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Magic: the Gathering |OT| War of the Spark - Enter the Bo-Las (36 Planeswalkers)
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I thought domri was by far the most liked rg walker. I've never seen anyone talk up the wolf lady or xenagos and everyone was happy when sark did anything else. Also a scrawny gruul was a charming personality hook.
Weren't there already a couple cards from last set with flavor text like "Domri came out of nowhere and it's some sort of sign the SuperPig is about to charge into the meta and disrupt your deck" and "Lazav totally doesn't trust this dude who came out of nowhere and wants to investigate him?
Plus he seemed like kind of a jerk in general, so I'm not gonna miss him.
Plus he seemed like kind of a jerk in general, so I'm not gonna miss him.
Can't have two Gruul walkers in the setting at the same time. Shame they couldn't have made a good Samut card first, though.
Ashiok, Dream Render
This is a weird design for Uncommon- It's clearly a constructed sideboard card (and while it's a powerful effect, I'm not sure it's worth 3 mana and the risks of being a planeswalker). Seems like a huge limited trap as well unless there are more mill cards in the set at common
I think the most powerful effect, limited or not, is the fact that the opponent's graveyard gets exiled. Haven't there already been some cards in this set which pull things out of the graveyard? Maybe I'm misremembering. It also works in blue, black, mono blue, or any deck with black + blue which is nice. All that said, it's still probably more of a sideboard or anti-meta thing.
This is a weird design for Uncommon- It's clearly a constructed sideboard card (and while it's a powerful effect, I'm not sure it's worth 3 mana and the risks of being a planeswalker). Seems like a huge limited trap as well unless there are more mill cards in the set at common
This doesn't completely block Mastermind's Acquisition, right? People would just search their sideboard as usual.
Commence the Endgame
"aha ! Now I have a 7/7 with no evasion and that dies to whatever !"
edit :Ashiok is quite horrible in limited.
edit :Ashiok is quite horrible in limited.
Just imagine how many counters you'll get to put on an Amass creature with that card!
I can't believe we have to wait another year for the next movie to see if he sticks around. I'm not sure if he's actually popular or Wizards just WANT him to be super popular and keep cramming him down our throats.
It sucks in that it's basically Pearl Lake Ancient for a cheaper cost and a Draw 2 ETB trigger.... but what Made pearl Lake Ancient an incredible finisher for the mirror was that it could protect itself by bouncing lands. Meanwhile, this dies to random bounce effects, CMC 0 effects, kill spells, etc.
I don't know the lore very well, but I really don't like his design at all.
I don't know a single person in real life who likes him. And most of the people in this thread don't constantly express their fondness for him.
I mean I know like 1 person in real life who likes Magic, but my statement is still true!
Commence the Endgame is an instant-speed Maro that double cantrips.
It feels like people are undervaluing Amass, between reactions to this and to Return of the God-Eternals (or whatever it's called). Maybe it's not up to snuff as a Constructed top-tier control finisher but this isn't a bad card at all.
It feels like people are undervaluing Amass, between reactions to this and to Return of the God-Eternals (or whatever it's called). Maybe it's not up to snuff as a Constructed top-tier control finisher but this isn't a bad card at all.
The lore is that he wants ultimate power. His schemes were for a long time undefined but we were told he was a mastermind. And now that we are seeing the pieces of his plan in plain view (since probably Kaladesh) no real mysteries or crazy plans were revealed. He's the horrible cliche we feared he would be.
Embrace the dragon nipples.
Tbh the best lore was when they were foreshadowing Bolas but didn't outright reveal him until the next set.
It's not as mysterious when everyone and their mother know he's coming in Guilds of Ravnica.
Bolas is perfectly fine for a big bad evil dragon guy. He manipulates things and has plans and shows up unexpectedly sometimes, and he dunked on everybody on Amonkhet which was fun. He's a totally okay discount Lex Luthor for the discount Justice League to fight.
That being said the Phyrexians and Eldrazi are both much better bad guys. Even with the stink of BFZ hanging around the latter.
That being said the Phyrexians and Eldrazi are both much better bad guys. Even with the stink of BFZ hanging around the latter.
The Elderspell
I kind of feel like this is them getting off the plate so we can go back and do more with the Phyrexians
Yes. It's an absolutely absurd card vs any type of superfriends strategy.
You don't, you target enemy walkers, you don't have to make a choice till resolution, and if there are no PWs on your side, that part just does nothing.
I agree that it could b
I knew they would print a safety valve on Planeswalkers, but holy shit this is way more powerful and cheaper than I expected.
There it is
RIP Ral Zarek
I knew they would print a safety valve on Planeswalkers, but holy shit this is way more powerful and cheaper than I expected.
Geyadrone Dihada... that would be a pretty awesome evil entity to deal with. She was manipulating elder dragons and Dakkon Blackblade back in the day. I wonder if she is manipulating Bolas.
I think Spark Harvest and The Elderspell are the sort of planeswalker hate needed to possibly walk back Teferi decks. Elderspell is rare which will slow down acquisition, but at Spark Harvest is common.
Deliver Unto Evil
Marvel's marketing is out of control.
Rather poor control mirror finisher (while it's uncounterable, the single token is basically made of glass)
I don't see how The Elderspell is scary. I've been having to deal with Merciless Eviction which I feel is a better card to have than this if you're trying to wipe them out of the game.
I would use this on MYSELF in my 5 color Sliver Queen/Jodah planeswalker deck to pump for an early ult and since they are only destroyed you can Primeval Glorious Rebirth.
It would be kind of weird for people to have this in a commander deck over Merciless Eviction to take care of planeswalkers
I would use this on MYSELF in my 5 color Sliver Queen/Jodah planeswalker deck to pump for an early ult and since they are only destroyed you can Primeval Glorious Rebirth.
It would be kind of weird for people to have this in a commander deck over Merciless Eviction to take care of planeswalkers
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This art is amazing. The card seems like it could be pretty good too.
Wow, I don't even know the last time a card with blatantly abstract art like this appeared in a normal printing. Kind of remarkable
Rather poor control mirror finisher (while it's uncounterable, the single token is basically made of glass)
Oof. Should at least give the army hexproof or something to go along with the amass.
What do you mean by "normal printing"? This looks like a lot of Seb McKinnon pieces.
This is the kind of art style I sorely miss. At the least, some diversity instead of so much looking like a PS2 cutscene.
This art is amazing. The card seems like it could be pretty good too.
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