I wish if they were going to make foils, just make it foil. There's no need for all these little symbols and such. I haven't seen many that actually look good with them. Saying "Play" across these kind of ruins them.
Vault skirge seems to have a lot of legacy potential, so I like it well enough as a promo. It carries cranial plating like a CHAMP
Maul splicer is crap though, wish it was mental mistep along with the rest of the planet.
Mental Mistep is probably being saved for FNM next year or possibly a new textless program to replace Player Rewards. Sure, it's awesome in eternal, but WPN is for entry level. It's not exactly useful if your opponent plays zero 1 CMC cards.
Skirge is amazing for Cubes who want more aggro. Great suicide black card. Vault and Skirge are both great news for Pauper/Peasant cubes.
That being said: I hope no one was expecting Mental Misstep and the new Metalcraft Path to Exile or anything...that would have lowered the number of box sales so much...
FML, the watermarks keep getting worse and worse.
I like the arts on these promos, but I can't stand to see those crappy watermarks cluttering them up.
cool art, but why these cards? whatever, nice to look at not to play imo. maul splicer looks especially cool, wish that was the regular art but whateva
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Not so ironically, as Pro Tour promos were given to spectators of the Pro Tour, the casual guys who just stepped in, watched features matches, and chatted. There was no need to play to anything to get them, just go to the information booth and give your DCI number (or create one if you didn't already have).
Also, the Premiere Store WPN promo is always more spike-oriented (last ones were Skinrender and Signal Pest), so wait for it.
Personaly, there is no way I use anything else than the panty-less phyrexian illustration for my splicers.
I know the premier store promos are more powerful. They're also distributed to top teir organizers that are unlikely to post them on ebay.
I also know how the Pro Tour promos are distributed. It's just ironic that they aren't things you'd typically play on a Pro Tour. Afterall, judge foils come from Pro Tour/Grand Prix tournaments, too, and they're rare staples like the Grand Prix Promos. Mirari's Wake, Treva, Avatar of Woe, and Ajani are much more typical of prerelease promos. Sure, Ajani was used in Boat Brew, but he's far from staple.
Vault Skirge isn't bad actually... I think it can definately be used. I do like the regular art better though...
Vault Skirge is probably one of the single best commons in the set - think of how it fits in so many decks. It's simultaneously immune to both Go For the Throat AND Doom Blade - it has a great fit in Tempered Steel Decks, a 1/1 Flyer for 1 mana with Lifelink that benefits from Steel Overseer and Tempered Steel? Between that and Dispatch, I think Tempered Steel might really be teetering on the edge of being a Tier 1 Deck.
It's also a very nice card to complement Tezzeret decks as well. I think that card will see a lot of play even in standard constructed - but it's definitely a very strong limited card and, as others have mentioned, Affinity decks.
But you're right about the regular art.
Shrine of Burning Rage is a really nice card, maybe the best of that particular cycle, being able to put a clock in the game that is a turn 2 play is pretty nice. The art is pretty swell as well.
Still happy I preodered my non promo foil ones. While it is REALLY cool they are doing a promo and I plan on getting a playset of them, I do love the original are MUCH more.
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Maul splicer is crap though, wish it was mental mistep along with the rest of the planet.
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Love the new watermark..
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Mental Mistep is probably being saved for FNM next year or possibly a new textless program to replace Player Rewards. Sure, it's awesome in eternal, but WPN is for entry level. It's not exactly useful if your opponent plays zero 1 CMC cards.
Also, this whole star logo and embossed words on the art is bad WotC. I know you read these. Stop ruining your own cards!
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That being said: I hope no one was expecting Mental Misstep and the new Metalcraft Path to Exile or anything...that would have lowered the number of box sales so much...
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I like the arts on these promos, but I can't stand to see those crappy watermarks cluttering them up.
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I know the premier store promos are more powerful. They're also distributed to top teir organizers that are unlikely to post them on ebay.
I also know how the Pro Tour promos are distributed. It's just ironic that they aren't things you'd typically play on a Pro Tour. Afterall, judge foils come from Pro Tour/Grand Prix tournaments, too, and they're rare staples like the Grand Prix Promos. Mirari's Wake, Treva, Avatar of Woe, and Ajani are much more typical of prerelease promos. Sure, Ajani was used in Boat Brew, but he's far from staple.
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Now the question is, does the splicer have anything down there anymore?...
Splicer art is weird, need a better look.
Either Skirge art isn't bad, IMO.
Need splicers for a jank deck I'm building, but I'll be getting regular art, thanks.
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Vault Skirge is probably one of the single best commons in the set - think of how it fits in so many decks. It's simultaneously immune to both Go For the Throat AND Doom Blade - it has a great fit in Tempered Steel Decks, a 1/1 Flyer for 1 mana with Lifelink that benefits from Steel Overseer and Tempered Steel? Between that and Dispatch, I think Tempered Steel might really be teetering on the edge of being a Tier 1 Deck.
It's also a very nice card to complement Tezzeret decks as well. I think that card will see a lot of play even in standard constructed - but it's definitely a very strong limited card and, as others have mentioned, Affinity decks.
But you're right about the regular art.
Shrine of Burning Rage is a really nice card, maybe the best of that particular cycle, being able to put a clock in the game that is a turn 2 play is pretty nice. The art is pretty swell as well.
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