Teysa looks out of place because everyone else looks grittier and she just looks...computerized. Rakdos's art is the best depiction he's ever had. EVER.
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Teysa certainly looks different than her other renditions. Don't care, though, as my biggest concern was whether or not original Teysa would be the face card, or even in the deck. And she is. So I'm happy.
The Rakdos one is a must for me, and while Azorius and Gruul don't seem like much, they do have a few cards I need/like, so I'll need to think about it. Simic and Orzhov I'm not interested in.
Some really nice choices for face cards. Not a fan of the Teysa art though. I love her outfit, but her pose and facial expression just scream 'generic spellcaster looking determined.' The original art, whether you like the Orzhov boob window or not, at least communicated that she was primarily a schemer, and that her power lay in her words, not her magic.
About what I expected after the last round. Only surprise I can see are multiple versions of Teysa, Rakdos, and Isperia; kinda a nice for someone that wasn't playing back during the previous blocks I guess. Not blown away by any of the alternate arts...I guess Rakdos and Zegana are better than previous, but nothing that just calls to me like Trostani did.
Wait, I didn't see Lavinia, Azorius Renegade on the Azorius list...what happened to her alternate art, how is that available if not the Guildkit?
Wish Isperia had full body in flight art. She could at least look graceful to make up for her card.
Rakdos doing a classic Angel pose actually works really well.
I confess to being interested in seeing the print quality on Ulasht, with a Gruul set symbol no less. The Guildpact printing wasn't that great for a lot of the images, IMO, so maybe it will look better.
Can we give Skeletal Vampire a f**king break already? There is no demand for this card, and it's not evocative of the Orzhov Syndicate. Anyway, now that I've got that out of my system, these are some pretty solid lists.
That Ruric Thar, though!! Very badass.
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Kinda surprised no one mentioned the Sphinx's Revelation reprint in the Azorius deck. I personally know I skipped over it when I did my initial look over of the lists. Overall I like them a lot and like the alt arts.
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Can we give Skeletal Vampire a f**king break already? There is no demand for this card, and it's not evocative of the Orzhov Syndicate. Anyway, now that I've got that out of my system, these are some pretty solid lists.
That Ruric Thar, though!! Very badass.
To be fair, it is very clear that the Orzhov deck released has a very strong sac theme (basically an Aristocrat deck), and a creature that provides sac fodder, a free sac outlet, and a sac outlet that makes more sac fodder should be considered, no?
user: I disagree. This art is quite different, yes, but all other arts except her original one depict her with her walking cane and other stuff. If she were gesturing in this art with her cane instead of her hand, I would fully accept the art.
Rakdos knee is disproportional and looks like a Beer belly or something. Cant unsee it that way now, maybe in hand will be different.
Agree that Teysa art is almost completely different in every picture. I kinda like the pic in a way just not for her, but for a generic spellcaster.
The depiction of Zegana as a raging warrior instead of Utopian Speaker seems like a major flavor fail.
The Azorious deck looks strong.
Gruul is also one I will probably pick up.
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Edit: I also need a playmat of the new Rakdos art, it looks amazing!
I like the rest of the art except for Teysa's though, especially daddy Rakdos. Probably the best he's ever looked
Good decks overall. I might’ve miscounted, but Gruul has no mythical, Rakdos has four, Simic/Orzhov each has only one?
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest WUR Voltron Control
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun WU Unblockable Mirror Trickery
Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
"Non-Tribal" Tribal Generals, Eggs
Gruul has Ravager Wurm, so one mythic. Birds of Paradise is sitting at $7 right now, which makes it one of the more valuable reprints anyways.
Also: Rakdos! *swoons dramatically*
Still getting that Simic deck though.
I'm currently looking for:
80 UltraPro Sorin Markov Sleeves
80 UltraPro Sarkhan the Mad SleevesGot em'80 UltraPro Ajani Vengeant Sleeves
80 UltraPro Nicol Bolas Sleeves (Conflux)
The rest are really good. Angry Zegana looks weird,though.
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
Legendary: 1088 / 1208.
Planeswalkers: 182 / 226.
(16/03/2017)
Also, casual and semi-competitive Commander player \m/
The decks look as good as the first round, can't complain!
Wait, I didn't see Lavinia, Azorius Renegade on the Azorius list...what happened to her alternate art, how is that available if not the Guildkit?
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Wish Isperia had full body in flight art. She could at least look graceful to make up for her card.
Rakdos doing a classic Angel pose actually works really well.
Also holy cow Birds of Paradise is in the Gruul kit. I struggled to imagine how that kit would do anything interesting and I guess there's my answer.
That Ruric Thar, though!! Very badass.
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Modern - UB Mill (casual)
EDH - Meren's Grave Shenanigans
To be fair, it is very clear that the Orzhov deck released has a very strong sac theme (basically an Aristocrat deck), and a creature that provides sac fodder, a free sac outlet, and a sac outlet that makes more sac fodder should be considered, no?
user: I disagree. This art is quite different, yes, but all other arts except her original one depict her with her walking cane and other stuff. If she were gesturing in this art with her cane instead of her hand, I would fully accept the art.
Agree that Teysa art is almost completely different in every picture. I kinda like the pic in a way just not for her, but for a generic spellcaster.
The depiction of Zegana as a raging warrior instead of Utopian Speaker seems like a major flavor fail.
The Azorious deck looks strong.
Gruul is also one I will probably pick up.