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I think sorin's +1 is him running through town biting people
Koth was also played in aggro decks and is the most reasonable red planeswalker. Imagine a red planeswalker that was RRR with +1 do 1 dmg to target player, -2 do 3 dmg to target player, -6 do 10 dmg to target player, with starting loyalty 4. It would have basically 0 self-protection adn still be heavily played in Red decks. A lack of self-protection can work if the planewalker is cheap or is in a deck that can protect it (look at baby jace for that matter).
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They've already revealed RU and GU planeswalker characters in the Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 video game. RU is an Izzet mage named Ral Zarek and GU is a merfolk named Kiora Atua.
That's not a guarantee that those two characters will show up as cards any time soon, but it would be weird for them to print an RU planeswalker that's not Ral Zarek.
And then he'll slowly slide down in value just like Tezzeret AOB did (and nearly every other Planeswalker that's not JTMS). If your primary desire is to play him in your Vish Kaal deck, I'd wait a couple of months before putting down cash for him.
Not just in Vish. If I some how get them (and I've established in the old thread that I rarely open playable mythics) will play him as often as I can over the next 20 months, and only then will he be exclusive to Vish... and probably all of my other BWx commander decks; I have one for every BW combination.
But here's the problem: he might not slide that much. DKA is going to have the same supply issues that Worldwake had. If he sees enough competitive play, his price is going to be awkward. Not JTMS-level awkward, but still.
Anyway, I'm just hoping all of my non-planeswalker packs over the last three or four years were just building up to pay off for this one.
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Also, super-doomed traveler at Starcitygames: http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/misc/23404_Exclusive_Preview_Loyal_Cathar_Unhallowed_Cathar.html
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$55 on SCG, so yeah.
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Silliness. The only current planeswalker that's gone up in value is Elspeth and even she's starting to come back down. The outrageous price that places want for new planeswalkers has always confused me. Are they hoping for a repeat of JTMS?
*Even if most PWs are less than 4-ofs.
I think some of the outrageous pre-order prices are actually to inhibit demand.
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But I agree with you about stores hedging their bets. I had to track it down, but JTMS was pre-selling at ~$20. I can see why stores are hesitant when a card like that gets away from you with a potential $80 profit loss. I have not considered the inhibition of demand. If that's a factor, then WotC is wrong to stop making mythic rare prerelease cards.
Not so much hoping for a repeat as hoping to avoid getting caught in a repeat of JTMS on the outside looking in I would imagine.
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I didn't say dominated play, I said "competitive."
My local meta was also infested with Elves decks, so I've seen more than my share of Nissas; I realize that isn't much of a factor in the grand scheme of things. Realistically, Chandra Albaze and Sarkhan Vol are the only two that never really had much of an impact, even if a few were just one-ofs (NBPW, Sarkhan the Mad, original Chandra/Liliana). But even discounting those, I'd say the total is only about 6 or 7 out of 26 that haven't been used in one way or another.
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If you count PWs that have gone down in value after a span of a few months, then it's, well, almost all of them except JtMS and Elspeth the first. Even then, Jace was still at about $50 for most of the beginning. It wasn't until Bloodbraid Elf rotated out that it exploded in value. Every store is overvaluing PWs to prevent another Jace incident. And to be fair, Jace was printed in a small set that stopped being drafted quite quickly, which is exactly the case Sorin is currently in.
I don't think he'll stay $50 though, since 2WB means he's only playable in specific decks, whereas Jace and Elspeth were in every blue or white deck. I guess he could be the next Ajani Vengeant, but Ajani was a prerelease card, so it's hard to make a price comparison. I think a better comparison would be Liliana of the Veil, who is now $30 and was, like, double in value at some point.
This is almost exactly my thinking. He's good but his mana cost limits the decks he is playable in.
More reanimator shenanigans in white.
Edit: I'm trying to figure out what the purpose of this card is. You create a token that you exile on the next end step... but without haste? Just creating a blocker seems kind of bad. Seancing something with a good ETB effect (instead of using Unburial Rites to reanimate it properly) seems kind of bad, too. Am I missing something?
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Throw in some Swiftfoot Boots too.
I still think Seance is terrible.
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No wait I'm dumb and blind apparently.
Everwolf 1RG
Creature - Wolf Uncommon
Intimidate
Other Wolf and Werewolf creatures you control get +1/+1.
Werewolf creatures you control that aren't Humans can't transform.
2/2
nice
So werewolves have two lords now. Also, how does intimidate work with multicolor creatures? Only artifact, green, and red creatures can block everwolf?
Also the official Magic Rules state: "A creature with intimidate can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it."
Since Everwolf is a Red/Green creature, both Red and Green creatures can block it
Yup. As I recall Intimidate is merely that a creature is either an Artifact or "shares a colour" with the attacking creature in order to block it.
Also I'm happy to see it's an uncommon, so I won't be blowing money on it.
Original Chandra was a one-of in some of the "Superfriends" builds, and Venser saw play in some of the first Bant Pod decks (Levy's, IIRC). But yes.
EDIT: Regarding Séance... you don't even get a blocker. You exile the token at the beginning of the next end step. It's pretty much only useful for ETB effects and other global things (like the new Dragon's team firebreathing).
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So far, I'm much more excited about the commons and uncommons shown than almost all of the rares and mythics.
Havengul Lich and Thalia, Guardian of Thraben.
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Creature - Zombie Wizard|Mythic Rare
1:You may cast target creature card from a graveyard this turn. When you cast that card this turn, Havengul Lich gains all activated abilities of that card until end of turn.
4/4
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 1W
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier| Rare
First Strike
Noncreature spells cost 1 more to cast.
2/1
Lambholt Elder 2G
Creature - Human Werewolf|Uncommon
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Lambholt Elder.
1/2
Flips to
Silverpelt Werewolf
Creature - Werewolf
Whenever Silverpelt Werewolf deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Silverpelt Werewolf.
4/5