Both solid but neither looks nuts to me. The mana dork would be pretty bad were it not for the sac ability, but of course having a 3-drop that is powerful in the late-game is a solid deal. 6 for a 3/3 flyer is pretty abysmal, but drawing a card is a nice add, and sometimes the discard will be relevant. I think they're both in the low B range, with the disciple a bit better imo.
My problem with the Dimir signpost (is that what we call this uncommon cycle?), is that it doesn't actually serve as an engine for any sort of archetype. The Gruul guy helps you fix/ramp to bring dragons into play, Selesnia rewards you for playing enchantress, Azorius rewards you for playing artifacts and supports skies, Rakdos provides a sac outlet for those goblin tokens, but what exactly does the Dimir one support? Will we be seeing more discard effects? This has always been my over-all problem with Dimir: Design never quite knows how to nail this flavor with work-around cards, out of fear of creating an infinite combo out of the interactions or something.
My problem with the Dimir signpost (is that what we call this uncommon cycle?), is that it doesn't actually serve as an engine for any sort of archetype. The Gruul guy helps you fix/ramp to bring dragons into play, Selesnia rewards you for playing enchantress, Azorius rewards you for playing artifacts and supports skies, Rakdos provides a sac outlet for those goblin tokens, but what exactly does the Dimir one support? Will we be seeing more discard effects? This has always been my over-all problem with Dimir: Design never quite knows how to nail this flavor with work-around cards, out of fear of creating an infinite combo out of the interactions or something.
My hope (a very dim dying hope) is there's a 'handsize matters' or a 'discard matters' theme going on in set as we have a 'nerf discard' effect on Ajani's Last Stand, and Nicky B discards things.
Doesn’t the Dimir one put you +2 cards on yur opponent, give you an evasive threat, and serve as a strong candidate for Gravedigger? Seems good to me.
Awful for standard but ticks all the boxes for limited - evasion, card draw AND can even nab a card potentially. That being said unless M19 is slow it's probably not enough of an impact on turn 6.
Doesn’t the Dimir one put you +2 cards on yur opponent, give you an evasive threat, and serve as a strong candidate for Gravedigger? Seems good to me.
Awful for standard but ticks all the boxes for limited - evasion, card draw AND can even nab a card potentially. That being said > unless M19 is slow < it's probably not enough of an impact on turn 6.
It´s obviously still too early to say for sure, but I´m convinced that it is. After almost all the commons are spoiled (I think we have something like 83 or 88 out of 110, depending on whether we get 5 or 10 taplands), there are almost no good aggressive two drops, several great 1/3s, very good removal spread across all mana costs, no mechanic that revolves around attacking and an obscene amount of incidental life gain. Looks like another Divination format to me. My early call is that the Dimir uncommon is perfectly playable.
And once again, for the umpteenth time, Dimir gets the shaft.
You got Scarab God in Amonkhet, what more could you possibly want? This thing is pretty clunky, I agree.
The Scarab God is fantastic but I was more referring to the color combination as it pertains to the entire library of Magic cards. If you build a cube you will notice certain guilds have an overabundance of awesome cards to choose from (Azorius) while others are underwhelming at best. Once you get passed the top 4 or 5 cards in Dimir, the quality starts to drop precipitously.
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I hope we get more of the draft archetypes today
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Phelddagrif - Zirilan
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Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6
- U-shaped head
- Smokey dissolving body
- Nightmare creature type
- Related to stealing thoughts
Is this foreshadowing...?
DracDisc is probably going to surprise a lot of people with how strong it is.
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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But my hope is half-hearted on that.
Standard: BG Golgari Midrange
Modern: U Merfolk GWUBR 5 Color Humans UBW Esper Gifts GW Bogles
OK?
What's the significance?
Yeah perfectly reasonable. Not constructed playable, but a very solid limited card for sure.
Awful for standard but ticks all the boxes for limited - evasion, card draw AND can even nab a card potentially. That being said unless M19 is slow it's probably not enough of an impact on turn 6.
... here's to jamming those into a deck with a whole bunch of ramp and some Parallel Lives...
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You got Scarab God in Amonkhet, what more could you possibly want? This thing is pretty clunky, I agree.