That ram is... brutal... 3 mana for a 4/4 vigi trampler??? ATLEAST? Can be up to a 5/5 for 3 if all your lands are gates. I am almost tempted to make a gates matter deck for the lulz
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So if I was building a casual Tron deck where like every card had to be under $2, so no karn or ugin or wurmcoil ... would this Sphinx be a finisher candidate? Immunity to most removal is a biiig plus.
That Sphinx is super scary for limited. Reach 7, get a 5/5 flier with almost-hexproof? At uncommon?
Very scurry in Limited. First-pickable easy.
I'm almost disappointed they didn't use a five-color indicator, but that would probably have been hard to read.
I wonder what this means for Transguild Courier. If they didn't print this with a color indicator, are they just going to remove that from the courier too to bring it back to its printed functionality?
That Sphinx is super scary for limited. Reach 7, get a 5/5 flier with almost-hexproof? At uncommon?
Very scurry in Limited. First-pickable easy.
I'm almost disappointed they didn't use a five-color indicator, but that would probably have been hard to read.
I wonder what this means for Transguild Courier. If they didn't print this with a color indicator, are they just going to remove that from the courier too to bring it back to its printed functionality?
Transguild Courier predates color indicators. It wasn't printed with one to begin with, so they may well default to that text style. The net effect is the same, though, there's not really any rules difference.
I wanted to to see the 5-colored indicator so badly. I am actually quite sad.
My best guess would be that the card receives a day 1 errata like Wastes. Because on the card Wastes has an empty text box, but on Gatherer is has " : Add C."
So I would assume that the Sphinx will not have "Sphinx of the Guildpact is all colors." in the textbox but will have "Color Indicator: White, Blue, Black, Red, Green" on Gatherer instead. Everybody understands what the card is supposed to do, so essentially nothing changes.
My guess why they didn't use a color indicator is that this card is uncommon and (less enfranchised) player would get confused when seeing a pizza with 5 slices in the type line.
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That Sphinx is super scary for limited. Reach 7, get a 5/5 flier with almost-hexproof? At uncommon?
Very scurry in Limited. First-pickable easy.
I'm almost disappointed they didn't use a five-color indicator, but that would probably have been hard to read.
I wonder what this means for Transguild Courier. If they didn't print this with a color indicator, are they just going to remove that from the courier too to bring it back to its printed functionality?
Transguild Courier predates color indicators. It wasn't printed with one to begin with, so they may well default to that text style. The net effect is the same, though, there's not really any rules difference.
That was kind of the point of the question though; Courier, in its Oracle text, *has* a color indicator now. Which is functionally different than a CDA defining its colors. Most notably with Muraganda Petroglyphs. I am not suggesting it is OP or even played, but I am curious if they will reverse course on the current wording of Courier to put it back to its printed wording.
I wanted to to see the 5-colored indicator so badly. I am actually quite sad.
My best guess would be that the card receives a day 1 errata like Wastes. Because on the card Wastes has an empty text box, but on Gatherer is has " : Add C."
So I would assume that the Sphinx will not have "Sphinx of the Guildpact is all colors." in the textbox but will have "Color Indicator: White, Blue, Black, Red, Green" on Gatherer instead. Everybody understands what the card is supposed to do, so essentially nothing changes.
My guess why they didn't use a color indicator is that this card is uncommon and (less enfranchised) player would get confused when seeing a pizza with 5 slices in the type line.
Maybe but that seems odd to print it that way just to change it in the oracle text. Wastes was a little different in this regard.
So if I was building a casual Tron deck where like every card had to be under $2, so no karn or ugin or wurmcoil ... would this Sphinx be a finisher candidate? Immunity to most removal is a biiig plus.
Yes, for sure. If my eta had more fliers, i would be STRONGLY considering it myself, and I already have all the traditional cards. If removal is a big consideration, this thing is really excellent. if not, Steel Hellkite . I have Wurmcoils, and this thing is still super neat
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A fun note - Eli on his twitter is basically saying they're reverting the errata of Transguild Courier to be a characeristic-defining ability as opposed to a color indicator. When they went to make the new Sphinx seen above, they realized it'd be illegible and very hard to parse.
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I'm almost disappointed they didn't use a five-color indicator, but that would probably have been hard to read.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
It is also a set with a million 1/1 flying tokens.
Also, there is a lot of multicolor removal.
8.RG Green Devotion Ramp/Combo 9.UR Draw Triggers 10.WUR Group stalling 11.WUR Voltron Spellslinger 12.WB Sacrificial Shenanigans
13.BR Creatureless Panharmonicon 14.BR Pingers and Eldrazi 15.URG Untapped Cascading
16.Reyhan, last of the Abzan's WUBG +1/+1 Counter Craziness 17.WUBRG Dragons aka Why did I make this?
Building: The Gitrog Monster lands, Glissa the Traitor stax, Muldrotha, the Gravetide Planeswalker Combo, Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix + Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa Clues, and Tribal Scarecrow Planeswalkers
This aint your girlfriends meta! This is a man's meta! TURBO META.
Yeah, the Gate deck is actually looking like a very solid and possibly competitive draft archetype this time around.
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StaffTransguild Courier predates color indicators. It wasn't printed with one to begin with, so they may well default to that text style. The net effect is the same, though, there's not really any rules difference.
My best guess would be that the card receives a day 1 errata like Wastes. Because on the card Wastes has an empty text box, but on Gatherer is has "
So I would assume that the Sphinx will not have "Sphinx of the Guildpact is all colors." in the textbox but will have "Color Indicator: White, Blue, Black, Red, Green" on Gatherer instead. Everybody understands what the card is supposed to do, so essentially nothing changes.
My guess why they didn't use a color indicator is that this card is uncommon and (less enfranchised) player would get confused when seeing a pizza with 5 slices in the type line.
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No kidding, right? I legit teared up reading the flavor text. We don't deserve dogs.
Yes, for sure. If my eta had more fliers, i would be STRONGLY considering it myself, and I already have all the traditional cards. If removal is a big consideration, this thing is really excellent. if not, Steel Hellkite . I have Wurmcoils, and this thing is still super neat
There are six cards previously to reference monocolored:
Awe for the Guilds
Defiler of Souls
Govern the Guildless
Guardian of the Guildpact
Sultai Charm
and
Ultimate Price
https://twitter.com/EliShffrn/status/1083524910905872386
The only way the errata and its reversion is relevant would be Muraganta Petroglyphs who once again will not be able to affect Courier.