Mana Leak this is not, but it's way better than any other replacement from recent years.
The added color hate will often make this crazy value, especially in formats where Green sits untouched on the throne (*coughcough*COMMANDER*cough).
I was thinking the same but for Pioneer.
Hard countering 2 or less for 2 is pretty solid. Often times our random Quench variants are garbage after 3, anyways. Opponent goes to Infernal Grasp your blocker on turn 6, they can easily pay the two (or even 4 if using Make Disappear), and unlike Negate it can still hit creatures.
So your opponent can Bolt this (especially in response to its transform-flipper activated ability) and still deny you CA, even if you try to transform it immediately. Got it.
These cards all become so much better with Training Grounds and Biomancer's Familiar. In fact, most creatures in this set do, even the praetors.
I'm going to guess defeating a battle will be predicated on the number of attacking creatures rather than individual power/damage - that would give it a different feel than Planeswalkers while also mechanically fitting the concept of deploying your forces, and factor out burn from the equation.
So to transform Awakened Skyclave the turn its cast you'd need to assign three creatures (regardless of being Llanowar Elves or Colossal Dreadmaws) to attack it with no defense from opponents. Each defender then reduces the number (with creature combat working as usual).
I was thinking this, as well. Makes it more of a siege in my mind. Three goblins look more like a siege to me than a Chainwhirler. That's just one guy.
Let's keep discussion to constructive and speculative topics based on the spoilers with no further arguing. If you are having trouble responding to someone else without being contemptuous, might I suggest a break—perhaps a short walk or some milk and cookies?
Since a number of you refuse to discuss the cards and instead want to repeatedly go against what I said, this thread is locked. No more discussions on this topic. Move along.
Let's keep discussions about the cards, set, etc. and keep it civil. No more conspiracy theories or any other nonsense. Art is interesting strictly because it's a look into someone else's interpretation. If you like it, great; if not that's okay, too, but say so and let it go.
I think Emrakul needs to be paired with her traditional rival, 15 birds.
I thought that was 15 squirrels?
And, yes, they fly. Sugar gliders.
Technically... Flying squirrels and sugar gliders are not closely related. Sugar gliders are marsupials like possums. I would, however, love to see sugar gliders in Magic.
I really like these team up cards, but I wish Squee and Slimefoot was Standard legal.
Wonder what would happen if I used WarMachinePrime in my workplace?
Rhetorical question, I know the answer.
Rhodey'd sue you.
Maye I'm missing something but why are people saying they'd like all cards to be borderless like Ugin? All three are full-art borderless treatments. Just that the text boxes for the colored cards look somewhat different. Is that all?
I thought that too, until I looked more closely halfway down the textboxes on Unholy Heat and Eldritch Evolution. They both have a little black border starting ~75% of the way down. I really didn't notice it until it was pointed out.
Crazy thing is here in MN at the Mall of America, the Lovesac store often has way more people than I'd expect in a store selling bean bag chairs; but it is usually younger people/college age. Perhaps MtG could be on their radar. Sit around playing EDH on a coffee table; everyone sitting in bean bag chairs.
Both Khenra Spellspear and Captive Weird transform super cheaply with Omen Hawker on turn 1. It's at least interesting.
I was thinking the same but for Pioneer.
Hard countering 2 or less for 2 is pretty solid. Often times our random Quench variants are garbage after 3, anyways. Opponent goes to Infernal Grasp your blocker on turn 6, they can easily pay the two (or even 4 if using Make Disappear), and unlike Negate it can still hit creatures.
These cards all become so much better with Training Grounds and Biomancer's Familiar. In fact, most creatures in this set do, even the praetors.
First the pros:
The cons:
I was thinking this, as well. Makes it more of a siege in my mind. Three goblins look more like a siege to me than a Chainwhirler. That's just one guy.
Technically... Flying squirrels and sugar gliders are not closely related. Sugar gliders are marsupials like possums. I would, however, love to see sugar gliders in Magic.
I really like these team up cards, but I wish Squee and Slimefoot was Standard legal.
I thought that too, until I looked more closely halfway down the textboxes on Unholy Heat and Eldritch Evolution. They both have a little black border starting ~75% of the way down. I really didn't notice it until it was pointed out.