According to the planeswalker's guide to gatecrash, Dimir has over and covert agents; i would expect it to be the same kind of mechanic as infect but with a choice like rakdos:
Overt/Covert: When this permanent enters the battlefield, you may put a covert counter on it; if you do, this permanent gets "whenever this permanent deals damage to a player, that player puts twice as many cards from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
That would need some kind of drawback to the ability/counter, otherwise you would never not choose the counter. Maybe "cards with a Covert counter can not block."?
I think I mentally scooped at that point. Cathedral isn't bad but when your first 2 rares are also lands and the 4th needs colored mana activation, it seems a bit worthless. Also got Primordial Hydra (which won me a game) and Master of the Pearl Trident. Thumbing back through my pile of garbage I noticed a foil Vampire Nocturnus that had eluded me upon initial opening. So it wasn't all bad, but those first 4 packs... if I wasn't so conditioned to always opening garbage, I might have cried.
An interesting idea with proliferate. Bolas's loyalty and abilities are priced in such a way that you need to take him up twice before his ultimate (starts at 5, his ultimate is -9, he can take himself up 3, which would put him at 8). With Tezzeret's Gambit or Volt Charge you can give him the extra counter to go ultimate after a single turn.
Yeah, it's still tricksy to get him into play early but I think it's still interesting to note.
(Didn't read the thread, may have been noted before. )
As a primarily White-Blue-Green player, here's what I'm excited for:
Ajani is just freaking tits. I love him.
Sublime Archangel seems good in tokens or exalted (double exalted) and I always dug the mechanic.
Talrand, Sky Summoner is a house with Snapcaster or lots of flashback spells.
Augur of Bolas seems good and I'm excited to try some kind of janky standard merfolk build with the new lord Master of the Pearl Trident, Augur, and Talrand.
Jace's Phantasm and Mind Sculpt could be neat tools for a mill deck.
Fog Bank (is this confirmed?)
Yeva, Nature's Herald is interesting. Ambush mode engaged.
Thragtusk might cause some tables to flip over.
Oh yeah, and Rancor. Duh.
Sleep, Deadly Recluse, and Oblivion Ring reprints/sticking around makes me happy too.
I've never played a game of EDH ever, but I'd say one of the key reasons Titan got banned and not other "unfun" cards according to some posters here, is because titan is colorless and can go in many more decks.
It works quite well with Argent Sphinx in standard. People who enjoy building funny decks could probably make this happen with some kind of ramp deck focused around mana rocks and such.
This what I was trying out. Had 3 win conditions but the other 2 needed too many cards and were janky. Ponder to set up using Djinn of Wishes wish ability, Gut Shot, wish for Worldfire in response. Or use Ponder to set up top-decking a Memnite, cast Worldfire, draw and play Memnite.
Argent Sphinx was just far more consistent with Iron Myr, Silver Myr, and Palladium Myr accel. Not to mention Memnite and Myr Superion helping turn on Metalcraft.
I do love cheating planeswalkers up a counter.
That would need some kind of drawback to the ability/counter, otherwise you would never not choose the counter. Maybe "cards with a Covert counter can not block."?
But now, we're getting really wordy.
What if the Extract idea above was not WHEN casting this spell, but INSTEAD of casting this spell? Would that be OP as well?
Chandra's copy ability + Into the Maw of Hell (or Blasphemous Act) + Stuffy Doll = GG
Second pack was Sunpetal Grove.
Third was Cathedral of War.
Fourth was Door to Nothingness.
I think I mentally scooped at that point. Cathedral isn't bad but when your first 2 rares are also lands and the 4th needs colored mana activation, it seems a bit worthless. Also got Primordial Hydra (which won me a game) and Master of the Pearl Trident. Thumbing back through my pile of garbage I noticed a foil Vampire Nocturnus that had eluded me upon initial opening. So it wasn't all bad, but those first 4 packs... if I wasn't so conditioned to always opening garbage, I might have cried.
Yeah, it's still tricksy to get him into play early but I think it's still interesting to note.
(Didn't read the thread, may have been noted before.
Ajani is just freaking tits. I love him.
Sublime Archangel seems good in tokens or exalted (double exalted) and I always dug the mechanic.
Talrand, Sky Summoner is a house with Snapcaster or lots of flashback spells.
Augur of Bolas seems good and I'm excited to try some kind of janky standard merfolk build with the new lord Master of the Pearl Trident, Augur, and Talrand.
Jace's Phantasm and Mind Sculpt could be neat tools for a mill deck.
Fog Bank (is this confirmed?)
Yeva, Nature's Herald is interesting. Ambush mode engaged.
Thragtusk might cause some tables to flip over.
Oh yeah, and Rancor. Duh.
Sleep, Deadly Recluse, and Oblivion Ring reprints/sticking around makes me happy too.
Just submit to Snapcaster. You know you want to flashback instants and sorceries for more drakes.
Not sure if Talrand is any good. Just sayin'.
Right?
It ramps you into the spell and turns on the ability that wins you the game after resolving the spell.
Yeah, it's fragile, but we're talking about a 9 mana hail mary spell. It's supposed to be fragile. That's what makes it fun.
This what I was trying out. Had 3 win conditions but the other 2 needed too many cards and were janky. Ponder to set up using Djinn of Wishes wish ability, Gut Shot, wish for Worldfire in response. Or use Ponder to set up top-decking a Memnite, cast Worldfire, draw and play Memnite.
Argent Sphinx was just far more consistent with Iron Myr, Silver Myr, and Palladium Myr accel. Not to mention Memnite and Myr Superion helping turn on Metalcraft.