Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
Original and sad flavor that seems pretty fitting for the effect. Fair cost for a wombo combo enabler. I don't think this does anything to Standard but maybe some Saffron Olive approved eternal deck, or especially Brawl, would want this.
Diabolic Tutor (2BB) + Entomb (B) for 3BB at Sorcery speed isn't terrible, especially on an Uncommon. Might be a little too strong if cheaper, but that is a lot to be paying for a tutor.
I'm sure there's no shortage of combos to be had, but I'm not really in the mood to dig for them at the moment.
Pretty neat. Jarad's orders +. Or an entomb stapled to an Diabolic tutor. This will be a staple in reanimation based EDH since it can find your reanimation spell and dump the target in the yard.
In modern it can search for Griselbrand and Goryo's vengeance in one go.
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Hm. My friend Vasseer will likely want this for his Kess Duel Commander deck. Gives gas to Kess then another two-shot into the hand.
Seems pretty decent.
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Yeah, I don´t know. Jarad's Orders requires another color and is restricted to creatures.
I think removing the creature restriction is actually fairly interesting as it opens some great Crucible of Worlds in play and then tutor Cabal Coffers to grave kind of shenanigans if you want. I wish it had only cost 4 but its possible that due to orders being a card they bumped it to 5.
Overall, it seems still a little slow as Diabolic Tutor has always seemed slow and not great but.... I think it perhaps opens up some new ground we didn't already have access to. Its really Diabolic Tutor + Entomb mashed together which.... to be honest still sounds probably more like a casual card but maybe someone wants this somewhere.
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I have officially moved to MTGNexus. I just wanted to let people know as my response time to salvation decks being bumped is very hit or miss.
What was the first story spotlight card? We haven't seen it?
There was some art of Nissa breaking her oath, so probably that. Haven't seen it on a card yet, though.
Why would best gurl break her oath?
As for the card, it seems super intriguing to me to be able to toss Grissle Daddy into the yard and put Goryo's into my hand. Likewise putting Sword into the yard and putting Thopter Foundry into hand is neat. There are tons of potential applications, tho it does seem slow. Maybe something like a monoblack devotion in modern could make it fast enough? I dunno. But I do know its a powerful set-up pece if it can find a home.
What was the first story spotlight card? We haven't seen it?
There was some art of Nissa breaking her oath, so probably that. Haven't seen it on a card yet, though.
Why would best gurl break her oath?
Abridged and summarized version:
Nissa: "I won't be used by you again Liliana, go slay your own demon. You're selfish, cowardly and I hate you. My watch is over, my plane needs mending." The horrors of Amonkhet still fresh in her mind.
Diabolic is overcosted because that's all it does. The spell mastery one is overcosted because its schtick is that it gets a discount if certain conditions are met (but is quite nice in grixis spellslinger, where spell mastery will reliably be on and where, with cost reduction, it actually becomes a dark ritual with a free demonic tutor).
5 mana is fine for a tutor, if it does something else. Having a body attached, like Sidisi or Rune Scarred, is great, because you can easily reuse it to get multiple tutors (or use it as a creature). Having entomb as a side effect is strong. Jarads Orders is cusp playable, and it only hits creatures. Hitting anything makes this a card that tutors for combos really well, and even does a great job just tutoring for value. This is a double tutor for five, with one target being completely unrestricted. Commander can use this, and I think Standard might, with the right reanimation spells and targets. Imagine if lili is already out when you cast this? Reanimate your fatty and hold onto the negate you fetched to your hand as protection?
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Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
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I'm sure there's no shortage of combos to be had, but I'm not really in the mood to dig for them at the moment.
In modern it can search for Griselbrand and Goryo's vengeance in one go.
“I once had an entire race killed just to listen to the rattling of their dried bones as I waded through them.”
—Volrath
Seems pretty decent.
Currently focusing on Pre-Modern (Mono-Black Discard Control) and Modern (Azorious Control, Temur Rhinos).
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Alter the cards name to Final Farting. Hehehe.
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“I once had an entire race killed just to listen to the rattling of their dried bones as I waded through them.”
—Volrath
I think removing the creature restriction is actually fairly interesting as it opens some great Crucible of Worlds in play and then tutor Cabal Coffers to grave kind of shenanigans if you want. I wish it had only cost 4 but its possible that due to orders being a card they bumped it to 5.
Overall, it seems still a little slow as Diabolic Tutor has always seemed slow and not great but.... I think it perhaps opens up some new ground we didn't already have access to. Its really Diabolic Tutor + Entomb mashed together which.... to be honest still sounds probably more like a casual card but maybe someone wants this somewhere.
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Can get noncreatures. So, like, Unburial Rites or Bridge From Below or Dread Return or Army of the Damned, which JO can’t do.
Also monoblack means a wider variety of possible edh deck fits.
There was some art of Nissa breaking her oath, so probably that. Haven't seen it on a card yet, though.
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I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
The list was mentioned above by void; this was the only one that wasn’t fully text-spoiled in the release notes leak.
Why would best gurl break her oath?
As for the card, it seems super intriguing to me to be able to toss Grissle Daddy into the yard and put Goryo's into my hand. Likewise putting Sword into the yard and putting Thopter Foundry into hand is neat. There are tons of potential applications, tho it does seem slow. Maybe something like a monoblack devotion in modern could make it fast enough? I dunno. But I do know its a powerful set-up pece if it can find a home.
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Nissa: "I won't be used by you again Liliana, go slay your own demon. You're selfish, cowardly and I hate you. My watch is over, my plane needs mending."
The horrors of Amonkhet still fresh in her mind.
5 mana is fine for a tutor, if it does something else. Having a body attached, like Sidisi or Rune Scarred, is great, because you can easily reuse it to get multiple tutors (or use it as a creature). Having entomb as a side effect is strong. Jarads Orders is cusp playable, and it only hits creatures. Hitting anything makes this a card that tutors for combos really well, and even does a great job just tutoring for value. This is a double tutor for five, with one target being completely unrestricted. Commander can use this, and I think Standard might, with the right reanimation spells and targets. Imagine if lili is already out when you cast this? Reanimate your fatty and hold onto the negate you fetched to your hand as protection?
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