DRS Ramps by taking advantage of the most integral part of any competitive deck, on both sides of the table. This isn’t even in the same zip code as DRS. And, you should feel very crazy.
... and this card ramps by creating a token with a very RELEVANT type. A rainbow mana dork that brings an artifact to the table, makes more artifacts, and provides life gain against aggro strats sounds fantastic to me. Not to mention that even if you bolt the bird, the egg hangs around for fun with urza, engineer, opal, and whir. I honestly expect this card to be heavily played in standard, and break into modern.
Not a chance. This is way too slow. Standard, obviously. But eternal formats? Give me a break lol. DRS wasn’t just good because it gained you life and ramped. It had relevant creature typing, was splashable to the point that every deck played it, gained life, dealt non-combat life loss, and most importantly, hated on GY’s. You weren’t supporting DRS. You have to support the golden goose.
Goose is self supporting.
Besides the first food, the self-support is woefully slow. The question is whether that first food and a flying butt is enough to make a splash outside standard.
I agree, to a point. There are times where I have open mana during my opponent's turn, and blocking and creating a Food, isn't the worst thing in the world. Besides knowing what else we can use Food for, I can use it for anything looking to count artifacts. Karn, Scion of Urza.
Yeah, the trick is to build your deck to break the symmetry. Maybe standard will have the tools for this, maybe not. But the power level is there.
Never forget Braids.
Amen. Braids, Cabal Minion has been one of my favorite cards since it came out. I was a hardcore Monoblack control player during Odyssey block. I wish WotC would give me a Standard Stax-like deck, again.
Syr Konrad has to spell out the first two conditions because when a creature dies, the rule sees it as a creature entering the graveyard, but for any other zone, the rule sees it as a creature card entering the graveyard. A trivial issue gameplay-wise, but a major difference rule-wise.
Garna, the Bloodflame doesn't word it that way, though, and that's a card still in Standard.
Wouldn't it be just the same to say "whenever a creature card enters your graveyard from anywhere"?
Also of note: An Order of Midnight in hand and one in the yard means you can use one's Adventure mode to return the other to hand. Cast the adventurous copy. If it dies, you can then repeat with the the returned one, as needed. Grindy grindy!
Yeah it looks like you have a pretty severe misunderstanding of what’s going on.
Rather than answer most of the questions since they hinge on a single misunderstanding I’ll just say this; the cards in the brawl precon decks, while standard legal, will not be found in draft boosters. Meaning they won’t effect prerelease, they aren’t a factor in the design choices of the set itself and the set itself is not designed to support multiplayer in any sort of special way.
Brawl is live on Arena now with a special event that allows players to play the precons.
As for the brawl like format that sounds like you’re talking about Oath Breaker.
Also of note: the multiplayer cards you are referring to are not going to be in Arena, and are replaced by other Standard legal cards, since they are drastically nerfed in power in 2v2 games.
I can tell you that there is a live Brawl mode right now, at least, using cards from Throne of Eldraine. I wouldn't say it supports multiplayer, per se, anymore than any other Standard set does. Some of the spoiled cards that reference each opponent actually are only found in the Brawl decks, for instance.
As for four, my friends and I used to heavily play Emperor back in the day, but I haven't heard references to it in forever. I'm not sure why people don't play it more, because it's really fun.
Am I the only one around here wondering why his name literally means "eye" in most Slavic languages (and esperanto)? I thought Ravnica was the supposed Slavic plane.
It's also Japanese for "fool", or "indecent", or "indelicate", or slang for "angry". There are also quite a few South American languages associated with the Amazon river region where "oko" means "water". And in one Indo-European language it means "fruit". So I'm not sure the name coincidentally sharing similar roots to Ravnica's language roots for one meaning, while having quite a few other meanings as well, is indicative of much.
We also don't know what plane Oko comes from. The Forbes article implies he's not from Eldraine.
Would be sick if he was a hobgoblin or something from Lorwyn!
The faerie with Adventure for 2U animates an noncreature artifact and puts four +1/+1 counters on it! I'm kicking some ass with Food!
Venerable Knight W
Creature - Human Knight U
When ~this~ dies, put a +1/+1
counter on a knight you control.
