bury the year Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Some of these aren't new, but we get to see them for real now. Friendly reminder: please keep all spoilers for this set to one thread. [spoiler=Big dump.] Ascend is the new mechanic.When you cast a spell with ascend, if you already control 10 or more permanents, you get the city's blessing. If a permanent you control has ascend, you get the city's blessing the moment you control 10 or more permanents. (This is a special action to which players cannot respond, like flipping over a morph card or playing a land for turn.)If you have the city's blessing, some effects get upgraded.Multiple players may have the blessing.You cannot lose the blessing once you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sage Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Flavorwise, the new mechanic seems a bit unspecific? Is it tied to a single plane where "the city" refers to something specific?Enter the Unknown seems really nice. And cheap as anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Man, Journey to Eternity is the absolute nuts in EDH. Curving Sakura-Tribe Elder into it is disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodfusion Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Presumably you need to be able to target a creature to cast Enter the Unknown? So you can't do it turn 1 (unless you have Ornithopter)? I like all these cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Presumably you need to be able to target a creature to cast Enter the Unknown? So you can't do it turn 1 (unless you have Ornithopter)? I like all these cards Correct. But we can forgive it, since it's a Double Explore . Awakened Amalgamation 4 Artifact Creature – Golem ~'s power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control with different names. */* EDIT: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 IMMA BECOME A DINOSAUR AND PUNCH STUFF!!!! Card seems lolz. Journey to Eternity is real good though. Kumena seems like he could be a sweet Merfolk commander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~~ Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Flavorwise, the new mechanic seems a bit unspecific? Is it tied to a single plane where "the city" refers to something specific?Pure guess but it probably refers to Orazca, known as the 'Golden City' and Ixalan's version of El Dorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Pure guess but it probably refers to Orazca, known as the 'Golden City' and Ixalan's version of El Dorado. This is 100% correct. The story is about finding and controlling the city of Orazca. That comes to a head in Rivals half of the story so Ascend captures that. Anyway, whose hungry for some soup? She is hungry, but I don't think it is soup that she is after. Either way a Glorious Destiny awaits Glorious Destiny 2W Enchantment Ascend (If tou control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) As Glorious Destiny enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Creatures of the chosen type get +1/+1/ They have vigilance as long as you have the city's blessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 New day, new cards. Path to Discovery - Rare 3G Enchantment Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.) ------------------------- Shrine Atlisaur - Rare 4W Creature - Dinosaur If a source would deal damage to another dinosaur you control, prevent all but 1 of that damage. 3/4 -------------------------------- Timestream Navigator - Mythic 1U Creature - Human Pirate Wizard Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) 2UU, T, Put Timestream Navigator on the bottom of its owner's library: Take an extra turn after this one. Activate only if you have the city's blessing. 1/1 ------------------------------ Starving Paladin - Uncommon 1W Creature - Vampire Knight Starving Paladin doesn't untap during your untap step. Whenever you gain life, untap Starving Paladin. 3/3 ---------------------------- Watery Ambush - Uncommon 3U Enchantment When Watery Ambush enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 Merfolk creature tokens with Hexproof. 3U: Target Merfolk can't be blocked this turn. ----------------------------- Tilonalli's Summoner - Rare 1R Creature - Human Ascend Every time Tilonalli's Summoner attacks, you may pay XR. If you do, create X 1/1 Elemental creature tokens tapped and attacking. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step, unless you have the City's Blessing. 1/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodfusion Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Etali is so cool. LOTS of fun in multiplayer! Seems worthy of building around in Standard as well EDIT: I misread it. I thought it said non-creature as well as non-land. Being able to get creatures is great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodfusion Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 crikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 I was playing Splendid Reclamation in my Karador list and this just seems better. And since I haven't given thoughts on the cards I posted. Etali seems like it can make for a neat commander. Red has a million ways to give it haste so it will get you a ton of value of the course of the game. Huatli has a new friend. Other than that triggering off anything is real powerful and in the right deck she'll be able to ult in a single turn. Likely won't make it, but I'll see if my Rith commander wants to add her as a source of draw. Order is weird. Which I can enjoy since the issue with the card is the order. Please let Chupacabra be a sign of good removal for Rivals. The lords are REALLY welcome since both of those tribes needed that push. Amnesia's story implication is that the ship will keep sailing. Ranger is cool, but the second explore can be blanked if you keep on top, but that also means you'll have a 4/3 100% so thats an ok trade off. Path seems sweet. Sultai Sedisi auto include and even past that it is an insane source of card flow. I honestly think its comparable to Huatli. Draw is obviously more powerful, but you have an easier to cast card and she needs a turn of staying in play at the shortest to do anything. I wonder what decks I own want Navigator. Take an extra turn effects are always worth seeing if they are worth it. Summoner seems neat since she can let you capture the city all on her own given enough mana, and with support likely a lot less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Good lord, merfolk are being pushed in this set. Kumena, Jadelight Ranger, Merfolk Mistbinder, Seafloor Oracle to top the curve... The only thing I think that's keeping them out of Standard at this point is energy.Not sure which cards of those spoiled I want to pick up yet for decks. GW!Huatli seems really good in Hazezon but I bet she'll be pricy for a while. Same goes for Path of Discovery, minus the price. The vampires all look really good in Edgar, as well as Radiant Destiny; but I'm not sure if I'm keeping the deck together so we'll see. If I ever get off my lazy ass and build Riku, Brass's Bounty is an immediate add, as well as Pirate's Plunder. And do I ever wish I had a deck for Etali and/or Journey to Eternity: card looks nuts. Also, more spoilers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simping For Hina Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 I can't wait until September/October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 So many WONDERFUL cards [spoiler=Text Spoilers] Profane Procession 1WB Legendary Enchantment 3WB: Exile target creature. Then if there are three or more cards exiled with Profane Procession, transform it. Tomb of the Dusk Rose Legendary Land T: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. 