Imo this little beauty is the best common in ROE. Testing just in casual U/W Control variants the wall does some amazing things, like returning Path...or Day of Judgement...or even just Divination. Seeing it rightfully being paired up with its cantrip cousin Wall of Omens it has really jumped out at me by adding additional control with PWs Gideon and Jace.
And dont even get me started on Extended. This guy + Revillark + blink (Momentary Blink, Ghostway) or Wrath of God is insane. And these are only in U/W. There are instant/sorcery combos in other colors im not even aware of yet.
Thought this was worth a mention, any thoughts? Ideas? Combos?
Now for the quality manlands! By the time this block is over there are going to be so many rare lands stuffed into constructed...if the activation costs are fair enough...
Taking the Angel doesnt send a strong signal for White since you are leaving both the Shepard and a Journey while taking a Tsunami puts you in a weird branch of blue that encourages landfall. You may not see enough support and be stuck at 4-5 lands every game
The Lacerator honestly sinks into the unplayable unless you are play super aggressive aggro. Mid to late game it sits there, eating up your life and you opp doesnt let him play chump blocker either so ur stuck. At least with the Gruul Vamp he succeeds as a win condition
Traps will continue as a subtype for instants only like Arcane. There may, however, be interactions with traps and lands or creatures like:
Trap land
[T] Add ~ to your mana pool
When Trap land comes into play you may search your library for a Trap card and Exile it face down. You may play that spell for its Trap cost only
Kind of like the land has a built in defense just waiting to be sprung
+1: Counter target spell unless it's controller wants it to resolve.
+1: Draw a card. This ability costs UUUUU in addition to it's other costs.
-10: Search your library for an artifact. Talk about how cool it would have been if it was in play. Put it on the bottom of your library.
Well, that would be Jace if WotC continues to r*pe... i mean, be unkind... to blue.
A good article, M11 is expected to start the run of new core sets which are defined through reinstating what the concepts behind each color exhibit and reinforcing the new rule sets. I just hope the rares/mythics will be at least slightly more balanced out this time
Removal is lighter then Shards and people tend to fight over B in draft IMO. Red is too spread out in terms of burn or psudoburn as well so these auras are very playable at least right now. The Green one works best for me since if it sticks then ur opps only hope is spot removal: Journey to Nowhere
Nice effects, also pushes Horizon Canopy out of future sets release...how many duals are still possible now? River of Tears and Grove of the Burnwillows I think...
I find that this could be a sideboard card at best, perhaps paired up with cards like Gomazoa in a U/B draft. Huge bombs you cant hope to do anything against make for viable targets but other then that...its crap heh
Imo this little beauty is the best common in ROE. Testing just in casual U/W Control variants the wall does some amazing things, like returning Path...or Day of Judgement...or even just Divination. Seeing it rightfully being paired up with its cantrip cousin Wall of Omens it has really jumped out at me by adding additional control with PWs Gideon and Jace.
And dont even get me started on Extended. This guy + Revillark + blink (Momentary Blink, Ghostway) or Wrath of God is insane. And these are only in U/W. There are instant/sorcery combos in other colors im not even aware of yet.
Thought this was worth a mention, any thoughts? Ideas? Combos?
Seconded, the new Jace makes me want a good control deck to appear with WWK in either mono U or dual with these new manlands
Trap land
[T] Add ~ to your mana pool
When Trap land comes into play you may search your library for a Trap card and Exile it face down. You may play that spell for its Trap cost only
Kind of like the land has a built in defense just waiting to be sprung
There is just a power shift away from control right now but that doesnt mean U is completely irrelevant right now. Sphinx of Jwar Island, Time Warp, Sphinx of Lost Truths
BTW Chaos + Landfall Win