Abominate should be B/, Mana Dump Spell should be XXG, and the Artifact Knight is a lot like Stillmoon Cavalier, which I assume is where the inspiration came from. Otherwise, a nice bunch of cards.
This concept hit me as someone was explaining DnD to me for the hundredth time, so I thought I'd share it:
Cleave: If a creature that was dealt combat damage by this creature was put into the graveyard this turn, this creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player.
Kind of wordy, but the DnD idea is that by killing one thing, you get to take one step and swing at something else.
I've tested this card in my Legacy Elves deck, and as a 3-of it can be a house. I've had him drop on turn 3 to give +4/+4 to all my elves, then morph and flip a Tribal Forcemage for the win. He seems really solid, but nothing to write home over. He sucks in a lot of situations too. I'm gonna keep testing him, hoping that he presents himself more often.
Symbiotic Sliver is awesome, as is Shrieking Sliver. The latter might be too good though. With enough guys, you just automatically hit them for a bunch.
Well this made my night. This in Legacy with Priest of Titania and Elvish Archdruid... I'm speechless. And happy. Very, VERY happy. And Tny, you listen to VNV Nation. You win.
Well, being the one Warden played against, I can share my half of the experience. He pretty much said it best: I either completely destroyed him through sheer force, or I got hosed with little to no effort. Getting around his counters was easy when I dropped a Choke (post SB), but wrath effects hurt (go figure). What shocked me was the ability for the deck to deal with engineered plague with little to no effort. I almost always had 2 lords out, so it wasn't ever a problem. Humility HURTS though. Grip is in my SB to deal with stuff like that. Here's my list for reference:
Need to replace that last slot with something, probably going to drop timberwatch elf from the MD as well, though it's saved me on a number of occasions. I suppose we'll just have to see. The games were pretty quick in either of our favor. It was kind of shocking to win against Landstill; I figured it'd be an awful matchup, but it went pretty evenly.
If winter orb comes in, I could see something like Elves getting popular real fast. Would certainly stop Jund. Control decks might be able to use it also. Makes new Jace even better.
Has anyone considered the implications of this + Lorescale Coatl? People have always said Brainstorm is a boon for the U/G snake, and that if it was in standard it'd be phenomenal. Now we have the ability to use a pseudo-Brainstorm in standard EVERY TURN. I can see some shenanigans afoot. To the drawing board! Away!
That confirms it. Unless his - abilities cost an assload, this is one of (if not the) best planeswalkers. Control players are creaming their pants over this guy.
I wonder if that Unsummon ability will be a +/- 0 ability. That'd be kinda nice, I feel. Hell, maybe even the brainstorm ability will be +0 or +1. We don't know what the loyalty shield looks like, right? Just saying it's possible. I can dream.
Cleave: If a creature that was dealt combat damage by this creature was put into the graveyard this turn, this creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player.
Kind of wordy, but the DnD idea is that by killing one thing, you get to take one step and swing at something else.
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Fyndhorn Elves
3 Quirian Ranger
3 Tribal Forcemage
4 Priest of Titania
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
2 Viridian Shaman
3 Timberwatch Elf
4 Imperious Perfect
4 Elvish Archdruid
2 Elvish Champion
4 Sylvan Messenger
16 Forest
2 Gaea's Cradle
4 Choke
3 Tormod's Crypt
2 Caller of the Claw
3 Krosan Grip
3 ?
Need to replace that last slot with something, probably going to drop timberwatch elf from the MD as well, though it's saved me on a number of occasions. I suppose we'll just have to see. The games were pretty quick in either of our favor. It was kind of shocking to win against Landstill; I figured it'd be an awful matchup, but it went pretty evenly.
Was just rolling with the comment someone posted above mine. I know it wouldn't be reprinted, but I was projecting a scenario where it was.