Lavinia is probably the dumbest "you don't get to play magic" cards in a long time. Honestly. Slots MD into the tier 0 deck of modern and it affects:
Tron
Burn (rift bolt)
Infect (mutagenic)
Mardu (turn 1 looting, turn 2 souls)
Ad Nauseum (bloom)
Living End
Jund (cascade)
U/x Turns (miracle)
UWx Control (delve, terminus)
Phoenix variants (gut shot)
Hollow One
This is dumb.
She doesn’t stop lingering souls from being cast from the GY. You still pay mana for a flashback spell. Also, she doesn’t kill delve or convoke as long as you cast 1 mana also for the spell.
she stops it from being cast turn 2(but don't stop on turn 3)
IMO litle thalia is still better (unless the op is playing gutshot)
Lavinia is probably the dumbest "you don't get to play magic" cards in a long time. Honestly. Slots MD into the tier 0 deck of modern and it affects:
Tron
Burn (rift bolt)
Infect (mutagenic)
Mardu (turn 1 looting, turn 2 souls)
Ad Nauseum (bloom)
Living End
Jund (cascade)
U/x Turns (miracle)
UWx Control (delve, terminus)
Phoenix variants (gut shot)
Hollow One
This is dumb.
She doesn’t stop lingering souls from being cast from the GY. You still pay mana for a flashback spell. Also, she doesn’t kill delve or convoke as long as you cast 1 mana also for the spell.
Someone already answered the souls part I put up. The first ability could potentially stop the others depending on your land count.
You are correct that Humans isn't tier 0, I didn't realize Spirits topped that quick. To say it's not close however with that small margin of difference?
This card could push it up ala Dredge with chill. This doesn't really help a huge amount with the top decks but does so much splash damage incidental hate against the rest of the field that you'd get a lot of MD free rolls by playing Humans. This definitely would increase metashare in the future and just gives a great tool to a deck that didn't need it.
Scarier thought? Not much downside for Spirits to play this either MD. 😶
Dredge, KCI, Hollow One, Tron, Spirits, GDS, and even Phoenix, are all just as competitive.
Humans is certainly Tier 1, but 0, is a special place reserved for garbage like Eldrazi.
And Treasure Cruise Delver. And in Standard, Temur Energy and Caw Blade. We don't refer to a "Tier 0" unless a format is deeply dysfunctional because of that deck. Small quibble spun out of hand, but there you have it.
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I could see Spirits running Lavinia, too. She prevents your opponents from getting their spells back when Spell Queller leaves the battlefield. Throw in some flicker like Eldrazi Displacer, and you've got a soft lock.
I could see Spirits running Lavinia, too. She prevents your opponents from getting their spells back when Spell Queller leaves the battlefield. Throw in some flicker like Eldrazi Displacer, and you've got a soft lock.
That would be a nice use of her indeed but maybe in other deck. Can't see spirits using more than 2 of her in sideboard.
I could see Spirits running Lavinia, too. She prevents your opponents from getting their spells back when Spell Queller leaves the battlefield. Throw in some flicker like Eldrazi Displacer, and you've got a soft lock.
IIRC in the original concept push for RtR, they actually ran out of time before they could design Simic's architecture lmao. So that probably explains the discrepancies.
Doesn't look like there's going to be Jace in this set
Thats pretty much a given, Maro even said the walkers in these sets are two colored and working for Bolas and the gatewatch won't appear at all.
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Doesn't look like there's going to be Jace in this set
Thats pretty much a given, Maro even said the walkers in these sets are two colored and working for Bolas and the gatewatch won't appear at all.
If it's any consolation, I'm sure the 'watch will appear in the next set, dramatic entrance to the big fight scene vs. Bolas and his newfound henchmen. I bet three of them even get PW cards.
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Doesn't look like there's going to be Jace in this set
Thats pretty much a given, Maro even said the walkers in these sets are two colored and working for Bolas and the gatewatch won't appear at all.
If it's any consolation, I'm sure the 'watch will appear in the next set, dramatic entrance to the big fight scene vs. Bolas and his newfound henchmen. I bet three of them even get PW cards.
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IIRC in the original concept push for RtR, they actually ran out of time before they could design Simic's architecture lmao. So that probably explains the discrepancies.
That's precisely why I was hoping that they'd do it properly this time around. For a guild that supposedly is crazy about everything being organic, their integration of gothic architecture and magitech stuff is surprisingly inorganic. We need more Novijen, Heart of Progress vibes!
Doesn't look like there's going to be Jace in this set
Thats pretty much a given, Maro even said the walkers in these sets are two colored and working for Bolas and the gatewatch won't appear at all.
