"In geography, relief denotes the contour of a land mass feature, in relation to the lower elevation of its surroundings. A relief map shows such contours instead of political boundaries."
Not only can I see a bit of plains in the background, but the city was build on a plain, an area with a limited number of significant land features. Some cities were build on mountains, some on islands...ect...8^)
Ice Age islands, soo pretty. I just got 3 of those. And I wonder, there is only one, ugly, snow-covered island. Yet my I.A. islands are all frozen over. Was there art origionally slated for snow-covered lands?
Agreed, although it's possible 6 of those 9 duals aren't going to be seen until the next two sets have been released, based on our 4/3/3 Guild theory.
I've heard too many conflicting stories on whether or not we're going to see the full assortment of 'Belands' in Rav to say that we're definetly going to see them one way or the other.
Here's hoping for some confirmation on this either way soon!
Remember that Temple Garden has a guild symbol on it, and therefore, so will the others; so probably R_E is right on this one, ....as always...
How can anyone say that "a card that is $15 is the cause of winning of Pro Tours/Gran Prixes", how can people understand that a deck is not the one that wins, is just a part of an equation, to win a tournament you need as much skill as you need that $15 dollar cards.
If you are refering to me, note that I already said that skill is a factor. I also said that you can hate out the artifact. I do not want it banned, and I am not a "Jitte-Hater". The problem is that you need Jitte or artifact hate(plenty, because people run 3-4 Jittes) because otherwise you are up the creek, even if you are as skilled as Zvi.
In a powerful formatt like Legacy, this card is fine, no problems at all. The problem is that in block and T2, especially after Mirridon's artifact hate rotates out (leaving only natralize and viridian shaman in 9th, and a few more...) this thing is just going to be a larger pain in a lower powered environment.
Why should I have to board in hate, if everyone has Jitte or a reactive hate deck, then things just get boring...
Many of the cards on the incomplete spoiler are turning out to be quite weak, but I do LOVE that 2/2 bear that turns into a 1/1 flier, giving it two lifes and evasion(unless you tap out when it dies). Also, there is some other good stuff too.
I am still confident that when the other 200+ cards are known, that many of them will be good. Because of the hype and...well,
As I said, banning it would be bad as so many people already bought 4 copies and need them for their decks. For now, as I have already said, it is adaquately hosed.
As a side note, using Jitte to hose Jitte doesn't help the problem of Jitte being too common in decks and becomes so pricey that it becomes yet another entrance barrier.
The card makes me angry. I could be playing a game and winning and suddenly this one, single card comes down and swings the game in my opponent's favor. If I'm not playing the card, apparently I'm stupid because I should be. If I have no answer for it, apparently I'm stupid because I should be playing it since it's its own answer. If I am playing it in my deck and don't have it, does my opponent suddenly become the better player?
As I said, one card victories using expensive, almost, "mandatory" cards are just annoying. Its either Gifts or Jitte, there is just no way out of it, except for reactive hate. Still, banning just seems so severe, even though Jitte is better than all of the uncommons, commons, and 97% of the rares of Kamigawa combined.
Why is it that the cards, Gifts and Jitte, are better than the rest of Kamigawa...WAAAY better. Why do they do this? I could understand every set having its good cards, but the gap is tremendous. They make a ridiculous Jitte in a massively underpowered formatt. That is just recipe for top 8 decklist to have decks that all have one of those cards, with the lower ranking ones being the decks that don't. Also that means that these cards go for $10(gifts) or $15(Jitte) a piece because the are A)darn good and B)everyone wants them.
R&D made a similar, but much larger, mistake in Mirrodin. You had plenty of random great stuff in the set, which was great, but it didn't make a deck(they didn't have much synergy). But then R&D just had to make affinity, which was, yet again, WAAAY better than the other decks(although in this case wasn't about the individual cards).
Yes, Cranial Extraction is good as hate, but the other ones are more versatile. Twincast is good in other formatts because of what you can copy, but not as great in Standard. Cranial Extraction goes for $18 anyway, just as combo hate.
I am not one of those people who says "ban whatever the best deck is, wah wah wah". I just dont like the Top 8 being decided by having 4 copies of $15 cards. Winning is about skill, about finding synergies that are better than whatever your opponent's might have built. It is about piloting, and yes, there is some luck and metagaming(ahh...the internet...). These one-card based decks are just getting anoying.
I would hate to be "Svetlana," when my opponent plays a jitte, because I have already lost unless I board in boat loads of hate. Hate is reactive control and therefore waters down other non-control decks that are forced to sideboard in hate. If Spirit of Resistance and Prismatic Lace where in Standard, that would just be red/black hosing that also forces everyone else to carry natralize, ect...A single artifact or enchantment, other spell, ect...should be something the opponent can work around, just in a weakened state.
The lesson: don't print a few cards that are light-years ahead of the rest of a set, especially if the set is underpowered.
