charlequin
Banned
Biggest obstacle I see here is that it makes blue thopters instead of colorless ones.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT9| Kaladesh - Cruisin' Down the Street in my 6/4
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Biggest obstacle I see here is that it makes blue thopters instead of colorless ones.
Joe Molotov
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Darksteel Citadel would be cool. Even though it's been reprinted several times, it's never gotten new art.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Saw this tinfoil theory on reddit
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Darksteel is specific to Mirrodin, given there is an expansion named "Darksteel."
Royal_Flush
Member
It's an anagram. It's the same pose. At the very least it's a reference.
charlequin
Banned
It's an in-joke.
And both are really common IRL Indian names.
They literally made them as the black race of choice because Zombies and Vampires wouldn't fit in Kaladesh.
TheBlackMarvel
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The last one posted doesn't seem evil.
Simply Sarah
Member
I'd say they seem Black, not evil. Heck, based on the cards we've seen and what we know probably less "evil" than the vast majority of Black races.
charlequin
Banned
In this set because they have such a low-conflict setting they're showing off a lot of the less-commonly-seen, softer sides of the colors. For red that means tender hugs and big emotions; for black that means a characteristic race that isn't about death and evil. In this case, the thing about the aetherborn is that they all live very short lives so they're collectively very hedonistic and self-oriented, and they leverage an internal species economy to live opulent lifestyles. They're basically the YOLO race and mostly fall into a range between "overzealous collector nerds" and "low-key gangsters," which all fits black pretty well despite being different from their usual races.
(Honestly, zombies are the odd man out here: the only thing black about them is that they're undead.)
"God's Beard!"
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it'd be interesting to see white-aligned zombies.
TheBlackMarvel
Member
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";217027630]it'd be interesting to see white-aligned zombies.[/QUOTE]
Tbh, you could make an argument for zombies of pretty much any colour. Except maybe green. White and red seem like they'd be a pretty easy fit.
EDIT: Actually, green could work too. Parasitic zombies are a thing, after all.
Tbh, you could make an argument for zombies of pretty much any colour. Except maybe green. White and red seem like they'd be a pretty easy fit.
EDIT: Actually, green could work too. Parasitic zombies are a thing, after all.
So I threw this together on a whim, I doubt it's anything more than a fun kitchen table deck, but let me know what you guys think!
Artifacts:
2x Accorder’s Shield
3x Spidersilk Net
2x Basilisk Collar
1x Skeleton Key
3x Chromatic Lantern
Creatures:
4x Ornithopter
2x Birds of Paradise
2x Yoked Ox
2x Dragon’s Eye Savant
2x Llanowar Augur
3x Sylvan Caryatid
2x Nyx-Fleece Ram
4x Contraband Kingpin
Non creature:
4x Assault Formation
3x Enlightened Tutor
2x Abrupt Decay
2x Path to Exile
Lands:
1x Godless Shrine
1x Breeding Pool
2x Temple Garden
4x Windswept Heath
2x Flooded Strand
3x Polluted Delta
1x Swamp
1x Forest
1x Island
1x Plains
Sideboard
2x Gravedigger’s Cage
2x Leyland of Sanctity
2x Spellskite
1x Batterskull
2x Surgical Extraction
2x Pithing Needle
2x Path to Exile
Maybe board
Ayli
Supreme Verdict
Aetherflux Reservoir
Artifacts:
2x Accorder’s Shield
3x Spidersilk Net
2x Basilisk Collar
1x Skeleton Key
3x Chromatic Lantern
Creatures:
4x Ornithopter
2x Birds of Paradise
2x Yoked Ox
2x Dragon’s Eye Savant
2x Llanowar Augur
3x Sylvan Caryatid
2x Nyx-Fleece Ram
4x Contraband Kingpin
Non creature:
4x Assault Formation
3x Enlightened Tutor
2x Abrupt Decay
2x Path to Exile
Lands:
1x Godless Shrine
1x Breeding Pool
2x Temple Garden
4x Windswept Heath
2x Flooded Strand
3x Polluted Delta
1x Swamp
1x Forest
1x Island
1x Plains
Sideboard
2x Gravedigger’s Cage
2x Leyland of Sanctity
2x Spellskite
1x Batterskull
2x Surgical Extraction
2x Pithing Needle
2x Path to Exile
Maybe board
Ayli
Supreme Verdict
Aetherflux Reservoir
"God's Beard!"
