Here is how they made most Surge cards
"Existing Card but with Surge"
Existing Card's cmc+1
Surge: Existing Card's cmc-1
>>44607006
>even more shitty allies
Why we can't get like 2-3 actually GOOD allies?
>>44607142
The problem is not even that, it is just they don't even synergyze at all with the old allies.
>>44607142
>>44607384
The REAL problem is that they print tribal shit at all. No more allies please. I've had enough boring cards for one set.
>>44607006
Hey, he's actually a decent common, you just have to play him with a one droop.
>>44607988
draft those bone saws
>>44607838
>tribal shit
Not everyone wants to play a deck that doesn't make any sense.
>>44607838
I for one love tribal shit. Ban bolt, ban path, ban urzatron, ban twin. Free SFM.
>>44608076
>Ban bolt, ban path, ban urzatron, ban twin.
>>44608001
4 of in every surge deck
>>44608076
>Ban bolt, ban path, ban urzatron, ban twin
Why would you ban the funniest deck engine ?
>>44608186
I'm just making fun of people ranting "ban blood moon!", other than that I'm just curious what would happen if modern lost stuff like bolt/path.
>>44608076
Power to you anon but I'm confused by your desire to unban sfm. That has to be the least tribal of tribal creatures, given the propensity for people to run her, a couple equipment, and no other Kor.
>>44608267
HULK MANIA WOULD RUN WILD BROTHER
Ban painlands,broken with anusmana
>>44608267
>what would happen if modern lost stuff like bolt/path
We would have to change the name of the game to Armies: Cardboard Heroclix.
>Modern Goblins will never be good
Why are you guys not flipping out over this card like I am holy shit
>>44608724
Is there any situation before absolute late game when you NEED a blocker where you'd want to use the third option?
>>44608724
how many creatures with power or toughness 1 are there that are worth exiling?
>>44608744
You can ramp a bit with it, or get a wimpy 1/1 attacker I guess.
Mostly ramp though.
>>44608724
main use of this is countering sorceries, right? The other two uses suck
>>44608766
Standard? Jace
I know for legacy this stops Mother of Runes.
>>44608793
Killing dudes is fairly alright, hits Jace, Dragonspeaker and other small critters.
>>44608724
That's pretty darn flexible.
>>44608797
oh right, baby-Jace. Well, I guess that alone makes it playable.
>>44608766
if looking at just limited there are actually quite a few creatures spoiled with 1 toughness or power
Hey look it's Eldrazi Charm.
>>44608766
deathrite shaman, grim lavamancer, unflipped delver, stoneforge mystic, ornithopter, memnite, signal pest, swiftspear, baby jace, mother of runes, wild nacatl (technically), etc.
>>44608916
>>44608724
No shit
>>44608724
>play non-blue deck in EDH
>opponent assumes you can't counter shit
>plays big, expensive sorcery, like a timewalk or something
>lol, countered
>enjoy their surprise and rage>cry as your counter gets countered
>>44608938
that's why you have guttural response.
>>44608938
>plays big, expensive sorcery, like a timewalk or something
I meant, of course, any other extra turn spell, not timewalk specifically.
>>44608724
I like it. I want 8
>>44607142
>vigilant goyf in standard
>not good
>>44608916
So, which decks won't run this? It should fit most places, since it removes so much stuff
>>44608724
Exiling Deceiver Exarch seems relevant, off the top of my head.
>>44608724
>>44608766
dark confidant, young pyromancer, thalia, cursecatcher and silvergill adept (meh), pestermite, noble hierarch, birds of paradise, steel overseer, vault skirger blink/inkmoth, blighted agent and glistener elf (at least they'll have to burn a pump on them, maybe?), spellskite, wall of omens and sakura-tribe elder (very meh),
>>44608724
>colorless counterspell
Great, now that that cat is out of the bag can we let the other actual colors dip their toes in that pool?
>>44609070
colorless can do anything, anon. Other colors are bound by the color pie.
