With the Manifest tokens I am pretty sure that it will be easy to tell the difference between that and normal Morph, especially if Manifest tokens are as numerous as Morph tokens. In limited with the tokens being a little more scarce you can make sure that the face down cards are on different sides or just write it down on a piece of paper.
Don't forget Outpost Siege, another card that you have to keep track of, especially in multiples.
Can't be any harder than Archangel of Strife. For Outpost Siege I would put a die on it and mark a one or a two, for which choice I have made, which is the system I use for the Archangel.
The thing is, the vast majority of players I know (and enjoy playing with) don't come prepared with all sorts of supplies - just $13, sometimes some sleeves, and a six-pack of cold ones. Play mistakes happen and we are the crew that looks at that Morph creature 30 times before flipping it because of constantly forgetting what's there or what the morph cost is... and now there are two different things that look the same. There will be errors.
I personally like the new mechanics and think that they will be interesting from an in-play standpoint. From the standpoint of memory issues and complexity of board organization - i fear it may be a bit tedious. It reminds me of double-faced cards - interesting effects ON play, tedious TO play.
The pendulum is swinging towards a little more complexity this time, it'll swing back later...
Goblin Rabblemaster - 2R
Creature - Goblin Warrior
Other Goblin creatures you control attack each turn if able.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a 1/1 red goblin creature token with haste onto the battlefield.
Whenever Goblin Battlemaster attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Goblin.
2/2
The Game Day promos are:
Door prize:
Reclamation Sage - 2G
Creature - Elf Shaman
When Reclamation Sage enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
2/1
Top 8:
Chief Engineer - 1U
Creature - Vedalken Artificer
Artifact spells you cast have convoke.
1/3
League Token - SQUID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(sorry, image quality is terrible on some of those...)
Resolute Archangel - 5WW
Creature - Angel
Flying
When Resolute Archangel enters the battlefield, if your life total is less than your starting life total, it becomes equal to your starting life total.
4/4
Mercurial Pretender - 4U
Creature - Shapeshifter
You may have Mercurial Pretender enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature you control except it gains "2UU: Return this creature to its owner's hand." The King went off to find himself. Imagine his terror when he succeeded.
0/0
Indulgent Tormentor - 3BB
Creature - Demon
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card unless target opponent sacrifices a creature or pays 3 life.
5/3
Siege Dragon - 5RR
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Siege Dragon enters the battlefield, destroy all Walls your opponents control.
Whenever Siege Dragon attacks, if defending player controls no Walls, it deals 2 damage to each creature without flying that player controls.
5/5
Phytotitan - 4GG
Creature - Plant Elemental
When Phytotitan dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of his or her next upkeep.
7/2
I like this. Sure, I would only buy it if I wanted to buy three boosters anyway (for drafting I guess), but getting a halfway decent, good-looking foil card isn't shabby? She's only fringe playable, but she's cool and she's free.
But I've never ever seen a Booster Three Pack like that before, is that a new thing or a US thing...?
I'm assuming it is a US uber-retailer thing only. Our international friends don't seem to know about these repacks. I've only seen them at stores like Wal-mart and Target.
I only ever buy these if all three packs inside are non-core set, which means I'm that guy rummaging to find any on the shelf that fit the bill. Last year, my wife found three of these for me that had packs of Fallen Empires in them (she knew to look at the sides of the blister pack to see which packs were inside and recognized the old look of the pack even though she doesn't play - I love my wife), so you never know what you might get.
On a different but related note, recently, I have seen a different kind of repack in the big box stores as well - two boosters of the same set put into a wide blister pack without any kind of promo and sold for $10.99. When I first saw them, it was double Innistrad (yeah I bought 10+ of those) and currently in my local Wal-Mart it is double Dark Ascension.
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The thing is, the vast majority of players I know (and enjoy playing with) don't come prepared with all sorts of supplies - just $13, sometimes some sleeves, and a six-pack of cold ones. Play mistakes happen and we are the crew that looks at that Morph creature 30 times before flipping it because of constantly forgetting what's there or what the morph cost is... and now there are two different things that look the same. There will be errors.
I personally like the new mechanics and think that they will be interesting from an in-play standpoint. From the standpoint of memory issues and complexity of board organization - i fear it may be a bit tedious. It reminds me of double-faced cards - interesting effects ON play, tedious TO play.
The pendulum is swinging towards a little more complexity this time, it'll swing back later...
MTGS discussion
Official Announcement
Goblin Rabblemaster - 2R
Creature - Goblin Warrior
Other Goblin creatures you control attack each turn if able.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a 1/1 red goblin creature token with haste onto the battlefield.
Whenever Goblin Battlemaster attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Goblin.
2/2
The Game Day promos are:
Door prize:
Reclamation Sage - 2G
Creature - Elf Shaman
When Reclamation Sage enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
2/1
Top 8:
Chief Engineer - 1U
Creature - Vedalken Artificer
Artifact spells you cast have convoke.
1/3
League Token - SQUID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(sorry, image quality is terrible on some of those...)
Resolute Archangel - 5WW
Creature - Angel
Flying
When Resolute Archangel enters the battlefield, if your life total is less than your starting life total, it becomes equal to your starting life total.
4/4
Mercurial Pretender - 4U
Creature - Shapeshifter
You may have Mercurial Pretender enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature you control except it gains "2UU: Return this creature to its owner's hand."
The King went off to find himself. Imagine his terror when he succeeded.
0/0
Indulgent Tormentor - 3BB
Creature - Demon
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card unless target opponent sacrifices a creature or pays 3 life.
5/3
Siege Dragon - 5RR
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Siege Dragon enters the battlefield, destroy all Walls your opponents control.
Whenever Siege Dragon attacks, if defending player controls no Walls, it deals 2 damage to each creature without flying that player controls.
5/5
Phytotitan - 4GG
Creature - Plant Elemental
When Phytotitan dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of his or her next upkeep.
7/2
I'm assuming it is a US uber-retailer thing only. Our international friends don't seem to know about these repacks. I've only seen them at stores like Wal-mart and Target.
I only ever buy these if all three packs inside are non-core set, which means I'm that guy rummaging to find any on the shelf that fit the bill. Last year, my wife found three of these for me that had packs of Fallen Empires in them (she knew to look at the sides of the blister pack to see which packs were inside and recognized the old look of the pack even though she doesn't play - I love my wife), so you never know what you might get.
On a different but related note, recently, I have seen a different kind of repack in the big box stores as well - two boosters of the same set put into a wide blister pack without any kind of promo and sold for $10.99. When I first saw them, it was double Innistrad (yeah I bought 10+ of those) and currently in my local Wal-Mart it is double Dark Ascension.
There was only one of these left, so I can only speak to the one I got, but it was Dragon's Maze, Gatecrash, Theros.
Usually you have to scope out the side of the blister to see what is included and often at least one of the packs will be a core set pack.
It is right up the alley of the type of creature is usually foiled out for the Big Box Store promo and is certainly more useful than Glory's Rise...
Marked as A 11
It is also the first FNM promo in the new card frame.
Here's the Images for those promos: