This set really makes me sad, but I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because all of the good/fun cards seem to be at rare/mythic rarity. Maybe it's because so many cards seem to have gotten screwed over/should have been done differently (Teysa, Emmara, Pontiff)). Perhaps because of increasing use of mythic rarity to print flat out, over the top power cards instead of cards that actually feel mythic. Maybe because the only classic Ravnica throw-back we got was Putrefy, when so many wanted Mortify, Electrolyze and Lightning Helix as well (Even Coiling Oracle would have been nice!).
There are a lot of rares that I want, but I still feel extremely disappointed with the set overall. It feels like some guilds got everything this block while most of my favorites got screwed over through the entire thing. Maybe I'll feel better about it when I make a list of what I want.
Did not see the EOT clause of Trait Doctoring.... *vomits*. What is the point of that card? Clearly it is the Conjured Currency of this set.
Clearly it is going to be a Gruul/Boros/Rakdos-fest at my pre-release... AGAIN. As if I don't gotta deal with the vomit strategies of Standard already.
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To the people that say that a card needs to be a higher rarity because of Limited... I hate you guys so much. I present to you with this.
Turns out that I want literally zero cards from this set. The guildgates have slightly better art and a good bit worse flavor text, so going to stick with the ones that I have already.
I don't think I'll be buying a booster box of this set. I don't hate it like some people do, but I don't feel like spending $100 in the hopes of getting the few cards that I want.
That being said, I can't wait to draft DGM at FNM.
Maybe because the only classic Ravnica throw-back we got was Putrefy, when so many wanted Mortify, Electrolyze and Lightning Helix as well (Even Coiling Oracle would have been nice!).
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I feel obliged to point out that Feral Animist is a reprint from Guildpact.
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EDH Decks
:boros:Gisela, Blade of Goldnight:boros:
:orzhov:Doran, the Siege Tower:golgari:
:azorius:Rasputin Dreamweaver:azorius:
:izzet:Melek, Izzet Paragon:izzet:
:simic:Edric, Spymaster of Trest:simic:
:gruul:Maelstrom Wanderer:simic:
Seriously?!
Those are two of my favorite cards of the set.
I especially love Deadbridge Chant, even if it's mostly for fun
They are quite interesting cards. I've never known a :symg::symb: card to have a "random" effect on it. Usually its pretty direct in targeted effects but this one is random though extremely powerful.
And the Debt card seems rather odd. Since when did W/B need a fireball? I am confused a little.
[card=Dismal Failure]"Two magi could trade spells all day and never crown a victor.
The real battle is not one of power but of will.
If your confidence breaks, so too shall you." —Venser[/card]
As expected, not a lot of surprises in the last 30 cards; mostly a lot of limited filler. A few cards caught my eye for Standard though...
Riot Control - It's a Fog that gains a bunch of life and also stops burn spells AND (most relevantly) still allows your creatures to deal combat damage, all for one less than Blunt the Assault. Sometimes Fog is the card we need, and this is quite the super-fog at 3 CMC. I could see the various W/x/y control decks in standard considering this, especially the fog/mill variants.
Rubblebelt Maka - This is a pretty stellar red bloodrush guy. I saw a "Berserker" decklist on Magic Online a while back and I almost think this is better than Slaughterhorn in that list. Fringe, but something to keep one's eye on.
Ascended Lawmage - Stalker/Geist he ain't, but those are rotating and it's plausible that a "Bant Auras" deck might enjoy another evasive hexproof creature.
Krasis Incubation - This isn't really playable in standard. I'm just super excited to get a hardcore, drawback-free removal spell for all my Simic decks
Profit // Loss - This is league's better with a fused cost of :3mana::symw::symb: instead of the :4mana::symw::symb: originally spoiled. Probably still not playable in standard (Zealous Persecution barely was), but it is at least worth maybe considering in a post-rotation Aristocrats build? Maybe?
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Dimir got shafted again, and that is the only thing I care about from an emotional standpoint. I also hate seeing utility cards like Voice of Resurgence printed a mythic given that Wizards originally said that mythic slots were for cards that "feel" mythic, not chase utility rares. I hate basically everything about this set and will only get over my dislike of it if the set is insanely fun to draft.
Fair enough- Dimir is my 2nd favorite guild,
and they were undeniably shafted (despite getting awesome mechanics both times!).
I definitely feel your pain there.