>>44608978
Somehow I don't see him improving modern allies.
>>44608724
>Rending volley wasn't enough, lets make more Twin hate!
>>44609107
But that's stupid, especially when only one color gets like 99% of the interaction with an entire chunk of the system. Is there any other effect in the entire game that is under a color monopoly? Hard and soft removal for a variety of permanents are in multiple colors, card draw, tutoring and deck manipulation are in multiple colors, buffs are everywhere, ramp and discounts are in multiple places, haste, graveyard interaction, tokens, counter manipulation, sacrifice for power... everything. And yet "deal with thing before it happens" is only blue... and apparently colorless, because red is allowed to get counterspells as long as they aren't actually colored red, I guess. There isn't even a flavor justification for it, blue is hardly the only color with wizards.
>>44609070
It's not the first colourless counterspell. Rise of the Eldrazi had not of this world
>>44609285
Discard is basically monoblack with like...maybe two or three bleeds.
>>44609285
Red's answer to the counterspell is copy and change target effects. They... just don't get them all that often. And occasionally share them with blue anyway.
>>44609285
You can always flicker the target, or give it shroud, or make it a non-valid target some other way. Even if you can't interact with the spell directly, you can react to it.
These threads all make me want to kill myself. Magic suffers form the same shit that every "king of games" like LoL or DoTA suffers from, there are so many people playing that most of the time the shittiest and most vocal will rise to the top. It's not like set based mechanics have always shook up the game, there have been tons of random +1/+1 counter mechanics and surge is the first time we've seen multiple spells per turn shit since storm. Every one of these threads is full of people complaining about random commons and uncommons and random rares and mythics bc everyone needs their own special snowflake mtg set at all times. The designers have said theya re taking mtg in a new direction and they are just starting out, so look at everything as the first try at something new. ESPECIALLY this set.
>>44609463
Everyone say hi to Nagle.
Hi Nagle
>>44608997
Alot of decks won't because of the Colorless mana requirement. But expect to see it in Affinity and Tron at least.
>>44609386
This is true. I should probably bitch about that too. Who else should get hand disruption? White?
>>44609461
Not all spells target. Most don't, actually. That also means you're floating much narrower answers which is a good way to lose games.
>>44607142
I can see the RWG Ally coming together a lot stronger in this set. Stone Haven Outfitter with Bone Saw and Stoneforge Masterwork will help a lot with momentum as you'll be able to throw cheaper Allies as fodder and maintain a card advantage while possibly building towards a huge creature.
Veteran Warleader wearing a Stoneforged Masterwork could quickly ramp into something spooky.
>>44609612
Red should get temporary handfuckery - especially as riders on other spells.
"Deal blah damage to target player. That player exiles a card in his or her hand at random until the beginning of his or her next upkeep." or something. Or their entire hand, depending on the specific card
>>44608482
:(
My dream is that one day goblins will be top tier in all formats
>>44609601
I play affinity and I definitely look forward to playing this.
>>44609285
All colors should at least be able to counter enemy colors.
White should get more silence, red should get more redirects, black should get more choose discard, and I don't really know what green gets.
>>44608766
That defines a ridiculous sum of playable creatures in modern.
>>44609876
well yes, but how often do you need hard removal for them, instead of just bolting them?
>>44609825
>White should get more silence
Silence does not counter whiles enemy colors at all.
Technically life gain is whites counter to blacks life loss and reds damage, but no one gets excited when they print some shitty lifegain spell.
>>44609932
>no one gets excited when they print some shitty lifegain spel
only because those they print are shitty. if they raised the powerlevel enough I'm sure people would play them.
>>44609932
I mean like more stuff like flashfreeze for all colors.
On top of that, silence to deal with general decks.
>>44610030
Blue is Whites allied color.
>>44608724
MAGIC IS DEEEEEAAAAAAADDD
They actually did it the absolute madman.
