Lava Dart is silly good, Prohibit is good to have in any pool, the changelings will be very welcome in Pauper where a few tribes really lack one more playable card to get there. The bear fight card is potentially a pauper staple for Stompy (which is loaded with 2 power guys), the white convoke guy might play well with Quirion Ranger in Selesnya convoke builds as it matches Gurmag Angler for power, and the headless specter has devotion friendly cc and 2 toughness (v. important so your Cuombajj Witches don't ping it off as colatteral). This is good stuff for pauper.
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I know, draft purposes and such, but do they think that worse versions of Hypnotic Specter and Wall of Swords are Modern playable?
Have my concern.
Costs W more, can attack as though it didn't have defender. Yeah, totally seems worse to me. /s And no, I don't think they intend for them to be "Modern playable", just playable in Modern as tweaks on existing cards.
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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.
It also seems as though we'll have a cycle of changeling "imposters" aping familiar cards, not to mention cameos (like not-wall of swords & not-hypnotic specter). The bear card also gets a laugh out of me.
The card that catches my eye is that convoke spirit, though. Getting a "free" 5/4 by turn 3-4 really isn't that terrible, though it would only find use in decks that naturally get three spirits to stick early in the game (as it's far too fair to be worth jumping through hoops).
Edit: in other news, SNOW LANDS!!!
Edit Edit: Goblin Matron and Wing Shards? I have to say that I like what I'm seeing.
Nice land art... Too bad they literally all look the same (apart from the swamp that looks like a plains).
Sorry, but I'll take the old arts any day of the week over these ones.
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meh, this is a disappointing start and it doesnt make me look forward to other spoilers
right now it feels like: "we didnt know what we could sell you, so we decided to go for full art snow covered lands and added ... something. oh and btw its 6€ a pack"
Yeah, you can't look at these for Modern. They are draft and Pauper. But compare them to the first handful of commons spoiled for a regular set and it sure looks like the power level of this set is going to be WAY above average, because these cards are not Modern playable, but they are WAY better than average
At least the designs are interesting and creative and we will not have some crappiest vanilla creature or basic spell as usual.
Anyone know if we can get these in foil? It was never in the original announcement from what I recall. I am needing to get my hands on those snow-covered lands in foil if possible.
Anyone know if we can get these in foil? It was never in the original announcement from what I recall. I am needing to get my hands on those snow-covered lands in foil if possible.
I don't see why not. They're part of the main set so foil variants should be available in boosters.
Yeah, you can't look at these for Modern. They are draft and Pauper. But compare them to the first handful of commons spoiled for a regular set and it sure looks like the power level of this set is going to be WAY above average, because these cards are not Modern playable, but they are WAY better than average
At least the designs are interesting and creative and we will not have some crappiest vanilla creature or basic spell as usual.
I predict a plethora of inefficient virtual French vanillas and boring spells with lame stuff like Cycling, Entwine, Convoke, and Kicker.
I have to admit that the simultaneous coolness and unviability of preview cards like Elvish Fury is cracking me up.
Lava Dart is really sweet as well. Not quite as useful as Gut Shot, but Gut Shot is absurd anyway.
Phoenix might want Lava Dart more, actually. It's up to 2 spells in 1 card that can be cast from the graveyard without paying mana.
Exactly that. Lorwyn was a tribal based block so changelings fit into whatever tribal you choosed to play back then.
Ooh, good point. Didn’t think about that. Could be a strong case for running both in a Phoenix deck then...
Costs W more, can attack as though it didn't have defender. Yeah, totally seems worse to me. /s And no, I don't think they intend for them to be "Modern playable", just playable in Modern as tweaks on existing cards.
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.
Prohibit and Lava Dart are nice.
It also seems as though we'll have a cycle of changeling "imposters" aping familiar cards, not to mention cameos (like not-wall of swords & not-hypnotic specter). The bear card also gets a laugh out of me.
The card that catches my eye is that convoke spirit, though. Getting a "free" 5/4 by turn 3-4 really isn't that terrible, though it would only find use in decks that naturally get three spirits to stick early in the game (as it's far too fair to be worth jumping through hoops).
Edit: in other news, SNOW LANDS!!!
Edit Edit: Goblin Matron and Wing Shards? I have to say that I like what I'm seeing.
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UBG B/U/G control
BBB MBC
WUR Control
WWW Prison
RRR Goblins
Legacy
BBB Pox
UBG B/U/G Control
UWU StoneBlade
UW Miracle Control
Sorry, but I'll take the old arts any day of the week over these ones.
I hope. Goblins in modern needs three things, because we aren't getting wasteland/port...
1. Goblin Lackey
2. A removal goblin, one of Sparksmith, Sharpshooter, or Gempalm Incinerator
3. Patriarch's Bidding
We already have Goblin Guide, Skirk Prospector, Goblin Warchief, Piledriver, and Siege-gang Commander.
Had to be done. Won't drive the price down for the existing ones either I would guess.
One in every pack??? Helps stomach the 6 dollar a pack entry point if you get a guaranteed 1 to 2 dollar land in each pack.
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Yeah, I kinda have a feeling Paupers players will love this set.
right now it feels like: "we didnt know what we could sell you, so we decided to go for full art snow covered lands and added ... something. oh and btw its 6€ a pack"
At least the designs are interesting and creative and we will not have some crappiest vanilla creature or basic spell as usual.
I don't see why not. They're part of the main set so foil variants should be available in boosters.
I predict a plethora of inefficient virtual French vanillas and boring spells with lame stuff like Cycling, Entwine, Convoke, and Kicker.
I have to admit that the simultaneous coolness and unviability of preview cards like Elvish Fury is cracking me up.
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