And yeah, I wish they had kept the Champions Mythic and made cards like Voice and Initiative at Rare.
I still like a ton of the cards, and I feel like it rounds out the block nicely
(Dimir and Izzet aside...)
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
Commons and uncommons seem to be very solid. It shall be a fun Limited!
Steeple Roc wil roc(k) in the air. Hey Rakdos, what's that? An unleashed flier? Aaaand it's gone!
Mindstatic - a midgame Mana Leak? Me lolz
Wind Drake has finally got an art I appreciate!
Sinister Possession in the right time may lead to curious situations.
Trampling evolver, come to papa. With that Mutant's Prey in your jaw!
So, Skylasher isn't a spider? Well, certainly we've got some Simic insects this time around.
Oh, didn't notice Fluxcharger has flying earlier, nice!
Ascended Lawmage has some nice art on it. Hexproof on wings, too!
Maw of Obzedat... Holy balls, now this art shows some Orzhov's filth...
As for the cards I'd love to pull... Aetherling, Renegade Krasis, Ascended Lawmage, Bred for the Hunt, Plasm Capture, Progenitor Mimic and Vorel would be the most wanted, I guess
Waiting for the prerelease. Especially as RTR and GTC will show up as well
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What's the most resilient parasite? An idea.
A single idea from the human mind can build cities.
An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules...
Ugh, if I called this set disappointing it would be a vast understatement. I see only a select few cards that are worthwhile. Despite all my disappointment, I think I would've been able to overlook this set's shortcommings if they could've reprinted Mortify or even Electrolyze. This block started out spectacular with RTR, and GTC was okay, and now we get this..
They are quite interesting cards. I've never known a :symg::symb: card to have a "random" effect on it. Usually its pretty direct in targeted effects but this one is random though extremely powerful.
And the Debt card seems rather odd. Since when did W/B need a fireball? I am confused a little.
Chant would probably be too powerful without the random element
(or too similar to Debtor's Knell).
As for the "fireball"- think of it more as Death Grasp or Exsanguinate on steroids
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
I feel obliged to point out that Feral Animist is a reprint from Guildpact.
I know that much but I hardly consider that card to be a 'classic'. I mean, out of all the awesome original Ravnica uncommons, they choose that one?! It wasn't good back then and it's even worse now.
Morgue Burst is my Common Bond of this set. Amazing art on a heartbreakingly banal and forgettable card effect. Don't waste Swanland's time on this limited fodder.
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My favorite flavor text: Time of Heroes
Feel free to tell me yours!
Black and Red don't need to be horribly different. They're the aggressive colours. They're allies. They ought to be similar. MaRo, stop hitting the booze so hard, man. It's getting to you.
Trait Doctoring is a bad card the way it's printed, but if it was an accessible global enchantment (so you could activate it off turn) it would be hilariously stupid. And it does hose a shockland (but not any other manafix lands in existence). Since it says Basic Land Type, that means you can change all instances of Mountain on a Stomping Ground to Forest and it'll become a Land - Forest Forest (which means it taps for G or G) with it's Shockland text.
Dimir sadly didn't get a lot of playable toys, but maybe someone can turn Notion Thief into a decktype.
Morgue Burst is my Common Bond of this set. Amazing art on a heartbreakingly banal and forgettable card effect. Don't waste Swanland's time on this limited fodder.
I feel that way about Awe for the Guilds. I was excited to see the card that went with that art, and... well... there it is.
I know that much but I hardly consider that card to be a 'classic'. I mean, out of all the awesome original Ravnica uncommons, they choose that one?! It wasn't good back then and it's even worse now.
Bloodrush means his effect is now better than it was. Since you have easy access to uncounterable creature buffs.
Chant would probably be too powerful without the random element
(or too similar to Debtor's Knell).
As for the "fireball"- think of it more as Death Grasp or Exsanguinate on steroids
I guess so.
Also, Fluxcharger flies? Sweet.
I don't see why they had to make an overload card with first strike. Very un-Izzet like. I guess they had a throwaway card they needed to fill space with.
[card=Dismal Failure]"Two magi could trade spells all day and never crown a victor.
The real battle is not one of power but of will.
