That flavor text on Kinjali's Caller. So I wonder if these Gods are dinosaurs or human by nature? I want to see the third guy. She is great as a blocker and cost reducer. Basically these cost reducing people are new-age mana dorks.
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Oh yeah the caller is very nice. It's kind of like an Elvish Mystic that's just for dinos in a way. Sure it's susceptible to Harnessed Lightning, Abrade, and Lightning Strike but if your opponent uses their removal on this instead of an actual threat then I'd say that's a win.
This feels like the sort of card that you run to boost your curve even further if it sticks around, and not the kind of card that you base your strategy on. For dinos, you should be focusing on actual ramp but this is a nice supplement.
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Oh yeah the caller is very nice. It's kind of like an Elvish Mystic that's just for dinos in a way. Sure it's susceptible to Harnessed Lightning, Abrade, and Lightning Strike but if your opponent uses their removal on this instead of an actual threat then I'd say that's a win.
Absolutely correct. Any two-mana kill spell wasted on a one-drop is definitely putting you ahead, especially when that one-drop wasn't a threat by itself.
Also, the card is really good. Think of all the three drop dinos coming down on turn 2.
I think RW dinosaur aggro is shaping up quite a bit. They have two cost reducers now, Bewteen this one drop and the Otepec Huntmaster. They have two 3 drops to ramp into off the turn one Mana dork, the Sunwing and the Ferocidon. There are plenty of two drops to play, the Sky Terror, Metallic Mimic, Walking Ballista. And the Christmas land play is turn 3 Charging Monstrosaur off turn 1 Caller and turn 2 Huntmaster.
(Sorry none of us he cards are linked, doing this off my phone)
Yeah, mana reducer vs dork is like Eye of Ugin vs Eldrazi Temple. This is Eye, it is pretty blasted narrow, but multiples in the early turns could REALLY suck to see across from you
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Oh yeah the caller is very nice. It's kind of like an Elvish Mystic that's just for dinos in a way. Sure it's susceptible to Harnessed Lightning, Abrade, and Lightning Strike but if your opponent uses their removal on this instead of an actual threat then I'd say that's a win.
This feels like the sort of card that you run to boost your curve even further if it sticks around, and not the kind of card that you base your strategy on. For dinos, you should be focusing on actual ramp but this is a nice supplement.
I was thinking of Dragonspeaker Shaman myself...The only real question is, will there be enough cheap dinos to make it able to save you 2 in one turn?
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Looking forward to each step closer to this set to get started on the dinosaur tribal deck since a lot of cards will end up cheaper once the set comes out.
By the way there's a stegosaurus in the background of the white card I want to see that as card in this set and not wait till "rivals of ixalan."
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Looking forward to each step closer to this set to get started on the dinosaur tribal deck since a lot of cards will end up cheaper once the set comes out.
By the way there's a stegosaurus in the background of the white card I want to see that as card in this set and not wait till "rivals of ixalan."
I'm not quite sure how much cheaper they will get once release hits due to no Inventions to hold box EV value and the walkers shown are pretty lackluster. What I'm imagining will happen is that the walkers will bomb come two weeks past release and the price of those walkers will flow down into the other cards.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Or T3Regisaur Alpha tap the Huntmaster give RA Haste and attack with 4/4 and 3/3 token as a possibility.
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Kinjali's Caller W - Common
Human Cleric - 0/3
Dinosaur spells you cast cost 1 less to cast.
Tilonalli's Knight - 1R - Common
Human Knight - 2/2
When ~this~ attacks, if you control a Dinosaur, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
The caller seems like could be nice support for a dinosaur tribal deck. Holds down the ground early while making your big beefy dinos cheaper.
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This feels like the sort of card that you run to boost your curve even further if it sticks around, and not the kind of card that you base your strategy on. For dinos, you should be focusing on actual ramp but this is a nice supplement.
-Chandra Nalaar
Nah, Tribal ain't never coming back. But creature changelings? Would be nice.
Still waiting for my red or green Dinosaur one-drop.
Absolutely correct. Any two-mana kill spell wasted on a one-drop is definitely putting you ahead, especially when that one-drop wasn't a threat by itself.
Also, the card is really good. Think of all the three drop dinos coming down on turn 2.
Maro confirmed dinos are only 2 mana and above sadly
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I read on the mothership that all dinos cost 2+. Wish all the one drops weren't white.
I was thinking of Dragonspeaker Shaman myself...The only real question is, will there be enough cheap dinos to make it able to save you 2 in one turn?
On phasing:
Looking forward to each step closer to this set to get started on the dinosaur tribal deck since a lot of cards will end up cheaper once the set comes out.
By the way there's a stegosaurus in the background of the white card I want to see that as card in this set and not wait till "rivals of ixalan."
Turn 2: Otepec Huntmaster
Turn 3: Charging Monstrosaur discounted to 2R ???
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Like a turn 3 Raging Swordtooth? Or Charging Monstrosaur?
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
I'm not quite sure how much cheaper they will get once release hits due to no Inventions to hold box EV value and the walkers shown are pretty lackluster. What I'm imagining will happen is that the walkers will bomb come two weeks past release and the price of those walkers will flow down into the other cards.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Or T3Regisaur Alpha tap the Huntmaster give RA Haste and attack with 4/4 and 3/3 token as a possibility.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."