Based on my understanding of the rules, Anikthea's setting the token copy to 3/3 applies in layer 1 (or before layer 1), while Opalescence's power/toughness-changing ability applies in layer 7. Thus, Opalescence always takes precedence & the token copies have power/toughness equal to their mana value. Is this correct?
Personally, I’d like to see [[lotus cobra]] reprinted at rare with new art by Sam Rowan, with collectors number 193.
Also [[shadowborn apostle]], since the new legendary demon has great synergy with them.
Like a 2/2 flyer for 3 is ok, but since it gets a +1/+1 counter when non-token creatures you control die, and you draw a card and lose a life if it was a cleric, it just seems like great synergy.
Add on the fact that it has flying and once it has 5 counters, it also gets lifeline and you have a real sweet commander deck started. Pity apostles are like $5 each.
Also [[avenger of zendikar]] is the iconic zendikar card, but its unlikely to be reprinted due to its power. Hopefully they make a reference to it, like a 6 mana r/g 5/5 legendary elemental that makes a plant token for each basic you control on etb, and has landfall - add 4 +1/+1 counters to a plant. That would be sweet.
Also I hope it has a showcase frame that is basically an fnm promo with extra trimming and a hedron shaped cut out for the art.
Also 4/3 flyers for 4 in white are super cool so I hope there’s one that, on etb, finds a copy of itself in your sideboard and adds it to your hand. Also its an angel warrior.!
And a 3 CMC equipment that gives +2/+2, First Strike and Flying, equips for 2WW but equips on ETB for free.
It's limited information at the moment, but I thought folks might be interested. Prid3 in the mtgfinance subreddit confirms the leaks are real.
Update: See this thread in the MTGRumors subreddit.
Have you considering trying to find some folks who play with proxies? Many of the people I've played EDH with over the years are 100% okay with proxies.
You can also have a blast playing EDH with a $50 deck. TappedOut values one of my favorite lists, cycling tribal, at $70-80. Most of my more casual decks come in at $125-300.
I've been in the process of amplifying the legendary-matters theme in my Saskia the Unyielding deck. Mechanically, Kethis fits in perfectly! & the flavor isn't too bad.
I love having another crunchy reason to play Urborg, Hammerheim, & company!
I just want to confirm that I can see the top of my library while resolving Tainted Pact when I have Bolas's Citadel on the battlefield. Is that correct?
These are the relevant rulings:
Bolas’s Citadel lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction—see below), even if you don’t have priority. This action doesn’t use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.
(2019-05-03)
If the top card of your library changes while you’re casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can’t look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can’t look at the next one until you’re done paying for that spell.
(2019-05-03)
Based on my understanding of the rules, Anikthea's setting the token copy to 3/3 applies in layer 1 (or before layer 1), while Opalescence's power/toughness-changing ability applies in layer 7. Thus, Opalescence always takes precedence & the token copies have power/toughness equal to their mana value. Is this correct?
It got taken down. I copied the text into my post on MTG Nexus. I tried to do that here but it wouldn't let me.
Valakut Awakening
2R
Instant
Put any number of cards from your hand on the bottom of your library, then draw that many cards plus one.
Valakut Stoneforge
Land
Valakut Stoneforge enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add R.
174/280 R
Also [[shadowborn apostle]], since the new legendary demon has great synergy with them.
Like a 2/2 flyer for 3 is ok, but since it gets a +1/+1 counter when non-token creatures you control die, and you draw a card and lose a life if it was a cleric, it just seems like great synergy.
Add on the fact that it has flying and once it has 5 counters, it also gets lifeline and you have a real sweet commander deck started. Pity apostles are like $5 each.
Also [[avenger of zendikar]] is the iconic zendikar card, but its unlikely to be reprinted due to its power. Hopefully they make a reference to it, like a 6 mana r/g 5/5 legendary elemental that makes a plant token for each basic you control on etb, and has landfall - add 4 +1/+1 counters to a plant. That would be sweet.
Also I hope it has a showcase frame that is basically an fnm promo with extra trimming and a hedron shaped cut out for the art.
Also 4/3 flyers for 4 in white are super cool so I hope there’s one that, on etb, finds a copy of itself in your sideboard and adds it to your hand. Also its an angel warrior.!
It's limited information at the moment, but I thought folks might be interested. Prid3 in the mtgfinance subreddit confirms the leaks are real.
Update: See this thread in the MTGRumors subreddit.
You can also have a blast playing EDH with a $50 deck. TappedOut values one of my favorite lists, cycling tribal, at $70-80. Most of my more casual decks come in at $125-300.
I love having another crunchy reason to play Urborg, Hammerheim, & company!
Perhaps EasyLover is a red mage.
We've come a long way.
These are the relevant rulings:
The Rosheen Meanderer deck I'm finishing needs Unbound Flourishing & Reap the Past.
Niv-Mizzet Reborn gets Soulherder & maybe Kaya's Guile.
My current cycling deck turns into Jodah, Archmage Eternal because of Tectonic Reformation. Astral Drift is nice too.
Prismatic Vista for the Najeela, the Blade-Blossom Enchantress deck I'm developing & for Estrid, the Masked. Estrid also wants Hall of Heliod's Generosity, as does the Anax and Cymede list I'm developing. Najeela definitely wants Collector Ouphe and Estrid probably does too.
Probably some more? Generous Gift is great, though the flavor is a bit silly for my taste.
Breya, Etherium Shaper gets Goblin Engineer to help enable Goblin Welder & Trash for Treasure cheat Bolas's Citadel into play, & also for general utility.
Fists of Flame for Zacama, Primal Calamity & maybe for Jaya Ballard, Task Mage and Yasova Dragonclaw.
The Gonti, Lord of Luxury deck I'm completing wants Ransack the Lab and possibly First-Sphere Gargantua.