(not here) but called Bolas getting a origin flip card.
Seems solid 4 mana 4/4 with flying and etb effect is decent, 7 to transform for three strong choice isn't bad either.
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Great card! I love the options that planeswalker side has, and the creature side is very good 4/4 for 4 flying. I can see this being a really cool grixis commander.
Edit: As to the card itself, wow, I originally read his -3 as including players. I was kind of wondering what purpose the rest of the card even served (just -3 twice and be done with it), but then I realized it only hit Creatures/Planeswalker. Whew.
That would be cool. I'd like if Ugin's card had a WUBRG ability so he can be played with Morph cards in all colors. He's effectively the father of all Dragons on Tarkir, it only makes sense for him to have a connection to WUBRG.
"WUBRG: Put the top five cards of your library onto the battlefield face down. They're 2/2 creatures. If any of those cards are creature cards, you may turn them face up at any time for their mana cost."
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Hey, is that the first three-colored color indicator on a real card?
Bolas is representative enough - he gets to be a flying dragon that casuses discard on the front; a blue, black and red ability on the back each with an ultimate that shows he got a little better at destroying people's mind since being a whelp. It's cool that the creature side is chibi Bolas and hence can be a little cheaper than usual. I like how he hasn't mastered yet causing the discard of a full hand.
Ajani is certainly turning away from soul-magic towards being the white weenie 'walker. It makes sense to rally the troops with that title though.
EDIT: Probably story-relevant detail: Chibi-Bolas does not yet have the Gem of Becoming the planeswalker side has.
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Nicol Bolas, the Arisen looks more like a demon than a dragon, though. They need to make his face more dragonlike again. But I'm pleased that they made a new Bolas legend for Commander. No more old legends cards or substitutes!
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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.
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I kinda like Ajani for some reason. It's not that powerful, but I think it has a lot of potential, just unsure where.
So what happens if you use The Scarab God to bring back Baby Bolas and try to transform him? Does transforming it work if it's a token?
The Token stops existing while it is in exile..and
SQUEEEEEEEEE this is really the only thing I wanted out of this set, if we get some sort of Bant Flip Ugin I will go out and howl at the moon till the set releases.
Is it just me or do those peaks on Bolas's PW background looks like from Tarkir? Somehow the doom and gloom reminds me of Crucible of the Spirit Dragon.
I'm a bit disappointed in both cards really. Both seem to have a bit of value, but Bolas seems way too slow for Standard play I still want both cards, especially Bolas 'cause he's my boy, but they'll be going into some of my commander decks.
I'd like to make a sick Grixis bolas themed standard deck, but it's not really strong enough right now.
That nicol bolas card looks awesome to me. Would it have been OP if it had haste to represent the red portion of its casting cost?
I agree, it looks awesome. I am already planning on trying it in Standard. I don't think Haste would have made it OP. The 7 mana flip ability will sometimes take along time to get online, and can be responded to killing Bolas. He is three different colors, which is enough of a hurdle in Standard where Haste would have been fine, especially since he can be Pushed if with Revolt. For 1 more mana and all in one color you get Glorybringer. The red/black aspect could also have been okay to have it be discard 1 card at random. That could add a little more power to the card, again being a 3-color, 4-mana creature that can be easily answered in Standard.
I hope if all the elder dragons are back, that they are 3-color, 4-mana fliers. It would be so cool to have a dragon for each wedge.
That would be cool. I'd like if Ugin's card had a WUBRG ability so he can be played with Morph cards in all colors. He's effectively the father of all Dragons on Tarkir, it only makes sense for him to have a connection to WUBRG.
"WUBRG: Put the top five cards of your library onto the battlefield face down. They're 2/2 creatures. If any of those cards are creature cards, you may turn them face up at any time for their mana cost."
To get him 5color they could simply mirror/copy Bolas's sparking trigger and have Ugin as "WUBRG: Blah transform blah." His planeswalker abilities could cover the Dragonstorms and manifest and such.
