Aerion Brightflame Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Since there wasn't a thread on it yet. Looks aight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Feels a lot like a fatter Whirler Rogue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 The spiritual successor to Drown in Sorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 The nonpromo art of this card is absolutely freaking gorgeous. Tomasz Jedruszek has a really refreshing art style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 ---- Eh, I actually like the promo art more. You get more of the thalassophobic feel with Jedruszek's, but the ocean in the art is so dark that it drowns out the Eldrazi itself. The promo gives more of a feeling of "unstoppable monster coming to end you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Eh, I actually like the promo art more. You get more of the thalassophobic feel with Jedruszek's, but the ocean in the art is so dark that it drowns out the Eldrazi itself. The promo gives more of a feeling of "unstoppable monster coming to end you." I can totally understand wanting to emphasise the Eldrazi in the card art, but Jedruszek's is just the better art piece overall for me with that gorgeous palette and perspective. I could see it in a contemporary art gallery and no-one would bat an eye. I like Zapata's, but it's no more than a cool monster art really. No real nuance to it that separates it from the other similar Eldrazi arts. Zapata's a very showy artist. I love his Enlightened Ascetic art in Origins. Probably one of the best arts in the set. When his hyperrealist thing doesn't quite work out though, his style can look a bit weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 I can totally understand wanting to emphasise the Eldrazi in the card art, but Jedruszek's is just the better art piece overall for me with that gorgeous palette and perspective. I could see it in a contemporary art gallery and no-one would bat an eye. I like Zapata's, but it's no more than a cool monster art really. No real nuance to it that separates it from the other similar Eldrazi arts. Zapata's a very showy artist. I love his Enlightened Ascetic art in Origins. Probably one of the best arts in the set. When his hyperrealist thing doesn't quite work out though, his style can look a bit weird. To each his own. I think Jedruszek's would work better on a noncreature card, personally: a good creature card needs to show off the creature, or else we get another Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh. And it could just be the faux foiling that makes Zapata's look off. EDIT: Anyways, thoughts on the actual card! Limiting sacrifice to Eldrazi Scions killed any playability this card has. I wouldn't have minded if it were any colorless creature, or hell, just any Eldrazi. Body's very respectable, though: 7/7 split up for 6 isn't terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoRWBY65 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 I like the nonpromo for how it shows the scions a little better, I couldn't even tell they were in the image of the promo version until I saw the nonpromo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Absolute bomb in limited. Tapping out Eldrazi will be one of the strongest things you can do at instant speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 I really like the design on the aquatic Eldrazi. Look very different from the others and they feel like they would be at home in the water. I prefer the promo because it shows off the creature better, but I do agree it doesn't have the unique feel that the normal version has. Card seems nuts in limited. 5/5 for 6 is huge and it comes with two 1/1s. Being able to tap things down in a format of giants is also going to be very powerful since while a decent number of creatures are likely to be bigger than this you can still get around them. Plus unlike a lot of tappers your only limit is the number of Scions you have. Does raise the question of how easy it will be to get them, but I can't see it being that much harder than the Spawns were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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