Hi guys! I'm back and need a new sig pic. I was wondering if you could do something to showcase the cards for mono-G devotion. Arbor Colossus, Nylea, Nykathos, Pulokranos, Garruk, etc. My old pic was inside the outline of a really stretched out Forest mana symbol, like if you cut it in half and then stuck a whole bunch of graphics in the middle, if that makes sense. I kinda liked that, but I'm not nearly as creative as you guys. Anyway, anything you can do to help would be fantastic. I've loved my avatar all of these years!
Love the set's flavor, but aside from a couple cards, it seems a little underwhelming in terms of "power-level"
I can't shake the feeling that this was designed as a set to help push Commander. You have rares and mythics that are casual in a way that goes beyond just being steroetypical overcosted Timmy fodder. Multiplayer tuned cards, generals, etc. It's odd.
That being said, this set is very, very high from a power-level perspective, just not in the rare slot. There are gems like Karn, Sword, Obliterator, Extraction, and Batterskull to carry the rares but the real power is in the uncommons and commons. There are like a dozen cards that will see serious high level tournament play across all formats, which is something we haven't seen from a set in a while.
This card is insane in legacy, and I think most people agree with that. I'm curious to see whether this card will see play in standard (maindeck or sideboard) because, after all, it is a terrible card against the current tier 1 decks, and even against aggro decks, it's questionable. After all, is it really a victory to counter a goblin guide/ steppe lynx/ vampire lacerator/ Despise/ Inquisition against aggro with this card, when in actuality, all mental misstep has done is turn the respective 1 cmc card into a shock that also strips away a card?
I would say yes, yes, no, maybe, and maybe in that order. You're almost always winning when this counters a 1 drop and you're on the draw against an aggro deck. It's essentially the same as letting Goblin Guide resolve, taking 2, then dropping a land and killing it except that you don't lose your first turn. Against disruption I guess it depends what you want to protect, but in Standard we're probably talking about it as a sideboard card anyway, so you might not bring it in against decks like DarkBlade that want to cast Inquisition.
Mental Misstep is the most format defining Legacy card we've seen printed since Future Sight. Not the best, but it will change the format like nothing since 'Goyf. Every deck, EVERY deck, in Legacy just became 56 cards. Not joking. Go buy as many of these as you can get your hands on. And if I'm wrong, sig me.
Secondly, it won't change Magic as we know it. It's an Artifact that does nothing on it's own, and it a dead card a good bit of the time if it's used reactively. In current Standard it's not maindeckable, and it's dead against CawBlade on the draw because they still get their turn 2 Mystic or Hawk. It's also a virtual Time Walk for that deck, which is already a tempo blowout against a lot of decks. Keep in mind too that it's a universal effect, which means it shuts of your stuff as well. Finally, it's easily answerable and doesn't stop any abilities once they're on board. Mystic still cheats in Swords, Titans are still 6/6 with attack abilities, etc.
In other formats it's worth talking about. The Workshop play of Orb into Dreadnought is scary indeed. But in Vintage it's kind of awkward to have a card on board that does nothing to otherwise effect board position. It cheats in Dreanought, but so does Stifle... for less mana... at instant speed... with verstility.
I say let's hold off on crowning this thing as the next piece of broken tech. At least until we see it in action.
I think this set will be a casual hit, though I'm not sure what the impact will be on the current constructed formats. There are cards that will see play, absolutely, but maybe nothing crazy and format defining (at least not as it stands now). Torpor Orb is interesting in an environment filled with Titans and Mystics, but it does nothing on it's own and it a rough tempo loss.
The thing I wonder is how this set will shape EDH. If WotC is really now trying to print cards geared toward EDH I really hope we don't see a power creep of casual fatties like we've seen with constructed bombs lately.
Not to beat a dead horse, but someone is going to hang for this.
I will be VERY curious to see if we get presale prices from SCG and friends on the cards leaked out of the godbook. I can't imagine many ways to wind up in the WotC doghouse faster.
These are real, and this is a BIG deal. Like huge. For someone with a godbook to leak this stuff is akin to someone filming an advance screening of HP7.2 and putting on YouTube in May... except that then YouTube would (maybe) have a chance to catch it before it spread like this. WotC will probably eventually respond to this and it wouldn't surprise me if there were legal repercussions when they do.
re: Dual Lands reprints, WotC has also tried to not use rare slots in box sets for lands. The exception was the Event Decks, but they were meant to mirror tournament level constructed decks. Unless they were to reprint them as uncommons (unlikely) I doubt we'll see it.
Thanks for the quick reply.Here is the old sig and here is the decklist with mouseover links to the cards. Thanks for anything you can come up with!
I can't shake the feeling that this was designed as a set to help push Commander. You have rares and mythics that are casual in a way that goes beyond just being steroetypical overcosted Timmy fodder. Multiplayer tuned cards, generals, etc. It's odd.
That being said, this set is very, very high from a power-level perspective, just not in the rare slot. There are gems like Karn, Sword, Obliterator, Extraction, and Batterskull to carry the rares but the real power is in the uncommons and commons. There are like a dozen cards that will see serious high level tournament play across all formats, which is something we haven't seen from a set in a while.
I would say yes, yes, no, maybe, and maybe in that order. You're almost always winning when this counters a 1 drop and you're on the draw against an aggro deck. It's essentially the same as letting Goblin Guide resolve, taking 2, then dropping a land and killing it except that you don't lose your first turn. Against disruption I guess it depends what you want to protect, but in Standard we're probably talking about it as a sideboard card anyway, so you might not bring it in against decks like DarkBlade that want to cast Inquisition.
It's a free, turn 1 answer to;
Aether Vial
Swords to Plowshares
Goblin Lackey
High Tide
Sensei's Divining Top
Dark Ritual
Brainstorm
Ponder
Path to Exile
Duress
Thoughtseize
Worldly Tutor
Nomads en-Kor
Grim Lavamancer
Cabal Therapy
Green Sun's Zenith for Dryad Arbor
most elves
...I'm sure I'm leaving some out
And it pitches to FoW!!!
First off, it is real.
Secondly, it won't change Magic as we know it. It's an Artifact that does nothing on it's own, and it a dead card a good bit of the time if it's used reactively. In current Standard it's not maindeckable, and it's dead against CawBlade on the draw because they still get their turn 2 Mystic or Hawk. It's also a virtual Time Walk for that deck, which is already a tempo blowout against a lot of decks. Keep in mind too that it's a universal effect, which means it shuts of your stuff as well. Finally, it's easily answerable and doesn't stop any abilities once they're on board. Mystic still cheats in Swords, Titans are still 6/6 with attack abilities, etc.
In other formats it's worth talking about. The Workshop play of Orb into Dreadnought is scary indeed. But in Vintage it's kind of awkward to have a card on board that does nothing to otherwise effect board position. It cheats in Dreanought, but so does Stifle... for less mana... at instant speed... with verstility.
I say let's hold off on crowning this thing as the next piece of broken tech. At least until we see it in action.
The thing I wonder is how this set will shape EDH. If WotC is really now trying to print cards geared toward EDH I really hope we don't see a power creep of casual fatties like we've seen with constructed bombs lately.
Some small part of me thinks this is the weirdest PR ploy ever... but people seem pretty excited, so whatever.
I will be VERY curious to see if we get presale prices from SCG and friends on the cards leaked out of the godbook. I can't imagine many ways to wind up in the WotC doghouse faster.
That being said, I really like the Sword