MTG Salvation

I love hearing Ashlen talk, and i want BOTH of these!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHHErPDkzT4

Oh wow those are both very impressive!!!

So this set is a love letter to Otaria, I guess. My favorite Magic setting, so I'm not disappointed!

Wish we could have gotten a new Phage though. One that is easier to actually play as a commander.

The card, super cool.
The art? Lame. Was really hoping they'd give her the dumb cat-legs she got in the books. It's such a WTF moment in those novels that is never shown in any of the art.

Out of the entire characters I would have chosen from Onslaught block I would have chosen Karona over Akroma. Karona needs a better card that represents her better. Cards here are good though.

Not bad I was hoping for a mono white planeswalker with partner but this one is good. Radiant was a letdown

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Not bad I was hoping for a mono white planeswalker with partner but this one is good. Radiant was a letdown

Really, really hoped for the white mythic be Daria of the Nine Titans.

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The card, super cool.
The art? Lame. Was really hoping they'd give her the dumb cat-legs she got in the books. It's such a WTF moment in those novels that is never shown in any of the art.

Something is different with her legs, tho.

The will is cool. Instant that gives protection from all colors and indestructible for protection or flying, vigilance and double strike for a alpha strike.

Akroma herself is what I feared. Good old keyword soup on steroids. The thing is I don't know if I want to have a commander with 7 CC in the commander zone. One which requires a specific board to be impactfull. Interesting that they kept trample on her and not haste. She could fit in the Odric, Lunarch Marshal keyword soup deck if that is still a thing. As Partner I think we should consider something with green... To be able to ramp a little. Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood seems okayish. Green has creatures with many keywords, too. Majestic Myriarch, Questing Beast, Elder Gargaroth, End-Raze Forerunners, Ramunap Hydra.

I was hoping for something more interesting... Well at least she is better than Radiant.

Edit: Well her old card would received +6/+6 from the new Akromas effect.

Akroma is a great fit for Kathril, Aspect Warper.

White mythics are disappointing. It's as if the developers want to repeat the same old chant numerous times, thinking it'd make the song more powerful or interesting, rather than creating new, innovative work.

White mythics are disappointing. It's as if the developers want to repeat the same old chant numerous times, thinking it'd make the song more powerful or interesting, rather than creating new, innovative work.

So, what's the ruling on creatures with first strike *and* double strike? Do they get +2/+2 for that?

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So, what's the ruling on creatures with first strike *and* double strike? Do they get +2/+2 for that?

Yes, hence why she’s so good in Kathril, she doubles his bonuses (and feeds his hunger for keywords).

I wonder if we will get a eldrazi mythic next.

So how does the partner ability she would gave to other creaturès affect them?

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I wonder if we will get a eldrazi mythic next.

So how does the partner ability she would gave to other creaturès affect them?

She doesn't give the effects to others. They gain +1/+1 if they have partner.

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Akroma is a great fit for Kathril, Aspect Warper.

Also as fun in Odric, Lunarch Marshal

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The extra-spiky feet have me believe this version of Akroma is much later in the Odyssey/Onslaught story, where her legs get amputated and she replaces them with knives. That being said, she's a finisher. DO NOT cast her unless you are ready to knock someone out, then keep her around for the potential blowback from other players, as she boosts every combat.

The Will is great because it will get damage through no matter what, but the best part is the mana cost. Anyone want to pull it out of their deck with Sunforger?

I think so, too. She is wielding a spear as weapon instead of a sword. And the spear has similarities to the staff/wand Ixidor is wielding Ixidor, Reality Sculptor.

her legs look pretty dumb to me in that art

Ops I miss read her.
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I thought her replacement leg came from an animal

She was swallowed by a deathworm or something like that and the acid/digestive juice in the worm burned her legs and other things. But for some reason her body could heal but the animal part didn't. So she used swords as legs after that... (If I remember correctly)

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She was swallowed by a deathworm or something like that and the acid/digestive juice in the worm burned her legs and other things. But for some reason her body could heal but the animal part didn't. So she used swords as legs after that... (If I remember correctly)

Good lord, that book series was a weird one. I should reread it, think I've got them at home somewhere.

Akroma’s Memorial now gives all your creatures +6/+6 during combat.

My Kathril, Aspect Warper loves this

pretty stupid with Concerted Effort

kinda uninspired but powerful.