Really? You're complaining about not getting modern fnm promos already? Do you understand how far I'm sure they have these thins planned out in advance? Most likely before they even decided to bring modern in as an fnm format. The promos will come I'm sure, just in a little later.
I wish my 4/4s with haste and first strike that acted as Goblin Warchiefs were better and didn't die to instants and overshadowed all other 4 drops in the format. And that they had evasion too, and some way to dodge wrath effects.
I feel as though this card adds extra incentive for doing well at my FNM.
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Well I'm glad that *some* people seem to be happy about this. I don't understand this card much at all. But I guess in Commander it makes sense.
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Anyone else perturbed by it's flavor text? It doesn't flow with it's ability.
You mean its, not it's. Both times.
But yeah... I think it's meant to be a continuation of its story, obviously having been 're-located' to Bant (it appears to have ended up in the Esper sea in the original). Who can say what became of the Knights of the Reliquary? Nice shout-out to the Alara aftermath, I like it.
Today is a special day, because now I know that Wizards improved their deckbuilding skills from somewhere near zero to "complete noob" (that's where I am right now). I was at MWS testing Gatecrash, made a very weak Simic deck, and after lots of discard steps, I remembered that Reliquary Tower is a card and it fit'd right in. Of course I'll pick some for me.
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Nothing. All I want is Heroes vs. Monsters spoilers.
I'd disagree there, but good art is subjective. Well, I might argue that there is one alternate-art matter that is completely objective, but I don't think I'd get much support.
This guy gets it.
Weak choice given that it was just reprinted in 2013 - but why not - edh will appreciate it.
Foil Reliquary Towers are still a fairly pricey card. Japanese foils are $30 (down from almost $100 before M13), Conflux foils are $6 and M13 foils are $4. More foils of an EDH staple are pretty sweet. (If you don't want them, you can almost certainly trade them for foils you do want.)
That art is, simply put, gorgeous. The original art is alright, but I like this art a lot more. And I like this promo a lot more than some promos they've released. It's better than teetering peaks for sure. Too bad I have no use for reliquary tower at all, although maybe I could try running it in standard so I don't have to discard after sphinx's revelation but that seems like it would be win more.
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"Yawgmoth," Freyalise whispered as she set the bomb, "now you will pay for your treachery."
Widely sought after? Check.
Callback to related card? Check.
Great art? Check.
Seems like one of the more on point FNM promos we've had recently.
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When posting he never did prattle
He was quite a nice bloke
Always quick with a joke
With Magic Cards, he always did battle.
It shows the Tower before Bant crashing with Esper.
That is what it looks like to me (unless the terrain was drastically reshaped again to something that would be normal in Bant).
Confusingly, this FNM version has the same flavor text as the M13 version (which has the same art as the original).
The M13 / FNM flavor text seems to reference the separation of the tower and the knights following the Conflux while the artwork looks to me (again, unless the terrain was drastically reshaped more than once) more like the tower before the Conflux.
Still, I like both the old artwork and the new version.
I would be happy to get a copy of this promo.
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I would love if FNM promos are almost exclusively FNM promos. Wizards seems reticent to use format stables as FNM promos for competitive formats for some reason, and at least encouraging EDH players into a semi competitive seems to be tying all the ends together.
I was very happy to see these come in to my store: recently we've had a lot of challenges with WOTC and products, resulting in not receiving a lot of FNM promos/missing prerelease kit, but I was really looking forward to this one.
Glad it came.
How about "You may discard your hand, pay 5 life, rip this card, remove 3 digits from any number of target fingers you control, and concede at the end of the next end step rather than pay It Will Go Through!!'s mana cost.
Really? You're complaining about not getting modern fnm promos already? Do you understand how far I'm sure they have these thins planned out in advance? Most likely before they even decided to bring modern in as an fnm format. The promos will come I'm sure, just in a little later.
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When posting he never did prattle
He was quite a nice bloke
Always quick with a joke
With Magic Cards, he always did battle.
Currently playing:
Standard: Superfriends!
Legacy: Nic Fit / Pod
Pauper: Delvar; Tron; Flicker Stuff
Commander: Riku ("Some weird doubple spell thing happened"); Keranos ("I did a Gatherer search for 'random' and 'flip a coin.'"); Superfriends!
You mean its, not it's. Both times.
But yeah... I think it's meant to be a continuation of its story, obviously having been 're-located' to Bant (it appears to have ended up in the Esper sea in the original). Who can say what became of the Knights of the Reliquary? Nice shout-out to the Alara aftermath, I like it.
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Technically it's Standard since it's in 2013... but yeah.
Yep.
No - he's the 50% that don't like it - 50% will like it - c'est la vie.
This guy gets it.
Weak choice given that it was just reprinted in 2013 - but why not - edh will appreciate it.
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Callback to related card? Check.
Great art? Check.
Seems like one of the more on point FNM promos we've had recently.
When posting he never did prattle
He was quite a nice bloke
Always quick with a joke
With Magic Cards, he always did battle.
That is what it looks like to me (unless the terrain was drastically reshaped again to something that would be normal in Bant).
Confusingly, this FNM version has the same flavor text as the M13 version (which has the same art as the original).
The M13 / FNM flavor text seems to reference the separation of the tower and the knights following the Conflux while the artwork looks to me (again, unless the terrain was drastically reshaped more than once) more like the tower before the Conflux.
Still, I like both the old artwork and the new version.
I would be happy to get a copy of this promo.
EDH - UWGrand Arbiter Agustin IV
UBW Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Modern - Mono U tron / Polymorph / NFTW (ninja for the win)GR tron GR
Buy All the Dual Lands!!!
Buy All the fetches!
Create tons of EDH Decks!!!
Eat Nothing but Oats!! (LOL, not true)
Train MMA!!!
Marry My girlfriend!!!
Get her Pregnant only Once!
Teach my Son/Daughter Sports and magic cards!!!
Continue my legacy son!!!/Daughter!!
Draw more cards and you'll figure it out.
The original art was depicting a tower that had been shifted to esper(?) I think (or something like that)
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Glad it came.
Meh, like this new art more. Will see about grabbing one.
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