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Quote from Tiro of Meletis »

No Theros no care

Then get lost. This thread is not about Theros, so don't waste your time as well as ours.

I for one love this; Marrow Gnawer was actually kind of pricey. Not that this will drop the price, but it will increase a bit of circulation for those ratatouille fans out there.

Quote from 19_sided_dice »

I think there's a small percentage of people who like un-sets and are at best indifferent about the full art lands...

My playgroup and I love them. They offer a really funny and relaxed environment to our regular games, and WotC has really streamlined the new unstable cards so they actually seem fair, balanced, and playable. We have an entire Unstable set as a cube, and its probably the most fun we have with pauper in a close second.

My fellow EDH players out there will agree that white needs something to make it more competitive. It's been discussed numerous times, but I am curious as to what people think white actually needs. Card advantage and mana ramp are among the most common topics in discussion.

Things I believe white should get:

Situational Card Draw - Why not? I am a firm believer in the color pie, but it feels silly that all the other colors can draw cards while white struggles. Give white situational card draw that plays into its strengths and what white naturally does.

Vital Devotion 2W
Enchantment
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, draw a card.

Mana Fixing - White had had some land draw/ramp cards before. I think white should blend more with green in being able to search for lands. I don't think white should often step into the territory of directly ramping cards, but I think finding a basic out of a deck is something white could do.

Wayward Nomads 1W
Creature - Human Nomad
When ~ enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
1/1

What do you guys think? Propose some cards, ideas, etc

Now that Theros is out of the way (Thank God), we can speculate about this set some more. I am all too excited to just play some epic monsters and fight to the death. Not that sissy enchantment way, no; true magic players fight with MONSTERS

Not the Minotaur I needed, but it's the minotaur I will take.

Seems good in Zoo.

Klothys sucks. Bring back Xenagos and the Parties!

Kinda tired of graveyard hosers tbh. I mean, I guess this set is the place for it but it's just yet another card we have seen that does the same ol Tormod's crypt thing.

Not sure what you guys think, but I think the two commander decks being made for the new Zendikar set are going to be based on the Battle for Zendikar between the Eldrazi and the people of Zendikar. I believe this will be the case because there are only two EDH decks being released.

I would imagine the Zendikar deck could go in two directions, landfall or ally cards. Possibly both, depending on the deck's general, and will likely be 5 color.

I imagine the Eldrazi deck will be "colorless", but be a new iteration of the Eldrazi Titans that let's you play devoid cards in your colorless commander deck, thus making it... well, 5 colored. This would be a great way for people to finally put those devoid Eldrazi into a commander deck... that thematically makes sense.

I also feel like these two decks is the perfect place to wrap up and fix some of the weird ideas with allies as well as the Eldrazi mess from BFZ block.

What do you guys think?

Quote from Tiro of Meletis »

There must be a Giant theme in Ikoria or something. Why couldn’t this have been a Kraken. Sigh. It’s exactly the sort of support the deck needs

I believe, my friend, that we will be getting screwed on our Krakens for this set.

Quote from CatParty »

I like Archon of Sun's Grace. My Angus Mackenzie Enchantress EDH deck uses Sacred Mesa as a wincon. This should help out

My Enchantress deck uses it as well. This card feels really good in that.

#ShouldhavebeenaKrakencard

Quote from ilovesaprolings »

So wait, now we have snake, naga and lamia?

It's... complicated. Technically you could through some Serpent cards in the reptilian Snake category, as well as Wurms, based on their biological design.

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Quote from narcisobizarro »

Why would Erebos, god of the dead, chose a Returned as his champion? Someone who defies his domain.

Because there’s no lore so why bother with logic

Theros imo is one of the most convoluted, unintuitive, and unplanned world designs. Idk who is fighting who, why they are fighting, etc. I only know there are gods, people, and monsters, and it's supposed to be based on greek mythology. Maybe I need to brush up on my mythology, but I have no idea wtf is going on in this place. Are humans at war with eachother? If not, why are they always showing people in massive phalanxes or in scenes of war? Wtf is happening in this place?

Nylea's seems like the best and probably the only one I will pick up. I imagine the remaining two won't be very good. Nylea's has some really good modes for Commander.