breach
White
Land tax
Artifacts/colorless
Mana vault
Mana crypt
Lotus petal
the CIPT shard lands
Necropolis
Cyclopean Mummy
There was a pro tour event where they required all decks to have a minimum of 5 cards from each set, Fallen empires, Fourth, ice age, alliances, chronicles, homelands and mirage. The most commonly played cards from homelands were Serrated arrows, Memory lapse, Merchant scroll, Cemetery Gate (2B, 0/5 pro black wall), Autumn Willow and Eron the relentless.
Who else is hoping for Mishra's factory?
We all had cards we expected to see in EMA, here are a few I expected and why-
Portal/starter cards-
Grim tutor, imperial seal, imperial recruiter,ravages of war, rolling earthquake, three visits, xiahao dun, and others
these cards badly need an reprint and are popular across all formats hey are legal in.
Mana Vault/grim monolith-
Needed almost as much as mana crypt, just more readily available, but not by much. expect these two to climb in price with no reprints.
what were you expecting?
Both sets of creatures seems even.more likely to me. Chainer goes well with the reanimator theme too
Wizards needs crap rare fatties and they are good for it.
They would be useful in vintage and possibly legacy.
If we are talking howght of his power, Urza would have to be all 5 colors. Multiple spells he utilized across the books would indicate access to all 5 colors of mana, also having urza's lens for additional color requirements.
If we are talking before he began a planeswalker, before the end of the war, Primarily we see him using red and blue. In the story he laid waste to a forest for its resources. His brother primarily used white and black spells thematically, but he was represented by a UBR creature.
Very complicated when dealing with retcons, recons, romcoms and voltrons