The other one would be Etherium Astrolabe which is a bad card lol
Clearly you've never achieved the limited combo of Etherium Astrolabe + puppet conjurer, lol.
Anyways this is probably the worst of the one mana cyclers, and yet its still good for what it does. Plus if ya need a blocker late game then it fills that hole.
As for Necromancer's Covenant...first of im diggin on all the lvoe for zombies in this block to make up for the lack of them in Shadowmoor and secondly, im a little dissapointed that it takes up one of BW's 5 cards and isn't over powered like BG is getting. Although i do love it cuz its something that makes zombie tokens, plus gives them lifelink, which stacks by the way if u ever draw a second one, but it could also posibly see SB in BW tokens aggainst revilark.... it could happen.
Errr, um, sorry to burst your super awesome god play there but Realm Razer can still be countered. Ya know....cuz its not a 5 power creature and all...
i think your misunderstanking. i used gimmick for lack of a better term. what im trying to say is they are special. they stand out from other cards in a way that most cant. and if we oversaturate them they lose their specialness (see if i use words like specialness and cant come up with a better word than gimmick you can at least know i tried)
Well Im not too sure we need to worry deeply about the feel and specialness of PWs running out. Since they are they're own perminent type, this helps greatly with design space. I don't remember what article it was but i recall that the future design of PWs was going to be more like Tezzy, where they are specific and narrow, but really good at that nich. Also the way they have desgined PWs with their mana cost, loyality counters and the cost of their abilities gives them loads of room to play around with in the interest of design space.
The only color PW design that im worried about is mono red planeswalkers. Red has the smallest range of things it can do. Don't get me wrong, im just salavating for a planeswalker that has +1 or like -2 destroy target land, but what else? destroying artifacts? What if there's no target? lol, direct damage and giving ur guys haste and pump has already been done so there's two more things out. :(, someone please tell me there's more red can do...
Lavalanche is gold solely for the sake of being gold, and because wizards was too lazy to come up with a sorcery that had effects from green and black and red.
Im sorry but you are incorrect. You are correct about the lack of Black mana and Green mana being fairly represented in this card though. However, as it was stated when Shards of Alara was seeing its debue Mark Rosewater and team discussed and explained that the main design foncution of this Tri-colored theme block was to explode the five allied shards and express what they shards are not. Instead of saying this card has XYZ in its mana cost, lets make sure all those colors are represented in it, they said this card has XYZ what is it not and how can we express that within the philosophy of that shard. Their argument was essentially the shards take on a color philosphy of their own...lets express that philosphy.
In this case, this card does everything a you would expect of a Jundian spell. This spell easily falls into the philosphy of Jund and the mana from that shard as well as neatly expressing what the Jund shard is not about.
Let me clarify that i understand your agrument as well as everyone else who points out "where is X in this spell?". I am some times confused as well and mistified as to why WoTC decided to do the things they did. But lets step back for a second and recognize that none of this is really all that bad in our world, its a minor problem or dicomfort that we feel from time to time. And hey, its a card game so lets have some fun!
Actually it would be a 5/4. But what i think is the most solid for constructed would be the naya dude. Turn two him, turn three shield of the oversoul makes a 5/4 flying, Indestructible, shroud. The fact that the only removal that could hit it then would be Evacuation and and hollowed Buirial makes it the best worth risking the 2 for 1.
So 2 zombie lords in this block to make up for the utter lack of zombies in Shadowmoor and Eventide? Is that how that worked out???
On topic: MUHAHAHHA, i love this dude. As for why its not a legend, that answer is obvious....its a zombie lord. You don't make a zombie lord a legend. What i really like about this guy is not only is he efficently costed, but he goes in two different decks. Weee fun!
Also we have....
Meddling Mage is confirmed at # 8 - Rare Human Wizard
Lightening Reaver is # 42 - Rare Zombie Beast
Mycoid shepherd is # 73 -Rare Fungus
Qasali Pridemage is # 75 - Common Cat Wizard
Glory of Warfare is # 98 - Rare Enchantment
Enigma Sphinx at # 106 - Rare Artifact Sphinx
Retaliator Griffin is # 123 - Rare Griffin
I can't quite tell what Igneous Pouncer's number is, but its Common elemental.
Edit: Also, I believe the giant beetle being at 137 almost confirms that there will be 3 gold hybrids per shard.
What no Sower to take whatever creature they slip in? And how about we throw in 4X Revilark for insurance? Add some Cryptics and Path to Exiles and we got a real deck goin. Lol, i love the idea alot already, but idk about ethersworn canonist.
LOL only roughly 1800 more followers till be get a new twitter related spoiler! Get on it all ya twitter heads! Id help, but im currently evolved in the active boycott of Twitter.
But I have problems with it flavor wise. Up until this card, every hellion have had something to do with volcanos and this one didn't keep up that flavor theme. Granted no other hellion has had Green in its cost, but does that really mean the theme needs to be dropped?. Maybe they just ran out of volcano references? IDK, its a nice card that could see play and its a rare creature type so i like it.
Zesty! Imma gonna add you on Twitter as your approach was one of the most fun and friendly. This twitfest kinda upsets me...it feels like oil on water...slick. :/ It's blackmail.
Side Note: Words that should never be used in the English language ever again...
#1 Twitfest....
