If you control two other merfolk Svyelun, God of Sea and Sky is Indestructible
When Svyelun, God of Sea and Sky attacks, draw a card
Other Merfolk you control have Ward 1 (Whenever another Merfolk becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 1)
Interesting that its the first non-kaldheim God we've seen in a while that didn't need to be "turned on" via devotion or a similar circumstance being met to attack or block.
Interesting that its the first non-kaldheim God we've seen in a while that didn't need to be "turned on" via devotion or a similar circumstance being met to attack or block.
It's also the first God with other creature type in addition to "God"
So... Vialing this card in in response to a kill spell being aimed at another Merfolk won’t trigger ward because the target has already been set... right? Or do I somehow have that backwards?
So... Vialing this card in in response to a kill spell being aimed at another Merfolk won’t trigger ward because the target has already been set... right? Or do I somehow have that backwards?
yes, you're right.
ward triggers at the moment that the creature is targeted.
if you vial this in response to the spell, it will already be too late.
Interesting that its the first non-kaldheim God we've seen in a while that didn't need to be "turned on" via devotion or a similar circumstance being met to attack or block.
It's also the first God with other creature type in addition to "God"
Has anyone said whether or not this card is part of a cycle or not?
Highly doubtful. Green already has storm dino, golgari squirrel, and unannounced evoke mythics. Unless green magically has 4 mythics in this set, seems a bit unlikely.
Interesting that its the first non-kaldheim God we've seen in a while that didn't need to be "turned on" via devotion or a similar circumstance being met to attack or block.
Though for them to be "godly" you still need merfolk worshipers.
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Seb really needs to paint the third iteration of Thassa. How amazing would that be, to have a Jason Chan, Zack Stella and Seb McKinnon Thassa? My EDH dream.
Honestly I need to find a way to play this card - whether it's a new deck or finding room for her in a 99 of my sea monster deck. She still draws and is one theme, so why not.
Damn Seb's art looks like high quality old school MTG art. I can't stand the old frame but even I can't help admire that aesthetic. Wow.
Has anyone said whether or not this card is part of a cycle or not?
I do see good odds of there being a mega cycle across Modern Horizons sets though. Maybe a Goblin God, zombie God, etc. For all of the classic old tribes
Highly doubtful. Green already has storm dino, golgari squirrel, and unannounced evoke mythics. Unless green magically has 4 mythics in this set, seems a bit unlikely.
Something I will say though is that I did prefer Dominaria having beings called gods, but that were not actually, and were also absent. Like a true mystery, one couldn't be sure if they really existed, or were some powerful elementals worshipped as gods once, or something. Which was a stark contrast to Theros, that had genuine divinity, or Amonkhet where the gods actually walked among the populace, for example.
Now that we have a real god, it feels a bit disingenuous and robs some of the more unique qualities of other pantheons being legitimate gods in a history that never really had them (O-Kagachi and Myojins aside).
Svyelun of Sea and Sky might even be playable as a goodstuffs creature, not just in Merfolk. Drawing a card when she attacks is a very rare triggered ability to find on Modern-legal creatures, especially for this cheap. Pack removal to support her, though, and I think UR Prowess will rather run Yusri, Fortune's Flame because he draws more cards on average, has evasion, and has an easier mana cost, even though he dies to more removal.
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oh and people who don't know who this god
https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Svyelun
she’s from dominaria and here’s 3 older cards
(High tide from “Fallen empires”)
hey professor come on in we got a merfolk for you
and Bonus points on Seb Mckeonin hitting it out of the park again.
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ward triggers at the moment that the creature is targeted.
if you vial this in response to the spell, it will already be too late.
Nah, Ilharg, the Raze-Boar and God-Eternal Kefnet are way ahead of Svyelun.
Highly doubtful. Green already has storm dino, golgari squirrel, and unannounced evoke mythics. Unless green magically has 4 mythics in this set, seems a bit unlikely.
Though for them to be "godly" you still need merfolk worshipers.
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https://www.iyingdi.com/tz/post/5059339
Old border and borderless variants of the merfolk god
Holy **** SEBS art fits over top good to the Max perfection in old border
Also, Lord of Atlantis et al. didn't need another price increase, but by god (literally) they'll get one anyway.
since we had zombies before like this
despite that, i've waited
yearsliteral decades for her to get a card and i'm not really disappointed.I'm old enough to remember this!
Seb really needs to paint the third iteration of Thassa. How amazing would that be, to have a Jason Chan, Zack Stella and Seb McKinnon Thassa? My EDH dream.
Honestly I need to find a way to play this card - whether it's a new deck or finding room for her in a 99 of my sea monster deck. She still draws and is one theme, so why not.
Damn Seb's art looks like high quality old school MTG art. I can't stand the old frame but even I can't help admire that aesthetic. Wow.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
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Now that we have a real god, it feels a bit disingenuous and robs some of the more unique qualities of other pantheons being legitimate gods in a history that never really had them (O-Kagachi and Myojins aside).
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Fantastic artwork as always.
Petition to make WotC put up every las Seb piece as a wallpaper.