Four Eyes of Ugin and a couple of Everflowing Chalices will make these Eldrazi crazy. You have all four eyes of ugin out and suddenly 15 becomes 7 to cast. Kozilek becomes a 4 to cast. I have the feeling these Eldrazi will see more play than people think when you also add in the mana spawn tokens.
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Frankly I can't see any difference between Shivan Dragon, Akroma, Progenitus and now the Eldrazi.
If Hypergenesis resolves you lose the game. If Polymorph does its thing you lose the game. If the reanimator goes off you lose the game.
So combo decks win when they combo off? wow, news to me.
Wasn't the whole point to... you know... stop them comboing off? who cares what fatty they kill you with, you're dead anyway.
The difference is that the more true fattest with some different sort of removal evasion make their way into competetive decks in a format like legacy, the more varied answers are needed to be considered in your sideboard. Sac effects are always a default, but they arent very reliable. Right now in legacy iona reanimator and nat order/proggy are competetive, and the prefered options to combat these combos are:
-iona Reanimator: swords or pte + a blue bounce in you maindeck+sideboard combined so you have an out no matter what color they choose. and/or gy hate
-nat order/proggy: that spell that bounces all green creatures in your sb
A number of decks can incorporate these answers because they are not so narrow as to only combat the chosen combo, but that is the main reason for
including them.
If this eldrazi titan finds a competetive deck in legacy, then you need to consider yet another type of answer because protection from colored spells and being colorless protect it from the above.
In otherwords, fatties like this have potential to enrich the meta if an efficient combo is found, rather than just adding yet another "fatty target".
Four Eyes of Ugin and a couple of Everflowing Chalices will make these Eldrazi crazy. You have all four eyes of ugin out and suddenly 15 becomes 7 to cast. Kozilek becomes a 4 to cast. I have the feeling these Eldrazi will see more play than people think when you also add in the mana spawn tokens.
Four Eyes of Ugin and a couple of Everflowing Chalices will make these Eldrazi crazy. You have all four eyes of ugin out and suddenly 15 becomes 7 to cast. Kozilek becomes a 4 to cast. I have the feeling these Eldrazi will see more play than people think when you also add in the mana spawn tokens.
You do realise Eye of Ugin is legendary.
I love this. They should just be the new super villans.
Four Eyes of Ugin and a couple of Everflowing Chalices will make these Eldrazi crazy. You have all four eyes of ugin out and suddenly 15 becomes 7 to cast. Kozilek becomes a 4 to cast. I have the feeling these Eldrazi will see more play than people think when you also add in the mana spawn tokens.
Ugh, that's it, the guys at WotC have finally lost all their marbles... This Eldrazi is ridiculous. I almost don't want to see Ulamog with how messed up Emrakul and Kozilek are.
The minotaur looks like some weird creature-walker cross image-wise. Can't wait to get my MPR to get a closer look at it.
Only if you get it before the 2nd Archdruid. But I wasn't mentioning it to be "OMG this is win!" But more to the fact that he was using extended cards to "power it out" turn 8, while standard cards can do it turn 4. Other extended cards can do it even sooner, I was just shocked that he chose such a weird way to get it out.
The eldrazi is great for edh much like the other ones spoiled and pretty much junk in standard outside of some summoning trap/polymorph deck imo.
Although maybe there will be something in ROE to cheat it into play similar to those two spells.
The level up minotaur seems ok but I'm not really a fan of the whole level up mechanic in general and I think it could turn out to be this sets allies:rolleyes:
My favorite thing about the eldrazi is that it automatically gives you the extra turn. This is vital for a control deck, as traditionally, control decks always hated tapping out for their big threat.
Still, the mana cost is extreme. His playability hinges on the quality of the eldrazi enablers in the set. The eldrazi enablers have to be viable cards, capable of functioning and winning on their own.
"Yea I'll brainstorm with Jace, put this guy on top and activate Djinn. Thanks for playing."
The nuttiness would be playing him off the top EOT on your opponents turn cause then you just get 2 turns to bash head with him in a row lol. Obviously probably not the easiest thing to pull off but god damnit I am going to try.
I can't wait, this will go great in my panoptic mirror deck. Simple turn 4 or 5 game over for casual, but just think Khalni Garden + proteus staff into this guy followed by a Rite of Replication off of the mirror, now only to get a few mirror gallerys, *slinks off to plot*. I am finally excited by a new set, I can't remember the last time this has happened.
Emrakul wont break the format just like Progenitous, Iona, and Darksteel Collosus have not. Any one of those will win the game and cost alot less then 15 mana.
