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Magic: the Gathering |OT| War of the Spark - Enter the Bo-Las (36 Planeswalkers)
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I paid around 550 for mine on Yahoo auctions, they were going for closer to 400 at the beginning and I'm kicking myself that I didn't buy it sooner. Though they go for 800+ now, and they've been selling for around 1000 on eBay.
Interesting design. It also doesn't stop creatures but it isn't totally dead if you can't pay the alt cost. I might slot that into my blue EDH deck.
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davidemsa asked: You said that this set has more than 40 non-evergreen keywords. Is that more than Time Spiral block?
I think so, but it's close.
By the way, for those who don't follow me on Twitter, I just announced Modern Horizons has over 40 (!!!) nonevergreen named mechanics in it. : )
May 19, 2019
doopboopdoop asked: Can you tell us the year the newest mechanic in Modern Horizons is?
The line we drew in design was the set could use any mechanic already in Modern up to Dragons of Tarkir.
May 19, 2019
jacethebeltsculptor asked: Congratulations on getting Squirrels back in Black Border!!! I can't wait to hear the story of how it happened.
The story isn't as dramatic as you would hope.
We put it in and no one told us to take it out.
May 19, 2019
And unrelated to MH1
gabecampos89 asked: Hi Mark, Theros is one of my favorite sets, and i love the enchantment matters theme. It did feel quite a bit underpowered though, and it's hard to use many of my favorite cards and themes in eternal formats like Commander. May i request that a return to Theros sees a bit more of the powered-up end of that pendulum?
I've heard loud and clear that any return to Theros should have an "enchantment natters" component.
May 19, 2019
Also, Stream of Thought
Is basically Dampen Thought spliced into Stream of Consciousness.
I think so, but it's close.
By the way, for those who don't follow me on Twitter, I just announced Modern Horizons has over 40 (!!!) nonevergreen named mechanics in it. : )
May 19, 2019
doopboopdoop asked: Can you tell us the year the newest mechanic in Modern Horizons is?
The line we drew in design was the set could use any mechanic already in Modern up to Dragons of Tarkir.
May 19, 2019
jacethebeltsculptor asked: Congratulations on getting Squirrels back in Black Border!!! I can't wait to hear the story of how it happened.
The story isn't as dramatic as you would hope.
We put it in and no one told us to take it out.
May 19, 2019
And unrelated to MH1
gabecampos89 asked: Hi Mark, Theros is one of my favorite sets, and i love the enchantment matters theme. It did feel quite a bit underpowered though, and it's hard to use many of my favorite cards and themes in eternal formats like Commander. May i request that a return to Theros sees a bit more of the powered-up end of that pendulum?
I've heard loud and clear that any return to Theros should have an "enchantment natters" component.
May 19, 2019
Also, Stream of Thought
Is basically Dampen Thought spliced into Stream of Consciousness.
Yeah, it's in that range for Japanese sites too. Guess I'll have to live with a signed nonfoil. T_T
Well, here it is! Sort of.
Can't protect your own combo, but can stop a turn 1 Aether Vial or Faithless Looting. In some cases, it might even be better than Force of Will due to the exile.
This card is a beautiful design. It does everything you want FoW to do against degenerate combo, doesn't let combo protect itself, doesn't let you get tempo against fair decks, etc. I love it.
Pact of Negation already exists for that purpose and they don't want combo to have access to another 4 is my guess.
They did that because they don't want delver or stoneblade to happen. The whole game tilts towards blue if they print literal FoW because it can be used offensively AND defensively. So blue aggro is the best and blue control is the best and blue combo is the best.
Delver decks will play this card to combat combo anyway. What's been documented time and time again, FoW is terrible in the fair matchups and this is a worse version of that since it can't counter creatures. Stoneforge is banned.
Like I said combo decks won't play this card. The blue card cost is an actual restriction. They're more likely to play Pact of Negation.
Blue control needs a win. Fuck Tron.
Like I said combo decks won't play this card. The blue card cost is an actual restriction. They're more likely to play Pact of Negation.
Blue control needs a win. Fuck Tron.
If being able to tap out and still have action isn't a win for blue control then nothing ever will be.
Blue is definitely the color that has historically been shit on most in Magic's history, didn't you hear?
The original artwork for Sol Ring, Winter Orb, and Aspect of Wolf popped up on Facebook the other day. It's gotten people in a stir since their location has been unknown for years. The gallery in Seattle where these paintings were hung closed on short notice, and Mark Tedin never received payment for Sol Ring. The current provenance is headache-inducing in this case.
Sol Ring is a six-figure sale on it's own. Juicy stuff.