Void Shatter
1UU
Instant
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
>>44610052
I know, that is why I said flashfreeze for all colors.
Like:
Smite Evil - {1W}
Instant
Counter target red or black spell.
Blue can keep the hard counters, but all colors should have their interaction with spells.
>>44608724
Jesus, that one is Mythic Rare worthy.
Still, I hate cards like this that do a bunch of unrelated stuff. Its versatile but it seems like it could have been split imto two or even three better, more defined cards.
I really liked that White Eldrazi we saw the other day. Do you think we'll get more White ones or is he gonna be the only one?
>>44609612
>Who else should get hand disruption?
Red. It's about chaos and passion and honestly red could use little more utility.
>>44610115
Because that would be shitting all over the color pie.
White gets Celestial Purge.
>>44610104
Wow I thought cancel was too aggressively costed for standard wizards what are you doing?!
>>44610104
This might actually be my favorite counterspell ever. OotG seems like its gonna be GOAT.
>>44610153
but your hand is your memory, red isn't about messing with your enemy's memory.
>>44610183
Im just shocked its not a fucking rare like the awaken cancel
>>44610161
Not really, nowhere in the color pie says that only blue can counter, and we got counters on every color already.
>>44610195
>>44610215
Its just dissipate
>>44610223
Because your shitty idea would literally be give Junk access to countermagic out of the board so they can counter literally every color in the game.
Can you even begin to imagine how awful that would be?
>>44610225
Dissipate is too degenerate for standard anon. Its why we get dogshit cards like this instead.
>>44610262
It would be the same as a Celestial Purge, a sideboard card that is not even 4of.
>>44610225
Can't be pitched to Force, 0/10 unplayable
>>44610197
Yeah but red is about bonking people on the head, and that messes with their memory.
>>44610161
>discussion about how to fix the imbalance in the color pie
>but that breaks the color pie!
No shit, moron.
>>44610307
>countering a spell is the same as exiling a permanent
Found the standard player.
>>44610285
A better last word?
>>44610307
Green decks countering target U or B spells and black decks countering target W or G spell would be horrible as hell.
>>44610386
Why don't we just take away the entire color pie then faggot. Lets all just play YGO where you can play whatever card you want and there are no colors.
People don't play color hosers in standard because there aren't any and they don't play them in modern because modern is too much of a bitch to made a sideboard for that you can justify devoting too much of it to a narrow card.
>>44610386
You're defeating the point of having a color pie in the first place though.
>>44607006
That's the formula for almost every ability like this
>Below the curve if you don't meet the condition
>Above the cure if you meet the condition
>>44610285
>Dogshit
>A strictly better Last Word that can be cast for the price of a mere Negate
Lel u be baitan.
>>44610448
>>44610450
>one color other than blue becomes secondary in counterspells
>WELL WHY NOT JUST THROW MANA OUT THE WINDOW?!
You're both stupid and overly prone to jumping to extremes.
>>44607384
no that really is the problem i promise
>>44610421
>implying anyone would main a card that only works against some decks
>>44610605
>Strictly better
Re-read the card
What happens to tutelage triggers with Devoid cards?
>>44610631
>Flashfreeze for all colors
>One color becomes secondary in counterspells
Sure thing buddy.
>>44610645
It has the exact same as Last word but has surge as well
>>44610674
>everyone who disagrees with me is the same person
>>44610645
It costs the same as Last Word normally.
With Surge it's cheaper.
There is no situation where it's weaker than Last Word but there are situations where it's stronger. It is the better card.
>>44610674
So blue is secondary in destruction because of pongify?
>>44610756
>>44610762
You're absolutely correct, I'm the one who needs to re-read the card. Sorry.
what are your thoughts on Oath? its looking pretty good so far. much better than BFZ
>>44610285
To anyone that dislikes this card: It's designed as a UU instant counter to someone else's counter that prevents mirroring. In something that absolutely needs a particular card to resolve to go off this is gonna be nice. In standard I've got a deck that will absolutely take four.
