Ixalan is a bipolar set- the flavor/creative is A+, the mechanical execution of the set has a ton of issues because the 4-way faction split was a bad idea and doesn't work in practice like they thought it would in theory.
Magic: The Gathering |OT| Throne of Eldraine - Will and Rowan's Excellent Adventure
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B&R update - No Pioneer changes
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/december-9-2019-pioneer-banned-announcement?asdf
December 9 Pioneer ban announcement: Nada
Makes sense. We barely have any post-ban data and people seem to be pretty happy with the current state of the format so far.
December 9 Pioneer ban announcement: Nada
Makes sense. We barely have any post-ban data and people seem to be pretty happy with the current state of the format so far.
I enjoy hearing Nelson, BBD, and Baumeister talking about how Nissa is a stupid card that shouldn't exist. The card somehow keeps flying juuuust low enough to stay off people's "Ban ____!" radar.
I have played a shit ton of decks since War of the Spark that are, essentially, just Nissa decks. To great success! But as I've noted over that entire time, I feel dumb playing the card. It's just ez mode.
I have played a shit ton of decks since War of the Spark that are, essentially, just Nissa decks. To great success! But as I've noted over that entire time, I feel dumb playing the card. It's just ez mode.
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2000 gems to play with Rhys the Redeemed on Arena if you want to play Brawl more than one day a week?
Fuck off.
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B&R update - Historic not!bans
Magic Arena has "suspended" Oko, Once Upon a Time, Veil of Summer, and Field of the Dead in Historic.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articl...l/historic-suspension-announcement-2019-12-10
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articl...l/historic-suspension-announcement-2019-12-10
Eh, Oko in Draft isn't anything crazy. The card is good b ut it's not bomb level unless you somehow actually managed to play it on curve basically.
If it's like turn 5 and you lose to an Oko dropping, you probably would've lost way worse to any other bomb at that point (Embercleave, etc).
If it's like turn 5 and you lose to an Oko dropping, you probably would've lost way worse to any other bomb at that point (Embercleave, etc).
Unless you got insanely lucky then you only have one of them in your 40 card deck, so it's more about drawing it at all than it is about having three lands on turn 3.
I dunno what to tell you guys. The one time I played against Oko in Draft, I was just put into a hole I couldn't get out of. It did all the things it normally does it Constructed. His loyalty grew too fast for my small creatures. My big creatures became small. I had absolutely no chance to draw planeswalker removal because WotC doesn't want to put Planeswalker removal at anything but rare for some reason. It was a bomb.
Yes it's a bomb but it doesn't work as well later on in the game, is 2 colors, in a shit color combination
It's not as aggravating as reliable T2/T3 oko in constructed or some of the bombs from WAR limited
It's not as aggravating as reliable T2/T3 oko in constructed or some of the bombs from WAR limited
In what world isn't oko a bomb in draft? Almost all PWs are bombs that dominate the board and Oko on turn 3 or turn 5 is an extremely powerful card. UG is just fine as a colour combo, green and blue are individually strong colours in eldraine.
If you examine the card in quadrant theory, it's only "bad" if you're especially far behind in the late game. If you're at parity, even in the late game it's going to turn into a bomb.
THB - Ashiok, Elspeth, and Athreos (BaB Promo)
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Ashiok and Athreos are pretty neat. Elspeth's normal art is cool.
I played against an Oko in sealed 2HG. We both had very strong decks. That Oko single-handedly destroyed our hopes and dreams.
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Ashiok and Athreos are pretty neat. Elspeth's normal art is cool.
Athreos does look cool. I guess no other multicolored gods in the set. I was hoping for another Ephara.
Ephara helmed one of my favorite Commander decks of all time. Big fan.
I'm really glad that they're sticking with the Theros God template. That's still my favorite God variation.
Both Ashioks are absolutely stunning. Elspeth is really hard to evaluate.
I'm really glad that they're sticking with the Theros God template. That's still my favorite God variation.
Both Ashioks are absolutely stunning. Elspeth is really hard to evaluate.
Ashiok looks potentially very strong for Standard. 5 mana is expensive enough to have counterplay and probably not break every format, so that's good.
Question from someone who doesn't follow the story: does Ashiok have any particular connection to Theros? I know they first showed up on Theros but I thought they had come from some other plane originally. Didn't feel like we would need to come to Theros (or summon all of the planeswalkers for a war) in order to have them appear again.
Question from someone who doesn't follow the story: does Ashiok have any particular connection to Theros? I know they first showed up on Theros but I thought they had come from some other plane originally. Didn't feel like we would need to come to Theros (or summon all of the planeswalkers for a war) in order to have them appear again.
Yes, they are doing collector boosters again. The full art PWs will probably also be in regular boosters, I bet.
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Ashiok is interested in the mechanics behind how gods work on Theros. In the original Theros story, we saw them experiment with this by giving people specific nightmares until they created a god based on those nightmares, who was immediately killed by Ephara. In the IDW comics, we last saw Ashiok escalating their plans with this, but I don't believe that was ever resolved.
Yeah I love my Ephara deck. Easily one of my favorites. Just bought both Thalia's for it last week actually.
I'm in the "she's okay if there's a deck for her" camp. She won't make Standard White weenie playable, but she'll be a curve topper if it exists as a deck... Granted, I'm really not sure if WotC remembers how to print good White cards.
Not playable in Pioneer sadly, even with Thalia's Lieutenant.
My biggest problems with Elspeth is that the pump doesn't confer any abilities. No vigilance. No first strike. No indestructible. Nothing. And the fact that you can -2 her twice to make four 1/1s, but then you can finish her off with the -1 and pump... half of them. It's an unsatisfyingly unaesthetic design.
THB - Basic lands
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In theory, the turn you put her in the graveyard, you can cast her again for the Escape cost.
4WW and four cards seems steep. Her playability depends entirely on how good Escape ends up being.
We don't know about Collectors Boosters or Themed Boosters yet, but they are 1 per pack in normal boosters.
Probably also in the land bundle that comes with Fat Packs
I fucking love those lands.
I've neglected my cube because I haven't had a regular playgroup for it for a while, but I might legitimately want to stock my land station with these things. I love them.
I've neglected my cube because I haven't had a regular playgroup for it for a while, but I might legitimately want to stock my land station with these things. I love them.
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