Sol Ring is a six-figure sale on it's own. Juicy stuff.
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Your spell can get countered and you can't counter creatures on their turn. It's not rocket science for the opponent to figure out.
It's still a free counter spell against the right match up, it will see play.
Everything is shit to you anyway
Btw finale of promise that you called garbage sees play in phoenix decks.
if they want a stronger version they can add it in modern horizons 2 or 3 or 4 or 5
they don't need to jump directly from pact of negation to force of will. they can take small steps
they don't need to jump directly from pact of negation to force of will. they can take small steps
MH1 - Prismatic Vista
K I'm gonna need like 10 Prismatic Vistas before the price gets too crazy. Still hoping for mono fetches.
MH1 - Ice-Fang Coatl
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Yeah the price on that one is gonna be through the roof. Even worse, it might be playable in some Modern and Legacy decks as a budget alternative. If we get lucky and the price goes to like $5 at some point, I'm just going to buy 10 all at once.
It's not even a budget alternative, in two colour decks it's probably better than an off colour fetch.
An off-colour fetch can still get a shockland with the two colours in your deck while this only fetches basics, so a fetchland will always be preferable. There is only one scenario where this new land might be better than an off-colour, and that's if you have already fetched all your shocks and only basics are left (so you can fetch both types of basics instead of just one) but it's a extremely marginal case since you probably don't need that extreme amount of mana fixing beyond the 3rd dual
It's not marginal at all, it saves you 2 live and let's you play around things like blood moon
B&R update - Bans in Pauper
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/may-20-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement
gitaxian probe, gush and daze banned in pauper.
gitaxian probe, gush and daze banned in pauper.
MH1 - Morophon, the Boundless; Force of Vigor; Seasoned Pyromancer
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MaRo's preview article goes over how this set was started and has some interesting stories.
This was created to be a Commander for all tribes that fall through the cracks.
Green part of the Force cycle
Might be needed for Karn + Lattice now, haha. EDIT: Wait, no, cards in hand are colorless.
Revealed by LSV
Young Pyromancer got buff. Seems decent, but this set suffers from disappointing red mythic syndrome too.
This was created to be a Commander for all tribes that fall through the cracks.
Green part of the Force cycle
Might be needed for Karn + Lattice now, haha. EDIT: Wait, no, cards in hand are colorless.
Revealed by LSV
Young Pyromancer got buff. Seems decent, but this set suffers from disappointing red mythic syndrome too.
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Maaaaan, that was the worst misplay I've had in a while. Forgot Arboreal Grazer had reach, and was playing Feather against a Nissa deck that just plopped down Nissa. Already had an Arcanist down, and I used Reckless Rage on the buffed land, and figured my now flying Legionarre was set to smack Nissa to death... and I decided not to Reckless Rage the Grazer because I had scried I was drawing my Feather next turn, so I was like "eh, let's just not use the Arcanist ability. Better to have it recurring through Feather rather than waste it now to get rid of a 0/3!" Needless to say, my stupidity there cost me the game BIG TIME.
Still kicking myself over that one.
Still kicking myself over that one.
Seasoned Pyromancer seems not great. Would be a fine uncommon. Mythic is lol. Imagine pulling that in your $8 pack.
Seasoned pyromancer is a waste of a mythic slot. That's gonna feel really bad pulling those out of a pack. Hopefully they keep these duds to a minimum.
MH1 - Fact or Fiction
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Seasoned Pyromancer is really good. 3 Mana, 4 power, put two Arclight Phoenixes into the yard and draw two is gas. It also getting random incidental value when it's in the yard is great. This is a really strong card. I think it'd be fine at rare, but would be insane at uncommon.
I don't see the big deal with the untapped evolving wilds, maybe I'd replace the 3rd off colour fetch with it but that's pretty much it.
I think it's mainly a big deal in commander where almost every non-mono deck will run it.
commander is my primary format I'd only consider it in decks where fetches go dead quickly which is due to my lack of OG duals just enemy 2 colour decks.
I run pretty expensive mana bases and still always have a few basics at least (enemy 2 color decks I go as high as 16 basics). I'd drop one for this. It definitely doesn't replace a fetch but it does service as a nice bonus.
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MH1 - Munitions Expert
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MH1 - Undead Augur
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Ooh, keep the goblins coming! Combo of bringing down prices even further I guess and more importantly actual nice art has me kind of wanting to pull the trigger on Goblin commander in the near future... (plus honestly I really like new Krenko and would kind of like a deck he could slot in.)
Edit: Oh wait, is that guy brand new? Neat!
Edit: Oh wait, is that guy brand new? Neat!
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