1/1
All That Glitters 1W
Enchantment - Aura U
Enchant Creature
Enchanted creatures gets +1/+1 for
each artifact and/or enchantment you
control.
Great with Food.
Shining Armor 1W
Artifact - Equipment C
Flash
When ~this~ enters the battlefield,
attach it to target Knight you control.
Equipped creature gets +0/+2 and
Vigilance.
Equip 3
Mace of the Valiant 2W
Artifact - Equipment R
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for
each charge counter on ~this~ and
has Vigilance.
Whenever a creature enters the
battlefield under your control, put
a charge counter on ~this~.
Equip 3
Shimmer Dragon 4UU
Creature - Dragon
Flying
As long as you control four or
more artifacts, ~this~ has Hexproof.
Tap two untapped artifacts you
control: Draw a card.
5/6
Great with food.
Taste of Death 4BB
Sorcery R
Each player sacrifices three
creatures.
You create three food tokens.
Great AS food.
Steelbane Hydra XGG
Creature - TURTLE!!! HYDRA!!!! R
~This~ enters the battlefield with
X +1/+1 counters on it.
2G, remove a +1/+1 counter: Destroy
target artifact or enchantment.
0/0
Savvy Hunter 1BG
Creature - Human Warrior U
When Savvy Hunter attacks or blocks,
create a Food token.
Sacrifice two Foods: Draw a card.
3/3
Eats lots of brain Foods.
Inspiring Veteran RW
Creature - Human Knight U
Other Knights you control get
+1/+1.
2/2
Command Tower is in the set as a common.
Witch's Oven 1
Artifact U
T, sacrifice a creature: Create a Food.
If the sacrificed creature's toughtness was
4 or greater, create two Foods instead.
Yum! Sac Handstand und Grotto, get Foods = to their Lards. I like.
Tome of Legends 2
Artifact R
~This~ enters the battlefield with a page
counter on it.
Whenever your commander enters the battlefield
or attacks, put a page counter on ~this~.
1, T, Remove a page counter: Draw a card.
Sorry. Trying to screen cap the MtG Arena client. A new update just dropped and you can pre-order the Throne of Eldraine bundle to get a Gingerbread Princess exquisite card back and the card style for Garruk, Cursed Huntsman. He reads as follows:
Garruk, Cursed Huntsman 4BG
Planeswalker - Garruk
{0}: Create two 2/2 black and green Wolf creature tokens with "When this creature dies, put a loyalty counter on each Garruk you control."
{-3}: Destroy target creature. Draw a card.
{-6}: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +3/+3 and trample."
{5}
He seems really strong just for the token generator, but notably he cannot ultimate without Proliferate or a Wolf dying.
UPDATE: Have to reinstall NVidia Geforce to get Screen Cap, CUDA install broke it the other day. Will have a screenshot up as soon as I can.
I don't see the work to make him ult as a drawback. If wolves are not dying, that usually means that their creatures are dying or you are getting in damage. unless they are playing a Defenders deck that can keep up with 2 new tokens a turn, there is no way you are not getting value
I agree. I was just stating it so it was more obvious.
Sorry. Trying to screen cap the MtG Arena client. A new update just dropped and you can pre-order the Throne of Eldraine bundle to get a Gingerbread Princess exquisite card back and the card style for Garruk, Cursed Huntsman. He reads as follows:
Garruk, Cursed Huntsman 4BG
Planeswalker - Garruk
{0}: Create two 2/2 black and green Wolf creature tokens with "When this creature dies, put a loyalty counter on each Garruk you control."
{-3}: Destroy target creature. Draw a card.
{-6}: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +3/+3 and trample."
{5}
He seems really strong just for the token generator, but notably he cannot ultimate without Proliferate or a Wolf dying.
UPDATE: Have to reinstall NVidia Geforce to get Screen Cap, CUDA install broke it the other day. Will have a screenshot up as soon as I can.
So the card is real.
Card looks solid to me. Complicate versus most things, Dispel/Gainsay in mirrors. I'd board this in Standard for sure.
Nevermind, found it. Source Andrea Mengucci's Twitter.