Ehhhh.... pretty disappointed they went with a Flipwalker design. I was really hoping for just a revamped creature version that would make for a good control finisher or something.
I get the whole "Spark Igniting" thing and I guess it works well enough on flip cards, but it feels gimmicky to me. They seem so narrowly designed to be standard midrangy cards that it just hurts.
I would have much rather preferred just a plain ol' Nicol Bolas creature that had some nifty abilities. After all, he was still really strong before he actually became a planeswalker.
Bolas looks like fun but he's entirely too slow for any format other than Commander. He might make a big splash in Commander though.
And Ajani is really weak. His + is whatever, his - is decent enough, but his ultimate is practically worthless. What Standard deck wants this Ajani? White Weenies will be a thing, but does that deck want to use up a slot for this Ajani? You can do a lot with 4 mana in a good White Weenies deck, and I don't think this Ajani has the value to justify slotting it in.
I thought a large part of Bolas's appeal was supposed to be that he's, you know, a dragon. Not an orc. Not a gremlin. Not an ape. Flattening his face doesn't "humanize" him, it makes him look stupid.
That's a really solid and fun-looking card, though. But as a Vorthos, I can't get past that art. This current art direction needs to stop.
Also, Ajani is number 03, a Ugin flip card can happen. (i doubt there will be something like Aegis Angel in the main set or other white cards before hin, soo we have 2 cololess cards possibly in the set, Ugin creature and Ugin Oldwalker.)
Also, Ajani is number 03, a Ugin flip card can happen. (i doubt there will be something like Aegis Angel in the main set or other white cards before hin, soo we have 2 cololess cards possibly in the set, Ugin creature and Ugin Oldwalker.)
If Ugin's a DFC, it'd both count as the same number. Also, directly transforming Nicol is a bad idea for it'll die immediately due to 0 loyalty, just like the original DFC-walkers from Origins.
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Seems solid 4 mana 4/4 with flying and etb effect is decent, 7 to transform for three strong choice isn't bad either.
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Now even more excited for a potential Ugin flipwalker.
Edit: As to the card itself, wow, I originally read his -3 as including players. I was kind of wondering what purpose the rest of the card even served (just -3 twice and be done with it), but then I realized it only hit Creatures/Planeswalker. Whew.
That would be cool. I'd like if Ugin's card had a WUBRG ability so he can be played with Morph cards in all colors. He's effectively the father of all Dragons on Tarkir, it only makes sense for him to have a connection to WUBRG.
"WUBRG: Put the top five cards of your library onto the battlefield face down. They're 2/2 creatures. If any of those cards are creature cards, you may turn them face up at any time for their mana cost."
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.
Bolas is representative enough - he gets to be a flying dragon that casuses discard on the front; a blue, black and red ability on the back each with an ultimate that shows he got a little better at destroying people's mind since being a whelp. It's cool that the creature side is chibi Bolas and hence can be a little cheaper than usual. I like how he hasn't mastered yet causing the discard of a full hand.
Ajani is certainly turning away from soul-magic towards being the white weenie 'walker. It makes sense to rally the troops with that title though.
EDIT: Probably story-relevant detail: Chibi-Bolas does not yet have the Gem of Becoming the planeswalker side has.
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Nicol Bolas, the Arisen looks more like a demon than a dragon, though. They need to make his face more dragonlike again. But I'm pleased that they made a new Bolas legend for Commander. No more old legends cards or substitutes!