If I ever see someone Gather Specimens this guy I'll laugh for a week.
I'm more concerned about the Eldrazi after Alara block rotates out. Most of the "one-size-fits-all" good removal is from there, whereas Zendikar seemed to focus more on -X/-X or restrictive removal.
I will do it. I will play nothing but Gather Specimens and Telemin Preformances just so I can screw the jerk that plays this over powered "LOL its my big OP dude." deck.I don't complain about magic, so this is strange of me to say, but...
Wizards just sucks for printing this. I mean I know he costs 15, but even at that cost there are ways to cheat him out on turn six, and even turn four (polymorph).
Anyone that says wizards isn't tryign to activly screw anyone playing counters just needs to look at summoning trap and the eldrazi's "as this is being played abilities". Or cascade for that matter.
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And Pyroclasm kills this so badly. How sad.
The difference is that the more true fattest with some different sort of removal evasion make their way into competetive decks in a format like legacy, the more varied answers are needed to be considered in your sideboard. Sac effects are always a default, but they arent very reliable. Right now in legacy iona reanimator and nat order/proggy are competetive, and the prefered options to combat these combos are:
-iona Reanimator: swords or pte + a blue bounce in you maindeck+sideboard combined so you have an out no matter what color they choose. and/or gy hate
-nat order/proggy: that spell that bounces all green creatures in your sb
A number of decks can incorporate these answers because they are not so narrow as to only combat the chosen combo, but that is the main reason for
including them.
If this eldrazi titan finds a competetive deck in legacy, then you need to consider yet another type of answer because protection from colored spells and being colorless protect it from the above.
In otherwords, fatties like this have potential to enrich the meta if an efficient combo is found, rather than just adding yet another "fatty target".
Eye of Ugin is legendary
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You do realise Eye of Ugin is legendary.
I love this. They should just be the new super villans.
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Eye of Ugin is legendary.
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The minotaur looks like some weird creature-walker cross image-wise. Can't wait to get my MPR to get a closer look at it.
Only if you get it before the 2nd Archdruid. But I wasn't mentioning it to be "OMG this is win!" But more to the fact that he was using extended cards to "power it out" turn 8, while standard cards can do it turn 4. Other extended cards can do it even sooner, I was just shocked that he chose such a weird way to get it out.
i already have that deck built, now, it will actually be worth playing.
Although maybe there will be something in ROE to cheat it into play similar to those two spells.
The level up minotaur seems ok but I'm not really a fan of the whole level up mechanic in general and I think it could turn out to be this sets allies:rolleyes:
Lyzolda, the Blood Witch | Maga, Traitor to Mortals | Mayael the Anima | Rafiq of the Many | Rhys the Redeemed
Sasaya, Oorochi Ascendant | Sygg, River Cutthroat | Thada Adel, Acquisitor | Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Okay, now that that is out of my system...
My favorite thing about the eldrazi is that it automatically gives you the extra turn. This is vital for a control deck, as traditionally, control decks always hated tapping out for their big threat.
Still, the mana cost is extreme. His playability hinges on the quality of the eldrazi enablers in the set. The eldrazi enablers have to be viable cards, capable of functioning and winning on their own.
"Yea I'll brainstorm with Jace, put this guy on top and activate Djinn. Thanks for playing."
The nuttiness would be playing him off the top EOT on your opponents turn cause then you just get 2 turns to bash head with him in a row lol. Obviously probably not the easiest thing to pull off but god damnit I am going to try.
I normally don't care for Standard, but this might actually be a good idea. :symu::symg: ramp anyone?
Casual fun red deck with this beast, sneak attacks and riddle of lightning here I come!
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Holy... 15 damage for 3RR... It's still not all that good, but for casual maybe.
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I will do it. I will play nothing but Gather Specimens and Telemin Preformances just so I can screw the jerk that plays this over powered "LOL its my big OP dude." deck.I don't complain about magic, so this is strange of me to say, but...
Wizards just sucks for printing this. I mean I know he costs 15, but even at that cost there are ways to cheat him out on turn six, and even turn four (polymorph).
Anyone that says wizards isn't tryign to activly screw anyone playing counters just needs to look at summoning trap and the eldrazi's "as this is being played abilities". Or cascade for that matter.
WURDelver
[/MANA]MANA]R[/MANA]GTron
WDeath and Taxes
WSoul Sisters
RWG Pod Combo
URSplinter Twin
URStorm
RBurn
You should tell me how much it sucks. Really, I can take it.
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