Could Chandra's Incinerator be viable in Burn? It seems very easy to make it cost just R.
Nah--Skewer the Critics has cost 3 mana shockingly often, and Chandra's Incinerator is too expensive for Burn at 3 mana if you get Spectacle active with only 1 burn spell.
Snoop copies sacrifice themselves for infinite damage/life loss
Goblin Matron can enable a Turn 4 infinite combo if you have it instead of Harbinger.
A drawn Kiki-Jiki can copy Harbinger/Matron/Goblin Ringleader until you get the combo.
If Sling-Gang is on the battlefield, there's always getting lucky with a Snoop with Kiki-Jiki on top.
I needed Containment Priest several sets ago--trashing Collected Company would have been more valuable some meta shifts ago. At least it shuts off Finale of Devastation, Aether Vial, Dredge creature recursion, and friends.
I have a feeling Grim Tutor will enable at least one midrange-combo or combo-control deck into tournament Top 8 levels.
Fierce Empath might end up enabling something, too. At the very least, Nykthos Green will love it.
Necromentia is basically Unmoored Ego that doesn't need blue mana. Sideboards are going to love it.
Shame none of the new planeswalkers look all that playable.
Nah--Skewer the Critics has cost 3 mana shockingly often, and Chandra's Incinerator is too expensive for Burn at 3 mana if you get Spectacle active with only 1 burn spell.
These are the new modern cards previewed so far (11th June 2020) that I think will see some modern play:
Containment Priest
Frantic Inventory
See the Truth
Stormwing Entity
Teferi, Master of Time
Archfiend's Vessel
Necromentia
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Chandra's Incinerator
Conspicuous Snoop
- Harbinger tutors for Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
- Snoop taps to make a Snoop copy with Haste, which taps to make a Snoop copy with Haste, etc.
- The last Snoop copy taps to make a Harbinger copy
- Harbinger copy tutors for Sling-Gang Lieutenant/Mogg Fanatic
- Snoop copies sacrifice themselves for infinite damage/life loss
Goblin Matron can enable a Turn 4 infinite combo if you have it instead of Harbinger.A drawn Kiki-Jiki can copy Harbinger/Matron/Goblin Ringleader until you get the combo.
If Sling-Gang is on the battlefield, there's always getting lucky with a Snoop with Kiki-Jiki on top.
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