Using it outright is a strictly worse Counterspell, we get it, but that's its secondary function. I can't believe we're getting real control game.
>>44610863
Anything is better than BFZ constructed wise.
>>44610386
While you're right, enemy colors is a stupid, hamfisted way of doing it. Better is to give each color more subtle limitations so that they feel different in play.
Pic related is something I shat out for a custom card thread a while back. It's far from perfect, but at least it's not fucking enemy colors.
>>44610863
>worse limited than BFZ
it was really fun for two drafts, i can't imagine ever wanting to do it again
>>44608049
>Decks that don't make sense
people running efficient spells that fill certain roles and have synergies outside of hurr look at the typeline don't make sense? Maybe you should try yugioh if you want to make themed decks all the time and be viable.
>>44610816
... I thought you were baiting, but now I think it was just an honest mistake.
It's ok anon, there's nothing to be sorry about.
>>44610963
I think the issue arises not from "wanting to make a themed deck all the time and be viable" but rather from "wanting to make a themed deck EVER and be viable."
>>44610930
Would that red one actually counter?
>>44610930
Those are all absolutely unplayable and would have literally zero impact on anything. They're also not really colorbleeds, they're colorbreaks. Please go back to your shitty custom card threads.
>>44610863
I have a feeling they wanted to prove that two block sets could 'work'. typically the last block in a L/S/S set was the weakest, so having a good small set follow a strong weak set is a way of proving that this new system is an improvement.
>>44610930
>Red once again gets the shittiest option
>>44611043
The red one would not technically counter a spell, but it compares really badly to both Venser and Remand, two fairly similar spells.
>>44610963
It doesn't need to be a Tier 1 deck, but it is almost impossible to make a decent deck with the allies we have been given.
>>44610325
Especially if it's temporary memory fuckery
>>44611063
>red is the shittiest
Did you even read white?
>>44611096
Typeline decks have been used as bait for casual constructed for a long time now, turns out not everything is made for the highest level of play. It hasn't always been this way (Onslaught and Lorewyn come to mind) but it makes the casual gamer happy without making any autobuild decks for the pro tour.
>>44610462
And that is exactly why they are shit and no one likes them. They must always be on curve when they dont meet whatever condition WotC has a boner for that season.
Consistency will ALWAYS beat conditionally better.
>>44610863
It's horrible.
HORRIBLE.
I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE ITI don't give a shit about power level, I'm just mad at what they're doing storywise. So mad.
>>44610866
>It's designed as a UU instant counter to someone else's counter that prevents mirroring
But it doesn't do what you want it to.
For countering their spell its worse than cancel the majority of the time, for protecting your own spell from countermagic so you get the surge cost it fails since they laugh, let the counterspell fizzle then cast a new counterspell.
The can't be countered text will be irrelevant for a very large portion of the time and you will be better off with the dozens of cancel variations instead since they cost less mana
This set should be alright, could use better removal though
>>44610641
>some decks
This card works against most modern decks and a decent amount of legacy decks
>>44609070
>Great, now that that cat is out of the bag can we let the other actual colors dip their toes in that pool?
You know white is supposed to have all tax based counters right? All the "Counter unless opponent pays X."
Want to know why they dont? WotC admitted that they are all hacks who cant design shit and gave them back to blue. Their excuse was literally "After establishing the change we found it very difficult to make any blue counter spells."
>>44610863
Meh. Like DTK/Fate levels of meh, like 4.5-6/10.
I just hope we get some toys for non casual formats/standard. It kinda scares me that they are pushing this whole Anus mana-Devoid shit, Tron doesn't need more toys.
Behold, the most boring card yet.
>>44611304
It's not even that.
Maro doesn't want white to get counterspells because "counterspells aren't fun, so we don't want more colors to have them."
