Boros Reckoner is insane. Just saying. Can't chump it, a lot of removal is card disadvantage against it, trades up against all the key cards in the format, solid clock by itself. Yeah, real as real gets.
Yeah i'm going to preorder a playset if the price isn't crazy
Daring Skyjek (1W - Human Soldier) isn't awful, but I hate having another 1 toughness attacker that is only sometimes evasive. Bomber Corps (1R - Human Scout) isn't bad. Battalion to ping 1 could prove useful, but we'll see.
Is there any way Homing Lightning will see play? I mean, 4 damage is a lot, but at 4 cost... I just don't see it. It's like a worse Sever the Bloodline. Much worse. Mark for Death is almost like removal... except it's also an alpha strike card. Only that creature can block. But it's a 4-cost sorc. Meh. Mugging is weak, and I'm sad that it seems like the best removal we're getting... although Smite is a hilarious reprint. Did it see play before? Wrecking Ogre is the most expensive bloodrush ever, but dear god. +3/+3 and double strike? No wonder it's 3RR... Wojek Halbardiers (RW - Human Soldier) looks promising. Battalion first strike on a 3/2 for 2? It's like... upside on GHC, if you're in its colors. Boros Reckoner is OK at first glance, but that could be wrong. It might be great, since it discourages him from being blocked. It also makes an opponent reconsider burning him out. Black-based removal will prevail there. Or white with its exiles.
I think the card that's most interesting here is Immortal Servitude, because in our deck... it's the anti-sweeper we've been looking for. They sweep us for 4. We come back and pay 5 to get (essentially) everything back. Or pay 6 to get really everything back. It seems reallllllllly potent as a SB answer, especially if we're playing hasty beaters.
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First thoughts: Boros Reckoner is OK at first glance, but that could be wrong. It might be great, since it discourages him from being blocked. It also makes an opponent reconsider burning him out. Black-based removal will prevail there. Or white with its exiles.
OK, convince me not to expel you from the clan right now. Dies to removal doesn't even work because Ultimate Price doesn't kill it and pretty much everything else is a 2-for-1.
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OK, convince me not to expel you from the clan right now. Dies to removal doesn't even work because Ultimate Price doesn't kill it and pretty much everything else is a 2-for-1.
Murder bro.
But yes, this cards insane. As most of the removal for it outside of sweepers are direct damage spells which you know...burn their face. Card is sweet.
Gruul gained Stomping Grounds. Honestly, that's probably enough. We already have most of the good cards in the standard card pool.
Honestly, that's what I was thinking a week ago. I can't imagine improving on it anymore than it already is unless there is something insane. I can see playing Boros Reckoner, paired up with Wolfir Silverheart, slapped with Rancor and spending that extra R on it.
I think the card that's most interesting here is Immortal Servitude, because in our deck... it's the anti-sweeper we've been looking for. They sweep us for 4. We come back and pay 5 to get (essentially) everything back. Or pay 6 to get really everything back. It seems reallllllllly potent as a SB answer, especially if we're playing hasty beaters.
Doesn't work that way, read again
Edit: I read your post again meh, still don't think it's playable in our case.
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OK, convince me not to expel you from the clan right now. Dies to removal doesn't even work because Ultimate Price doesn't kill it and pretty much everything else is a 2-for-1.
I wasn't saying it dies to removal. I was listing all the possible types of removal and saying that it mostly de-incentivizes one of them. I was going quickly through the list and giving first impressions. Nothing more, and nothing less.
Keep in mind, I was mostly frustrated by seeing no viable 1-drops, and that was what I was really hoping to get from one one of the hybrid cards. This is a good 3 drop, but it wasn't what I wanted. I also don't like its types, but that's just my preference. I'll adapt.
I'm seriously hoping I pull a playset of Boros Reckoner at the pre-release. Or at the very least 3x. And since everyone seems to be leaning toward Simic, I imagine I can do a lot of dealing to get there even if I don't.
Was I wrong in seeing the only ramp as the 2G land enchantment that gave an additional any-color mana on tap? Well, that, the pre-spoiled Urban Evolution and the Keyrunes?
I'm not counting Frenzied Tilling because that's LD more than ramp, and it costs 5.
A bit of a shame to see such a shallow card pool, but it is broadly shallow for all the guilds ~ they all look very even for constructed I think (Gruul maybe being a little weaker, but it also needed the least).
Did you see Boros Reckoner? Im not sure if everyone did...Mono Red all of a sudden looks absurdly deep ~ just adding Boros Reckoner to the maindeck and Skull Crack to the sideboard ~ that's enough honestly.
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I'm just sad there won't be any room to play the Hound anymore, I had grown quite fond of him. He was like my dog now. Ah well, I'll keep feeding him (damn thing eats for two) and he'll be right by my side in the matches, giving the minotaur rookie some veteran tips.
Pretty sure curving out at 4 with 4 Hellriders will handle much better now
OK, I have to say that after looking at the spoiler I may have to do something awful....and not play Boros or Gruul...DON'T HIT ME!!
Seriously, because of how nasty the removal/control of black & blue are in this set, I think Dimir ends up being the strongest. Sigh.....
Wait. There's a Midnight pre-release for $18 15 minutes from me on both Friday %& Saturday night. Maybe I can sneak in a Boros run. Just gotta convince the wife...
"Ah...for those of you with weaker card evaulation skills, this card is absurd. It at least trades with, and infact beats, every relevant creature in the format. Oh, and most of the time it does die, its a 2-for-1."
I think the Elemental with Bloodrush 3 +5/+1 MIGHT be playable. But very very unlikely unless double strike rancor builds become super strong.
Yeah i'm going to preorder a playset if the price isn't crazy
Daring Skyjek (1W - Human Soldier) isn't awful, but I hate having another 1 toughness attacker that is only sometimes evasive.
Bomber Corps (1R - Human Scout) isn't bad. Battalion to ping 1 could prove useful, but we'll see.
Is there any way Homing Lightning will see play? I mean, 4 damage is a lot, but at 4 cost... I just don't see it. It's like a worse Sever the Bloodline. Much worse.
Mark for Death is almost like removal... except it's also an alpha strike card. Only that creature can block. But it's a 4-cost sorc. Meh.
Mugging is weak, and I'm sad that it seems like the best removal we're getting... although Smite is a hilarious reprint. Did it see play before?
Wrecking Ogre is the most expensive bloodrush ever, but dear god. +3/+3 and double strike? No wonder it's 3RR...
Wojek Halbardiers (RW - Human Soldier) looks promising. Battalion first strike on a 3/2 for 2? It's like... upside on GHC, if you're in its colors.
Boros Reckoner is OK at first glance, but that could be wrong. It might be great, since it discourages him from being blocked. It also makes an opponent reconsider burning him out. Black-based removal will prevail there. Or white with its exiles.
I think the card that's most interesting here is Immortal Servitude, because in our deck... it's the anti-sweeper we've been looking for. They sweep us for 4. We come back and pay 5 to get (essentially) everything back. Or pay 6 to get really everything back. It seems reallllllllly potent as a SB answer, especially if we're playing hasty beaters.
Then there's Razortip Whip that just makes Rod of Ruin look sad, even if it is opponent-only.
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Yup, but having 2 1-drops is more optimal.
That minotaur is going to be impossible to block or burn.
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Murder bro.
But yes, this cards insane. As most of the removal for it outside of sweepers are direct damage spells which you know...burn their face. Card is sweet.
good point. I never liked boros humans 'cause it's more white weenie than RDW so i didn't think about that
Honestly, that's what I was thinking a week ago. I can't imagine improving on it anymore than it already is unless there is something insane. I can see playing Boros Reckoner, paired up with Wolfir Silverheart, slapped with Rancor and spending that extra R on it.
Doesn't work that way, read again
Edit: I read your post again meh, still don't think it's playable in our case.
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I wasn't saying it dies to removal. I was listing all the possible types of removal and saying that it mostly de-incentivizes one of them. I was going quickly through the list and giving first impressions. Nothing more, and nothing less.
Keep in mind, I was mostly frustrated by seeing no viable 1-drops, and that was what I was really hoping to get from one one of the hybrid cards. This is a good 3 drop, but it wasn't what I wanted. I also don't like its types, but that's just my preference. I'll adapt.
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That's filtering, not ramp. Certainly playable in limited as a mana fixer, but otherwise I'll pass.
I am just excited. That card is ridiculous. Long live Mono Red!
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I'm not counting Frenzied Tilling because that's LD more than ramp, and it costs 5.
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Did you see Boros Reckoner? Im not sure if everyone did...Mono Red all of a sudden looks absurdly deep ~ just adding Boros Reckoner to the maindeck and Skull Crack to the sideboard ~ that's enough honestly.
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Pretty sure curving out at 4 with 4 Hellriders will handle much better now
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Seriously, because of how nasty the removal/control of black & blue are in this set, I think Dimir ends up being the strongest. Sigh.....
Wait. There's a Midnight pre-release for $18 15 minutes from me on both Friday %& Saturday night. Maybe I can sneak in a Boros run. Just gotta convince the wife...
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Maybe I'm grasping, but are either of those at all playable?
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