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Magic: the Gathering |OT9| Kaladesh - Cruisin' Down the Street in my 6/4
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Simply Sarah
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It seems that way, at least. Which would appear to suggest that Sword of Body and Mind won't be included since we're already past that alphabetically.
GregLombardi
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I think I dislike that the rarity on these is not mythic or colored differently. Maybe it clashed? I don't know.
IRL foiling demo - https://twitter.com/TrickMTG/status/775443311557431297
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Heavily? It seems almost exclusively for EDH. It's like they went through a checklist of the most artifacts played in EDH, heck there's lightning greaves innit.
looks like FTV foiling.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Looks like I wasn't quite quick enough with my edit. I realized it when looking through the list again.
Curling incoming.
It has that telltale "band" of light that slides across its face.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I think its the same foiling as they used in Expeditions.
GregLombardi
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That doesn't look like FTV foiling to me. I have the FTV foils right in front of my face. I guess I could be wrong.
charlequin
Banned
I am 99% sure they're not picking up at late S with Aether Revolt, both because there aren't 24 good choices left in T - Z and because that'd mean these are the only three Swords (Body and Mind should come first) and that seems seriously unlikely. I think it's more unlikely they numbered them in two batches so people wouldn't obsessively produce number crunching lists to identify the second set early.
Hangarback Walker, Aether Vial, Lotus Petal, Mana Crypt, Chrome Mox, Mox Opal, Crucible of Worlds, Painter's Servant, Solemn Simulacrum, and Steel Overseer are all ones I would primarily associate with non-Commander formats.
Simply Sarah
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Gotta be faster on the eraser draw! Also, saying that it's all EDH stuff is a bit weird. Sure, some of the things are mostly seen in EDH but several of the cards see play in Modern and eternal format like...oh, uh, just see charlequin above. Something something about needing to be faster on the draw.
Yup, its a mix of audiences on purpose.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They did seem to front load this one with the really powerful stuff just like in BFZ though. I mean, there's still a few good artifacts eligible for reprints, but it seems like a shorter list of good stuff - Thorn of Amethyst, Tangle Wire, Engineered Explosives, Chalice of the Void, Sphere of Resistance (?), Cranial Plating, Swords 4 and 5, Arcbound Ravager, Batterskull, and I can't really think of many others I could justify. Maybe Mind Stone or something? Jitte would obviously be kind of random on Kaladesh.
At the very least I'm hoping the AEther Revolt set of Masterpieces has the winning entry in the Fair: Ornithopter.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I'm with him like this
The rest, in particular solemn, is heavily played in commander. Commander is more popular with the casual crowd though so I've only interacted with these cards through it. Painter's Servant is banned in EDH so it's not exclusively.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Think these are really ugly even after seeing video of the actual cards but I hope I open some because hey free money. Some of the art is amazing though.
In the article Maro specifically said no Jitte because of the flavor mismatch. I wonder what else that disqualifies?
Simply Sarah
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Mana Crypt is in a sizable percentage of Vintage decks,
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Then dont play with those versions? A new rarity is totally fine when there aren't actual cards specifically tied to that rarity. My only real gripe is the cards being allowed in limited. Just think its a bad idea.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Sword of Feast and Famine looks real nice. Can't wait to see the one that makes wolves. Just from an art standpoint.
Royal_Flush
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Still not a fan of the frame but goddamn those swords are pretty. Wouldn't mind seeing that artstyle in a videogame.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
This is actually incorrect. These cards are not standard legal and have less expensive printings elsewhere. The inclusion of these cards tends to crash prices of Standard cards because the set is opened looking for Pimp Cards that are not otherwise unique.
I mean, Modern Masters 2017 was announced two weeks ago and they put Berserk and Show and Tell in Conspiracy. I don't think this is anything close to the "end of reprints," but I do think it tells you that they're not going to be dumping Thoughtseize and/or Mutavault into Standard again anytime soon. Which isn't a bad thing.
charlequin
Banned
Not saying that those cards don't get played in Commander, but all of those are past or present tournament staples in more competitive formats. Like if your mandate was to exclude "Commander" cards all of those would still be viable choices.
For play purposes, this will only drive the prices on Standard-legal cards down.
"God's Beard!"
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FTV: Elder Dragon Highlander
All those cards are awesome though. I always forget Crucible is legal in Modern. It just seems like the sort of busted card that would be banned but they let Blood Moon stick around so what do I know. I guess it's actually not that good without real land destruction.
SigmasonicX
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Saw this pointed out on MTG Salvation.
From the flavor text, Tezzeret probably took this from Mirrodin.
From the flavor text, Tezzeret probably took this from Mirrodin.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";216710845]FTV: Elder Dragon Highlander
All those cards are awesome though. I always forget Crucible is legal in Modern. It just seems like the sort of busted card that would be banned but they let Blood Moon stick around so what do I know. I guess it's actually not that good without real land destruction.[/QUOTE]
I tried to do something with Crucible and Boom/Bust + Goblin Dark-Dwellers but it was too janky.
All those cards are awesome though. I always forget Crucible is legal in Modern. It just seems like the sort of busted card that would be banned but they let Blood Moon stick around so what do I know. I guess it's actually not that good without real land destruction.[/QUOTE]
I tried to do something with Crucible and Boom/Bust + Goblin Dark-Dwellers but it was too janky.
That shell posted a few months back is fun as fuck to play
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Even if you take away the filigree, artifacts should be brown anyways. That grey color they've used since 8th Edition/Darksteel sucks.
Simply Sarah
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"God's Beard!"
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Agreed!
Hey, someone other than me made a Modern Hardened Humans deck! http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=13401&d=278610&f=MO
Looking forward to having a chance to play his take on it, some card choices I hadn't really considered.
Looking forward to having a chance to play his take on it, some card choices I hadn't really considered.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Cloudstone Curio's full art
Absolutely the best of the bunch.
Vintage isn't particularly relevant outside of tuesday nights
Absolutely the best of the bunch.
Vintage isn't particularly relevant outside of tuesday nights
shrapnelmagnet
Member
Def agree. I love old artifacts
Then again, I'm an "old border" fan, too... so there's that.
"God's Beard!"
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Well I beat the jund list from worlds with that boom//bust crucible list. Game 1 I won with life from the loam and seismic assault and game 2 I blood moon locked my opponent's dark confidant. Boom//Bust combo is definitely possible with the life from the loam strategy.
There's no way in hell this deck beats anything aggressive, though.
unban punishing fire
There's no way in hell this deck beats anything aggressive, though.
unban punishing fire
Giant Panda
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I don't have a problem with a brown border, but the old ones used on artifacts were ugly. In fact, all the old borders were ugly.
shrapnelmagnet
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