Good god. Wasn't it a big deal in SOI block when red got a vanilla bear at common? Now...this? Geez.
I mentioned this earlier, but it seems like creatures are stronger this set just in general. Not to a ball-breaking extent, but there's a 2/2 artifact creature for 2 with a positive-to-neutral ability (by contrast to the generally neutral to negative effect of Runed Servitor).
Love me some "When you cycle this, do X" effects, and these all seem... well, about right, cost-wise. I'm less positive about the cycle ability for Deem Worthy, but I think that "do damage and then draw" always results in small damage numbers, right?
So they use the card name: Heaven
And it's not white?
Actually, I kind of want to complain about the name in general.
"Heaven to Earth"? Did they just forget the naming convention they were using for these card names? "Heaven and Earth" I could buy but not "Heaven to Earth," and remember that split cards in AKH are A to B as opposed to the A and B of old split cards.
I'm thinking more "Air to Surface" or something but worded, like, not crappily.
Are people actually arguing this VERSUS glimmer? It's not how it works. You still want glimmer because it's good with hulk, and is such a great glue finding spells needed to survive the mid game. Pull is a one or two of thats meant to slam shut the door in late game, when both players end up topdecking. I would, and definitely will split glimmer/pull 3/1 in control decks. Nice card.
Kinda sad it took 2 pages for someone to actually say this. Pull from Tomorrow isn't replacing Glimmer, it's being played WITH Glimmer to finish off a game when cast for 7+ mana.
Actually, Wizards changed the rules so that you can only have one copy of one blue draw spell per deck. Didn't you know? Blue's too good.
Decent Stroke of Genius knockoff. Probably worse than Glimmer of Genius at X=2, but that's how X-cost cards work, generally speaking -- you get better value at higher X-value.
People are seriously saying a Stroke of Genius that costs 1 less and discards a card in a format with heavy graveyard/discard synergies is bad?
And this is why I love spoiler season, card evaluation skills are a sight to behold.
You could print a card for U that says "You win the game" and people would whine that it wasn't good enough.
Good enough. Rubble is kind of gross early-game. Good support makes it even worse.
Wouldn't the printing of a "good" modern counterspell force it to be in a standard-legal set, thus warping the format badly around it for two years unless they banhammered it, by the way?
With Kaladesh having the W/B fastland that I can't remember the name of and with embalm being WU, I feel like an Esper zombies deck could land in standard if they turn out to be good enough. That aside, this might be a bit slow for other (non-limited) formats despite its solid effect.
On the plus side, they finally printed some good Chandras (and one REALLY good Chandra) because of her joining the Gatewatch and getting so many new PW cards.
I think part of that also deals in WOTC getting better with higher-rarity red cards.
I mean, you're not wrong in that we need more hippos in Magic (can you believe there's only two outside of the Mouth token?), but a 4/2 and a 3/3 play... well, decently differently, at least, and since someone mentioned the cartouche thing already... the trials are supposed to operate "best" with their color's cartouche, I'd guess.
"Attacking creatures you control that aren't blocked get +1/+0." This card is awful... I'm really not sure what the fuss is.
Yeah, when you forget a bunch of things, good cards look like garbage, you're right.
This is a pretty solid boost for most decks which tend to win by putting an opponent to 0. I feel like it's not going to get dropped turn 2 a lot, though.
Well, judging by the color of the card, it was the trial of ambition. What would poor Gids expect?
Gamewise, it is very expensive. And I will certainly crack four of them like with Ghastly Conscription....:-/
I'm preparing a space in my garbage ca... I mean my binder... for the foil one I inevitably pull at the prerelease or otherwise early in this set's lifespan, just like Ghastly Conscription.
You're not wrong, though.
Hey wow, one of these is actually good! (I'm expecting Bontu requires the opponent to have no creatures and lets you put -1/-1 counters? Maybe?)
"Heaven to Earth"? Did they just forget the naming convention they were using for these card names? "Heaven and Earth" I could buy but not "Heaven to Earth," and remember that split cards in AKH are A to B as opposed to the A and B of old split cards.
I'm thinking more "Air to Surface" or something but worded, like, not crappily.
...well you've got me on that one haven't you
(seriously, that made me laugh for a couple minutes straight, good one)
You could print a card for U that says "You win the game" and people would whine that it wasn't good enough.
Wouldn't the printing of a "good" modern counterspell force it to be in a standard-legal set, thus warping the format badly around it for two years unless they banhammered it, by the way?
If only the splits in cards weren't always stand-ins for words! But that would be hilarious.
Well. Mostly.
Camel tribal when?
This is a pretty solid boost for most decks which tend to win by putting an opponent to 0. I feel like it's not going to get dropped turn 2 a lot, though.
And Hellcarver Demon.
Come to think of it, it feels like black gets some of the jankiest mythics.