Did we ever get confirmation that Tezzeret will be the only unaffiliated card?
If not, I'm calling it now, Karn will be unaffiliated. In one of those guide booklets from the fatpacks (don't remember which one) it says Karn is fighting the corruption, so since the fate of Mirrodin is not yet decided in Besieged, neither is the fate of Karn. He'll probably be something like "Karn, the undecided" and in New Phyrexia probably become Karn, Father of Machines.
So I think theres reasonable cause to speculate that there may be a phrexian aligned manland. We have some results for:
Becomes - 1
Still - 1
Land - 3
Until - 1
End - 9
Turn - 11
What are everybody elses opinion on this?
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Did we ever get confirmation that Tezzeret will be the only unaffiliated card?
If not, I'm calling it now, Karn will be unaffiliated. In one of those guide booklets from the fatpacks (don't remember which one) it says Karn is fighting the corruption, so since the fate of Mirrodin is not yet decided in Besieged, neither is the fate of Karn. He'll probably be something like "Karn, the undecided" and in New Phyrexia probably become Karn, Father of Machines.
I should think that if a card has no affiliation to the Mirran or Phyrexian faction then it would be a no-show, hence no results returned for Karn as well as Tezzeret.
So I think theres reasonable cause to speculate that there may be a phrexian aligned manland. We have some results for:
Becomes - 1
Still - 1
Land - 3
Until - 1
End - 9
Turn - 11
What are everybody elses opinion on this?
Tapped also returns 1 hit so it's a possibility although it could easily just be some jank like Liege.
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From a couple posts it seems these are likely:
Sword of Feast and Famine G+B
Sword of War and Peace R+W
Is there a side that has the keywords red and white / Green and black? If there are, then the side that has the color combo likely has the protection abilities and therefore that sword (though we know of at least two knights that also have that protection combo).
From a couple posts it seems these are likely:
Sword of Feast and Famine G+B
Sword of War and Peace R+W
please read all of the posts before posting. sword of war and peace was proven to be impossible (peace strider uses both instances of the word "peace").
please read all of the posts before posting. sword of war and peace was proven to be impossible (peace strider uses both instances of the word "peace").
Ah. Just about to say that one of these swords can't be in the set, because keyword protection only shows up twice on the Mirran side and once on the phyrexian. Since we know about the crusaders, that means the sword is Mirran if in the set at all. The mirrans also have enough color keywords bouncing around to make any combination of color protections, but! if peace is taken, that likely means the it's the Sword of Feast and Famine and oddly it's mirran.
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Interesting thought occurred to me: Unaffiliated cards.
Will unaffiliated cards be found in the faction-only packs at the pre-re?
Yes, because there is only one, and it is Tezzeret.
It would nicely balance out the mythic distribution in the packs, as then there are 8 possible mythics instead of 7.
It's simple really:
Why make faction packs at all if the set isn't 154 cards with watermarks? One mythic doesn't rock the boat or break any precedents, but what is the gain in having any non-Tezz card as unaffiliated? It is just pointless.
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There will proabably be Not Tez in packs simply to make people buy more packs. Think what makes them more money.
Hahaha, no.
It makes them much more money for people to see other people opening Tezzeret at a prerelease than no one opening it.
If the prerelease doesn't sell the set correctly, why have it at all?
Tezzeret is a major selling point.
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Ah. Just about to say that one of these swords can't be in the set, because keyword protection only shows up twice on the Mirran side and once on the phyrexian. Since we know about the crusaders, that means the sword is Mirran if in the set at all. The mirrans also have enough color keywords bouncing around to make any combination of color protections, but! if peace is taken, that likely means the it's the Sword of Feast and Famine and oddly it's mirran.
Well, a sword will def be in MBS, thats already been confirmed by MaRO. And how is it odd that a black green sword would be Mirran? giving protection from said colors seems exactly what the Mirrans want.
So from this data we can conclude that Karn is not corrupted completely, but is also not on the Mirran side? I'm thinking that the artwork spoiled in other thread just can't work on anything but a creature card, and Karn's name not being in the orb seems to indicated that he is in fact more of an uninterested deity than an ally of either side. (Since neutral cards aren't in the orb, etc, etc.) If he's even in the set...
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I think from the data we can conclude that Karn is not corrupted completely, and that he is too busy fighting the corruption right now to bother being summoned by quarreling planeswalkers.
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That would be a cool name. However, swords for peace doesn't really make sense. What about Sword of War and Plowshares [/rimshot]
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Did we ever get confirmation that Tezzeret will be the only unaffiliated card?
If not, I'm calling it now, Karn will be unaffiliated. In one of those guide booklets from the fatpacks (don't remember which one) it says Karn is fighting the corruption, so since the fate of Mirrodin is not yet decided in Besieged, neither is the fate of Karn. He'll probably be something like "Karn, the undecided" and in New Phyrexia probably become Karn, Father of Machines.
Makes a lot of sense, though. The Mirrans spy on the Phyrexians and the Phyrexians have the information on the Mirrans. Confusing, but very flavorful.
Becomes - 1
Still - 1
Land - 3
Until - 1
End - 9
Turn - 11
What are everybody elses opinion on this?
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I should think that if a card has no affiliation to the Mirran or Phyrexian faction then it would be a no-show, hence no results returned for Karn as well as Tezzeret.
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Tapped also returns 1 hit so it's a possibility although it could easily just be some jank like Liege.
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Sword of Feast and Famine G+B
Sword of War and Peace R+W
Is there a side that has the keywords red and white / Green and black? If there are, then the side that has the color combo likely has the protection abilities and therefore that sword (though we know of at least two knights that also have that protection combo).
please read all of the posts before posting. sword of war and peace was proven to be impossible (peace strider uses both instances of the word "peace").
Ah. Just about to say that one of these swords can't be in the set, because keyword protection only shows up twice on the Mirran side and once on the phyrexian. Since we know about the crusaders, that means the sword is Mirran if in the set at all. The mirrans also have enough color keywords bouncing around to make any combination of color protections, but! if peace is taken, that likely means the it's the Sword of Feast and Famine and oddly it's mirran.
Dosen't seem too odd, black & red and white & green have overlapping abilities so it could still reflect the values of mirran and the colors.
Stats About Mythics
-Mythics are on average 40% rarer than pre-mythic rares
(old blocks about 200 rares, Mythic blocks 35+ mythics)
-They are printing more new cards a year not less
(about 665 now vs. 630 in most pre-mythic block)
-To drop the value of a rare by $1 a mythic must go up $2
-In a 3 year time span deck prices doubled.
I am petitioning for the removal of mythic rarity. Sig this to join the cause.
I thought that, but neither orb showed results for Father
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Yes, because there is only one, and it is Tezzeret.
It would nicely balance out the mythic distribution in the packs, as then there are 8 possible mythics instead of 7.
It's simple really:
Why make faction packs at all if the set isn't 154 cards with watermarks? One mythic doesn't rock the boat or break any precedents, but what is the gain in having any non-Tezz card as unaffiliated? It is just pointless.
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Hahaha, no.
It makes them much more money for people to see other people opening Tezzeret at a prerelease than no one opening it.
If the prerelease doesn't sell the set correctly, why have it at all?
Tezzeret is a major selling point.
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Well, a sword will def be in MBS, thats already been confirmed by MaRO. And how is it odd that a black green sword would be Mirran? giving protection from said colors seems exactly what the Mirrans want.
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