A list of must-have cards for a Bolas Commander deck:
4 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
Creatures
2 Augur of Bolas
3 Bontu the Glorified
4 Disciple of Bolas
5 Mindclaw Shaman
5 Neheb, the Eternal
5 The Scarab God
5 The Scorpion God
6 The Locust God
8 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
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3 Liliana of the Veil
4 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
4 Ral Zarek
5 Sarkhan the Mad
7 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
2 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
3 Gate to the Afterlife
3 Gem of Becoming
4 The Chain Veil
6 Planar Bridge
7 God-Pharaoh's Gift
Enchantments
4 Blood Reckoning
6 In Bolas's Clutches
7 Cruel Reality
Instants
4 Hour of Glory
2 Magmaquake
Sorceries
4 Mastermind's Acquisition
5 Crux of Fate
5 Hour of Devastation
5 Dark Intimations
7 Wit's End
7 Cruel Ultimatum
10 Apex of Power
2 Torment of Hailfire
3 Hour of Eternity
1 Blood Crypt
1 Canyon Slough
1 Command Tower
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Fetid Pools
1 Smoldering Marsh
1 Steam Vents
1 Sunken Hollow
1 Watery Grave
5 Island
5 Swamp
5 Mountain
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.
So what happens if you use The Scarab God to bring back Baby Bolas and try to transform him? Does transforming it work if it's a token?
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The Token stops existing while it is in exile..and
SQUEEEEEEEEE this is really the only thing I wanted out of this set, if we get some sort of Bant Flip Ugin I will go out and howl at the moon till the set releases.
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BUR Nekusar, the Mindrazer || U Arcanis the Omnipotent - Artifact "Storm"
I'd like to make a sick Grixis bolas themed standard deck, but it's not really strong enough right now.
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StaffI agree, it looks awesome. I am already planning on trying it in Standard. I don't think Haste would have made it OP. The 7 mana flip ability will sometimes take along time to get online, and can be responded to killing Bolas. He is three different colors, which is enough of a hurdle in Standard where Haste would have been fine, especially since he can be Pushed if with Revolt. For 1 more mana and all in one color you get Glorybringer. The red/black aspect could also have been okay to have it be discard 1 card at random. That could add a little more power to the card, again being a 3-color, 4-mana creature that can be easily answered in Standard.
I hope if all the elder dragons are back, that they are 3-color, 4-mana fliers. It would be so cool to have a dragon for each wedge.
Dear Art Director: Stop having artists smash Planeswalker Bolas's face in. No one thinks it looks cool.
Edit: That is, however, the coolest-looking Ajani I've ever seen.
To get him 5color they could simply mirror/copy Bolas's sparking trigger and have Ugin as "WUBRG: Blah transform blah." His planeswalker abilities could cover the Dragonstorms and manifest and such.
Upside: is 5 color.
Downside: is 5 color.
The Ajani seems surprisingly good also. It's something I will consider adding to my Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit white weenie EDH deck.
I get the whole "Spark Igniting" thing and I guess it works well enough on flip cards, but it feels gimmicky to me. They seem so narrowly designed to be standard midrangy cards that it just hurts.
I would have much rather preferred just a plain ol' Nicol Bolas creature that had some nifty abilities. After all, he was still really strong before he actually became a planeswalker.
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And Ajani is really weak. His + is whatever, his - is decent enough, but his ultimate is practically worthless. What Standard deck wants this Ajani? White Weenies will be a thing, but does that deck want to use up a slot for this Ajani? You can do a lot with 4 mana in a good White Weenies deck, and I don't think this Ajani has the value to justify slotting it in.
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I thought a large part of Bolas's appeal was supposed to be that he's, you know, a dragon. Not an orc. Not a gremlin. Not an ape. Flattening his face doesn't "humanize" him, it makes him look stupid.
That's a really solid and fun-looking card, though. But as a Vorthos, I can't get past that art. This current art direction needs to stop.
Also, Ajani is number 03, a Ugin flip card can happen. (i doubt there will be something like Aegis Angel in the main set or other white cards before hin, soo we have 2 cololess cards possibly in the set, Ugin creature and Ugin Oldwalker.)
If Ugin's a DFC, it'd both count as the same number. Also, directly transforming Nicol is a bad idea for it'll die immediately due to 0 loyalty, just like the original DFC-walkers from Origins.