MTG Salvation

If I am playing against Azami, Lady of Scrolls (with a few other wizards) and Mind Over Matter, and I do not have a counterspell or a spell with split second, is there any way for me to stop Laboratory Maniac from winning the the game? Even if I try to kill it, they just draw in response. If I try to destroy part of the engine, they still go infinite in response. Is there any other way to respond to this?

I loathe this combo, and I've played it two days in a row. It is an instant win. I can't think of a way to stop Laboratory Maniac from resolving (I'm playing Karador, Ghost Chieftain), and once he hits play, it is too late. It seems like my choices are: Have Krosan Grip in hand, or have Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite in play. Any other tips for combating this?

We still didn't really get a Herakles (I am not counting Mistcutter Hydra).
As far as I can tell, we have not cards referencing Oedipus. Also missing Achilles, a card with 1000 ships, Perseus' bronze-plated shield, the Spartoi (a dragon that makes soldiers when it dies!).

I know that they had tried to make Persephone and Herakles... maybe these cards were pushed to a future 'Return to Theros' block.

What about a Cream of the Crop like ability? Maybe to be more blue you put the card in your hand.
I could also see it triggering on combat damage (look at the number of cards equal to the damage dealt by your creature).

Nyx Shadow
1B
13/13
~ gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.
Bestow: 2BB
Enchanted creature gets +13/+13.
Enchanted creatures gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.

Though it would be insane with Varolz, the Scar-Striped in Standard.

I think it would be great to have a Bestow creature you want to play on opponents' dudes.

-X/-X could work, by the way.

Something like:

Nyx Hater
1B
2/2
~ has -X/-X, where X is the number of creatures in your graveyard.
Bestow: 1BB
Enchanted creatures gets +2/+2 and -X/-X, where X is the number of creatures in its controller's graveyard.


Could also count non-basic lands, or creatures in play, or enchantments, or hand size.


I would be disappointed if we didn't see one.

Maybe in the FFL, Reaper of the Wilds and Polukranos, World Eater are too difficult for Red to deal with when shocklands rotate, so they made a burn spell that deals 5 damage.

Nobody can really guess what role this spell will have.

And I do not think red has the ability to make creatures lose Indestructible. That's more of a blue thing (Turn to Frog).

But who knows, you could be right.

Quote from Anton

bleh. packs are already 5$ here in Canada. so bad.

4$ in Montreal... though some stores add taxes (4.60). My lgs charges 4$ with tax, and gives a discount when buying 6+ packs.

How about a type of regrowth effect?

At the beginning of each end step, if an ability an opponent controls caused you to discard a card this turn, return [cardname] from the graveyard to your hand.

Maybe a negative use for Devotion.
When [blank] enters the battlefield, lose life equal to your devotion to black.

Or something that cares about opponent's devotion to colors.

I think there will be something new with the two-color gods. They won't have devotion to two colors (seems too powerful)... unless there is a drawback.

I would love a 8/0 Creature with bestow. It would almost always just be an aura, but sometimes, in the Johnny corners of magic, it could be a lot more.

We also didn't see a hexproof bestow creature. I would expect one.

Maybe some 'Protection from ..' bestow creatures?

I think there is a lot of room. As for being constructed-worthy... only 2 or 3 are acceptable so far: Boon Satyr, Nighthowler (Jarad!!), and maybe the Archon (Compare to Angelic Destiny). I do not expect to see more than a few playable ones.

I believe the last blue rare is Curse of the Swine.

Which hero card to you find the strongest? Green's seems very strong. I don't like the mana investment needed to make blue's work. Black's you can at least leave open as a threat, then play something post-combat. Red seems situationally good.

But it seems that the green promo creature is the weakest. I guess we should wait to see what green enchantments we'll get.

I personally feel that Blue and White have the strongest promo creatures. Tough decision!!

Scry is so powerful. This is uncounterable, and makes your draws more consistent. Not a 4 of in every deck necessarily.. but RtR Block showed that guildgates could get the job done.

I think y'all are just spoiled by amazingly strong mana bases.

I hope it is fake. I don't like a Green permanent giving deathtouch to creatures... it is not primary in green. Also, 4 modes is just too much. Why would we need four?

And really, that last ability is just odd.

Bident of Thassa has two parts that work well together. I feel like this should be something similar. If it is deathtouch, then the activated ability should be to grant pinging flyers to your creatures to at least get some synergy.

And gaining life? Flavor seems way off.

Quote from krishnath

Prometheus brought fire, not evil, to mankind. Specifically he stole fire from the gods. He gave Pandora the box because he knew her curiosity would cause her to open it, thus unleashing evil (fortunately, it also contained hope). Zeus, like the rest of the Olympians was kind of a bastard towards mortals (and other gods).

I didn't say Prometheus gave evil to mankind.... I said Zeus brought evil to punish Prometheus (for stealing the fire).