Magic: The Gathering |OT| Throne of Eldraine - Will and Rowan's Excellent Adventure

[i hate cheaters]

this might be the best set for rescue in a long time

you get the normal uses and then extra utility in this environment

the adventure can return lands for mana fixing (eg. casting adamant spells). also returns adventure creatures to rebuy value.

if you have two of these, you can loop them to fog a big creature

looks interesting

 

[Deleted member 29682]

The idea of two shepherds taking turns to usher one another to safety is a fun image.

 

[Cade]

Thank goodness a wish is coming to standard as Mastermind's rotates. Seems pretty good, better if you double it. I'll definitely try to make Dimir controlventure work.

 

[Koz]

Oh baby there's the card I was waiting for Dimir Reanimator.

 

[GoutPatrol]

CARDNAME enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains.
Tap: Add W.
2WW, Tap: Create a white 1/1 Human creature token.

Really good.

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder called he wants his tower back

 

[Imperfected]

I'mma go to prerelease and I'mma pick up my box and I'mma probably sub for the Arena pass but my excitement is minimal.

Why oh why does WotC not seem to care about my opinions on sets, I cannot figure it out.

 

[Poppy]

clearly they just dont know you like we do

 

[Yeef]

Stormfist Crusader BR
Creature — Human Knight
Menace
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card and loses 1 life.
2/2

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[acheron_xl]

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This is a good card.

 

[Ashodin]

This is a good card.

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Unsure if I like the opponent drawing cards tho

 

[IceMarker]

Unsure if I like the opponent drawing cards tho

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WAR Ob Nixilis' time to shine! /s

 

[Buttzerker]

I love my Marauding Raptor and he's basically my deck mascot/what carried me to top 1000 Mythic, but I'm so excited for Garruk.

Jund vs. Golgari will be a tough choice for me in this upcoming set.

 

[acheron_xl]

Unsure if I like the opponent drawing cards tho

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Perhaps not in Standard. I evaluate everything though an EDH lens.

 

[Deleted member 2809]

The rakdos knight is solid. You draw first and put pressure as 2/2 menace is decent for that. Cast 2 drill bits turn 3 pre combat 😎 .

 

[Yeef]

Unexplained Vision 4U
Sorcery
Draw 3 cards.
Adamant - If you spent at least three blue mana to cast this spell, scry 3.

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Vantress Paladin
Creature - Human Knight
Flying
Adamant - ~ enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter if you spent at least the blue mana to cast it.
2/2

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[divisionbyzorro]

So are they expecting you to be mono-colored? Or just empowering you to be mono-colored? There are still powerful gold uncommons out there. This is kind of a weird mechanic to be pushed for draft TBH.

 

[ZealousD]

So are they expecting you to be mono-colored? Or just empowering you to be mono-colored? There are still powerful gold uncommons out there. This is kind of a weird mechanic to be pushed for draft TBH.

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WotC's expectation is that most players will go two colors but there may be a couple drafters in each pod that are mono-colored.

 

[Deleted member 2809]

Adamant is kinda basic but it encourages you to build a 75/25 deck if you get good adamant cards, which is something for draft complexity I guess.

 

[Poodlestrike]

I'm wondering if lore wise cards like Into the Story and Unexplained Visions are the reason why a lot of the fairy tale references are on the nose. Maybe they're just stories in Eldraine, too... Or they were.

But then again they've probably already debunked that.

 

[onpoint]

I'm wondering if lore wise cards like Into the Story and Unexplained Visions are the reason why a lot of the fairy tale references are on the nose. Maybe they're just stories in Eldraine, too... Or they were.

But then again they've probably already debunked that.

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I could accept a "stories came to life via Magic" angle at this point, but the story from the book is out there and this wasn't part of it as far as I know.

 

[ZealousD]

I could accept a "stories came to life via Magic" angle at this point, but the story from the book is out there and this wasn't part of it as far as I know.

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Unexplained Vision is 100% in the book.

 

[onpoint]

Unexplained Vision is 100% in the book.

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Yes, it is, maybe I misunderstood the post I quoted?

I took the moment of Unexplained Visions to be foreshadowing of future events for the planeswalkers twins.

I do not believe things like Seven Dwarves and Sorcerers Broom are due to an in-universe fairy tales come to life angle.

 

[Deleted member 2809]

Beefy.

 

[Oligarchenemy]

Beefy.

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Another EDH staple card.

 

[Deleted member 2809]

Every goddamn card is an EDH staple anyway so

 

[Deleted member 29682]

Seems like a decent combination of flavour and mechanics.

 

[acheron_xl]

Another EDH staple card.

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Maybe? You need to have a good creature out for it to be good ramp. And if you have a good creature, do you need the ramp? And GG hurts. And it's triggered ability doesn't work for tokens.

Feels like card drawing for a combo engine, tbh.

 

[jph139]

Note to self: do not take food from ladies wearing baby arm necklaces.

 

[Mezentine]

Beefy.

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Oh this is going straight into my Simic Manipulations deck

 

[Koz]

I've been brewing up a food-based deck and the henge would go nicely into it. It shouldn't be too hard to bop out a 7 power creature pretty early.

 

[Oligarchenemy]

Maybe? You need to have a good creature out for it to be good ramp. And if you have a good creature, do you need the ramp? And GG hurts. And it's triggered ability doesn't work for tokens.

