A GU legend that draws cards? How original. They may as well just keep reprinting the same one at this point. Like, is there noooo other design space in the history of magic that UG can explore?
This is so ridiculous at this point. May as well print beast within in every set since you want green to be the removal colour now. Like, how about some kind of drawback for a card like this?
Wandering emperor was and is an absurdly broken card designed to sell packs. I'm happy this is half as good but sad that standard will have 4 amazing white planeswalkers legal at the same time
Do actual people actually care that they made Aragorn black?
Yes, some people who care both for Magic the Gathering (THE Trading Card Game par excellence) and Lord of the Rings (one of the last, if not the last true and exemplar modern product of a particularly European -specifically Germanic and Norse- sensibility and heritage), care that their favorite game represents their most beloved cultural product well.
When it comes to Tolkien, I think people should realize that a big section of the fans don't just see his works as "generic fantasy world". They see a manifestation of a culture they identify with. Just like the Japanese would see Ruruoni Kenshin or other Samurai/Yokai/etc stories. Everyone is entitled to feel pride for their culture. Does that mean that nobody else can enjoy Samurai anime or LOTR? Of course not, but that doesn't mean people are obligated to take well the inclusion of external ethnicities (for commercial reasons, at that) in your traditional/mythological/historical setting. Case in point: Dragon Ball Evolution. Heck, even Rings of Power to an extent.
100% agree with all of this. Plus there is inherent double standard. Imagine the outrage if they made a savannah/African style plane and then had a tribe of white skinned red haired people? This wokeness for no reason but wokeness needs to stop. And no this has nothing to do with artistic license.
So from the cards text so far, Jace activates the sylex, which would wipe out new phyrexia, then moron Elspeth somehow gets into the way to stop it? Why did they even bring her?
I meant it hurts aggro because now I have to attack their annoying enchantment instead of the head. Aggro will not likely ever run these.
Also rotpriest needs a ban in standard. Ridiculously overpowered for one mana and makes for incredibly unfun play experience.
100% agree with all of this. Plus there is inherent double standard. Imagine the outrage if they made a savannah/African style plane and then had a tribe of white skinned red haired people? This wokeness for no reason but wokeness needs to stop. And no this has nothing to do with artistic license.
They have one job here, to wipe out phyrexia and they failed.
May I never see a busted Elspeth card again!
Ruining at least two standards is more than enough damage.