If your confidence breaks, so too shall you." —Venser[/card]
This set really makes me sad, but I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because all of the good/fun cards seem to be at rare/mythic rarity. Maybe it's because so many cards seem to have gotten screwed over/should have been done differently (Teysa, Emmara, Pontiff)). Perhaps because of increasing use of mythic rarity to print flat out, over the top power cards instead of cards that actually feel mythic. Maybe because the only classic Ravnica throw-back we got was Putrefy, when so many wanted Mortify, Electrolyze and Lightning Helix as well (Even Coiling Oracle would have been nice!).
There are a lot of rares that I want, but I still feel extremely disappointed with the set overall. It feels like some guilds got everything this block while most of my favorites got screwed over through the entire thing. Maybe I'll feel better about it when I make a list of what I want.
For the last Effing time, Teysa and Pontiff weren't switched, and neither SHOULD they have been. Teysa is fine how she is, and Pontiff is fine how it is.
Just noticed Skylasher is not a spider..............WHY?!??!?!? GOD DAMN IT!
Yeah, thats weird... No wait, it's not a weird, it's an insect... Damn you, Ravnica!...
But, well, I guess that's Simic for ya. Spiders are too mainstream for them... Ravnican merfolks are pure underground stuff, after all...
...eh...
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What's the most resilient parasite? An idea.
A single idea from the human mind can build cities.
An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules...
Good thing I only draft. Im with everyone that this set on its own doesnt look that great but honestly Im just excited to draft all three together. Im judging Dragons maze as a whole with RtR and Gatecrash and this is going to be a pretty fun limited environment. I might even play a few sealeds too because of the diverse card pool.
Yeah, thats weird... No wait, it's not a weird, it's an insect... Damn you, Ravnica!...
But, well, I guess that's Simic for ya. Spiders are too mainstream for them... Ravnican merfolks are pure underground stuff, after all...
...eh...
I think the Skylasher is a Gruul-esque creature [minus the watermark] since there is Gruul flavor text and it just hates on blue creatures. So sad that it is not a spider....
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To the people that say that a card needs to be a higher rarity because of Limited... I hate you guys so much. I present to you with this.
There are a lot of rares that I want, but I still feel extremely disappointed with the set overall. It feels like some guilds got everything this block while most of my favorites got screwed over through the entire thing. Maybe I'll feel better about it when I make a list of what I want.
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Clearly it is going to be a Gruul/Boros/Rakdos-fest at my pre-release... AGAIN. As if I don't gotta deal with the vomit strategies of Standard already.
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That being said, I can't wait to draft DGM at FNM.
I feel obliged to point out that Feral Animist is a reprint from Guildpact.
:boros:Gisela, Blade of Goldnight:boros:
:orzhov:Doran, the Siege Tower:golgari:
:azorius:Rasputin Dreamweaver:azorius:
:izzet:Melek, Izzet Paragon:izzet:
:simic:Edric, Spymaster of Trest:simic:
:gruul:Maelstrom Wanderer:simic:
They are quite interesting cards. I've never known a :symg::symb: card to have a "random" effect on it. Usually its pretty direct in targeted effects but this one is random though extremely powerful.
And the Debt card seems rather odd. Since when did W/B need a fireball? I am confused a little.
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:symr::symu: Delver Cyclops
:symr::symu: Niv Control EDH
:symg::symw: Sigarda EDH
The real battle is not one of power but of will.
If your confidence breaks, so too shall you."
—Venser[/card]
Riot Control - It's a Fog that gains a bunch of life and also stops burn spells AND (most relevantly) still allows your creatures to deal combat damage, all for one less than Blunt the Assault. Sometimes Fog is the card we need, and this is quite the super-fog at 3 CMC. I could see the various W/x/y control decks in standard considering this, especially the fog/mill variants.
Rubblebelt Maka - This is a pretty stellar red bloodrush guy. I saw a "Berserker" decklist on Magic Online a while back and I almost think this is better than Slaughterhorn in that list. Fringe, but something to keep one's eye on.
Ascended Lawmage - Stalker/Geist he ain't, but those are rotating and it's plausible that a "Bant Auras" deck might enjoy another evasive hexproof creature.
Krasis Incubation - This isn't really playable in standard. I'm just super excited to get a hardcore, drawback-free removal spell for all my Simic decks
Profit // Loss - This is league's better with a fused cost of :3mana::symw::symb: instead of the :4mana::symw::symb: originally spoiled. Probably still not playable in standard (Zealous Persecution barely was), but it is at least worth maybe considering in a post-rotation Aristocrats build? Maybe?