Should the jitte be banned? Well I have none myself, but I would be angry as heck if I bought four and then could use them anymore. They are already out there, and you can use hate against them, even though that is lame and makes everyone's decks more slow and controllish. R&D should avoid future mistakes like this, but the Jitte should stay.
As a sidenote, I wouldn't mind the Jitte if Kamigawa or hopefully Ravnica had/have more artifact hate in the form of nice creatures such as "Viridian Shaman". This is removal that is also a creature, so it is not just control that wastes time. Once Mirrodin and all of its artifact hate leaves, who knows what will happen next...
....Time will tell, sooner or later...time will tell...:cool:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
"In geography, a plain is a large area of land with relatively low relief. Plains may be more suitable for farming than plateaus or mountains."
"In geography, relief denotes the contour of a land mass feature, in relation to the lower elevation of its surroundings. A relief map shows such contours instead of political boundaries."
Not only can I see a bit of plains in the background, but the city was build on a plain, an area with a limited number of significant land features. Some cities were build on mountains, some on islands...ect...8^)
Speaking of Wikipedia...:cool2:
Remember that Temple Garden has a guild symbol on it, and therefore, so will the others; so probably R_E is right on this one, ....as always...
If you are refering to me, note that I already said that skill is a factor. I also said that you can hate out the artifact. I do not want it banned, and I am not a "Jitte-Hater". The problem is that you need Jitte or artifact hate(plenty, because people run 3-4 Jittes) because otherwise you are up the creek, even if you are as skilled as Zvi.
In a powerful formatt like Legacy, this card is fine, no problems at all. The problem is that in block and T2, especially after Mirridon's artifact hate rotates out (leaving only natralize and viridian shaman in 9th, and a few more...) this thing is just going to be a larger pain in a lower powered environment.
Why should I have to board in hate, if everyone has Jitte or a reactive hate deck, then things just get boring...
The island has enough water to be an island, but that plains is out of place...
Now that I think about, Mirrodin didn't really have true plains either, just metal hills.
I am still confident that when the other 200+ cards are known, that many of them will be good. Because of the hype and...well,
GOGO Ravnica!
As a side note, using Jitte to hose Jitte doesn't help the problem of Jitte being too common in decks and becomes so pricey that it becomes yet another entrance barrier.
Thanks for pointing that out. I forgot all about that little gem being reprinted soo soon. Its all for the better, she is needed...:)
As I said, one card victories using expensive, almost, "mandatory" cards are just annoying. Its either Gifts or Jitte, there is just no way out of it, except for reactive hate. Still, banning just seems so severe, even though Jitte is better than all of the uncommons, commons, and 97% of the rares of Kamigawa combined.
That sounds interesting. Perhaps several UUU spells can be printed in a future set(not one about two-colored decks).
Still a UUG and UUR 3 mana counter would be great. Fun and playable.
R&D made a similar, but much larger, mistake in Mirrodin. You had plenty of random great stuff in the set, which was great, but it didn't make a deck(they didn't have much synergy). But then R&D just had to make affinity, which was, yet again, WAAAY better than the other decks(although in this case wasn't about the individual cards).
Yes, Cranial Extraction is good as hate, but the other ones are more versatile. Twincast is good in other formatts because of what you can copy, but not as great in Standard. Cranial Extraction goes for $18 anyway, just as combo hate.
I am not one of those people who says "ban whatever the best deck is, wah wah wah". I just dont like the Top 8 being decided by having 4 copies of $15 cards. Winning is about skill, about finding synergies that are better than whatever your opponent's might have built. It is about piloting, and yes, there is some luck and metagaming(ahh...the internet...). These one-card based decks are just getting anoying.
I would hate to be "Svetlana," when my opponent plays a jitte, because I have already lost unless I board in boat loads of hate. Hate is reactive control and therefore waters down other non-control decks that are forced to sideboard in hate. If Spirit of Resistance and Prismatic Lace where in Standard, that would just be red/black hosing that also forces everyone else to carry natralize, ect...A single artifact or enchantment, other spell, ect...should be something the opponent can work around, just in a weakened state.
The lesson: don't print a few cards that are light-years ahead of the rest of a set, especially if the set is underpowered.
Should the jitte be banned? Well I have none myself, but I would be angry as heck if I bought four and then could use them anymore. They are already out there, and you can use hate against them, even though that is lame and makes everyone's decks more slow and controllish. R&D should avoid future mistakes like this, but the Jitte should stay.
As a sidenote, I wouldn't mind the Jitte if Kamigawa or hopefully Ravnica had/have more artifact hate in the form of nice creatures such as "Viridian Shaman". This is removal that is also a creature, so it is not just control that wastes time. Once Mirrodin and all of its artifact hate leaves, who knows what will happen next...
....Time will tell, sooner or later...time will tell...:cool: