Sure, there is a chance of spending $4 on a booster and getting the Mythic Rare $30 super card. There is also a chance of surviving putting your tongue in a light socket.
I guess this is the new God mechanic for War, its good I think, in Limited he can get rid of your excess lands for cards, its also a 5/6 menace that never goes away.
For the card - I love it. Love triggering sacrifice effects and I like the different ways that they keep coming up with for the permanence of gods.
However, from a story perspective I am confused. I thought the Amonkhet gods were just walking leylines according to Nissa? How do they have something to resurrect like this if that's the case?
This is royally going to bite Bolas in his scaly dragon ass when Liliana turns his Eternalized Gods against him.
Liliana: You seek to become a god, Bolas. But now you've given me control over four! Hmm...four Gods, four Demons, four friends...four really is the number of death, isn't it?
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MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
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.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Well okay she deserves this. I like the new way the gods are immortal and the designs for the undead gods are really cool IMO.
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“There are no weak Jews. I am descended from those who wrestle angels and kill giants. We were chosen by God. You were chosen by a pathetic little man who can't seem to grow a full mustache"
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
There's just something awesome about Bontu's creature type being "Zombie God." It's just like the War Pig in terms of persistence, but I don't know how good that sacrifice/draw ability is. I mean, it has some pretty good synergy with Mayhem Devil to add some damage onto the card draw, at least.
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The problem with defining this format by what is "fun" is that everyone seems to define fun as what they don't lose to. If you keep losing to easily answered cards, that means you should improve your deck. If you don't want to improve your deck, then you should come to peace with the idea that you are going to lose because you chose to not interact with better strategies.
This is royally going to bite Bolas in his scaly dragon ass when Liliana turns his Eternalized Gods against him.
Liliana: You seek to become a god, Bolas. But now you've given me control over four! Hmm...four Gods, four Demons, four friends...four really is the number of death, isn't it?
According to the information in the preview article for Enter the God Eternals, Bolas is controlling them personally.
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It's about time for the reserved list to die, for the sake of Vintage and Legacy (And Commander).
And oh my goodness she can get baren glory to work too bad the draw part ruins it
Time to reveal the evilest play you can do with this
Martyr's Bond and Faith's Reward that’s a obnoxiously large amount of saving for your opponents too bad it can’t get the lands
No way. We got this.
Barren Glory on the field along with Mindslicer and Phyrexian Altar. God-Eternal Bontu ETB on the stack, sac Bontu to Phyrexian Altar. Bontu ETB resolves, sacrificing everything but Barren Glory. You finish resolving the ability drawing that many cards. Then Mindslicer ability resolves. Everyone discards their hand. And you can usually keep Mindslicer around, playing it whenever you want, because no one wants to kill it, lol.
The old Bontu card has menace as well. Seems like the key word could be the same. If that is the case than Oketra will have double strike, Rhonas deathtouch and Kefnet flying.
Oketras etb effect could be create X zombie tokens, Rhonas could give your creatures +x/+x and trample and Kefnet let you draw some cards? (Similar to the old effect but on etb trigger and more power. )
So, the more I read this card the more I like it. I just realized it doesn't say "nontoken permanents"...a zombie tribal deck that cranks out tokens could net some major card advantage from the Reprocess ability. It might actually make for some fun times for those decks.
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https://www.destructoid.com/check-out-magic-the-gathering-s-god-eternal-bontu-our-exclusive-card-reveal-549544.phtml
(U/B)(U/B)(U/B) JUMP IN THE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME
(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) RISING FROM THE NEON GLOOM, SHINING LIKE A CRAZY MOON
(U/R)(R/G)(G/U) STEALIN' WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYIN'
However, from a story perspective I am confused. I thought the Amonkhet gods were just walking leylines according to Nissa? How do they have something to resurrect like this if that's the case?
Just a bit of fun tech that I doubt we'll see from the other gods.
Liliana: You seek to become a god, Bolas. But now you've given me control over four! Hmm...four Gods, four Demons, four friends...four really is the number of death, isn't it?
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.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Yep, we already deduced this as soon as we saw Ilharg.
According to the information in the preview article for Enter the God Eternals, Bolas is controlling them personally.
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Numquam evolutioni obstes. Solum conculceris.
Pascite draconem, evolvite aut morimini.
And oh my goodness she can get barren glory to work too bad the draw part ruins it
Time to reveal the evilest play you can do with this
Martyr's Bond and Faith's Reward that’s a obnoxiously large amount of saving for your opponents too bad it can’t get the lands
No way. We got this.
Barren Glory on the field along with Mindslicer and Phyrexian Altar. God-Eternal Bontu ETB on the stack, sac Bontu to Phyrexian Altar. Bontu ETB resolves, sacrificing everything but Barren Glory. You finish resolving the ability drawing that many cards. Then Mindslicer ability resolves. Everyone discards their hand. And you can usually keep Mindslicer around, playing it whenever you want, because no one wants to kill it, lol.
Also, while Balance is banned in Commander, Balancing Act isn't. Cast God-Eternal Bontu, sac your board floating 2WW. Cast Balancing Act. Fun times.
Most Used (of many dozens) EDH Decks:
Brago, King Eternal - Stax
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden - Aggro Combo
Wort, the Raidmother - Spellslinger Swarm Control
Animar, Soul of Elements - Tempo Combo
Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder - Spellslinger
Exodia the Forbidden One:
Oona, Queen of the Fae - Combowins.dec
Oketras etb effect could be create X zombie tokens, Rhonas could give your creatures +x/+x and trample and Kefnet let you draw some cards? (Similar to the old effect but on etb trigger and more power. )