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Quote from bleedin_eyeball »Ok, so my view is that this set is a little under powered so far. Lots of love for tribal knights (yay) I haven't had time to digest all of it yet, mainly considering what might fit into my current decks so far. Oakhame Adversary looks very sweet for multiplayer. Realm-Cloaked Giant looks the goods for some sort of giant-based control deck. Knights' Charge will be delicious in my wifes' Knight deck running Knight Exemplar. Once upon a Time into another 2-cmc spell (think Growth Spiral etc.) looks like a pretty good Turn 2 play, and it's instant speed! Rankle, Master of Pranks - flexibility is usually good. The Great Henge looks very good. Deathless Knight another not-terrible cockroach that gets around Grafdigger's Cage Gilded Goose is ok Gluttonous Troll etc. Food tokens are artifacts, so anything that cares artifacts to sacrifice, metalcraft, affinity etc. might find food tokens useful, but I'm thinking we probably already have better options.
Quote from Prid3 » With respect to Realm-Cloaked Giant I'd advise ignoring the "non-Giant" line of text. The set itself is interesting. Going by my grades it's mostly C+s, not many Bs or As, but there's a ton of C/C+ cards that will be fun to play with/against and very few cards like Narset, Parter of Veils and Smothering Tithe that trivialize what your adversaries are playing.
Quote from Prid3 » The set itself is interesting. Going by my grades it's mostly C+s, not many Bs or As, but there's a ton of C/C+ cards that will be fun to play with/against and very few cards like Narset, Parter of Veils and Smothering Tithe that trivialize what your adversaries are playing. So for the super spikey players it's a "meh" set overall but it's utterly fantastic for kitchen table fans.
Quote from TechnicolorMage » Any chance we're going to see any more set reviews from you? You know you love writing them and there are some of us who gobble up in the information. Or is it an end of an era?
Quote from Cnatsepllrgiht » Would a subreddit dedicated to 60 card MP be an option? You could host all your reviews there? Perhaps even continue them. Reddit gets a ton of traffic.
Quote from MaelstromPonderer » Are there any new deck archetypes that you folks are considering based on the new cards coming in ELD?
Quote from Prid3 » Fires of Invention Control is busted.
Quote from MaelstromPonderer »Thanks for the suggestions. I'm always a fan of new control archetypes. I'm keen to try the adventure deck as well. I like grindy, value-oriented decks and they don't need to be too strong to work in my group.
Quote from Morphling »Oakhame Adversary feels like a trap. Someone else pointed out that it basically is this but with some (fairly unreliable) multiplayer trinket text added on. I think that's about right most of the time and Viper isn't exactly setting the world on fire.
Quote from Morphling »It is a 4-drop roughly 80% of the time. 4 out of 5 times you cast this. I'm considering it a 4-drop "most" games.
Quote from Prid3 »Quote from Morphling »It is a 4-drop roughly 80% of the time. 4 out of 5 times you cast this. I'm considering it a 4-drop "most" games. This is likely where we differ. BUG are the 3 good multiplayer colors and have the highest representation at our tables.
Quote from bleedin_eyeball » I've been quite happy drafting Midnight Clock. It's card draw pay-off is slow of course, but I like it for the ramp too. And I'm sure there's plenty of ways Simic can abuse this thing outside of Standard, so I'll be picking up a set of these for sure.
Quote from Prid3 »Quote from TechnicolorMage » Any chance we're going to see any more set reviews from you? You know you love writing them and there are some of us who gobble up in the information. Or is it an end of an era? I stopped loving it which is why I haven't written them for the past couple of sets. I used to do it "for me" so to speak but now it feels like a chore. This is exacerbated by the limited activity on this forum because it wouldn't feel nearly as bad if I knew that my reviews were reaching significant portions of the MP community. I'm not trying to change lives or anything, my motives are all selfish in nature, but when the forum gets 5 posts per week it's difficult for me to justify putting in the hours to write a review. I don't have that much fun writing them and it feels like a waste of time since so few people actually read it. I've been considering doing it for EDH instead because that's what most people (myself included) seem to play for multiplayer. I never liked doing EDH reviews because the market felt flooded and I didn't know anyone other than me doing it for non-EDH MP but the level of activity of this forums proves that there isn't much demand for this type of content. I'm also a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to certain things and many people are producing fantastic video content that are well produced and edited.