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Magic: the Gathering |OT12| Hour of Devastation - Hour of Jace getting dunked on
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Look who is back, back again!
EDIT: Goddamn snipers :/
I've never played with the first set but I agree with the others
SigmasonicX
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Wow, that is goofy.
Reprint from P3K with goofy ass art.
I don't see why he'd need to wreck everything and everyone to deal with a handful of planeswalkers that clearly pose no threat to them. He could've easily dealt with them and convinced everyone that they were dangerous heretics and intruders and his followers would've been none the wiser.
It really feels like he's breaking everything just because they wanted the end set to be Armageddon and have the return be rebuilding from the rubble.
They leaked crumbling necropolis
C'mon now... how did that art get approved lol
for teh lulz
SigmasonicX
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Perhaps there were originally swigs of beer in their hands.
ThLunarian
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Wait, is this true?
Pretty cool throwback if so. Also it probably makes Grixis viable if the mana for it sucked before
Joe Molotov
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Gideon has a shirt on, so you know shit's serious.
SigmasonicX
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It was in the art book preview from EW, I think.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Who when? It's in archenemy with the original art which would make it weird to reprint in HOU with a new piece considering it was set in HOU Amonkhet.
Not that I'm aware of but would be a good way to make Grixis viable.
I kinda like it. Reminds me of old cards like Opposition or Gainsay. Except, you know, with Planeswalkers agreeing instead of fighting.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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That's awesome Grixis control it is going forward, complete with instant speed mind rot.
Don't think Bolas has room in that deck though at least until Flamecaller rotates.
Don't think Bolas has room in that deck though at least until Flamecaller rotates.
goodbye horses
I feel like this is a prime example of why the super-detailed descriptions they give to artists is a flawed idea. I'm sure this sounded great on paper, but just doesn't translate well to the small canvas.
Big Icarus
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boom, get murdered Gideon
I like this five drop. Best card of the set for Standard here.
gonna be pretty annoying to play around since you practically can't play around it unless you're on a TGearhulk control deck
Ultimate_Trainer
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You can Hazorat's Undying Fury into Hour of Devastation. Im definitely gonna try to put both in my standard deck.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
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Look who is back, back again!
EDIT: Goddamn snipers :/
I've never played with the first set but I agree with the others
What a weird reprint.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Liliana is great bit Chandra is terrible. Didn't capture her character at all.
why do youbwear metal armour when you're a pyromancer, wotc logic is no better.
so you don't get killed by random arrows or sword strikes or whatever
also, probably offers better protection against flames than inflamable material like fabric. Could be some fantasy metal that doesn't heat up as easily
ok I take it back
oh my
A Serious Man
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Grixis got some pretty good toys. I don't know if it'll be viable but by god I'm going to try.
I mean, you can always just be a BG Snake deck and survive the 5 damage to your creatures.
you need 3x +1/+1 counters on all your non-gearhulk creatures, though, and the planeswalker sideboard plan won't work either. Certainly not unrealistic, but G/B often stays within the 5 toughness range
I've been playing a Grixis control deck for weeks in anticipation of a new Bolas card. This set is fixing pretty much every issue the deck has had and giving me a lot of new cards to try out.
HOU is fairly disappointing as a whole, but I'm really excited to keep playing this deck for the foreseeable future.
HOU is fairly disappointing as a whole, but I'm really excited to keep playing this deck for the foreseeable future.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Bolas' mechanical identity just isn't very good.
It was on the magic Reddit but it's not on any spoiler websites so it might be bogus idk.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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What do you mean by that? I think he's a bad clock and has a useless ult.
They showed him at Vegas already.
Spoken like someone who didn't copy Cruel Ultimatum two times to kill your opponent.
ThLunarian
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If you mean "good" like "constructed playable," maybe not.
If you mean it's not well defined, I disagree. He is all about taking things away from the opponent (creatures, cards in hand, life), and what he can't take for himself, he still strips it away. He is ruthless and thorough in his efforts to destroy his opponents, ideally leaving them with nothing on the battlefield and nothing in hand.
This is consistent in all three of his planeswalker cards.
I think the scorpion god is the best standard card.
It's enough for one creature to survive to be a pain in the butt, but the deck would probably contain a high density of decenter 1 for 1 removal as well. I wonder what the best shell for this is gonna be. The fact that Torrential Gearhulk survives it naturally is really strong as well.
Bolas is EXTREMELY disappointing since the entire set is designed around him. Maro called this set a top down bolas set and it's sad that the main card of the set may not even be constructed playable. For comparison, Elsepth from Theros and Ugin from Khans were both high drop planeswalkers that defined their formats. I wanted his power level to match them and he doesn't do that. If there is any board state bolas is useless unless it's one creature. He fits thematically but that's really not that hard to do with him.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
His mechanical identity doesn't lend itself to constructed level cards like I imagine they thought God-Pharaoh would be. His signature ability is discard, which is generally useless at 7+ mana. It works on Karn because Karn's plus gives him four loyalty.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
My opponent duressed me and I had Gideon, Ally of Zendikar and Elspeth, Knight-Errant in my hand. He took Gideon, but I think that was wrong choice - agree or disagree? (Playing generic W/B)
Def wrong and probably someone who hasn't played against Elspeth.
Need way more to know for sure. If it's turn 1 vs. turn 6, it makes a big difference. It also makes a big difference to know what his deck was doing and what the board state looked like.
[EDIT] Derp. I was thinking Elspeth Sun's Champion. I think taking the Elspeth is definitely right between the two.
unless you were planning to beat him to death with the +3/+3 flying buff, AoZ is just plain better
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