I'm seriously curious about why this needed to be conditional to not put there this combat? Is there some sort of loop of extra combats I'm missing? Hmmm maybe to just avoid confusion about whether you could normally target a creature that died in combat? Which double checking it definitely looks like you can. Oh I see, with trample raise deading itself might be a little much, swing, trade a creature and get him back from his own ability would be pretty strong.
Pretty sure that self recursion isn't the reason because the way it's worded you can loop a second copy just fine.
Requires two colors instead of one, so it better be more powerful.
Two colors actually just makes it easier to cast outside of mono red, This guy is forkling a mazeballs. Rakdos is going to have a glut of playables after this set.
That ghostform seems really good. I totally get the issue with auras, and at a glance it has the same problem that similar cards have had in the past that you are playing two cards to the board without advancing your strategy, but the fact that it protects against exile and also that it can be used to protect permanents that generally have more utility on board make me want to at least test it out.
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I hope they reprint Burst of Strength.
But with Burst, T1 shockland Motivator, into T2 land, Incubation Druid, motivate, tap for g, Burst of Strength, then you can tap this guy for 3 more mana on T2... would be a nice start.
Well, not a reprint exactly, but here come the magic christmas decks.... Stony Strength
I thoroughly detest the Bo1 format in arena limited for several reasons (most notably how much more impact on a match bombs have), but if you just look at the data, then you will see a greater number of entries into Bo1 than Bo3 drafts on my account simply because I am f2p and need to enter with gold to get gems, and the conversion rate is bad. Plus, I no longer need any cards from ravnica which is the only Bo3 format so I typically prefer to draft from other sets. And if you include Amazonian's awesome free spell format, then my Bo1 rate skyrockets. Resources are for chumps ;-p
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Instant (UC)
Return up to two target permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand. "When you get right down to it, the difference between death and life is just a membrane-enclosed environment maintained by a metabolic process."
- Gulistan, Simic biomancer
I mean it's 8 mana and a sac outlet just to run the loop, but I like it for big mana EDH decks. Seems like the kind of thing the Omniscient might be into though, you know, for the Greater Good...
Should probably be a 1-shot with Sanguine Bond, while the first mode has utility in the mid game. Bad modern brew incoming...
Edit: You gain life first, so you would drain and then the halving would happen, which wouldn't necessarily kill your opponent.
Nope. It works the way you want it to, the enchantment will trigger during the resolution of revenge, but the revenge has to finish resolving before the trigger can go on the stack. Of course, it's still only lethal if your life is at at least half of your opponent's life.
This seems like great sideboard tech if nothing else. Hexproof tokens as a cast trigger is dope anti control tech. Of course it relies on resolving a 3 drop buuuuttt....
That's a pretty sweet puzzle piece for a couple of decks. Metalwork Colossus variants might not want it, but Aetherflux Reservoir and/or Sram storm decks might be able to work with the front half of this.
Champion of Wits is interesting. The sorcery speed is a bummer, but what is the value of a 2/1 in play versus drawing a random card? And how much is the option to eternalize it in the very late game worth? It certainly doesn't look great, but I wouldn't be too surprised if I was off.
A card named Bloodlust Inciter not granting Blood Lust is a flavor fail of epic proportions Lay Claim is pretty sweet though. I have a soft spot for theft cards and one that still has a use if you draw into it before you are ready is great.
Dunno, first thing I thought was that this is a mummy that was subject to Liliana's more classic necromancy (note the violet glow). The Bolas-orb is nice touch.
I hope that we FINALLY learn in Amonkhet what the orb is (Gem of Becoming is what is closest, but it is apparently not the original thing).
Isn't it Myojin of Night's Reach's mask? I thought that was covered in the Timespiral block books.
This is, like, the definition of a card that's no fun in EDH. Where are you going to find enough members of this tiny tribe to fill out that 99?
Bad in Standard != good in EDH.
This is a weird Limited draft-around-me card (not even really a bomb), a potential kitchen-table casual thing, and that's about all I can say for it.
I think the rest of Aether Revolt has been so good that it's easy to forget that every set has its share of penny rares.
Since this card has an unavoidable downside, I'm not sure who it's really even *for*. The more I think about it, the more I think it's kind of awful.
Depends on your definition of "Fun". I take a lot of enjoyment out of building off the wall decks based around random tribes (insects, vedalken, mutant, horror... heck, my Prossh deck is a Kobold tribal deck). As of right now, there are 12 Aetherborn, plus 8 and/or black changelings, and 4 artifact creatures that can be set to Aetherborn (2 of which are lords). Throw in support creatures and a dash of Conspiracy, and and Aetherborn deck is definitely possible. Not necessarily GOOD, but flavorful and entertaining.
Yeah, I had a lot of fun putting together my gorgon tribal Hythonia the Cruel EDH deck. It's not fantastic due to the restrictions I put on it, but it is something I can pull out when playing against newer or more casual players than my usual play group. If I play my normal decks in those situations it's usually boring and no fun for anyone involved so having a list that doesn't feel opressive against barely modified precons is nice.
Pretty sure that self recursion isn't the reason because the way it's worded you can loop a second copy just fine.
Two colors actually just makes it easier to cast outside of mono red, This guy is forkling a mazeballs. Rakdos is going to have a glut of playables after this set.
You mean besides protecting it from path to exile and other exile effects? Being only 1 mana also doesn't hurt.
Well, not a reprint exactly, but here come the magic christmas decks....
Stony Strength
I mean it's 8 mana and a sac outlet just to run the loop, but I like it for big mana EDH decks. Seems like the kind of thing the Omniscient might be into though, you know, for the Greater Good...
Nope. It works the way you want it to, the enchantment will trigger during the resolution of revenge, but the revenge has to finish resolving before the trigger can go on the stack. Of course, it's still only lethal if your life is at at least half of your opponent's life.
Lay Claim is pretty sweet though. I have a soft spot for theft cards and one that still has a use if you draw into it before you are ready is great.
Isn't it Myojin of Night's Reach's mask? I thought that was covered in the Timespiral block books.
Does it matter? The most exciting cards have generally been uncommons anyway right?
Yeah, I had a lot of fun putting together my gorgon tribal Hythonia the Cruel EDH deck. It's not fantastic due to the restrictions I put on it, but it is something I can pull out when playing against newer or more casual players than my usual play group. If I play my normal decks in those situations it's usually boring and no fun for anyone involved so having a list that doesn't feel opressive against barely modified precons is nice.