I agree, to a point. There are times where I have open mana during my opponent's turn, and blocking and creating a Food, isn't the worst thing in the world. Besides knowing what else we can use Food for, I can use it for anything looking to count artifacts. Karn, Scion of Urza.
Amen. Braids, Cabal Minion has been one of my favorite cards since it came out. I was a hardcore Monoblack control player during Odyssey block. I wish WotC would give me a Standard Stax-like deck, again.
Garna, the Bloodflame doesn't word it that way, though, and that's a card still in Standard.
Wouldn't it be just the same to say "whenever a creature card enters your graveyard from anywhere"?
Also of note: the multiplayer cards you are referring to are not going to be in Arena, and are replaced by other Standard legal cards, since they are drastically nerfed in power in 2v2 games.
As for four, my friends and I used to heavily play Emperor back in the day, but I haven't heard references to it in forever. I'm not sure why people don't play it more, because it's really fun.
Rules for Emperor are here: https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Emperor
Would be sick if he was a hobgoblin or something from Lorwyn!
There should be boar-folk by now! Quillboars!
Or badger-folk! Burynai!
Also: "Not the gumdrop buttons!"
They're all in Arena.
The faerie with Adventure for 2U animates an noncreature artifact and puts four +1/+1 counters on it! I'm kicking some ass with Food!
Venerable Knight W
Creature - Human Knight U
When ~this~ dies, put a +1/+1
counter on a knight you control.
1/1
All That Glitters 1W
Enchantment - Aura U
Enchant Creature
Enchanted creatures gets +1/+1 for
each artifact and/or enchantment you
control.
Great with Food.
Shining Armor 1W
Artifact - Equipment C
Flash
When ~this~ enters the battlefield,
attach it to target Knight you control.
Equipped creature gets +0/+2 and
Vigilance.
Equip 3
Mace of the Valiant 2W
Artifact - Equipment R
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for
each charge counter on ~this~ and
has Vigilance.
Whenever a creature enters the
battlefield under your control, put
a charge counter on ~this~.
Equip 3
Shimmer Dragon 4UU
Creature - Dragon
Flying
As long as you control four or
more artifacts, ~this~ has Hexproof.
Tap two untapped artifacts you
control: Draw a card.
5/6
Great with food.
Taste of Death 4BB
Sorcery R
Each player sacrifices three
creatures.
You create three food tokens.
Great AS food.
Steelbane Hydra XGG
Creature - TURTLE!!! HYDRA!!!! R
~This~ enters the battlefield with
X +1/+1 counters on it.
2G, remove a +1/+1 counter: Destroy
target artifact or enchantment.
0/0
Wants food. Cuz yummy!
Steelclaw Lance BR
Artifact - Equipment U
Equipped creature gets +2/+2
Equip Knight 1
Equip 3
Savvy Hunter 1BG
Creature - Human Warrior U
When Savvy Hunter attacks or blocks,
create a Food token.
Sacrifice two Foods: Draw a card.
3/3
Eats lots of brain Foods.
Inspiring Veteran RW
Creature - Human Knight U
Other Knights you control get
+1/+1.
2/2
Command Tower is in the set as a common.
Witch's Oven 1
Artifact U
T, sacrifice a creature: Create a Food.
If the sacrificed creature's toughtness was
4 or greater, create two Foods instead.
Yum! Sac Handstand und Grotto, get Foods = to their Lards. I like.
Tome of Legends 2
Artifact R
~This~ enters the battlefield with a page
counter on it.
Whenever your commander enters the battlefield
or attacks, put a page counter on ~this~.
1, T, Remove a page counter: Draw a card.
These were the most interesting ones to me.
I agree. I was just stating it so it was more obvious.
Garruk, Cursed Huntsman 4BG
Planeswalker - Garruk
{0}: Create two 2/2 black and green Wolf creature tokens with "When this creature dies, put a loyalty counter on each Garruk you control."
{-3}: Destroy target creature. Draw a card.
{-6}: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +3/+3 and trample."
{5}
He seems really strong just for the token generator, but notably he cannot ultimate without Proliferate or a Wolf dying.
UPDATE: Have to reinstall NVidia Geforce to get Screen Cap, CUDA install broke it the other day. Will have a screenshot up as soon as I can.