2WB, T: Put one creature card exiled with this permanent onto the battlefield under your control. -------- Mysterious End 1W Enchantment When Mysterious End enters the battlefield, exile target creature with converted mana cost 3 or less an oponent controls. When Mysterious End leaves the battlefield, target oponent creates a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token with trample. ----------- Surge of Memories UU Sorcery Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Surge of Memories. ------------- Warsail Marauder 1U Creature - Human Pirate Flying Whenever Warsail Marauder attacks, target creature defending player controls loses all abilities and has a base power and toughness of 0/1 until end of turn. 2/1 ------------ Golden Guardian 4 Artifact Creature - Golem Defender 2: Golden Guardian fights another target creature you control. If the Golden Guardian dies, return it to the battlefield under your control transformed. Gold-Forge Garrison Land T: Add 2 mana of any one color to your mana pool. 4, T: Create a colorless 4/4 artifact Golem creature token. I can't wait until September/October. Energy pushes out all the fun stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Man, there are a lot of really bad rares for limited in this set =/ Feels bad man. Azor is an interesting God Pharaoh target. Its nice to see more of him in the story too. Polyraptor + Aether flash is pretty lols Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~~ Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Polyraptor + Aether flash is pretty lolsNoob here, what would happen if you did this since it's an infinite loop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Noob here, what would happen if you did this since it's an infinite loop? If there's nothing that can change the board state and that would cause someone to lose (ex. you controlling a Purphoros), game ends in a draw since neither ability is "may." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 some more missed cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delibirb Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Nezahal sounds nuts. Love it. Reasonably costed for what he does, even if it is high. Better than the disappointing Jin-Gitaxias anyway. Thunderherd migration is a pretty cool Rampant Growth for standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 We have a million spoilers so I'm just going to post the ones I find interesting. "Silver-Armored Ferocidon"5RRCreature - DinosaurEnrage - Whenever "Silver-Armored Ferocidon" is dealt damage, each opponent sacrifices a permanent.8/5 ------------------ "Dire Fleet Daredevil"1RHuman - PirateFirst StrikeWhen Dire Fleet Daredevil enters the battlefield, exile target instant or sorcery from an opponenty's graveyard. You can cast that card this turn and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color. If that card would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead.2/1 ----------------- "Trapjaw Regisaur"3WWCreature - DinosaurEnrage - Whenever "Trapjaw Regisaur" is dealt damage, exile target creature an opponent controls until "Trapjaw Regisaur" leaves the battlefield.5/5 --------------- Slaughter the Strong1WWSorceryEach player chooses any number of creatures with total power 4 or less, then sacrifices the rest. --------------- Disperse in the Wind2UInstantExile target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, it's owner may cast it without paying it's mana cost. -------------- Champion of Twilight3BBCreature Vampire KnightWhen Champion of Twilight enters the battlefield, draw X cards and lose X life, where X is the number of vampires you control.4/4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted January 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Full spoiler comes out around 10:30-11 EST today.Not sure what I end up getting from this set so far for EDH decks? Like, Ephara wants Disperse to the Wind and Crafty Cutpurse, maybe Azor as well. If I ever get off my ass to build Riku, he gets Brass's Bounty. Hazezon probably wants that enchantment that makes a creature explore on ETB, as well as Wayward Swordtooth (which I'm posting below!) And Edgar ofc gets all the new vampires, but that's only if I end up keeping him together. Set definitely is an improvement on Ixalan, though. The power level feels a lot higher. Wayward Swordtooth 2GCreature – Dinosaur {R}Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)You may play an additional land on each of your turns.~ can't attack or block unless you have the city's blessing.5/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delibirb Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Mastermind's Acquisition... Another piece to a nefarious puzzle... The Immortal Sun was assumed to be a power source for the Planar Bridge, and the Sanctum of the Sun seems to support that its a huge mana source, but given how big it is, and the fact that Tezzeret is using his armbridge to transport the Sun no problem... What could it be for? To provide power to destroy/open/create something? And what do the Eternals have to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Mastermind's Acquisition... Another piece to a nefarious puzzle... The Immortal Sun was assumed to be a power source for the Planar Bridge, and the Sanctum of the Sun seems to support that its a huge mana source, but given how big it is, and the fact that Tezzeret is using his armbridge to transport the Sun no problem... What could it be for? To provide power to destroy/open/create something? And what do the Eternals have to do with it? Bolas wants his own Planeswalker trap. The combination of the Bridge+Eternals+Sun means he has an army he can send to any plane while trapping any Planeswalkers that may be on it to die along with the inhabitants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 A lot of these rares are kind of on the weak side for limited and constructed. Overcosted bodies with non-guaranteed effects are pretty bad. The uncommons on the other hand are right where they should be. Chubrakraatal is an insane card in this format and is honestly better than 90% of the rares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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