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  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    Greasefang reanimator seems pretty fun, even if it's more spicy than good. It lets you run a lot of otherwise questionable cards that work well together and has a weird mix of draw power to grind and the ability to hit for 13 damage on T3 and threaten lethal with angels T4.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    did a draft the other day with four kami's flare

    people i know green black is the spicy combo but i shouldn't be allowed to do that

    Oh that's nothing. I had a draft with Fall of Lord Konda, Lucky Offering (sideboard), Touch the Spirit Realm, Intercessor's Arrest, 2x Lethal Explot, 2x Twisted Embrance, March of Wretched Sorrow, and Assassin's Ink (sideboard). I also had a broad spread of enchantment and samurai cards in white with 2x Michiko's Reign of Truth. I basically rolled right over every game with that giant pile of kill spells into giant creatures. I have no idea how I got passed all those kill spells, and having enough that I didn't put Assassin's Ink main deck is silly.

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  • CururuCururu Registered User regular
    Some of the Magic commentators, such as LSV, are of the opinion that removal isn't that great in this set due to all of the synergies. So, of course, the community has interpreted that to mean that removal is unplayable in this set. I'm seeing so many red burn spells get passed in draft.

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    I'd like to mention how much synergy my deck got when Twisted Embrace kills a threat while pumping a creature and increasing my enchantment and modified counts.

    But sure, let me pick up a nonsense deck where every single creature is samurai/warrior, enchantment, or both while having so many playable kill spells I'm not running them all.

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    people i know green black is the spicy combo but i shouldn't be allowed to do that

    I just ran a Quick Draft. Went 2-3, but FOUR of those games were GB mirrors. Thanks, bots!

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    I'm not actually getting the appeal of BG this set, it doesn't have a strong mechanical identity I feel?

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    I'm not actually getting the appeal of BG this set, it doesn't have a strong mechanical identity I feel?

    Recycling enchantments, mostly. Green has a bunch of ways to get them out of the trash (Season of Renewal) or pick them up (Geothermal Kami) and rewards for playing them (Generous Visitor). Black can also pick them up with ninjutsu (as can the vertical cycle of green ninjas). All of this on top of how many enchantments provide some sort of value on ETB (and/or are Sagas). And the signpost uncommon is an enchantment Eternal Witness, Gloomshrieker.

    It's not so much a mechanical identity as it is rampant synergy.

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Yeah this set isn’t really about the mechanical identities so much as very synergistic pieces

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  • nightmarennynightmarenny Registered User regular
    Hey so quick question.

    Is there a way to stack effects so that I can ditch an artifact with the Samurai that loots and also target that artifact with the Samurai who lets you cast an artifact from the graveyard? If so how do I pull it off in arena?

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  • discriderdiscrider Registered User regular
    No.
    The artifact would need to go into the graveyard as part of a cost, such as Discard a card:, so that it is in the graveyard before the ability looking for an artifact to target hits the stack.
    Looking at google, the samurai I saw says 'you may discard' instead, which happens on resolution of the stack. So there is no way that the artifact is in the graveyard before the other triggers are added to the stack.

  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    I tried jumping back into draft, to try out this black green value deck people are talking about. Splashed a little blue and stumbled onto a mean combo late in a stalled game - looping Soul Transfer and Colossal Skyturtle over and over. My opponent called it quits the third time I did it.

  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    Oooh, so you use the Soul Transfer to both hit your opponent's shit and get the Skyturtle back, then chuck the Skyturtle to get Soul Transfer back, ad infinitum? 6 mana is a bit much for the effect but that infinite repeatability is juicy.

  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    Yeah you need the artifact/enchantment in play to make it work, and it's pretty slow if you're on the ropes, but it's a nice option to have, particularly since both cards are good on their own and you don't have to save them and hope you'll get to pull off the combo. Just use them normally and sometimes it'll come up.

  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    too many sets

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    what, didn't you enjoy the thrilling limited formats of Innistrads and their dynamic effect on standard

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    GRIXIS AND JUND TRIOMES

    GRIXIS AND JUND TRIOMES

    GRIXIS AND JUND TRIOMES

    Do it, cowards.

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  • XeddicusXeddicus Registered User regular
    More sets is better for me. Bring on the monthly releases! At least until they run out of ideas.

  • astrobstrdastrobstrd So full of mercy... Registered User regular
    what, didn't you enjoy the thrilling limited formats of Innistrads and their dynamic effect on standard

    Both Innistrads felt like Khans of Tarkir after the shit limited of AFR.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    amazon has leaked the names of the commander decks and what are probably the gang names
    WUB Obscura Operation
    UBR Maestros Massacre
    BRG Riveteers Rampage
    RGW Cabaretti Cacophony
    GWU Bedecked Brokers

    i believe the colours are Educated Guesses due to the order that things are usually listed in, you know, wubrg

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  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    edited March 2022
    Not much, what's wubrg with you?

    milski on
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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    wubrg nuts

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  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    Gotem

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    I was able to resist the Kamigawa decks (but I need some of the GR ones cards as singles)... but theres no way none of those speak to me...

    But I'm looking at so many planned decks already here. ...Umezawa is probably on the chopping block, Raiyuu is still possible... hmm...

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    amazon has leaked the names of the commander decks and what are probably the gang names
    WUB Obscura Operation
    UBR Maestros Massacre
    BRG Riveteers Rampage
    RGW Cabaretti Cacophony
    GWU Bedecked Brokers

    i believe the colours are Educated Guesses due to the order that things are usually listed in, you know, wubrg

    these colours are correct

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Commander decks will come with a micro-booster (maybe just 2 cards? wasn't clear) with at least one guaranteed Booster Fun treatment, to be a "sampler" of collector boosters

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  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    T R I O M E S

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  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    C O N F I R M E D

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Shard Ascendencies

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
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    crackin' up at that bird

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  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
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    crackin' up at that bird

    Atraxenchantment

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Looks like the final previews for the day are gonna be the MTG lore versions of the Stranger Things cards, they're all Innistrad-themed

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  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    They didn't reveal the whole cycle of ascendancies?

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Nope! One of the things they mentioned is that the function of these early previews is basically, this is the information they would be passing along to distributors to help them make decisions about how much product to buy (which is why the presentation is kinda fuckin boring), so they're providing information on things like the full-art lands, like the art variants on the triomes, and the art variants on the Ascendencies.

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  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    They revealed all the commands for Strixhaven so I was hoping to get a bit more. Ah well.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    edited March 2022
    https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/first-look-streets-new-capenna-where-family-means-business-2022-03-03

    the article for the summary and card image files, since we didn't post any of them other than the ascendency

    I needed anime to post. on
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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    edited March 2022
    milski wrote: »
    They revealed all the commands for Strixhaven so I was hoping to get a bit more. Ah well.

    We got the Triomes and a tacit reveal of cycling in the set.

    Vyolynce on
  • ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    milski wrote: »
    They didn't reveal the whole cycle of ascendancies?

    Well, you know what they say, the more you ascend(ancy), the further you fall(ancy).

    Children's rights are human rights.
  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/first-look-streets-new-capenna-where-family-means-business-2022-03-03

    the article for the summary and card image files, since we didn't post any of them other than the ascendency

    The gold triome artsyles look really good.

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  • tzeentchlingtzeentchling Doctor of Rocks OaklandRegistered User regular
    I really like the art deco art style of this set.

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