Ugin is going to get really bad once all the fatties are colourless. I sold all mine. Sell sell sell!
He's going to be absolutely rotten. Hangarback walker has already nerfed him quite significantly. I reckon he'll be $3 junk within 2 months of rotation
Madness! I am pumped. You know the kind of nostalgia people have for Bolt? Well, as someone who started playing around Invasion/Odyssey, that's how I feel about Fiery Temper...
So Nahiri is the bad guy this time? I sure wasn't expecting that. Then again I don't know what I was expecting. I love alternates casting costs, so I'm happy Madness is back, and it makes great flavor for Innistrad.
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They didn't care that he was the savior of Fort Keff, the great hunter of Ondu, the champion of Kabira. To them, he was just another piece of flesh, a thing with life to be drained away.
Okay cool. If these leaks are to be believed, I'm excited. Not so much for DFCs, but eh, I like werewolves and I'll put up with those for werewolves. If Nahiri is indeed RW, what would she be geared toward? I just can't see an Equipment theme cropping up in Innistrad. Maybe the old RW "you try to hurt me so I hurt you" a la Captain's Maneuver, Deflecting Palm, Boros Reckoner etc? Maybe sacrificing artifacts to play into Investigate? Also, in the Zendikar art book, she got a really great new picture I haven't seen anywhere else thus far, maybe it'll show up here.
I'm equally psyched for these little Devil tokens that ping on death. Hello, Archetype of Finality? Maybe it's time to build a Death Pingers Commander deck.
I'm also noticing Sigarda was quoted in a flavor text. Here's to hoping for the return of the Powerpuff Angels.
If Nahiri is indeed RW, what would she be geared toward? I just can't see an Equipment theme cropping up in Innistrad.
Well, original Innistrad block DID have a minor equipment theme (equipment that got better when attached to Humans) so I don't think it's farfetched to have an equipment themed Nahiri. Also, after the Liliana of the Dark Realms fiasco WotC has been trying to keep an uniformed theme for planeswalker's mechanics, so at least one of Nahiri's abilities should be equipment related I think.
The flavor text on Structural Distortion is quite troubling. We're at a point where we need as many allies as we can get, and Nahiri defecting in order to exact revenge upon Sorin does not bode well.
Now, with that said, THIS IS SUCH A COOL TURN OF EVENTS.
I hope we can get a close-up scan of that checklist card. Eeeee, this is like Christmas all over again~!
The problem with defining this format by what is "fun" is that everyone seems to define fun as what they don't lose to. If you keep losing to easily answered cards, that means you should improve your deck. If you don't want to improve your deck, then you should come to peace with the idea that you are going to lose because you chose to not interact with better strategies.
Madness as many expected is going to return and we have a pseudo threshold mechanic, ala delirium. I am hyped!
As for Nahiri, her anger and will for vengeance reminds me Ajani, thus RW should be her new color identity. As for he abilities, i hope they are not strictly equipment related. Boros has so much design aspects to choose from, that this looks too narrow to me. Perhaps in a commander deck yes, but here i want her to do other nasty tricks besides artifact manipulation.
Or if they are going this way in the end, I would prefer her to create her own equipments rather than demand you to play more with her. Oh, and make her a freaking 3cmc. Please!
I think the homunculus in the big batch picture has a new ability. It looks like it says skulk (this creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power)? But maybe I'm reading it wrong. I definitely love the new werewolf. This set looks promising.
I am cautious with regards to this leak. There is no guarantee that the cards are authentic, and the lens flares does nothing to reduce my doubt. That said, if they are indeed authentic, this block is going to be friggin' awesome.
Which is silly as Zendikar survived thanks to the Gatewatch.
Unless she has no clue about it and going off of what she last knows of the plane. Even Sorin doesn't know about Zendikar in its current state, just because we the players know doesn't mean the characters do.
As for the cards. Investigate is pretty nifty, and Invasive Surgery is kind of bonkers. The spider is a limited allstar and the werewolf does some pretty nice things, it is almost like you don't want it to flip until you get enough out of it and then play your whole hand out. The wolf token is pretty bad ass, and I'm glad they didn't reuse old art for it, some of the arts on the wolf tokens was getting stale.
Looks legit. Very interesting ideas, although this delirium ability certainly is terrible for playability (having to keep track of card types all the time). I do like the clue tokens mechanics, I think it is a good avenue to be explored in magic.
All and all, this set already looks better than BFZ. I hope it continues this way and they don't ruin Innistrad.
