There's your utility mythic! Wow. Abilities are incredibly strong.
Relentless Dead (BB) Mythic 2/2
Creature - Zombie
Menace
When Relentless Dead dies, you may pay B. If you do, return it to its owner's hand.
When Relentless Dead dies, you may pay X. If you do, return another target zombie creature card with converted mana cost X from your graveyard to the battlefield.
The $10 packs for MM2 basically killed draft at our store. We got several rousing drafts going with the $6 MM1 before prices started to go up, but $10 was a deal killer even though MM2 was a fantastic draft format. So in the one and only draft I did, I got a foil Emrakul and a Fulminator Mage. At least I got value! (and then built Tron just in time for most versions to cut Emrakul and then be superseded by Eldrazi altogether. Yay.)
There are actually some for sale in the mid-20's on TCGplayer. I haven't checked the other major sites yet though. I think IOK will probably stabilize around that price or close to $30.
You can get two copies from the Modern Event deck (as well as three Path to Exile). I wonder if that will make the event deck's price rise?
The Modern Event deck is virtually impossible to find now at a reasonable price. The cheapest I can see is $88. All of the cheap ones were bought up or people raised the price. They are sold out on Starcity and Channelfireball, which lists their price at $99.
Not true ... there are lots of places that still have them for $70-$75. Just Google it.
I think the card I like the most is Pulse of Murasa. That is a lot of stuff you can do with a common, between EDH politics, helping teammate in 2HG, and being a way to get your 4th land drop and 6 life. After that there isn't much to write home about, some pretty cool art, but not much else.
Nothing like $20 uncommons.
Best we can hope for is it being reprinted at rare in MM3.
Geez, for the price it is now, people should just pick up a Modern Event Deck.
Funny thing is, at this moment you can't find a copy for less than $30 with combined shipping. Guess it is a good thing I have an unopened Modern Event Deck.
It comes with two Inquisitions, tho. And three Relics, which are approaching $7-$10 each. Also three Paths, a $7 card. That's it, I'm ordering one.
If you can still find them at a decent price it is definitely worth it. TCG Player is probably your best bet. Channelfireball has them at $99 and SCG is sold out. TCGplayer has them from $75-$88. Ebay is also pretty much sold out.
Edit - I bought two more IOK's to finish my playset for $30 total. Thankfully I found them on Ebay.
Nice to know IOKs can still be sniped on eBay. I did find several places that have event decks at $75 still, which is positive value at the moment with over $100 worth of singles.
After thinking on Ruin in Their Wake, I do like the sequence of T2 Ruin, T3 Explosive Vegetation, T4 Dragonlord Atarka/7 drop. Would it have killed Wizards though to just have "You may that card onto the battlefield tapped if you paid colorless mana for this spell."?
You would have to drop a Wastes T1 and green mana source T2, or vice versa, in order to do that. You need green to cast the spell, but a Wastes to get the full Rampant Growth effect. Annoying.
I think the card I like the most is Pulse of Murasa. That is a lot of stuff you can do with a common, between EDH politics, helping teammate in 2HG, and being a way to get your 4th land drop and 6 life. After that there isn't much to write home about, some pretty cool art, but not much else.
There is a *lot* of good Countermagic here!
Anyone hoping for a Snapcaster Mage reprint in SOI is in for disappointment, methinks.
Best we can hope for is it being reprinted at rare in MM3.
Geez, for the price it is now, people should just pick up a Modern Event Deck.
Funny thing is, at this moment you can't find a copy for less than $30 with combined shipping. Guess it is a good thing I have an unopened Modern Event Deck.
It comes with two Inquisitions, tho. And three Relics, which are approaching $7-$10 each. Also three Paths, a $7 card. That's it, I'm ordering one.
I like how everyone is badmouthing this land, just like they were when Shambling Vent came out. Now, half the people in the topic are talking about how great Vent is.
It's an Abzan manland, it's gonna see play in Standard and Modern, people.
The collective foresight of the Rumor Mill patrons about equate to the psychic powers of Miss Cleo. Go take a look at the initial threads for Tarmogoyf, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, or even Jace, Vryn's Prodigy as a more recent example.
Rules people: Can you pay for both abilities at the same time if B is part of X?
Relentless Dead (BB) Mythic 2/2
Creature - Zombie
Menace
When Relentless Dead dies, you may pay B. If you do, return it to its owner's hand.
When Relentless Dead dies, you may pay X. If you do, return another target zombie creature card with converted mana cost X from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Not true ... there are lots of places that still have them for $70-$75. Just Google it.
Nice to know IOKs can still be sniped on eBay. I did find several places that have event decks at $75 still, which is positive value at the moment with over $100 worth of singles.
You would have to drop a Wastes T1 and green mana source T2, or vice versa, in order to do that.
It comes with two Inquisitions, tho. And three Relics, which are approaching $7-$10 each. Also three Paths, a $7 card. That's it, I'm ordering one.
The first several pages of the Jace the Mind Sculptor thread are hysterical.