Flame Dragon Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Weaker rares should make for a better limited environment since it means you won't get blown out by bombs. Anyway, the rest of the spoilers dropped. All stuff for limited since we'd gotten all the rares and mythics. Handful seem like they have standard chances, but the only card I'm interested in for Commander of that lot I think is Oathsworn Vampire in Edgar. Being able to recast something and get more vampires is pretty strong, and 2 mana works for the aggro build. However mine isn't as aggressive as some builds so it likely isn't as good in my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodfusion Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 I'm not really at all interested in any of the Tribal stuff except possibly pirates, but I'm really disappointed that we didn't get any new Vehicles. I was hoping to build a proper fleet and have epic sea battles :-( That said I love the Elder Dinosaurs and most of the transform cards, as well as some cool stuff like the Immortal Sun and Rekindling Phoenix, so I am excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 I'm not really at all interested in any of the Tribal stuff except possibly pirates, but I'm really disappointed that we didn't get any new Vehicles. I was hoping to build a proper fleet and have epic sea battles :-( I didn't even realize we didn't get any vehicles. Makes sense since they were boats and this part of the block is very much land locked. Anyway, made my pass on the set to see what cards I'm interested in for commander. Decent list. Not not all will make it (I like to consider some suspect things), but several are locked already. They are Elenda, the Dusk Rose Huatli, Radiant Champion Journey to Eternity Hadana's Climb Timestream Navigator Forerunner of the Legion Twilight Prophet Champion of Dusk Path of Discovery Kumena's Awakening Wayward Swordtooth Tilonalli's Summoner World Shaper Oathsworn Vampire Flood of Recollection Pirate's Pillage Legion Lieutenant Azor's Gateway The Immortal Sun Arch of Orazca 20 cards overall. Edgar is going to get a fair bit of love. Card I'm most excited for is Timestream Navigator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Chubrakraatal is an insane card in this format and is honestly better than 90% of the rares. Don't try saying that five times fast, haha I'm not really at all interested in any of the Tribal stuff except possibly pirates, but I'm really disappointed that we didn't get any new Vehicles. I was hoping to build a proper fleet and have epic sea battles :-( Seconding the point on vehicles. Guess there wasn't enough room in the set with ascend being included? Also there were only four cards with explore, and three were rare. Anyhow, posting my thoughts on what EDH picks I plan to add - not all of these lists are built yet, but good to plan ahead: Hazezon:Huatli, Radiant ChampionPath of DiscoveryWayward SwordtoothEphara:Azor, the LawbringerCrafty CutpurseRelease to the WindEdgar:Arch of OrazcaBishop of BindingChampion of DuskDusk Legion ZealotElenda, the Dusk RoseForerunner of the LegionLegion LieutenantMartyr of DuskRadiant DestinySkymarcher AspirantTwilight ProphetRiku:Brass's Bounty Alesha:Dire Fleet DaredevilPirate's PillagePitiless Plunderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Alesha:Dire Fleet DaredevilPirate's PillagePitiless PlundererNo Twilight Prophet for Alesha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 No Twilight Prophet for Alesha? The deck very heavily focuses around artifacts (was designed at first to have a place to play all my riggers and contraptions), so she's frankly off-theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier Alexander Romanov Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 What really disappointed me was that we had no pay-off for this:I was hoping to have a subplot where the Dusk Legion gets corrupted by Alcazotz and we get some sort of avatar of Alcazotz as a Legendary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesability Black Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 There's something I've noticed.For the other sets that they started doing this in, there have been five cards that have been marked with the Planeswalker watermark, indicating them as 'story cards'. For Rivals, there have only been three such cards marked, those being Flood of Recollection, Induced Amnesia, and Mastermind's Acquisition. What happened to the other two story cards? Were there a couple of cards that they bonked and failed to watermark? Hell, I would have figured that Azor's Gateway/Sanctum of the Sun would have been such a card, alongside The Immortal Sun itself! So what's going on here? o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 There's something I've noticed. For the other sets that they started doing this in, there have been five cards that have been marked with the Planeswalker watermark, indicating them as 'story cards'. For Rivals, there have only been three such cards marked, those being Flood of Recollection, Induced Amnesia, and Mastermind's Acquisition. What happened to the other two story cards? Were there a couple of cards that they bonked and failed to watermark? Hell, I would have figured that Azor's Gateway/Sanctum of the Sun would have been such a card, alongside The Immortal Sun itself! So what's going on here? o_O I think it's because the last two "pivotal moments" are determined by fan interaction. Leading up to the set's release, Wizards did a geocaching event wherein you could score points for each faction. The faction with the most points would supposedly gain control of Orazca in canon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 What really disappointed me was that we had no pay-off for this: I was hoping to have a subplot where the Dusk Legion gets corrupted by Alcazotz and we get some sort of avatar of Alcazotz as a Legendary. You aren't the only one. I've seen a number of people speculating about the Bat God. Maybe something for a supplemental product. I think it's because the last two "pivotal moments" are determined by fan interaction. Leading up to the set's release, Wizards did a geocaching event wherein you could score points for each faction. The faction with the most points would supposedly gain control of Orazca in canon. The story is also just shorter. This only has 5 parts. For comparison Oath of the Gatewatch had 10, Aether Revolt had 9, and Eldritch Moon and Hour of Devastation had 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Patric Sullivan rants about Chupracabra https://www.twitch.tv/videos/215979455?t=7h29m54s And I agree with him 100%. Uber efficient removal stapled to a body for Scarab God just homogenizes the standard format even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Patric Sullivan rants about Chupracabra https://www.twitch.tv/videos/215979455?t=7h29m54s And I agree with him 100%. Uber efficient removal stapled to a body for Scarab God just homogenizes the standard format even more. Yeah, I agree too, his rant is spot on. A format where Baneslayer Angel is good is a healthy, fun, tense format. Scarab God is just too oppressive, so why would you play a Baneslayer Angel in this current format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinny Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 This set is making me very happy since i dont really play mtg anymore besides edh, and my edh deck is mayael so all these big dino bodies are very welcome :D(zacama especially as he can either be a commander and if i stick with mayael it really doesnt hurt to draw him either) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Zacama is a really interesting Naya commander since he can combo pretty well. Sac outlet + Lands that tap for extra (Alters are really good for this) and Food Chain create infinite mana for example. EDIT: THIS IS WRONG. IT IS STILL GOOD WITH THESE TYPE OF EFFECT IF A LAND TAPS FOR A LOT, BUT IT ISN'T INFINITE. Really curious to see what people end up doing with him. And yea, the Dino are really cool and if I didn't already have a Naya deck I'd be on the Gishath train myself. Also, speaking of commander, I've decided to add Paladin of Atonement, Radiant Destiny, and Dusk Legion Zealot to my consider list. I'm not happy with a handful of Edgar's Vampires so more options seemed good to add. Edit: Also totally over looked Rith makes Saprolings making Tendershoot Dryad was more interesting for the deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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