Isn't the sheoldred standard deck still back breaking?
Not really. Sheoldred's a good card, but mono black as a deck hardly sees any play. A good number of Standard decks with black in them aren't even playing Sheoldred anymore.
Honestly, mono black hasn't been big since the Meathook Massacre ban. Invoke Despair probably could have stayed if it hadn't made its way into Rakdos and Grixis.
Isnt the hand the only zone where you can cast the other side of a modal DFC?
No. Valki occasionally gets used with Release to the Wind or Bring to Light precisely because you can cast the 7 mana side even though the card itself has a mana value of 2. The reason it no longer works with cascade is that they changed the way cascade works so it checks the mana value when exiling and when casting.
Duals that punch your opponent in the face is interesting. Between that and efficient common one drops, I'm guessing the slightly slower limited formats are not quite coming yet.
I don't even know what you'd ban in Standard. Everyone likes to talk about Sheoldred, of course, but the top decks right now don't even run it. It seems too early to talk about a Gleeful Demolition ban and pretty late to talk about one for Raffine. Maybe The Wandering Emperor? but that seems hard to justify too.
I hate that we get entirely new cards off a list of cars that will appear infrequently in booster. Doesn't that make them even rarer than regular mythic?
They haven't said exactly how it will work. There are 30 of the Big Score cards. If we assume there are 10 Special guests again, they'd have to appear in about 1/4 of packs to match the rarity of a Mythic. Current list rarity is 1/8.
No, Emrakul is protected from spells and from permanents that were cast in the current turn, not the turn Emrakul was cast.
well, if that is true that is extremely counter-intuitive because with the wording "this turn" WotC always meant for stuff relevant only in the turn you cast the spell, this wording has literally no precedent in no card in Magic (unless you can prove me otherwise, clearly). To me, the Emrakul ability sounded just a fancy Drownyard Behemoth variant protection and I would had worded what you are saying to me as "whenever a player cast a spell and/or that spell resolve as a permanent, Emrakul got protection from that spell or permament." or something like that, would been much less ambigous.
EDIT: or even better: In each turn/in each player turn, Emmy got protection from spells and permanents casted this turn.
-You can cast a universal solvent on one turn and use it to exile her on a later turn, but not that turn, regardless when Emrakul was cast.
So, if this is true, a Visara the Dreadful cannot kill Emrakul in the turn you cast her with her ability, but in any other later turn yes?
"This turn" has meant the current turn since some time in the 90's. Sengir Vampire isn't checking for creatures damaged the turn you played it.
plus they actually threw in a monsterous drawback even the protection makes it really hard to get rid her. is that she wraths your own board when she leaves (heck its in sacrifice so not even indestructible survive) so all you need is a mistmeadow witch and flick it after the turn is over it came in.
what the hell mean "protection from spells and permanents that were cast this turn"? is this a weird way to say the Emrakul can't be countered and got hexproof until the end of turn?
It's two separate protections.
Protection from spells stops it from being targeted by instants, sorceries, auras and creatures with mutate or dealt damage by instants and sorceries as they resolve. It can still be targeted by everything else and can be countered.
so, did anybody explained what the plot mechanic is?
Doesn't seem so. There is an associated cost, but plotting a card is different from casting it and it can be done to both permanents and nonpermanents. Suggests something in the same vein as either foretell or suspend to me.
Honestly, mono black hasn't been big since the Meathook Massacre ban. Invoke Despair probably could have stayed if it hadn't made its way into Rakdos and Grixis.
Probably trying to slowroll it for karma.
No. Valki occasionally gets used with Release to the Wind or Bring to Light precisely because you can cast the 7 mana side even though the card itself has a mana value of 2. The reason it no longer works with cascade is that they changed the way cascade works so it checks the mana value when exiling and when casting.
Another good 1 mana common creature too.
Duals that punch your opponent in the face is interesting. Between that and efficient common one drops, I'm guessing the slightly slower limited formats are not quite coming yet.
They haven't said exactly how it will work. There are 30 of the Big Score cards. If we assume there are 10 Special guests again, they'd have to appear in about 1/4 of packs to match the rarity of a Mythic. Current list rarity is 1/8.
"This turn" has meant the current turn since some time in the 90's. Sengir Vampire isn't checking for creatures damaged the turn you played it.
Touch the Spirit Realm can blink it no problem too, but also, Soul Shatter and other hexproof-dodging removal spells work fine.
It's two separate protections.
Protection from spells stops it from being targeted by instants, sorceries, auras and creatures with mutate or dealt damage by instants and sorceries as they resolve. It can still be targeted by everything else and can be countered.
Protection from permanents that were cast this turn stops stuff like Oblivion Ring, Ice-Fang Coatl and Spiteful Banditry.
Doesn't seem so. There is an associated cost, but plotting a card is different from casting it and it can be done to both permanents and nonpermanents. Suggests something in the same vein as either foretell or suspend to me.
Looks like they fixed it.
Was discussing this today and realized defacing currency is a pretty easy one to commit, but not get in trouble for.
The story refers to him as a planeswalker and Tomik, Wielder of Law has affinity for planeswalkers.
Edit: Oh, it's a showcase alternate thing, never mind.