If you tutored for Mowu, Loyal Companion with this, would he enter with one counter or two?
One +1/+1 counter. See this ruling from Pir, Imaginative Rascal: "Pir’s effect can’t apply to itself as it’s entering the battlefield or to any other permanent entering the battlefield at the same time as it."
oh by the way i just realized a broken trick with Vivien's Arkbow its simply library of leng because it doesn't matter who makes you (can be yourself by the way) or how its discard you can put it back on top of your library so you only have to pay 1 for X and just put the creature straight into play
the same trick applies to Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion since you can just get all the cards back just like that
This works with new Neheb but not the Arkbow, sadly. Costs aren't effects.
I've seen folks almost come to blows over an EDH game. This story seems unlikely (& of course horrific) but entirely possible. We should all keep the flavor text from Fit of Rage in mind.
It's wild that Ral, Storm Conduit turns the classic do-nothing play of Forking a Fork into a win. Wow! An infinite combo available since Alpha finally has its chance to shine.
So we are at the 4th Niv-mizzet incarnation now. Not only is he still not a planeswalker, but he is now five color.
I actually see a few interesting decks that could use him, but i am actually curious how viable he will be in my Dragon tribal deck.
A lot of these cards are obscurely worded. Like widespread brutality, is Army a new creature type? If so, that means that it is a VERY bad rare. (N Standard maybe no so much if you are running 4 of them, and it could be good in sealed, but that is as far as i would go.
You have 32 two color dragon to chose from quite a bit are usually in either of the Ur-dragon deck (the scion and the true ur dragon)
But if the rules are made so you can grab beyond 2 color restriction then another 29 grabables added depending on what’s in the deck
If you can grab 3 color and up dragons then yes it’s worth it
my deck has 13 two-color cards. So it is not worth running him. As for a deck with Niv at the helm, That has way more potential. You can build a deck focused on his ability.
I'm planning to adjust my Scion deck to have 22-23 two-color cards. That seems to work fine in testing. Sometimes new Niv's ability misses, but more often it finds three cards. & even one card is okay. I'd probably run a 6/6 Dragon for five that merely drew a card on ETB.
This card seems pushed. A worst it's an Elvish Visionary without a relevant creature type but with a silly shuffle ability. Visionary's solid, so that's an awfully high floor.
This goes well with Radiate!
This new Ral will be strong in Oathbreaker.
One +1/+1 counter. See this ruling from Pir, Imaginative Rascal: "Pir’s effect can’t apply to itself as it’s entering the battlefield or to any other permanent entering the battlefield at the same time as it."
Another Allosaurus Rider spike incoming? Notably finds Griselbrand.
This works with new Neheb but not the Arkbow, sadly. Costs aren't effects.
The flavor goes back to Tranquility. With enchantments like Animate Dead, Manabarbs, & Mana Flare, it sorta makes sense. You see the same aesthetics over & over again with Serenity, Reverent Silence, etc.
I'm planning to adjust my Scion deck to have 22-23 two-color cards. That seems to work fine in testing. Sometimes new Niv's ability misses, but more often it finds three cards. & even one card is okay. I'd probably run a 6/6 Dragon for five that merely drew a card on ETB.
The life-loss trigger is there so you're not just locking your opponents out of the game indefinitely. It's for them, not you.