I can not conprehend why ya'll think this Kalia is bad. It's a Mantis Rider without haste, but instead draws 1 - 2 cards immediately, which means more gas !
is there an abundance of those creature types that you'd want to be running in any noncommander deck while also supporting 3 color?
...it can also still whiff
...in commander it can REALLY whiff, and kaalia 1 already does it to such great effect that kaalia 2 is outclassed to the point of only being viable in the 99
In Standard, yes. People have been trying to figure out optimal Angel brews for a while now, and there are several serviceable Demons and Dragons available in color. You don't need many for Kaalia to be good.
I'm sure there's more but really, you take the best of these and you have plenty of hits in a 60 card deck. Regarding whiffing--sure, but again, if you build correctly you should hit most of the time. I'm not saying Kaalia will be the next Standard staple, but it's too early to say she's not going to be good. In Commander, I generally agree that she's way worse than Kaalia of the Vast, but only because of the context of the format.
This is always the issue with Planar Cleansing. Control decks, especially those with white, almost always use permanents as win-conditions or removal. I suppose you could instant speed this with Teferi, Time Raveler on end-step, untap and play Command the Dreadhorde, but eh? Not sure it's Planar Cleansing's time to shine right now.
Going to have to agree with what most people are saying here. If you can bounce everything, play Omniscience, and replay everything of yours for free, that's probably GG right? I mean, Nissa, Who Shakes the World decks are definitely going to do that right? They could probably hard-cast Omniscience in the late-game anyway. Is that better than a big Mass Manipulation? I don't know, will be interesting to see.
New Kaalia might be weaker in Commander, but she's much better than the old one in the context of this Standard. Old Kaalia is a 4-CMC 2/2, does not have the benefit of Lightning Greaves or Swiftfoot Boots, dies to Shock, and as far as I know there's no game-ending things to put out like Master of Cruelties. Not to mention that for one more mana, you basically get a 6/6 trampling, recursive Kaalia with no typing restriction in Ilharg, the Raze-Boar.
New Kaalia gives you immediate value on a perfectly acceptable body for the cost. There are a bunch of aggressively costed Angel/Dragon/Demon threats in Standard right now. Certainly seems like this a potential competitive build-around considering it appears that WotC might be pushing Angels in Core 2020.
I've only just been getting into the lore a bit, and Phyrexia is probably my favorite "concept" in MtG, along with the Eldrazi. I'm not a big fantasy buff, but love sci-fi, and both seem almost more sci-fi than fantasy. In any case, don't the Phyrexians sort of need a plane with an established mechanical infrastructure? If so, I'm wondering whether or not somewhere like Kaladesh might make sense as a target?
Also, what ever happened to all the Mirrans living in the Forge? Is it not possible that the next set involving the Phyrexians involves a civil war between the various factions, with the Mirrans and Urabrask doing their own thing? And I'm not being rhetorical, is there some lore reason this wouldn't be possible?
If they decided that Snow Basics were too "powerful" for Standard, it's unlikely we'll see Snow Permanents. And this goes for people hoping for Viking World with Snow too.
Who said Snow was too powerful for Standard? Snow as a mechanic is only as powerful as WotC wants to make it. I mean you could say something like Icefang Coatl is too good for Standard, but you can't really say that about Snow generally.
Forget about the Weatherlight saga, it's an old story that concluded 15+ years ago and doesn't ring a bell to most of the new players. It's also quite complicated. It needs to resonate with Magic as it is now.
Since it will be tied to the current Magic image, it will be very PC. So nobody will die (Like in GI-Joe), villains will be mustache-twirling overlords with stupid minions, there will be mandatory diversity, strong empowered females with witty lines and so on.
I liked Castlevania on Netflix, but here, I expect a kind of Power Rangers experience.
Depends on who they're marketing to--if it's kids, probably no one will die. If it's to young adults/adults, we could see some character deaths, although probably not GoT level, which I'm fine with. Hopefully the writing isn't poor, although I'm not sure how stupid writing has anything to do with being PC. In any case, I'm all for diversity and strong female leads in a game with diversity and strong female leads. Not really sure how that's problematic.
Here's what I read. Doesn't sound like it will be too much of a children's show if the genres they name are thriller, drama, and horror. I'm holding out some hope.
The story that will be used will be tied to the current set of cards. Do you honestly believe Hasbro and WotC would not take an opportunity to help sell more product and get more young adults involved with the game? For those of you that have read the Book you might imagine a story that follows more in detail what happened up to and including the War that was written in the novel. These companies are not looking to please some old fans of story lines of the past that only helps Netflix's bottom line, they want to tie in the series to current product releases in order to drive more sales.
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I totally agree. I simply can't believe Hasbro/WotC would pass up on the marketing angle here. While Netflix might buy in hoping to up their viewership by tapping into the MtG playerbase, Hasbro/WotC will need to get theirs. And pandering to the existing playerbase doesn't really do that for them. I'm sure there will be enough lore sprinkled in to acknowledge existing players are part of the viewership, but I don't see how that will be the driving force behind the show. Could totally be wrong, but I know if it were me, the show would tie in with a current product.
It's on Mythicspoiler. In the 8 or 9 years I've been following spoiler season, I have never seen a card that was downright fake on there. A few times they've gotten the rarity/cost wrong due to poor image quality, but I've never seen an actual fake.
In Standard, yes. People have been trying to figure out optimal Angel brews for a while now, and there are several serviceable Demons and Dragons available in color. You don't need many for Kaalia to be good.
Off the top of my head: Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice, Seraph of the Scales, Resplendent Angel, Lyra Dawnbringer, Demon of Catastrophes, Doom Whisperer, Rakdos, the Showstopper, Spawn of Mayhem, Lathliss, Dragon Queen, Skarrgan Hellkite, Demanding Dragon.
I'm sure there's more but really, you take the best of these and you have plenty of hits in a 60 card deck. Regarding whiffing--sure, but again, if you build correctly you should hit most of the time. I'm not saying Kaalia will be the next Standard staple, but it's too early to say she's not going to be good. In Commander, I generally agree that she's way worse than Kaalia of the Vast, but only because of the context of the format.
New Kaalia gives you immediate value on a perfectly acceptable body for the cost. There are a bunch of aggressively costed Angel/Dragon/Demon threats in Standard right now. Certainly seems like this a potential competitive build-around considering it appears that WotC might be pushing Angels in Core 2020.
Also, what ever happened to all the Mirrans living in the Forge? Is it not possible that the next set involving the Phyrexians involves a civil war between the various factions, with the Mirrans and Urabrask doing their own thing? And I'm not being rhetorical, is there some lore reason this wouldn't be possible?
Who said Snow was too powerful for Standard? Snow as a mechanic is only as powerful as WotC wants to make it. I mean you could say something like Icefang Coatl is too good for Standard, but you can't really say that about Snow generally.
Depends on who they're marketing to--if it's kids, probably no one will die. If it's to young adults/adults, we could see some character deaths, although probably not GoT level, which I'm fine with. Hopefully the writing isn't poor, although I'm not sure how stupid writing has anything to do with being PC. In any case, I'm all for diversity and strong female leads in a game with diversity and strong female leads. Not really sure how that's problematic.
I totally agree. I simply can't believe Hasbro/WotC would pass up on the marketing angle here. While Netflix might buy in hoping to up their viewership by tapping into the MtG playerbase, Hasbro/WotC will need to get theirs. And pandering to the existing playerbase doesn't really do that for them. I'm sure there will be enough lore sprinkled in to acknowledge existing players are part of the viewership, but I don't see how that will be the driving force behind the show. Could totally be wrong, but I know if it were me, the show would tie in with a current product.