Flame Dragon Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 I am so very very sad. This is one of the worse cards in the set by a lot. Honeslty I would have been happier with a reprint of Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 One of the worst creatures, in both playability and design, Wizards has printed in years. It appeals to no-one. And has one of the worst flavours in the set too. And a pretty average flavour text to punt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderVolt Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 There's got to be amusing ways to abuse that effect :c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 There's got to be amusing ways to abuse that effect :cAvacyn costs just one more mana. For that one extra mana, Emmara would gain flying, vigilance, +3/+1, indestructibility, and an upgraded version of her ability./ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderVolt Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 [quote name=".Rai" post="6183607" timestamp="1366303109"][center][/center]Avacyn costs just one more mana. For that one extra mana, Emmara would gain flying, vigilance, +3/+1, indestructibility, and an upgraded version of her ability./ok[/quote] Well there goes that idea lolol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Avacyn costs just one more mana. For that one extra mana, Emmara would gain flying, vigilance, +3/+1, indestructibility, and an upgraded version of her ability. /ok Or, for 1 less mana you get a different upgraded version of her ability FYI, this and the G/W mythic got changed up a decent way into development. That is no reason for her not to still make the */* token but that is part of the reason we ended up with this abomination of a card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miror B Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Avacyn costs just one more mana. For that one extra mana, Emmara would gain flying, vigilance, +3/+1, indestructibility, and an upgraded version of her ability. /ok With the downside being the triple white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 With the downside being the triple white.As if you wouldn't be able to find another two white mana in the 5 other mana you paid to pay Emmara's cost :S FYI, this and the G/W mythic got changed up a decent way into development. That is no reason for her not to still make the */* token but that is part of the reason we ended up with this abomination of a card.Well, no-one's confirmed that, but, yeah, it's pretty obvious they did. No clue why though. Even though Doug Beyer said he was working on Emmara, I'm sure that this outcome wasn't his fault. I happily blame development.Edit: Turns out MaRo confirmed it today on Blogatog.One of those swaps was Voice of Resurgence with Emmara. As many have guessed, Emmara originally made the */* token (seen in the background of her art). It wasn’t a straight swap and there was lots of massaging of both cards. That is what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 I think its the fact that she no longer makes her token that is bugging me the most. Really, why couldn't she. Emmara Tandris 5GW When [card name] enters the battlefield put a green and white Elemental creature token onto the battlefield with "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control. GW: Regenerate target creature token you control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Hollow Man Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 "We needed to swap these two cards' rarities, so we needed to make this one awful in order to make up for it [i]only[/i] being Rare instead of Mythic." Well played Wizards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 "We needed to swap these two cards' rarities, so we needed to make this one awful in order to make up for it only being Rare instead of Mythic." Well played Wizards. Many rares are very good. A lot of rares in the set are very good. Several in this cycle are good. I don't see your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 [quote name="Flame Dragon" post="6184284" timestamp="1366422465"]Many rares are very good. A lot of rares in the set are very good. Several in this cycle are good. I don't see your point.[/quote] That was his point. His statement was laced with sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 That was his point. His statement was laced with sarcasm. See, the problem there is the fact that people actually believe that so I couldn't tell if he was serious or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Hollow Man Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 According to MaRo, here's what happened: 1) The champion had the Voice of Resurgence effect, and elk dude had some other effect. 2) The champion and elk dude had their rarities swapped because slots. 3) Then, in response to the rarities changing, the card effects were "massaged" for "balance". When this card was moved to rare, they made a conscious decision to gimp it simply because it was no longer mythic, and I really can't imagine why this was considered a positive change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathSDelano Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 They could have just done Tap and pay GWX[whatever colorless mana that would make it balance] put the new token into the battlefield .-. instead of a permanent safe passage for tokens, but its alittle late for that. O well at least the art is nice . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Hollow Man Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Or let it enter the battlefield with a 3/3 beast token. That fits GW, gives you a target for Populate, and ensures that the anti-damage effect has at least one token to work with. And at 7 mana, it wouldn't be anywhere close to overpowered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 [quote name="A Hollow Man" post="6184963" timestamp="1366547690"]Or let it enter the battlefield with a 3/3 beast token. That fits GW, gives you a target for Populate, and ensures that the anti-damage effect has at least one token to work with. And at 7 mana, it wouldn't be anywhere close to overpowered.[/quote] That would make no sense flavour-wise though. At all. I should have entered the battlefield with a */* Elemental token additionally, been a 1/3 or something and been 3GW. Besides, 3/3 tokens are Centaurs on Ravnica, just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 IMO this would have been a better Emmara than the one we got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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