Member
Maybe you're thinking of Conspiracy 2?
Black != Evil
It might have the easiest capacity for it, but all the colours can be good or evil.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";217028767]Maybe you're thinking of Conspiracy 2?[/QUOTE]
Figured out where I heard it.
http://magic.wizards.com/en/article...ments/m-files-eldritch-moon-part-1-2016-07-22
If you scroll down to Murder, it said it was in the Kaladesh file at some point. They might have taken it out since then, though.
Figured out where I heard it.
http://magic.wizards.com/en/article...ments/m-files-eldritch-moon-part-1-2016-07-22
If you scroll down to Murder, it said it was in the Kaladesh file at some point. They might have taken it out since then, though.
Zombies always felt less like a "race" and more like a "tool" for Black to me. Like, they're less akin to Merfolk than they are to, say, Elementals. Blue mages summon living water, Red mages summon living fire, Black mages summon living death.
SigmasonicX
Member
While there are a fair amount of aetherborn cards related to organized crime and extending their lives, many of the cards just involve them living their lives and buying stuff.
"God's Beard!"
Member
incidentally living death is one of my favorite cards and has probably caused me to lose more vintage cube drafts than any other card because I can't help but build around it.
Makes Displacer mirrors really awkward lol.
Also Demon of Dark Schemes becomes really interesting if tokens takes off.
oh come on, exosuits too? Equipment
Also dat Dexter's Lab reference
That's clearly based on Alien's exosuit, c'mon.
Or Exosquad
ThLunarian
Member
I would say that, based entirely on their behavior (and not how they were created), zombies are more green than anything else. The qualities they exhibit closely resemble those of an untamed, hungry beast that operates purely on instinct. That's a trait that's mostly green and sort of red. It's definitely not black, blue, or white.
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Simply Sarah
Member
This is why you should not stand on train tracks, kids.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I have an alternate theory that Eldrazi Displacer is less good than you might otherwise surmise without painlands.
Aether Hub and Crumbling Vestige only conditionally give you any colored mana and going Wilds ----> Wastes means you don't get any at all.
SigmasonicX
Member
I was about to ask why Renegade Freighter gets a boost on attack, but I keep forgetting that vehicles can block too.
And yes, you can have Renegade Freighter gattai with Aradara Express.
And yes, you can have Renegade Freighter gattai with Aradara Express.
Another way to think of it is that because the Aetherborn live such short lifespans and have no children, they have no motivation to worry about commitments or suffering long-term consequences. Other species often see the benefits of their altruism and the costs of their selfishness. Aetherborn are dead by the time either happens with nobody to inherit those things from them.
I really like them, especially since they don't fit into the usual fantasy/science fiction species tropes. Hope they come back in other blocks.
Creature locked boards are gonna be rare with that crazy power.
"God's Beard!"
Member
So this set is definitely why Nahiri has the weird tapped arifact clause on her minus ability, huh.
Joe Molotov
Member
ok holy fuck
That Train is insane
Literally put creatures under the train
Can we call the one above it the bus?
So we can throw creatures under the bus?
I like how they can go wild with P/T because the crew cost is the key. Great set of knobs they can turn to change the power
That Train is insane
Literally put creatures under the train
Can we call the one above it the bus?
So we can throw creatures under the bus?
I like how they can go wild with P/T because the crew cost is the key. Great set of knobs they can turn to change the power
A Serious Man
Member
When you move the Textures slider from medium to ultra.
charlequin
Banned
suck it
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
suck it
now everyone shaddup
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
yeah I'm really appreciating this part of the design. Looks like it will lead to some more interesting decisions then, for example, the casting vs equip cost on equipment usually does
That's an accurate description of zombies from most zombie movies/films, but the zombies in Magic are the result of necromancy and follow the will of their necromancers. Liliana, for example, uses them as butlers. That makes them very not-green.
Yup it's pretty cool that they give your critters pseudohaste.
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