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Magic: the Gathering |OT9| Kaladesh - Cruisin' Down the Street in my 6/4
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SigmasonicX
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This guy is obviously on the random.dec
This is another character from the online stories.
Infinite Stars
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This gal is obviously on the random.dec
This is apparently the Dragons timeline version of Ankle Shanker.
They did it!
Still upset that Ankle Smasher never was-legendary, considering it being one Goblin, but his DTK counterpart being-legendary is great.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
honestly could be a good aggro commander.
divisionbyzorro
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So if you have two Partner commanders, the rest of your deck is only 98 cards I guess.
Ewwwwww.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
This is the most I'vd seen my MTG group text light up all year. People are excited
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Man, if only the RW commander had 2 power instead of 3. Would've been a nice Alesha bomb.
Haven't seen anyone here mention this yet: Wizards is doing two pilot programs this holiday season that basically bring MTGO Treasure chests to real-life Standard events and Booster Box purchases.
http://wpn.wizards.com/en/article/sign-standard-showdown-holiday-buy-box
http://wpn.wizards.com/en/article/sign-standard-showdown-holiday-buy-box
This is worrying. Are the numbers really that bad? Is Magic dying?
divisionbyzorro
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So I am basically the embodiment of their recent explosive growth and then stagnation:
- I started playing Magic for the first time thanks to Duels of Planeswalkers.
- The first Pro Tour I watched was PT Honolulu (Dark Ascension).
- The first draft I ever did was DII.
- I played the shit out of the game for the next few years, plateauing in Theros block.
- The last set I drafted in paper was DTK/DTK/FRF.
- The last set I drafted online (not counting MTGO cube drafts or the MTGO beta) was OGW.
I'm very typical of the average Magic player, as I understand it. Most of us get heavy into it for a few years before deciding to move on - in part or in full. In my case, it's because my life situation changed and I no longer had a playgroup, and Magic's online offerings are really bad (especially when compared to RL Magic). But I have enough fond memories of the game and enough of an attachment to it that I haven't disappeared. I still get on GAF to chat about it. I still watch every Pro Tour. I still listen to Magic podcasts (though they are slightly lower priority than before). In other words, I'm ripe to be lured back in. They just have to find the right thing to do it.
Except there is no product that's going to make that happen - for me at least. Magic is all about the people, in my eyes. You either find a group of people that make Magic great, or you don't
I can't speak for the larger trends, but anecdotally, we've been doing much better with constructed since Kaladesh launched. In this area, constructed isn't really a thing; it's all limited. If you head an hour in any direction, the opposite is true.
But, since Kaladesh hit we've been filling out Standard events and this Game Day was our biggest yet.
Sales wise, Kaladesh is slightly outpacing BFZ for us.
charlequin
Banned
Really amused at the individual short story deep cuts they're getting into here. I kind of expect to see Taigam (also from Khans) here, and to see Hal and Alena pop up in C17.
I get the irritation, but is there a more obvious theme of the type they mention here that covers WURG?
man don't like COMPLETELY panic here or anything
Every time there's some old program that they get rid of and everyone gets real mad and says they're cheap and they'll never do anything that replaces it? This is one of those replacements. They want to goose Standard attendance (since it's their bread and butter) and encourage holiday sales (since for a retail entertainment product, Magic has a bizarrely weak December) and they reason (probably correctly) that semi-randomized prizes are more likely to encourage people than pre-announced single promo cards.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
No trample 10 on a nonartifact looks weird.
standing marching army
What happens when you add red to Bant, the honor based nation becomes traveling nomads that are essentially a huge
They put this in their products page:
people are already trying to decipher them:
Saskia the Unyielding - BRGW
Legendary Creature - Human Berserker
Vigilance, Haste
When Saskia the Unyielding enters the battlefield, target a player.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to the targeted player.
5/4, maybe 3/4.
people are already trying to decipher them:
Saskia the Unyielding - BRGW
Legendary Creature - Human Berserker
Vigilance, Haste
When Saskia the Unyielding enters the battlefield, target a player.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to the targeted player.
5/4, maybe 3/4.
blindrocket
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Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Breya sounds a bit disappointing supposedly makes an 0/1 and can tap sac artifacts to deal damage -4/-4 something or gain life.
I expected much more she's just a utility commander if that's that's it. You get one activation for free and otherwise a bad sac outlet with upside.
I expected much more she's just a utility commander if that's that's it. You get one activation for free and otherwise a bad sac outlet with upside.
Wulfric
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Not in southern Wisconsin it isn't. We will have had two GPs, two SCG Opens, and Pro Tour BFZ within just one year. Kaladesh brought standard back, but I attribute this to local preferences. Draft and modern have become more popular as our play groups have gotten older.