>>44611304
It wasn't 'hard to make any blue counters' it was 'white was too good when they get counters'
That said, I think they should get more stuff like Judge's Familiar - taxing that's on-board. No surprises, so you know it's there and can thus be played around, but that throws you off and white is still doing stuff with the card itself (so there's a bit of push for if you WANT to use it to counter THAT or hold it for something ELSE when it might be too late, etc)
>>44611376
Would it really kill them to make it a 1/1? Seems good for limited whatever the case, weird it isn't uncommon like they had the balls to make Pilgrim's Eye.
>>44611376
This card is weaker than similar cards we have seen in the past, and there is nothing wrong with that.
>>44610325
Or "panic" effect on the player.
>>44611376
It's so tiny holy shit it's adorable
>>44611376
God fuck, even scions are better thent his
>>44611376
Imagine accidentally stepping on that thing.
>>44611450
>>44611414
This card is a secret third Wastes on the common sheet. By making it really bad, they ensure it won't be drafted early and the people desperate for anus mana will be able to grab it without compromising early draft picks.
That's my guess anyway.
>>44611376
Boring maybe, but I expect it'll see some play in Standard and limited. Wizards doesn't print 2cmc rocks very often, and even green doesn't get 1cmc dorks any more.
Last 2cmc rock was... Sphere of the Suns?
>>44611160
at least white isn't straight card disadvantage
maybe if the red one was 1 mana then it'd be a proper tempo thing
>>44611447
I know right? Salvage Drone is still my favorite from this return to zendikar.
>>44611501
probably right.
Given how strong <> costs/effect has been, people will be scooping up as many <> producers as they can in a draft
>>44611412
>white was too good when they get counters
'Well maybe if they didn't strip 2 of whites biggest strengths because they were "unfun."
White needs its balance cards and its tax cards back. Right now all I can think of that white does is okay exile since they nerffed that too and token generation. Token generation being a green and a red thing too.
There is a reason White never dominates. Its because they striped away what it was and refuse to replace what they took.
>>44611412
If they actually cared they would just remove them altogether.
>>44611376
I want one anyway, because >>44611447
>>44611385
Makes me wonder if counters will eventually go the way of cumulative upkeep and land destruction.
>>44611502
>Last 2cmc rock was... Sphere of the Suns?
Scratch that, there were signets in RTR block and SOM also had the myrs.
>>44611572
RTR had cluestones, not signets. They cost 3 mana, so I wouldn't count them.
>>44610863
I don't like how its going storywise. I thought it was premature when they managed to neutralize Ulamog at the end of BfZ, like it was too soon to put out a threat that had been hyped up so much. That is why I was happy when Kozilek showed up and it all went to shit.
But now, to have not one, but two titans be not restrained, but KILLED before they can even destroy a measly plane, they just aren't living up to the expectations we were made to have by WotC. I'll be really bummed if this is the last we see of Ula and, specially, Cosi.
That said, card-wise the set's fuckin' sick. The art and playability are off the charts.
>>44611598
Cluestones were pretty shit even for limited. Also fucking keyrunes.
>>44607384
>>44607142
They need to print Allies at common to make them viable at all in Limited. They also want to make them playable in other decks to add depth to draft.
>>44611598
Oh yeah, you're right.
>>44611643
Fuck those things.
>>44611376
Hey, cheap, usable mana accel usable by all colors. It can block in a pinch too.
I think I prefer Mind Stone though. 'S harder to remove.
>>44611470
>>44607006
>blue gets a worst case scenario vanilla 4/4 flyer for 4 mana
>red gets a wcs 3/2 menace for 4 mana
Fucking hell wizards why can't red get good creatures ever
>>44611376
C U T E
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>>44611703
That's really sad for a dumb anime image
Why would you take a little kid's puppets
>>44611734
If you are talking about Jwar isle Avenger, it is a 3/3 flyer for 5 mana, or 3 with surge.
>>44611501
This.
Also, this set is probably the only set that could ever justify making the worst diamond mana producer so far - so why not? More options are great and this card does what it should do in Limited. Sign me up!