In a final note: WEREWOLVES ARE BACK, BABY. Now I will just wait for that legendary werewolf to build the werewolf tribal commander deck. Uhuul.
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Would you like to read Commander stories? Check my latest stories, coming from Lorwyn and Innistrad: Ghoulcaller Gisa and Doran, The Siege Tower! If you like my writing, ask me to write something for your commander as well!
I am terrible at trying to post this kind of stuff, so someone please help me out. Didn't see this anywhere else. Looks like madness is returning.
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Reality is only what man allows it to be. Few shape it so that many may accept it.
Thanks for the help. I am technologically defunct.
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Reality is only what man allows it to be. Few shape it so that many may accept it.
It does seem as if WotC decided to ramp up the lovecraftian elements in this one.
BUG The Baron (it doesn't work, but I try anyway)
modern:
RGShaman Aggro
legacy:
UHigh Tide
German highlander:
BUG aggro control
EDH:
a positively unhealthy amount of decks
She didn't warp standard the last time she was in it. I could definitely see her coming back if there is a mechanic that punishes her +1 like madness.
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WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
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Thanks to DarkNightCavalier from Heroes of the Plane Studios for this sick Signature.
"As Zendikar has bled, so will Innistrad. As I have [wept?], so will Sorin."
Unfortunately, with many returning mechanics, we didn't get a reprint like that. e.g.: Serum Visions when Scry came back.
But the people behind the barrier knew.
Okay cool. If these leaks are to be believed, I'm excited. Not so much for DFCs, but eh, I like werewolves and I'll put up with those for werewolves. If Nahiri is indeed RW, what would she be geared toward? I just can't see an Equipment theme cropping up in Innistrad. Maybe the old RW "you try to hurt me so I hurt you" a la Captain's Maneuver, Deflecting Palm, Boros Reckoner etc? Maybe sacrificing artifacts to play into Investigate? Also, in the Zendikar art book, she got a really great new picture I haven't seen anywhere else thus far, maybe it'll show up here.
I'm equally psyched for these little Devil tokens that ping on death. Hello, Archetype of Finality? Maybe it's time to build a Death Pingers Commander deck.
I'm also noticing Sigarda was quoted in a flavor text. Here's to hoping for the return of the Powerpuff Angels.
They can reprint Tibalt!
Now, with that said, THIS IS SUCH A COOL TURN OF EVENTS.
I hope we can get a close-up scan of that checklist card. Eeeee, this is like Christmas all over again~!
As for Nahiri, her anger and will for vengeance reminds me Ajani, thus RW should be her new color identity. As for he abilities, i hope they are not strictly equipment related. Boros has so much design aspects to choose from, that this looks too narrow to me. Perhaps in a commander deck yes, but here i want her to do other nasty tricks besides artifact manipulation.
Or if they are going this way in the end, I would prefer her to create her own equipments rather than demand you to play more with her. Oh, and make her a freaking 3cmc. Please!
Not surprised in the least, the original Innistrad block was much more lovecraftian in tone than any of the Zendikar blocks ever where.
Which is silly as Zendikar survived thanks to the Gatewatch.
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Pascite draconem, evolvite aut morimini.
Unless she has no clue about it and going off of what she last knows of the plane. Even Sorin doesn't know about Zendikar in its current state, just because we the players know doesn't mean the characters do.
As for the cards. Investigate is pretty nifty, and Invasive Surgery is kind of bonkers. The spider is a limited allstar and the werewolf does some pretty nice things, it is almost like you don't want it to flip until you get enough out of it and then play your whole hand out. The wolf token is pretty bad ass, and I'm glad they didn't reuse old art for it, some of the arts on the wolf tokens was getting stale.
Remember the Japanese "Mindbreaker Demon" leaked back in December?
That had Delirium too.
GWU Knightfall
[Legacy]
GBW Nic-Fit
All and all, this set already looks better than BFZ. I hope it continues this way and they don't ruin Innistrad.
In a final note: WEREWOLVES ARE BACK, BABY. Now I will just wait for that legendary werewolf to build the werewolf tribal commander deck. Uhuul.
Read my other stories as well (some ongoing):
Reaper King (a horror story), Kaalia of the Vast (an origin story), Sequels for Innistrad (Alternative sequels for Inn), Grey Areas (Odric's fanfic), Royal Succession (goblins),The Tracker's Message (eldrazi on Innistrad) and Ugin and his Eye (the end of OGW).