Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
Those are really solid zombie cards. I really like Eternal of Harsh Truths--block it and lose 2 life or don't block it to lose 1 and let your opponent draw a card. The God-Pharaoh's Faithful seems a little odd, though--a white creature that cares about when you cast black, blue, or red spells? *shrug* Okay, if you say so. She is 0/4 and is thus a very solid blocker on the ground for only 1 mana, so that is pretty darned good.
Blue gets Afflict? That seems kinda of a break there.
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Still kinda of a break in blue. I could see this in green tho, in another set.
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"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
I get the idea behind God Pharaoh's Chosen, but dang why could it have not been a black creature so I could actually make use of it in a Bolas deck? Black gets lifegain too.
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God-Pharaoh's Faithful: I feel very mixed about this. On one hand its great for a WUBR deck. On the other hand though? Why is this not , or ? As if it were within Grixis colors, it would be right at home.
God-Pharaoh's Faithful: I feel very mixed about this. On one hand its great for a WUBR deck. On the other hand though? Why is this not , or ? As if it were within Grixis colors, it would be right at home.
It's a flavor card to show misplaced trust and the deceit of Bolas.
Of all the colors, white should definitely not "trust" the Grixis colors.
God-Pharaoh's Faithful: I feel very mixed about this. On one hand its great for a WUBR deck. On the other hand though? Why is this not , or ? As if it were within Grixis colors, it would be right at home.
It's a flavor card to show misplaced trust and the deceit of Bolas.
Of all the colors, white should definitely not "trust" the Grixis colors.
More like "True Believer" in the religion he concocted. Basically in the same vein as the white phyrexians / what happened to the lunarch council.
White is really easy to pervert that way.
At the end of the day, the card is bad, so no deck will miss it. It's just a story-telling common that has some use in limited, probably in a white-black or white-blue evasion deck, but again, for the environment, it's still of limited use because of all the 4/4s and afflict.
God-Pharaoh's Faithful looks pretty good in Doran, the Siege Tower decks. The life gain is relevant with the black spells in Doran decks. Now whether this card (life gain that's hard to staunch) or Disowned Ancestor (can have more than 4 toughness) is better overall in Doran decks, though...
Sometimes its appalling how dumb Jace, the purported brains of the group, can be. That flavor text on the blue card? Really Jace? You can't figure out from your last adventure on Kaladesh, with Tezzeret, a known pawn of Nicol Bolas, running off with the core of Rashmi's Planar Bridge that allows interplanar travel, that Nicol Bolas was looking for some way to transport objects from plane to plane?
And wouldn't an ultra-loyal army of zombies coated with the super-resilient metal Lazotep be just what Bolas had in mind? I mean, it's almost painful how obvious Bolas's grand plans are, and you are still left thinking things over like someone with a serious brain injury.
On one hand I'm very curious to see what ol' Bolas is going to do with his army of Eternals. On the other hand I do not want him to do the whole Bond Villain spiel and go "before I obliterate you, Gatewatch, first let me tell you about my masterplan..."
Source here, but be wary if you don't want the story to be spoiled for you: http://ew.com/gaming/2017/06/28/magic-gathering-hour-of-devastation-first-look/
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
|| 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 ||
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Still kinda of a break in blue. I could see this in green tho, in another set.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
I'm really liking the blue one somehow, and the Faithful is... strange.
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That's kinda sad.
Break what? Bolas is the rule itself.
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest WUR Voltron Control
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun WU Unblockable Mirror Trickery
Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
"Non-Tribal" Tribal Generals, Eggs
Given that blue can have unblockable, dealing damage through blockers seems more of a bend than a break.
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It's ok, he doesn't like you either...
Also see Nekusar, the Mindrazer and Thraximundar.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Frontline Devastator: Strictly better Canyon Minotaur.
Eternal of Harsh Truths: Seems alright.
Merciless Eternal: Actually pretty nice, at least for limited as it can pump itself into 4/4. It also enables madness/eternalize/embalm/flashback/etc.
Canyon Minotaur can block a paired Diregraf Escort. :^)
It's a flavor card to show misplaced trust and the deceit of Bolas.
Of all the colors, white should definitely not "trust" the Grixis colors.
White is really easy to pervert that way.
At the end of the day, the card is bad, so no deck will miss it. It's just a story-telling common that has some use in limited, probably in a white-black or white-blue evasion deck, but again, for the environment, it's still of limited use because of all the 4/4s and afflict.
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And wouldn't an ultra-loyal army of zombies coated with the super-resilient metal Lazotep be just what Bolas had in mind? I mean, it's almost painful how obvious Bolas's grand plans are, and you are still left thinking things over like someone with a serious brain injury.
Unlike most villains who reveal the details of their evil plot to the would-be heroes, if Nicol Bolas is telling you his evil plot it is because there isn't anything you will be able to do about it.