>>44611734
Boggart Brute was the third best red common in Origins.
>>44611501
>This card is a secret third Wastes on the common sheet.
There's also Crumbling Vestige, Unknown Shores, and Holdout Settlement at common which produce C. Plus I read somewhere that Wastes shows up twice or even three times as often as normal commons.
There's also Seer's Lantern but I would never recommend someone run that except maybe in super budget Commander
Hey what do you think the next mechanics are gonna be for the coming sets? Given what we've seen in the past few I think these are pretty reasonable:
Foster X: Put X +1/+1 counter(s) on another target creature with the lowest converted mana cost you control.
Forcefeed X: Put a +1/+1 counter on X number of creatures you control with less than 2 power.
Steroid X: Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control with the highest power or tied for the highest power.
Lazy X: Put X +1/+1 counters on X creatures you control.
R&D can fuck off.
>watch TMS' spoiler video
>calls Sylvan Advocate "straight gas"
>remember post from last thread saying exactly the same
Wedge, you fat fuck, you're here, are you?
>>44611867
Twice, but that's due to being printed twice on the sheet - once for each art.
>>44611867
twice, because there's 2 Wastes / different artwork.
>>44611773
She's suppose to be a monster, the puppets are her two extra heads.
The person who took the puppets are a group of sentai women who fight the monster girls.
>>44609904
When I want to stop both scapeshift and splinter twin with the same card for half the cost of Slaughter Games.
>>44611376
Awww it's adorable
No idea why it's a hedron that HELPS eldrazi tho.
>>44611773
Because the protagonists of that particular show are assholes.
Personally, I wouldn't mind if we get more Oath cards for other planeswalkers and not just Liliana.
ITT : whiners getting desperate for things to whine about.
>>44609932
>no one gets excited when they print some shitty lifegain spell.
I do. Lifegain is fucking awesome.
I was okay with the whole theros block just because of Sunbond + all the lifegain options available.
>>44612017
You sure are a prime example.
Temted to build jund eldrazis
I don't know if I should go to prerelease. The only store close by is owned by a guy who killed 2 people
>>44612743
wat
>>44612743
He serve time?
>>44612743
>only store in the area
wow, the guy must've made a killing.
>>44612898
Probably took out the competition
>>44612743
Chapin owns a store?
>>44612856
>>44612836
No, the story is they were breaking into his store. Both were seperate instances. 2003 and 2010 respectively
>>44611889
>watching TMS
Don't torture yourself like that anon. It's like watching a shitty Evan Erwin wannabe attempt to be watchable, nobody needs that much sadness in their life.
>>44611912
I don't see this stopping scapeshift as when they go for it they have backup and mana to cast it.
>>44612939
Well, are you breaking into his store? No? Then go to the prerelease.
>>44612939
wow, people break into gaming stores?
Well, I guess you gotta defend those Power 9
>>44613006
Heard from a friend that goes there he carries all sorts of stuff, 3E mtg stuff too if that is supposed to be rare I only got into mtg around RTR. I'm sure I can find a link about the shootings if you want
>>44612939
Isn't that's an incentive? At least you know you're safe from any outside muggers in his store, not from him though.
>>44613061
HE WANTED YOU TO FEEL SAFE, ANON
THIS GUY KILLED THE EVIL PEOPLE
>>44612942
This, i don't get it. Why the fuck do you want to watch scrubs reviewing cards?
>>44613134
ANON, WHY ARE YOU GLANCING AT MY BLACK LOTUS, HMMMMM?
>>44613184
He gets stupidly excited about EVERY FUCKING CARD. Like "OH MY GOD GUYS, THEY'RE REALLY DOING SUPERFRIENDS, CAN YOU BELIEFE IT" when we got the planeswalker tutor, when everybody already knew that from the set name.
I don't even know what the fuck to play come next set. Everything feels up in the air.
Think i'll just stick with Grixis Dragons until I see where it all comes down.