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It's pretty easy to have your enabler for the card just be your Commander.

 

[Mezentine]

Seriously dropping that Henge on turn 4 is going to smooth out a lot of games

 

[SigmasonicX]

Interesting card, and damn, 3 damage repeatable is a lot.
Also neat to see another plus-sized wizard.

 

[The Adder]

//Creatures (25):
2 Midnight Reaper
2 Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
3 Tithe Taker
3 Orzhov Enforcer
3 Priest of Forgotten Gods
4 Seraph of the Scales
4 Teysa Karlov
2 Cruel Celebrant
2 Corpse Knight

//Planeswalkers (4):
2 Vraska, Golgari Queen
2 Liliana, Dreadhorde General

//Non-creature Spells (8):
2 Kaya's Wrath
2 Mortify
2 Prison Realm
2 Moldervine Reclamation

//Lands (23):
4 Plains
4 Swamp
3 Forest
4 Overgrown Tomb
4 Temple Garden
4 Godless Shrine

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So this is what I've been running in the Standard 2020 event in addition to Rakdos Aristocrats and I've had so much fun with it. The early game can be a little spotty, but it stabilizes hard and then just draws you all the cards in the world, giving you endless flexibility. Its got removal coming out the wazoo, and while much of it is symmetrical, it's built to generate upside whenever I lose a creature.

It's just really satisfying.

 

[Alternade]

Interesting card, and damn, 3 damage repeatable is a lot.
Also neat to see another plus-sized wizard.

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Is this Legacy playable? Bolt for every brainstorm, ponder, preordain and a big butt to block

 

[onpoint]

Is this Legacy playable? Bolt for every brainstorm, ponder, preordain and a big butt to block

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Three mana for a 0/4 that doesn't do much makes it a tough sell for me off the bat. One extra bolt a turn is nice but you need card draw or this is basically a 3 mana wall.

I've definitely misevaluated in the past admittedly. Let me ask you this: what deck do you play it in? And then what do you remove for it?

 

[Parthenios]

Seems like a decent combination of flavour and mechanics.

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Flavor's off on this one. "Tempting" Witch doesn't "tempt" the other player--no interaction from the target player is needed to lose the life. The player sac'ing the Food token is the one "eating" it, but it's the other player losing life. Weird.

 

[Imperfected]

The henge would have been a lot of fun if Ghalta, Traxos, and Sarkhan's Unsealing weren't going away. Still probably going in plenty of decks.

 

[Buttzerker]

T1 Arboreal Grazer
T2 Rotting Regisaur
T3 Henge

Golgari stompy confirmed :^]

 

[Deleted member 2809]

T1 Arboreal Grazer
T2 Rotting Regisaur
T3 Henge

Golgari stompy confirmed :^]

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T1 goose
T2 regisaur
T3 henge into any 1-2 drop to draw a card on top

 

[Buttzerker]

T1 goose
T2 regisaur
T3 henge into any 1-2 drop to draw a card on top

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Could even drop Incubation Druid on t3 with henges mana and have 9 mana available on turn 4 lol

 

[Firemind]

Three mana for a 0/4 that doesn't do much makes it a tough sell for me off the bat. One extra bolt a turn is nice but you need card draw or this is basically a 3 mana wall.

I've definitely misevaluated in the past admittedly. Let me ask you this: what deck do you play it in? And then what do you remove for it?

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Dreadhorde Arcanist is just better for a similar effect.

 

[SigmasonicX]

House of Candy
Land - Forest
(Tap: Add G.)
CARDNAME enters the battlefield tapped unless you control three other Forests.
When CARDNAME enters the battlefield untapped, create a Food token.

 

[Buttzerker]

All this golgari ramp potential makes me think some Garruk shenanigans will be very possible. Regisaur into Henge, Grazer or Goose into Inc Druid, T4 Garruk is very doable.

Even with spell tax, turn 2 regisaur into turn 3 nullhide into turn 4 henge means turn 5 Garruk on an already crazy field.

Can use Deathsprout to remove a threat and get him out earlier too.

Wonder how that might blend with Arkbow Viv. Having her pump things up and give the Reggiesaur trample makes it unable to be chump blocked and creates a lot of threats.

 

[Deleted member 2809]

Problem being t4 garruk isn't very threatening

 

[Buttzerker]

Problem being t4 garruk isn't very threatening

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I think it will be in the new slower meta. Sure PW removal is still a thing but That's hard removal or 2 tokens to turn he drops and you likely already have a wall of blockers that demand answer as well such as rotting regisaur by then

 

[divisionbyzorro]

The green fetchable land is a little disappointing IMO. Food isn't going to be an mechanic we see outside of Standard (if that) so the fetchability isn't really going to matter.

Unless we get fetchlands in Standard when we go back to Zendikar.

 

[Firemind]

For once, green can have the worst card of the cycle.

 

[ZealousD]

I actually like that green land. Compared to the plains or swamp in the cycle, you don't need to meet some other condition in order to get value out of it. You just always get a Food token.

 

[SubvertedTrope]

I think it will be in the new slower meta. Sure PW removal is still a thing but That's hard removal or 2 tokens to turn he drops and you likely already have a wall of blockers that demand answer as well such as rotting regisaur by then

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This is best case scenario thinking, your opponent is also putting up threats and removing your stuff, Garruk is a bunch of nothing, might as well run Liliana or Ugin.