actually im vrey please they are finally finishing up the odyssey filter lands (aka budget version of lorwyn filter lands)
safe bet we will see the golgari one when the radiation deck is previewed
and for UB haters i can already tell you those were named so we can get universe within versions easily
(Tiny tin foil hat theory the boros one in particular these could have universe within versions coming in thunder junction potentially)
I can easily see the lands being straight-up reprinted in Thunder Junction, you could justify having a land called Ferrous Lake by depicting a slag pool or a lake polluted by mining waste, mines being a common Wild West trope, the others don't even pose a problem anyway.
Just the straight equipment can win limited games by ensuring your fatties gets through every turn. The fact it *also* provides bodies repeatedly, turns your land into 2/2 and, in a way gives you an extra draw for 5, which can be split into two mana installments if needs be... this is a limited all-star.
This doesn't have an equip cost and only cloaks cards from the top of your library. This card's main value in Limited is as an unblockable weenie machine.
You can still cloak a creature, which this would stay equipped to when it's turned face up. Card seems really strong. In constructed there's not much short of a Farewell that completely deals with it, and even then 2 mana lets you save it.
Totally agree, I'm surprised people aren't talking about this card for Constructed, an unblockable 3/2 with ward 2 for 2U can be pretty hard to deal with since you can risk tapping out t3 for it depending on what the opponent is playing, and then the artifact itself can be saved from pretty much anything if you manage to untap with it in play. I think we'll see this in both aggressive and controlling Blue-based decks in Standard at least.
This thing seems pretty good for Standard mono red aggro, possibly good enough for Pioneer or Modern too?
Who could have ever imagined that a f***g goat could ever become a viable upgrade over a phoenix, even if it's just the smallest of them all. Seriously, this guy is essentially unblockable in Constructed and can then pass on the suspect to a bigger pal like Goodric. I'll be really surprised if this doesn't become an instant staple.
While Investigate is weaker than straight-up draw, this card+ Teething Wurmlet is a match made in Heaven. I wonder if some artifact-based aggro can grow out of that plan. It's a rather interesting design, I love it.
If you thought Azorius Soldiers was annoying, well, it's got Mana Leaknow. The land cycle proves they really meant it when they said they were going to tone down Standard mana bases, sure, these are better than temples but that's not saying much in the first place. Long Goodbye is going to make Dimir mirrors a trollingfest and I'm all for it.
And yeah, HELIX IS BACK!!HELL-IX YEAH!...ok, I'll see myself out.
Exactly, iceheart is somehow completely ignoring monored aggro for some reason. Swiftspear, kumano faces kakkazan all need to go asap
MTGTop8's data have it as the 4th most played deck, MTGAZone's have it as the second with a 45% winrate, MTGGoldfish has it as 7th. It's cheap, it's fast, but it's not that good.
As a monored player myself, I'm hardly ignoring it, I can understand it being annoying in BO1 Arena but the deck is not dominating paper tournaments (I play Monored on paper mostly). It's not the most reliable deck, cheap removal plus Sheoldred are very effective against it, to say nothing of Wedding Announcement or The Wandering Emperor, or a resolved Atraxa of course.
Standard is a toxic unplayable mess of overpowered one drops along side a ridiculous array of op sweepers. Really can't understand how they think it's remotely healthy
Seeing how the format is pretty much dominated by Esper or 4c/5c Atraxa decks I don't think 1-drops or op sweepers are the problem. The ridiculous prevalence of Sheoldred is more of an issue, Wedding Announcement or The Wandering Emperor have probably overstayed their welcome as well. Atraxa is a clear design mistake (that card is a powerful but fair play in Commander, but ridiculous in Standard) but hasn't dominated that much, however Cavern of Souls gives it an unneeded boost, as counterspells from Azorius Soldiers are one of the best ways to keep her in check...seems we'll have Sheoldred and Announcement/Emperor keeping the format fun and diverse until March at least...
Crucially, Risen Reef triggers off itself, unlike this card. I don't see this as having much potential in Modern. T2 this guy T3 Jadelight Ranger may be worth a shot in Pioneer. I don't rule its chances out in Standard though,Vodalian Hexcatcher is one hell of a lord, and the new Jadelight Spelunker right after this guy can put you in a very strong position, I hope we get a viable Merfolk deck to fight for the tempo archetype with Dimir Faeries.
This is solid. With reach, it's a brick wall for just about everything else in the 4 mana and under range and trample's nice and it has a relevant creature type too!
This is seriously strong in Limited, the typical 1/3 or 2/3 reach dorks can sometimes be bypassed by attacking with a couple of flyers that can survive the hit, but good luck getting non-rare flyers below 6MV past this dino...
Remember when a red bear was news? Now, admittedly this is legendary so there's a slight drawback but I feel like red mages aren't going to feel raw about this at all.
As a Monored player, I am not raw about this at all, the fact that it triggers off any creature attacking compensates for its lack of haste, especially if your 1-drop was a Phoenix Chick, I am definitely testing this out in my Monored deck when it releases.
I'm so looking forward to drafting this guy, it's an impressive top end for Dinosaur tribal, you can easily have Divination on a stick, or rather a two-handed club with this bad boy.
This is going to see play for sure, especially against creature-light control decks that may never get the chance to make use of the tokens, on the other hand, this can make you look like a fool if you use it against a Wedding Announcement that has pooped out at least one critter token.
I can easily see the lands being straight-up reprinted in Thunder Junction, you could justify having a land called Ferrous Lake by depicting a slag pool or a lake polluted by mining waste, mines being a common Wild West trope, the others don't even pose a problem anyway.
Totally agree, I'm surprised people aren't talking about this card for Constructed, an unblockable 3/2 with ward 2 for 2U can be pretty hard to deal with since you can risk tapping out t3 for it depending on what the opponent is playing, and then the artifact itself can be saved from pretty much anything if you manage to untap with it in play. I think we'll see this in both aggressive and controlling Blue-based decks in Standard at least.
Who could have ever imagined that a f***g goat could ever become a viable upgrade over a phoenix, even if it's just the smallest of them all. Seriously, this guy is essentially unblockable in Constructed and can then pass on the suspect to a bigger pal like Goodric. I'll be really surprised if this doesn't become an instant staple.
And yeah, HELIX IS BACK!!HELL-IX YEAH!...ok, I'll see myself out.
As a monored player myself, I'm hardly ignoring it, I can understand it being annoying in BO1 Arena but the deck is not dominating paper tournaments (I play Monored on paper mostly). It's not the most reliable deck, cheap removal plus Sheoldred are very effective against it, to say nothing of Wedding Announcement or The Wandering Emperor, or a resolved Atraxa of course.
Seeing how the format is pretty much dominated by Esper or 4c/5c Atraxa decks I don't think 1-drops or op sweepers are the problem. The ridiculous prevalence of Sheoldred is more of an issue, Wedding Announcement or The Wandering Emperor have probably overstayed their welcome as well. Atraxa is a clear design mistake (that card is a powerful but fair play in Commander, but ridiculous in Standard) but hasn't dominated that much, however Cavern of Souls gives it an unneeded boost, as counterspells from Azorius Soldiers are one of the best ways to keep her in check...seems we'll have Sheoldred and Announcement/Emperor keeping the format fun and diverse until March at least...