I think this promo (along with the new League) is just a way to help attract people to standard. Standard FNM has become a bit difficult to fire as of late (8-12 people on average. It used to be in the 40+ range during Theros block).
It's all fours looks like (gain 4 life, deal 4 damage, -4/-4), so I'm guessing she's a 4/4 and makes 4 0/1 tokens.
Wait......this would be so awesome if true
charlequin
Banned
Where's the blue in that? WBRG is already the army/attacking theme in this set.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
How will commander damage work with partners?
4 0/1s would change the math considerably. Would make her very good.
4 0/1s would change the math considerably. Would make her very good.
Where's the blue in bant anyway. But to answer it, the general, the informants, scouts, engineers,... Black is the least conformable colour with an army
blindrocket
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I agree with you so much.
IrrelevantAlex
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I typed out steel of the godhand on accident instead of godhead so this became a thing.
Edit: totally dumb fake card: http://i.imgur.com/Z41EPKn.jpg
1 million hours in mspaint.
Edit: totally dumb fake card: http://i.imgur.com/Z41EPKn.jpg
1 million hours in mspaint.
SigmasonicX
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Each Commander is considered separately for commander damage. So if you deal 20 damage with one, you still have to deal 21 damage with the other.
As a heads up, even with obviously fake art, it's generally not considered good to post fake cards during spoiler season.
No dragons ffs
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Thanks, that's annoying. What's the flavour behind partner?
SigmasonicX
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They're willing to work together? Seems pretty clear to me. The fact that even otherwise friendly previous commanders don't have it is odd flavorwise, but time traveling keywords are generally best avoided.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
You'd think so but then Silas Ren and a goblin that literally throws shit at random are included.
Partner on Kraum doesn't really make sense though. I mean, they already have a partner!
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I do find it funny that the actual couple is apparently represented by one card and not a set of partner cards
Otherwise you could partner them with others.
An amazing duel commander. It's damage on every cast.
Fireblast does 10 damage LOL
Infinite Stars
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The Therosian Kings will be all of my jam. It's worth noting that this is another ruling couple card, similar to Anax and Cymede. I'm curious what the inspiration for them is, because Anax/Cymede clearly draw from Leonidas/Gorgo( just look at the art/colour combinations, it totally fits).
If I had to venture a guess(Two male lovers whose death was celebrated and have become a monument), maybe they're based partially on Patroklus and Achilles? Both heroes of legend who have statues/art all over Greece/the world.
If I had to venture a guess(Two male lovers whose death was celebrated and have become a monument), maybe they're based partially on Patroklus and Achilles? Both heroes of legend who have statues/art all over Greece/the world.
blindrocket
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Cardhoarder response on Kent Ketter
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/5978lr/regarding_kent_ketter_and_scgmke/
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/5978lr/regarding_kent_ketter_and_scgmke/
blindrocket
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Definitely. And Life totals start at 20 now.
Joe Molotov
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They didn't even make them a momument that doesn't die to Doom Blade, so they must not have cared very much.
This is probably the worst thing ever. That really translates to "drag the game out until everyone decides to murder you."
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I really wish I felt excited about the game these days. 
I don't play much commander but these products tend to excite me because it s chance for WOTC to make some sweet cards without having to worry about breaking Standard or some other shit. So spoilers are off to a good start. It also seems we will get a good helping of dual lands in these decks per Ethan's article. Extra shocks into circulation for every deck (especially if there is a Domain sub-theme in the decks)?
The marketing does seem to suggest every new legendary card is going to be foil though. Fuck that shit if true
The marketing does seem to suggest every new legendary card is going to be foil though. Fuck that shit if true
Infinite Stars
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Well, actually, in the Ancient Greek Tradition there's a concept known as Kleos. It's basically Honor/glory as told by men that grants heroes "immortality", in so much as their story will continue to be told for all time. Achilles constantly mentions it in the Illiad as he struggles back and forth with his rage. To have a monument built to both you and your lover, both of you equally strong warriors, would be one of the ultimate pinnacles of Kleos.
The Civilians could have built the monuments as reminders of their great kleos as heroes, but had the story be changed by the idea of persuasion. Remember, Theros is fundamentally changeable by the idea of belief(See Xenagos, Helios, etc according to Kruphix) to the point where the story just needed enough belief and it became viewed as fact. I'd assume the text on the card is from an omniscient point of view, hence why we even know why the popular belief is wrong.
In case if It wasn't obvious, I'm a bit obsessed with Theros as a plane.
SigmasonicX
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I doubt it. These are explicitly dual lands that they don't plan to print in Standard, and they wouldn't want Modern players buying the decks just for them.
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