In a game of Commander where sideboards don't exist, what happens when someone "learns" with divide by zero?
Is the player forced to "rummage"/cycle (discard then draw), or can they still opt to reveal then "fail to find" (a Lesson card from "outside the game")?
Also, is a player ever forced to reveal a card from their sideboard (when one exists) if they have no cards in hand to discard?
This is going to be the new go-to mana dump for a lot of infinite mana strategies.
Well, they can't ramp into Ugin forever!
But will this even be viable in the meta without Azusa?
This card reminds me a lot of bonfire of the damned, good for standard, but that's it.
For commander, I usually prefer something instant speed, like magmaquake
Basically, the early answer to both Uro and Oko!
Nice. With all the new removal and sideboard options now, is it time to unban both?!
If not, why?
End ARCHTYPE CENSORSHIP (discrimination) AND SUPPORT FREE DECK BUILDING (equality)
Consumers who bought recent cards specifically printed for new formats should be able to use them all, no exceptions.
Otherwise, it amounts to a bait and switch by WoTC
TBH tough, they might not have been the only ones. And Memory Lapse still isn't doing it for me.
It's obviously not time walk, but if timed for use at the the right moment, it provides a nice a tempo advantage and pushes their next draw further back so there's no surprises next beyond what they already had, which you're now better prepared to anticipate.
Utility cards (removal, ramp, cantripping, and color-fixing for multicolored decks) are necessary, even if it means cutting out a few elves or whatever which you wanted to include in your tribal deck. I currently have 23 commander decks built and most are fine tuned. I would even argue that certain cards are auto-includes for all decks or each color (or color combination) assuming you have copies of them to include. No deck which is all threats and no answers will win consistently, because it won't always start the game or be the early aggressor.
“The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix,
Her ashes new-create another heir
As great in admiration as herself.”
—William Shakespeare, King Henry the Eighth
Wow...This is the worst card art I've seen in a very long time.
Couldn't they have asked Drew Tucker to do something for less commission instead?
Honestly, I wouldn't sleeve this card in a deck even if someone bought me the playset and had it signed by the artist.
All I would want to do when drawing or seeing this is exile it to a non-visible zone outside the game (box or binder)
I like the art. However, this annoys me slightly since I just bought a foil playset from Time Spiral Remastered last week.
Why are cards getting alternate arts again so soon when they just received some (like cultivate which was printed with alternate arts in both M21 and Secret Lair: Black is Magic)? Why saturate the card pool with so many versions of the same cards which will barely even be recognizable from across the table? Is Wizards trying to make Historic or Pioneer "the New Modern" (since Modern became too broken by power-creep and resulted in too many bannings)?
Play the back side... Clone the back side... let the commander go to the graveyard, copy the card in the yard (mimic vat, back from the brink, seance, etc)
Perhaps to encourage migration to the new domain, any user who had an account here should be given a "Legendary", "Legacy", or "Vintage" user account upon signing up for added prestige depending on how many years they were active or posts they had.
Is the player forced to "rummage"/cycle (discard then draw), or can they still opt to reveal then "fail to find" (a Lesson card from "outside the game")?
Also, is a player ever forced to reveal a card from their sideboard (when one exists) if they have no cards in hand to discard?
Thanks!
Evasion, with lifelink means Heliod, Sun-Crowned certainly approves.
AND cost reduction for spells targeting any creature?
Even reduces mutate and bestow, not just traditional auras and spot removal
Could almost be mythic. How is this not a rare?
For an Auras commander, I almost like him better than Uril, the Miststalker
Just add Unquestioned Authority, Holy Mantle, spirit mantle, Timely Ward, minion's return, unholy indenture, and simply dodge cyclonic rifts and merciless evictions
Well, they can't ramp into Ugin forever!
But will this even be viable in the meta without Azusa?
This card reminds me a lot of bonfire of the damned, good for standard, but that's it.
For commander, I usually prefer something instant speed, like magmaquake
That's what she said!
Nice. With all the new removal and sideboard options now, is it time to unban both?!
If not, why?
End ARCHTYPE CENSORSHIP (discrimination) AND SUPPORT FREE DECK BUILDING (equality)
Consumers who bought recent cards specifically printed for new formats should be able to use them all, no exceptions.
Otherwise, it amounts to a bait and switch by WoTC
It's obviously not time walk, but if timed for use at the the right moment, it provides a nice a tempo advantage and pushes their next draw further back so there's no surprises next beyond what they already had, which you're now better prepared to anticipate.
Is that also being reprinted, finally?!
It's about time if it is
Her ashes new-create another heir
As great in admiration as herself.”
—William Shakespeare, King Henry the Eighth
Couldn't they have asked Drew Tucker to do something for less commission instead?
Honestly, I wouldn't sleeve this card in a deck even if someone bought me the playset and had it signed by the artist.
All I would want to do when drawing or seeing this is exile it to a non-visible zone outside the game (box or binder)
Why are cards getting alternate arts again so soon when they just received some (like cultivate which was printed with alternate arts in both M21 and Secret Lair: Black is Magic)? Why saturate the card pool with so many versions of the same cards which will barely even be recognizable from across the table? Is Wizards trying to make Historic or Pioneer "the New Modern" (since Modern became too broken by power-creep and resulted in too many bannings)?
Indeed!
Dimir has the best options in my opinion...
Body double
Cemetery Puca
Lazav, the Multifarious
etc
Can't be Gideon, that was already done