MTG Salvation

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I think you meant Harmless Offering.

Still....Nine Lives, Solemnity, Gideon of the Trials--the foundation is there.

This card makes me want to Roast a Hornet Nest.

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Remember when MtG and DnD were considered pagan devil worship tools?

*Spits out milk* Wait, WHAT?!

Oh, yes. In the early 80s there was an entire conspiracy theory about how D&D was actually a gateway to lure children and teenagers into the occult and, subsequently, actual demon/devil worship with rituals and everything. One of Jack Chick's most famous tracts was about that idea; that tract was so famous someone made a movie about it--our son found a JonTron video where he watches the movie. When MtG rolled around it was actually so small that it did not make many cultural waves--most people were still reeling about Tipper Gore's vendetta against rock music. Still, some people got upset over the original art on Unholy Strength specifically because of the inverted pentagram. even though they did not seem to mind the actual Demonic Hordes.

So turn 1 mana ramp, turn 2 mana ramp, turn 3 Irencrag Feat into Fiery Emancipation, turn 4 Shock for 6, Skewer for 9, turn 5 anything for 2 damage? hrm...requires too many red/green lands.

Perhaps mono-red. Turn 2 Vessel of Volatility, turn 3 sac the vessel, Irencrag Feat, Fiery Emancipation, turn 4 burn baby burn?

Siren Stormtamer or Spectral Sailor on turn 1 then on turn 2 you can use either this counterspell or Lookout's Dispersal for only 2 mana.

I forgot to add: strictly better than Altar's Reap and Costly Plunder.

The Feral Prowler and Mulldrifter approve. At least, I think the elemental approves--can you evoke it then Village Rites with the evoke on the stack? Is spending 4 mana to draw 4 cards worth the time and effort to try and make it work? Either way, I like this card.

Running this alongside Unmoored Ego and your opponent will probably get tired of you taking away all their win conditions. Pay attention during the resolution of the first one so you know which card to name on your next turn. I don't care if they get to draw a few cards or get some zombie tokens--that is what discard and sweepers are for.

I was wrong earlier. Turn 3: Tron, Chromatic Orrery, Door to Nothingness. Turn 4: if opponent can't destroy/bounce an artifact or counter a triggered ability, they lose.

How bad can it be? Turn 3: Tron, Chromatic Orrery, Reality Smasher. Turn 4: what can I do with 15 mana that can be any color and/or any combination of colors? A lot.

Did I see a Tefer-based Sphinx's Tutelage-type effect?

Quote from Dragoon91 »

They'll still have 25% of their library left though.

Yes, I know, but it's the thought that counts. I was going to go with Howl of the Horde but this one seemed better.

Traumatize.

So an improved variant on Clever Impersonator and "your spells that do not have x in the casting cost have delve". Very nice.

75% of the monetary value of this set will reside in these cards. Those are the most useful lands I have ever seen--each one is fetchable by 9 out of the 10 fetches and enables 9 out of the 10 checklands. The speculative prices are already about $20 each; I don't normally pre-order cards but I think I will probably make an exception in this case--2 of each for starters, then get a box, then buy the rest individually.