mogis god of Br control decks
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 13:18 (ten years ago) link
Prophet of Kruphix + new U/W god + lots of goofball Inspired triggers seems like it'll be a fun deck
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
mogis looks really sweet in that gold nyx card frame
i don't know if he's playable but i hope the 2-color gods turn out to be okay since they turn a big chunk of underplayed standard cards into devotion enablers e.g. spike jester, hellhole flailer, rakdos, etc
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
I wonder if there was a single D&D fan who saw the D&D movie just based off of the name. At least MTG has iconic characters, I suppose.
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
jfc, they made a sequel to the D&D movie??
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/fox-plays-its-very-expensive-magic-the-gathering-m-106926
― Mordy , Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
I'm hosting a StarCityGames Invitational Qualifier in February, kind of spooked because I have no idea what to expect.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 16 January 2014 04:59 (ten years ago) link
http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/tcg/products/bng/KDJ)D(jk2m2389/i4NkDCksvL_EN.jpg
this is the most transparently pushed card in quite a while
― ciderpress, Friday, 17 January 2014 06:46 (ten years ago) link
nice. 4 T significant for limited, starts out of range of the cheap common removal with at least a turn to drop an eidolon or chosen by heliod on it to get out of lash/rage range
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 17 January 2014 11:38 (ten years ago) link
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=151226&d=1389935211
cant wait to get blown up by the mother of all combat tricks
― frogbs, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
and yes Brimaz reminds me of Hero of Bladehold, just obnoxiously powerful
― frogbs, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:22 (ten years ago) link
I don't think reap is better than dauntless onslaught 90% of the time
― iatee, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
you can only put one counter on any given creature right?
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:27 (ten years ago) link
yeah
― iatee, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
its probably not better but it does have more wackytown potential
― frogbs, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:32 (ten years ago) link
if they add some more green heroic d00ds g/w heroic might become as common as u/w heroic in limited
― iatee, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
that'll be a pain. I've pretty much resolved to not play g/w this cycle because I'm never going to plunk down the cash for a set of Voices.
― Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Friday, 17 January 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link
Brimaz is halfway between Precinct Captain and Hero in terms of power, so I imagine it has to see play. Can't say I really get the point of the blocking ability except for card symmetry.
― Vinnie, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:37 (ten years ago) link
well since it has Vigilance (because, why not) you can attack and block with it...what a pain in the ass
― frogbs, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:41 (ten years ago) link
yeah the fact that it can attack for 4 and still hold back a 4/4 at the same time is pretty nuts
― iatee, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:45 (ten years ago) link
er trade w/ a 4/4 rather
Oops I wasn't thinking about limited - seems pretty relevant there. Mostly I was thinking that the number of times you would block with this in Standard and have it matter would be pretty low. But I realized that even there the ability is relevant against opponent Brimazs.
― Vinnie, Friday, 17 January 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qf05axa.png
pretty insane curve topper for the r/w heroic deck
― iatee, Thursday, 23 January 2014 04:49 (ten years ago) link
love the flavor too
yeah that guy stood out to me too
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 January 2014 07:09 (ten years ago) link
here's a couple really strong ZZW decks i drafted today
http://i.imgur.com/ZLgTgQX.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/h6PLbs9.jpg
honestly ZZW is probably one of the worst draft formats of the modern era but i'm so tired of 3x theros that i was excited to do something else
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 January 2014 07:19 (ten years ago) link
yeah seems like everyone is done with theros at this point
― iatee, Thursday, 23 January 2014 07:28 (ten years ago) link
just realized that heroic ability being instant-speedable means you can do it during their attack. surely that's better than most rares in this set.
― iatee, Thursday, 23 January 2014 07:33 (ten years ago) link
yeah instant-speed variants of that effect have historically been first-pickable since it's not too hard to kill 2 guys with them (see: blind with anger, act of aggression)
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 January 2014 07:38 (ten years ago) link
is zzw really that bad? its been interesting so far, maybe not that deep but its p sweet to have good instant speed removal at common
― Lamp, Thursday, 23 January 2014 07:53 (ten years ago) link
its not horrible, its just the defensive/control cards mostly suck and the mechanics are used the same way in every color so there's no real archetypes or different feel to each of the various color pairs. it doesn't have that much depth, basically.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 January 2014 08:01 (ten years ago) link
ZZZ was worse, because it had even less variety. Both formats were basically aggro or nothing, but Worldwake introduced a couple good creatures that could at least block (notably Calcite Snapper). Little desire to play those formats again.
― Vinnie, Thursday, 23 January 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
yeah I don't really have much desire to get run over by Plated Geopedes again. I dug Alara block way more.
still the flashback thing is nice, because for one it's the sort of thing that can only really exist on MTGO, and for two it's fun to see how much the game has changed. I was playing during Saga block (in middle school!) and it's incredible how it's really a totally different game now
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 January 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.magicspoiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Scourge-of-Skola-Vale-Born-of-the-Gods-Spoiler.jpg
i like this guy for limited, turns your yoked ox into a 6/6 trampler attacking on turn 4. or ox+chosen by heliod = 8/8 and still only one card down.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 23 January 2014 14:43 (ten years ago) link
turn 5 i guess. ok, i hate it now.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 23 January 2014 14:44 (ten years ago) link
Yeah the fact that it taps kind of sucks.
― Vinnie, Thursday, 23 January 2014 14:46 (ten years ago) link
yeah but then you'd be playing Yoked Ox
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 January 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
if i have 2+ ordeals vs a black or red deck i like yoked ok. i think i would be okay including a copy just for this guy as well.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 23 January 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
i think that hydra is pretty good actually
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 January 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
next week flashback format is MD5, another of my least favorite formats :/but then IPA after that which is always good
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 January 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
full set is up fyihttp://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/bornofthegods/cig#
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 January 2014 06:16 (ten years ago) link
uncommons continue to seem better than the rares
lotsa big flyers
sanguimancy seems like it could be black devotion's sphinx's rev
― iatee, Friday, 24 January 2014 06:36 (ten years ago) link
sooo tempted...
i told a friend that i would play the prerelease w/o having looked at any of the spoilers but now i really want to. also does anyone know what format the prerelease is taking? are you picking a faction or a color or some other garbage like that again?
― Lamp, Friday, 24 January 2014 06:42 (ten years ago) link
yeah you def pick a color. I think it's 3 theros 3 born and a seeded pack in your color? something like that
― iatee, Friday, 24 January 2014 06:45 (ten years ago) link
yeah its same format as theros prerelease was, pick a color, playable promos
you get 3 theros, 2 regular born packs, then a seeded born pack that has extra cards of your color
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 January 2014 06:50 (ten years ago) link
catbomb really seems like the only $ card here this set might be kinda dgmsy as far as value goes
― iatee, Friday, 24 January 2014 06:51 (ten years ago) link
limited format looks like its going to get even more combo-ish but now with other ways to 'combo off' besides stacking auras which is more depth i guess
power level looks very high for limited at uncommon and the top 50% of the commons, with a big dropoff to the bad commons, which would be a big warning sign for a large set but i think it's less of an issue in a 2nd set
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 January 2014 06:56 (ten years ago) link
so legacy gets the 3/1 and modern gets nothing really
― iatee, Friday, 24 January 2014 07:03 (ten years ago) link
i'm sure this set will put a few cards into modern, there's just nothing that's obviously targeted for that format
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 January 2014 07:08 (ten years ago) link
maybe some inspired card will lead to some infinite combo or something one day who knows
blue rares really make me :( blue seems kinda bad
― iatee, Friday, 24 January 2014 07:13 (ten years ago) link