I must have missed that. Makes sense. I suppose Jace will appear in Milk. Damn, I didn't want to wait this long for Jace to appear.
"this long" which means since ixalan?
As in, seeing Jace again is the only thing keeping a third return to Ravnica, the plane I loathe most (alongside Tarkir) palpable enough to endure, this long. But he's going to be three sets in before I finally get the one good thing Ravnica could deliver for me.
Growth Spiral though. Not bad. Lavinia too. Not bad.
Sweet Jesus Mother Mary. That is a hate card. It doesn't blow any one deck out, but there are so many "unfair" decks that are effected by this. Grishoalbrand can't win with this on the board, it also slows down ironworks and disrupts freewin red if played on turn 2. I think a lot of the other decks have already been mentioned. I imagine that it doesn't replace meddling mage in humans, since you can just name the card it would hit in a lot of these matchups. The real format where it will absolutely destroy people is vintage. Cards like gush, and force of will become dead. Moxen become a liability on the draw. I think there may not be a single deck that is untouched by this in that format. Some decks should be able to push through it, just won't be able to play magic. Ex: paradoxical storm has only one maindeck out to this, repeal, and only 12 lands total 5 of which are fetch lands. Oh and did i mention it's blue which means you can pitch it to force of will?
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Doesn't look like there's going to be Jace in this set
Thats pretty much a given, Maro even said the walkers in these sets are two colored and working for Bolas and the gatewatch won't appear at all.
I must have missed that. Makes sense. I suppose Jace will appear in Milk. Damn, I didn't want to wait this long for Jace to appear.
"this long" which means since ixalan?
As in, seeing Jace again is the only thing keeping a third return to Ravnica, the plane I loathe most (alongside Tarkir) palpable enough to endure, this long. But he's going to be three sets in before I finally get the one good thing Ravnica could deliver for me.
Growth Spiral though. Not bad. Lavinia too. Not bad.
Oh no, we have to wait another set for the dumbest, most pushed-in-our-faces planeswalker. I hope he dies to Bolas so we don’t get 20 million more Jace cards. He won’t tho, since Wizards has a hard on for him and seem to assume the whole audience does too.
Am I the only one who thinks the Azorius female on the box art looks like a female Jace? Compare to Oath of Jace. She looks like his twin sister (and she ain't bad-looking either). Also, that is one smug-looking Judge's Familiar on her shoulder.
Gate Colossus is looking pretty decent for a Gates deck, especially now that we have Gateway Plaza to give any two-color deck eight Gates by default.
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That Instant speed Explore variant also has Seb McKinnon artwork?
Simic-style Basic Lands?
FFffffffffff yaaaaaas
Lavinia art and design are impressive!
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
she stops it from being cast turn 2(but don't stop on turn 3)
IMO litle thalia is still better (unless the op is playing gutshot)
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You are correct that Humans isn't tier 0, I didn't realize Spirits topped that quick. To say it's not close however with that small margin of difference?
This card could push it up ala Dredge with chill. This doesn't really help a huge amount with the top decks but does so much splash damage incidental hate against the rest of the field that you'd get a lot of MD free rolls by playing Humans. This definitely would increase metashare in the future and just gives a great tool to a deck that didn't need it.
Scarier thought? Not much downside for Spirits to play this either MD. 😶
Dredge, KCI, Hollow One, Tron, Spirits, GDS, and even Phoenix, are all just as competitive.
Humans is certainly Tier 1, but 0, is a special place reserved for garbage like Eldrazi.
Spirits
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That would be a nice use of her indeed but maybe in other deck. Can't see spirits using more than 2 of her in sideboard.
Spirits
That interaction is just bonkers!
Modern: WUBRG Humans - GBW Traverse - GWU Knightfall - GRW Bushwhacker Zoo -
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Thats pretty much a given, Maro even said the walkers in these sets are two colored and working for Bolas and the gatewatch won't appear at all.
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|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
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Growth Spiral though. Not bad. Lavinia too. Not bad.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Lavinia sounds like sideboard level for modern to me
And spectacle mechanic works definately what rakdos guild would do
And the planeswalker decks that officially 100% locks dovin for azorius
So team bolas has golgari, Izzet, azorius, orzhoz and gruul
It’s still so weird dimir and rakdos are on team gatewatch you would think they would be team bolas by default
Other than that great spoilers.
Oh no, we have to wait another set for the dumbest, most pushed-in-our-faces planeswalker. I hope he dies to Bolas so we don’t get 20 million more Jace cards. He won’t tho, since Wizards has a hard on for him and seem to assume the whole audience does too.
Gate Colossus is looking pretty decent for a Gates deck, especially now that we have Gateway Plaza to give any two-color deck eight Gates by default.
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.