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Magic: The Gathering |OT| Core Set 2020 - Red Head Wins
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I have a cube that I designed with a similar method and it worked out well there, so I'm hopeful that the draft format will actually be interesting (for a core set).
I don't expect any rare duals in the core sets going forward. Core sets are the sets in standard for the shortest amount of time, so they're the worst place to put mana base cards. I expect to mainly get duals in the fall sets and then in one of the two following sets.
I do expect them to print the common dual lands randomly in the land slot for all core sets going forward just like with M19 as a way to keep them in standard perpetually.
Empyrean Eagle; Ajani, Strength of the Pride
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A lot of people are eyeing this for cubes.
LOL at it actually creating Ajani's Pridemate tokens. That's an interesting "ultimate" design.
A lot of people are eyeing this for cubes.
LOL at it actually creating Ajani's Pridemate tokens. That's an interesting "ultimate" design.
I think it's because it's considered the Ultimate in power level.
I wonder if life gain will ever be standard viable. Seems like they push it enough for it to be super casual but never enough for it to be good.
There's GOT to be a Bolas's Citadel deck somewhere.
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Disenchant
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Shocked to see this, since it's been forever and a half since this was in Standard instead of Naturalize.
This is a "preview" card with a graphic designed to generate "hype"
Yikes.
Much better than homarid explorer tbh. This is a solid limited card.
It's fine, I guess, it's just not something I'd throw on a graphic. I'd probably drip this one out with no fanfare. It feels like someone was just excited about the name and they gave it a preview slot because of that.
cloudreader sphinx was one of the most fun cards to play in recent times
card is hype, even if it ends up that 3/3 ground creature is bad in limited
card is hype, even if it ends up that 3/3 ground creature is bad in limited
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This is the first I've heard of since Era was created, really. I didn't think anyone would care about us, but some people were worried.
Kykar, Wind's Fury; Thought Distortion
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I was going to say that it's been since Masques in 1999, but I forgot that it was a Timeshifted card in Time Spiral
Shocked to see this, since it's been forever and a half since this was in Standard instead of Naturalize.
Wonder if they have decided that this should exist and not Naturalize for the foreseable future, or if this is a fun one-of
Interesting design.
Might be too expensive
I've no idea what's going on in the art for Kykar, but it seems pretty good. Definitely some interesting design space to play around with there. In fact, I was kind of thinking about a Jeskai wheels deck for EDH and this card would be pretty damn good for it.
We do have Return to Nature already for green, so maybe they just felt Naturalize would be pointless.
All the Leylines are like that. I love them. It will feel so good in those matches against Esper/Grixis where they have like 3 discard spells that normally wreck you.
What's the deal with the fancy frame on these guys? Are these promos and packs will contain normal versions? Did WotC just decide to pimp out random uncommons?
Infuriate; Aether Gust; Loxodon Lifechanter; Risen Reef
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That's a promo, yes. Booster packs will be the normal frame.
That flavor text.
This seems pretty strong. Can delay Carnage Tyrant.
When it enters the battlefield, you may make your life the total toughness of all creatures you control.
5W: +X/+X until end of turn where X is your life total
Turns all your elementals into Coiling Oracle. Pretty strong.
The odds of having leyline in your opener goes down the less copies you run but it's a truly abysmal card to have 2 of. Hopefully if there's more they aren't all binary effects, or that there's a lot of looting and rummaging going on to ditch unwanted extras for easy value.
Risen reef might give bolas' citadel combo some life post explore package rotation since going off requires you to be able to chew through lands on the top.
Risen reef might give bolas' citadel combo some life post explore package rotation since going off requires you to be able to chew through lands on the top.
Don't you still need something that gives you massive lifegain? That's like half the deal with the Citadel/Explore pakacge so you don't die after playing 5 cards lol.
I'm going to guess we get a Leyline in each color
The big question is if Leyline of the Void is back again, or if they create a new black one
No void means we riot
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Downshifted from rare
This is pretty good, though probably won't find a place outside of Limited.
Also lots of smart people being killed.
Some interesting spoilers so far. Disenchant, Thrashing Brontodon, Leylines... looks like they're printing some pushed artifacts and enchantments. Not seeing too much yet that'll shake up the constructed meta.
I've had a real hard time finding my footing this season in Mythic, but after making a few changes to Bant Ramp I've pushed from 93% all the way to #243. Really liking this build https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2012662#arena
I've had a real hard time finding my footing this season in Mythic, but after making a few changes to Bant Ramp I've pushed from 93% all the way to #243. Really liking this build https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2012662#arena
Very well actually. All of its abilities are strong even with the nonbo; if you can stabilize with it, it usually just wins the game. Nissa and Teferi still provide a lot of value with their statics compared to other planeswalkers and it helps you find a big Jellyfish or just beat down with +1/+1 creatures.
It's also maybe the best card in the deck against Esper Control, which can be a bit of a bad matchup. A lot of list don't run many Despark which is their only removal for it once it hits the battlefield.
It's a nightmare in terrible decks just the same. Just a stupid card that is no fun for anyone
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The owner.
Sign me up for Leylines, I'd like Anticipation that's specifically worded to nullify Teferi. I don't know how that would go, "this ability can't be disabled"?
I see color hosing, I wonder what they're planning for... that card isn't good enough, was Flashfreeze too much to ask?
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Carnage Tyrant can't be countered, so Flashfreeze wouldn't work on that. This does.
Unsubstantiating uncounterable spells is why I play MtG, no need to sell me, I'd board that in vs new Chandra. And it's nice that it can bounce permanents too. I appreciate control tools that are playable.
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This is an odd one, pinging whenever an opponent uses spot removal.
Also pings against Thoughtseize/IoK and other targeted discard cards which seems relevant.
This is an odd one, pinging whenever an opponent uses spot removal.
Oh god don't play it against a Death's Shadow opponent haha
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The next one is Ravnica "block" constructed. Basically you can only use cards from GRN, RNA and WAR instead of all of standard. That's the final one.
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