She is an strong creature don't get me wrong. The amount of dumb stuff you can do with her and flicker/bounce effects are dumb. But she is not too terribly interesting.
Still more interesting than Vorel. More like BOREl
Wow man...nice previews! Dat wurm. Populate may just be playable yet. And the Simic champ is a beast, screw commander, Increasing Savagery just found a poster boy.
I like this demon with homicidal seclusion and the spells of that ilk. Mix in some fling,few trample enablers and viola! Shenanigans.
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There is buried treasure everywhere...in a graveyard.
I'm not sure what to think of the Master. I love the design for casual play EDH, but still wonder if it will see competitive play. This will of course have an effect on the value on this lil guy. I want it to be a moderately priced mythic.
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
It's like Glaring Spotlight was made for the Master of Cruelties. He gets unblockable and hexproof so he does his down to 1 thing and another creature gets it as well so it can deal the final 1 in the combat damage.
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"His greatest cruelty is in letting you live." -Exava
See what I did there? Haha. . . no?'
Sigh.
See its cruel because he doesn't end you, and you are in agony and pain and wait and watch as the killing stroke comes for you. But it is cruel to because to a Rakdos, he just drags out the show.
"His greatest cruelty is in letting you live." -Exava
See what I did there? Haha. . . no?'
Sigh.
See its cruel because he doesn't end you, and you are in agony and pain and wait and watch as the killing stroke comes for you. But it is cruel to because to a Rakdos, he just drags out the show.
Maybe I should stop when I'm tired.
Still added it to the blog, no worries c:
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I fear I won't have much time to play Magic these days.
I get to watch worlds develop around me.
I get to watch great leaders, terrible oppressors, and trend setters rise and fall.
Limited, Standard, Modern, everything is a different playing field I feel I can observe, but will not actually touch.
I look forward to the stories I will hear.
And more so to the ones I will watch unfold first hand.
Isn't the unknown exciting?
Has any one pointed out (even thought no one plays block) that vorel, master biomancer, simic guildmage, evolve all might get out of hand very fast? Vorel fits a role WoTC wanted, fine card. Master of cruelities seems amazing. Does he just make jund insanerrrrrr??!!??
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Turn 3 Karn Liberated...why yes, that seems fair....modern....good stuff....:D
Master of Cruelties is interesting. UBER blocker, and also not to be blocked by chumps without first strike cause he can beat them any day. Nice mythic.
And so instead of putting Advent of the Wurm at 5cc and make it uncommon, they randomly make it rare... typical.
Vorel's cheap starting cost makes him quite a danger Doubling all counters? On anything other than planeswalkers and enchantments? Wow.
I wouldn't be surprised if they're spoiling one champion every day.
Ten days, ten guilds. So, yeah, probably. On the other hand, we already had Ruric-Thar, so we're one day short.
If I were to RANDOMLY guess, I'd say Varolz tomorrow, Teysa on Thursday, and Tajic on Friday. Then the ally-colored legends next week.
There are also ten mythic slots--well, eleven, counting Dragon's Maze--but I'm not sure if we'll be getting one of those each day. I'd hope so, but...we'll see.
I love Simic and put together a pretty fun and powerful Simic deck based around putting as many +1/+1 counters on my creatures as quickly as possible and then making them unblockable with Champion of Lambholt. That said, Vorel is kind of boring. He's very useful, obviously, but he's just lacking in flavor. The 'Human Merfolk' creature type is interesting, but the art is boring and subdued and his single ability feels like it could have been slapped on any Simic creature. I almost wish he had a higher casting cost and had hexproof.
Though I suppose that since his ability is applicable to so many cards that he might see some heavy use in Modern and Legacy.
Vorel kinda seems like an underdog, which is probably what they want him to come off as. I can totally see him in use for a Vorosh EDH deck. Him, Szadek, and Coprsejack are gonna be buddy-buddy. Not to mention that if you swing and able to use Vorosh's ability, with at least Corpsejack and Vorel out, he can become a 30/30 in one turn for 5cc. Surely by the time you cast Vorosh, you'd have enough for a 1drop counter spell.
True so far he doesn't seem like a big player on his own. He needs quite a few supplement cards to get the ball rolling.
Master is gonna be a fun player. Get him to hit, then drop a Sparkmage Apprentice or some other pinger. But hey, if anyone plays Fateful Hour decks, there they go.
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"His audacious behavior stems not from skill or technique, but in his restraint. Who else in Rakdos can bring a man within an inch of death and resist the urge to finish him off?" Tesya Karlov, Envoy of Ghosts
With the Rakdos, even a simple game of "tag" can go too far.
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Fact.
When B/r control stabilizes, just like any control deck, it can win with anything.
I've won with a Keyrune, I've won with a Staff, I've won with Bloodhall.
He comes down after a Mutilate. Pefect.
As long as MBC is a thing, (and it is, albeit a fringe thing), this dude will be a thing.
I will be playing this. Not quite Olivia, but close enough to make me happy with DGM, especially after GTC gave my deck ziltch.
Still more interesting than Vorel. More like BOREl
Many thanks to DNC at Heroes of the Plane Studios
I wouldn't be surprised if they're spoiling one champion every day.
And with my luck they'll spoil Teysa Thursday night next week.
I like this demon with homicidal seclusion and the spells of that ilk. Mix in some fling,few trample enablers and viola! Shenanigans.
There is buried treasure everywhere...in a graveyard.
I knew that one was just a matter of time.
Seriously, though-
If you can't think of a fun deck to build around Vorel,
you aren't trying very hard...
However, Momir Vig, Simic Visionary is going to remain my Commander of choice,
as he can easily fetch all of the others
Vorel could be pretty fun with The Mimeoplasm.
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Doesn't work. Master can only attack by himself.
Dimir's not in this set. Dimir's not in any set. I think someone forgot to take their brain medicine.
Eh, if I'm going to do things involving counters in U/G I'm just going to use Kraj
Many thanks to DNC at Heroes of the Plane Studios
"His greatest cruelty is in letting you live." -Exava
See what I did there? Haha. . . no?'
Sigh.
See its cruel because he doesn't end you, and you are in agony and pain and wait and watch as the killing stroke comes for you. But it is cruel to because to a Rakdos, he just drags out the show.
Maybe I should stop when I'm tired.
Still added it to the blog, no worries c:
I get to watch great leaders, terrible oppressors, and trend setters rise and fall.
Limited, Standard, Modern, everything is a different playing field I feel I can observe, but will not actually touch.
I look forward to the stories I will hear.
And more so to the ones I will watch unfold first hand.
Isn't the unknown exciting?
UThada Adel AcquisitorU
GB Savara, Queen of the Golgori BG
GR Ulasht, the Hate Seed RG
And so instead of putting Advent of the Wurm at 5cc and make it uncommon, they randomly make it rare... typical.
Vorel's cheap starting cost makes him quite a danger Doubling all counters? On anything other than planeswalkers and enchantments? Wow.
Ten days, ten guilds. So, yeah, probably. On the other hand, we already had Ruric-Thar, so we're one day short.
There are also ten mythic slots--well, eleven, counting Dragon's Maze--but I'm not sure if we'll be getting one of those each day. I'd hope so, but...we'll see.
I love Simic and put together a pretty fun and powerful Simic deck based around putting as many +1/+1 counters on my creatures as quickly as possible and then making them unblockable with Champion of Lambholt. That said, Vorel is kind of boring. He's very useful, obviously, but he's just lacking in flavor. The 'Human Merfolk' creature type is interesting, but the art is boring and subdued and his single ability feels like it could have been slapped on any Simic creature. I almost wish he had a higher casting cost and had hexproof.
Though I suppose that since his ability is applicable to so many cards that he might see some heavy use in Modern and Legacy.
But my fling idea works! And pairing spot light with it would make it far more potent. Great idear, glad I thought of it.
There is buried treasure everywhere...in a graveyard.
Weddings in Ravnica are usually joyous occasions, as long as the Rakdos is not involved
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True so far he doesn't seem like a big player on his own. He needs quite a few supplement cards to get the ball rolling.
Master is gonna be a fun player. Get him to hit, then drop a Sparkmage Apprentice or some other pinger. But hey, if anyone plays Fateful Hour decks, there they go.
Mask of Avacyn can fix the hexproof issue on either.
And lastly Advent. It's nice to have a 4drop wurm gen at instant.
Second that so badly~~~
WUBRG Reaper King - Elf Tribal WUBRG | Tribal Fun
WRG Gishath, Sun's Avatar - Dinosaur Tribal WRG | Rawr!!!
WUG Derevi, Empyrial Tactician - Enchantress Tactics WUG | Enchantments Focused
GBG The Gitrog Monster - Land Shenanigans GBG | Lands/Mill Focused
WBW Kambal, Consul of Life Allocation Matters WBW | Life Gain/Loss focused
UBR Kess, Dissident Mage of the Lotus UBR | Spellslinger
BGB Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons - Counters & Tokens BGB | -1/-1 counters focused
With the Rakdos, even a simple game of "tag" can go too far.
There is buried treasure everywhere...in a graveyard.
This.
and Spear, Pillar, Sign In Blood mainboard + Chandra, Bloodhall, Devil's Play in the side.
All viable in a B/r control shell.
As I stated in the New Card Discussion thread:
I will be playing this. Not quite Olivia, but close enough to make me happy with DGM, especially after GTC gave my deck ziltch.
Modern
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BGScavengeBG
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