RCRDaretti: Superfriends Forever RCR
WGBDoran: Ent-mootWBG
GGGMultani: Group Bear HugGGG
GB(B/G)The Gitrog Monster: Dredgefall DurdleGB(B/G)
RGWGahiji, the Honored Group Hug MonsterRGW
UB(U/B)Yuriko, Ninja Trinket AggroUB(U/B)
WUBRGAtogatog: Assembling a OHKOWUBRG
Fair enough- Dimir is my 2nd favorite guild,
and they were undeniably shafted (despite getting awesome mechanics both times!).
I definitely feel your pain there.
And yeah, I wish they had kept the Champions Mythic and made cards like Voice and Initiative at Rare.
I still like a ton of the cards, and I feel like it rounds out the block nicely
(Dimir and Izzet aside...)
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
Steeple Roc wil roc(k) in the air. Hey Rakdos, what's that? An unleashed flier? Aaaand it's gone!
Mindstatic - a midgame Mana Leak? Me lolz
Wind Drake has finally got an art I appreciate!
Sinister Possession in the right time may lead to curious situations.
Trampling evolver, come to papa. With that Mutant's Prey in your jaw!
So, Skylasher isn't a spider? Well, certainly we've got some Simic insects this time around.
Oh, didn't notice Fluxcharger has flying earlier, nice!
Ascended Lawmage has some nice art on it. Hexproof on wings, too!
Maw of Obzedat... Holy balls, now this art shows some Orzhov's filth...
As for the cards I'd love to pull... Aetherling, Renegade Krasis, Ascended Lawmage, Bred for the Hunt, Plasm Capture, Progenitor Mimic and Vorel would be the most wanted, I guess
Waiting for the prerelease. Especially as RTR and GTC will show up as well
An idea.
A single idea from the human mind can build cities.
An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules...
Proud father of 25 EDH decks
Chant would probably be too powerful without the random element
(or too similar to Debtor's Knell).
As for the "fireball"- think of it more as Death Grasp or Exsanguinate on steroids
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
I know that much but I hardly consider that card to be a 'classic'. I mean, out of all the awesome original Ravnica uncommons, they choose that one?! It wasn't good back then and it's even worse now.
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Dimir sadly didn't get a lot of playable toys, but maybe someone can turn Notion Thief into a decktype.
I feel that way about Awe for the Guilds. I was excited to see the card that went with that art, and... well... there it is.
Bloodrush means his effect is now better than it was. Since you have easy access to uncounterable creature buffs.
I guess so.
Also, Fluxcharger flies? Sweet.
I don't see why they had to make an overload card with first strike. Very un-Izzet like. I guess they had a throwaway card they needed to fill space with.
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:symr::symu: Delver Cyclops
:symr::symu: Niv Control EDH
:symg::symw: Sigarda EDH
The real battle is not one of power but of will.
If your confidence breaks, so too shall you."
—Venser[/card]
For the last Effing time, Teysa and Pontiff weren't switched, and neither SHOULD they have been. Teysa is fine how she is, and Pontiff is fine how it is.
Many thanks to DNC at Heroes of the Plane Studios
Yeah, thats weird... No wait, it's not a weird, it's an insect... Damn you, Ravnica!...
But, well, I guess that's Simic for ya. Spiders are too mainstream for them... Ravnican merfolks are pure underground stuff, after all...
...eh...
An idea.
A single idea from the human mind can build cities.
An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules...
Proud father of 25 EDH decks
Nah, it's more like the Pale Moon of this set.
WUR Geist Midrange WUR
Commander
W Nahiri's Celestial Foundry W
WB Orzhov Inquisition (Cleric Tribal) WB
WUBRG Progenitus's Prismatic Domain WUBRG
WURG Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis Love You WURG
WUG Rafiq of the Many Auracrafting WUG
WRG Hazezon Tamar Overrun WRG
G Seton's Druid Ramp G
I think the Skylasher is a Gruul-esque creature [minus the watermark] since there is Gruul flavor text and it just hates on blue creatures. So sad that it is not a spider....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8h2vp5Xis
This is literally the worst set for constructed since Saviors of Kamigawa.
Check out my expected lands table at:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Airj6A6lYAz_dG05T2JETnVTak1xQ0tqOHNSdEJLWVE&hl=en_US#gid=0