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  • posted a message on 'Mystery Booster' product
    I'm guessing (hoping) that these are not legal in Commander (the test cards) since that is a Constructed format? Don't really want to deal with Mirrored Lotus. :s
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on My Little Pony silver-bordered crossover set releases Oct 12
    They have the My Little Pony sleeves on Arena right now and no lie I've already purchased them.
    Bring the legends to Arena too so I can stomp all over the multiverse with them.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on A whole bunch of commander products coming.
    I am moderately excited by this.
    I have bought one of the pre-cons (the one with K'rrik) for re-sale purposes.
    The draft set will either need to include Mana Crypt, Mana Vault/Mana Drain or at the very least Sol Ring.
    No other real opinion until spoilers start, that's when I know whether I will be getting this or more Pioneer staples.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on October 21, 2019 Ban and Restricted list update.
    Good riddance, Field of the Dead. Just too resilient and permanent a solution to all sorts of decks out there.
    Glad I won't have to face that on Arena starting this Friday.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on 'Mystery Booster' product
    "Mystery Booster" naming seems kinda jump-the-sharky. Why not just typify it as a Masters set?
    Will wait and see, but I'm more likely to buy the Eldraine special boosters at the moment. Demand in my circle is pretty high at the moment for the alt-arts.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Ban and restricted list 26th august
    Quote from Melkor »
    Banning Looting is the final nail in the coffin of Modern. Hitting a wide swath of decks because people want less combo decks is dumb as hell. Modern will become a wasteland like Standard where 3-4 decks take control of the meta and nothing else will stand a chance. Expect a huge Tron revival now.


    that's absurd. combo will still exist, but the majority like Modern better when it is slower and more interactive, which this does


    This. You can still Storm out or attempt to Dredge or do other interactions, but decks won't feel obligated to just jam Faithless Looting because it's amazing.
    As for Mystic, there's likely a supplemental set around the winter holidays, I expect to see it there.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [C19] Mire of Misery -oh lets just say maro said they are starting to give black these types of cards
    One of my friend's decks literally only has lands, mana rocks, Helm and Rest in Peace out. His only creature is his commander or a Snapcaster Mage.
    This could quite easily remove RIP and turn Helm into a janky "Embrace the Chaos" object. Of course, this is sorcery speed, and needs to resolve, but it's still decent.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [C19] THE END. - madness deck list and all the other 3 decks
    Well, looks like Merciless Rage is the first Commander deck I purchase over the past few years.
    Very nice inclusions there.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [C19] Aeon engine
    It's fine that it exiles, otherwise you could just basically lock people out of the game, right?
    A
    B C
    D

    If D activates this, then C goes next instead of B, then when it goes to A, you'd re-use it and get C to go again, then you'd get a turn.
    With the self-exile, B is at least going to get a turn, two turns later instead of immediately.
    This has the potential to get really swingy. A player that has a strong board presence could be made to go next in turn order and essentially seal the game.
    Also fits nicely into the "Embrace the Chaos" philosophy EDH holds dear.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on {C19} Mystic intelect full deck list + command zone preview card - Elsha of the Infinite
    Commander is bonkers.
    Sun Titan is a fine reprint, they are not expensive but almost always sold out in local stores.
    Glad to see the decks are branching out in different directions, will give brewers a ton of fun.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [C19] Dockside Extortionist
    This is a fine card, and the type of card they should be printing for the format. Punitive against mana-rock heavy decks, gives you a short-term boost and isn't egregiously expensive to play. Nice work here.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [C19] Clever Impersonator reprint
    Good call here, Sultai deck looking better.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [C19] TCGplayer preview - Empowered Autogenerator
    I mean, the turn this becomes active I can just cast Gilded Lotus and get 3 mana all the time?
    Sure, you can do infinite mana, but that's trivially easy with Basalt Monolith and so on.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on C19 Another Bust?
    It's too early to call these a bust. There are interesting commanders and some sweet new cards. The reprints are fine to mediocre. Seedborn Muse is welcome, but they could have printed Solemn Simulacrum or Altar of Dementia or even some jank like cyc;e duals, the Jace that mills people, or even the new Lazav since it cares about the grave.

    I'm obviously interested in the Rakdos deck, since it hits right notes in my Xantcha, but probably singles again this year.
    I really feel that they should axe the Commander pre-cons for a period and just do a booster box of Commander staples. Tack on an unwieldy draft format if you must, but just drop a reprint box with staples (Solemn, Failing that, some other limited product that can insert them back, such as Battlebond or Conspiracy.
    Posted in: New Card Discussion
  • posted a message on [C19] Sudden Exchange
    Quote from Randy M »
    Note you don't need a creature, it's just any creature out there.
    But you won't get the spell effect unless the creature they get was yours, right?
    Quote from NerdSoda »
    Quote from Crazy Pierre »
    Quote from DoogieBHB »
    I’m struggling to understand what this does, is the translation incomplete or am I just not smart enough?


    Say they cast an Ancestral Vision, target themselves. You get their Ancestral Vision and give them some junk Myr token that's on the battlefield. Note you don't need a creature, it's just any creature out there.
    Fun, but super mean, card.


    It's an exchange, so the player whose creature was selected will get control of the spell.


    OH yeah, you guys are right! Man, this card is soooooooooo politicky, I love it!
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
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