On Topic: hmmmmmm, as much as i loath twitter, i may have to create an account just so that i can add Zesty. Wouldn't ever mind knowing just bit of what goes on in that mind (and the info it may or may not ever know about any game at any time).
well you'll need someone else for my spot. I'm boycotting twitter for the sheer stupidity of the thing. Seems like a useless purpose as we'll get the card within 2 weeks anyways.
Clearly you've never achieved the limited combo of Etherium Astrolabe + puppet conjurer, lol.
Anyways this is probably the worst of the one mana cyclers, and yet its still good for what it does. Plus if ya need a blocker late game then it fills that hole.
As for Necromancer's Covenant...first of im diggin on all the lvoe for zombies in this block to make up for the lack of them in Shadowmoor and secondly, im a little dissapointed that it takes up one of BW's 5 cards and isn't over powered like BG is getting. Although i do love it cuz its something that makes zombie tokens, plus gives them lifelink, which stacks by the way if u ever draw a second one, but it could also posibly see SB in BW tokens aggainst revilark.... it could happen.
Errr, um, sorry to burst your super awesome god play there but Realm Razer can still be countered. Ya know....cuz its not a 5 power creature and all...
Well Im not too sure we need to worry deeply about the feel and specialness of PWs running out. Since they are they're own perminent type, this helps greatly with design space. I don't remember what article it was but i recall that the future design of PWs was going to be more like Tezzy, where they are specific and narrow, but really good at that nich. Also the way they have desgined PWs with their mana cost, loyality counters and the cost of their abilities gives them loads of room to play around with in the interest of design space.
The only color PW design that im worried about is mono red planeswalkers. Red has the smallest range of things it can do. Don't get me wrong, im just salavating for a planeswalker that has +1 or like -2 destroy target land, but what else? destroying artifacts? What if there's no target? lol, direct damage and giving ur guys haste and pump has already been done so there's two more things out. :(, someone please tell me there's more red can do...
Im sorry but you are incorrect. You are correct about the lack of Black mana and Green mana being fairly represented in this card though. However, as it was stated when Shards of Alara was seeing its debue Mark Rosewater and team discussed and explained that the main design foncution of this Tri-colored theme block was to explode the five allied shards and express what they shards are not. Instead of saying this card has XYZ in its mana cost, lets make sure all those colors are represented in it, they said this card has XYZ what is it not and how can we express that within the philosophy of that shard. Their argument was essentially the shards take on a color philosphy of their own...lets express that philosphy.
In this case, this card does everything a you would expect of a Jundian spell. This spell easily falls into the philosphy of Jund and the mana from that shard as well as neatly expressing what the Jund shard is not about.
Let me clarify that i understand your agrument as well as everyone else who points out "where is X in this spell?". I am some times confused as well and mistified as to why WoTC decided to do the things they did. But lets step back for a second and recognize that none of this is really all that bad in our world, its a minor problem or dicomfort that we feel from time to time. And hey, its a card game so lets have some fun!
Actually it would be a 5/4. But what i think is the most solid for constructed would be the naya dude. Turn two him, turn three shield of the oversoul makes a 5/4 flying, Indestructible, shroud. The fact that the only removal that could hit it then would be Evacuation and and hollowed Buirial makes it the best worth risking the 2 for 1.
On topic: MUHAHAHHA, i love this dude. As for why its not a legend, that answer is obvious....its a zombie lord. You don't make a zombie lord a legend. What i really like about this guy is not only is he efficently costed, but he goes in two different decks. Weee fun!
Meddling Mage is confirmed at # 8 - Rare Human Wizard
Lightening Reaver is # 42 - Rare Zombie Beast
Mycoid shepherd is # 73 -Rare Fungus
Qasali Pridemage is # 75 - Common Cat Wizard
Glory of Warfare is # 98 - Rare Enchantment
Enigma Sphinx at # 106 - Rare Artifact Sphinx
Retaliator Griffin is # 123 - Rare Griffin
I can't quite tell what Igneous Pouncer's number is, but its Common elemental.
Edit: Also, I believe the giant beetle being at 137 almost confirms that there will be 3 gold hybrids per shard.
Lord of Extinction is # 91 - Mythic
What no Sower to take whatever creature they slip in? And how about we throw in 4X Revilark for insurance? Add some Cryptics and Path to Exiles and we got a real deck goin. Lol, i love the idea alot already, but idk about ethersworn canonist.
Fieldmist Borderpost #5
Mistvein Borderpost #27
Veinfire Borderpost #48
Firewild Borderpost #55
Wildfield Borderpost #80
and
Maelstrom Pulse at #92 - Rare
But I have problems with it flavor wise. Up until this card, every hellion have had something to do with volcanos and this one didn't keep up that flavor theme. Granted no other hellion has had Green in its cost, but does that really mean the theme needs to be dropped?. Maybe they just ran out of volcano references? IDK, its a nice card that could see play and its a rare creature type so i like it.
Side Note: Words that should never be used in the English language ever again...
#1 Twitfest....
On Topic: hmmmmmm, as much as i loath twitter, i may have to create an account just so that i can add Zesty. Wouldn't ever mind knowing just bit of what goes on in that mind (and the info it may or may not ever know about any game at any time).
HERE HERE!!!! I am going to sig this my good sir!