>>44612743
>>44612939
I'd go to this guy's store every week of my life.
>>44613319
>not playing the latest netdecks
Imma play three prereleases and then nothing but Draft.Like I always do.
>>44613353
I'm really just restricted by my fetch lands, I have 4x Bloodstained Mire and 4x Polluted Deltas.
>>44613280
the only magic shit i watch/listen is the limited resource.
>>44612939
Please story time. Please.
>/k/ and /tg/ merge into one glorious man
>>44613353
amen to that.
>>44613401
I only listen to Maro and Judgecast. I want to experience Limited all by myself and find out what's good and what not.
>White got that bitchin removal spell to destroy attacking creatures
>Ultimate Price is getting less relevant by the second
Throw black a bone, don't make us have to build for Bone Splinters or rely on god awful Ruinous Path
>>44613353
tfw maybe can't go to a prerelease because my store still hasn't said anything about having one and the other one had to stop registration as they're running out of space
All I want is to play some games in a comfy bar/tavern
>>44612942
>>44613184
>>44613280
I usually just watch his shit to check if I happen to have missed any spoilers.
>>44613554
Use Tendrils and Ropedrazi.
>>44611063
Fuck off you dumb faggot with your
>muh colors are factions
shit
>>44613871
Look at the recent confluence cycle. It's not about factions, it's about equality.
>>44614012
The red confluence was the second best though.
Not in the format it's made for, but whatever.
>>44611063
>Green costs 5, is advertised and is conditional.
>Waaah, muh shitty red
Granted the red one is terrible, but it's not the worst.
>>44614139
The green one actually costs 6!!
Definitely the worst one m8
>>44614170
>>44614139
I think maybe we are talking about different cycles my bad
>>44614139
I think the green one would be fantastic in an enchantress deck. Run lots of combat tricks and instant speed buffs so you can just sit through your opponents turn with options, then just leave it on the field as a boost for yavimaya enchantress. It's pulling double duty now.
Outside of enchantress it's meh.
>>44613554
Just build up some shitty eldrazi tokens and sack them, they got nothin to live for anyway fuck em
I present the new Curse of the Swine.
Curse of the Pachyderm.
>>44614406
slap it on a hangarback walker, then cry as you realize you pushed it out of dying to your blocker. Alternately, use it to silence a creature with a negative ltb effect.
>>44610930RULES OF NATURE
>>44611376
It's a shitty Myr.
>>44611376
>>44614501
You know, for being made from hedrons, shouldn't it have some anti-colorless/eldrazi power? Why not give it protection from colorless, that would actually make it cool.
>>44614475
Yes, that's what they were going for, I believe.
>>44614529
Protection is too feelbad and difficult for new player's to understand. :(
>>44614406
This is really weird. Do any other monocolored cards do something similar to this? Where it outright states and acknowledges another color and borrows from it?
I think it should be UG, or at least U/G
>>44614588
Snakeform, Pongify, Curse of Swine.
>>44611924
>implying hedrons arent baby Eldrazi
>implying nahiri wasn't kozilek the whole time
I want one.
>>44614170
2+3=6 now, people.
>>44615178
>Nicol Bolas flavor text
>>44614406
Why an elephant? Never really associated them with blue.
>>44615416
>it becomes a green elephant
>>44615416
Green elephant. Blue polymorph
>>44615704
>literally just a functional reprint
It doesn't destroy, just does the Turn to Frog trick.
That can be a good thing though. If your opponent attacks and you Pongify it, he still has a 3/3 at the end of the day. If you Tusk it and kill it in combat, he's left with no creatures at all.
Similarly, it can be used on your own creatures in combat to increase P/T. Pongify would kill your own guy and remove it from combat
>>44615292
>Nicol Bolas Eldrazi
S O O N
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>>44615953I bet it's a subpar common.
>>44615953
I don't get it. What about this means Nicol Bolas?
>>44616014
Probably is. Look at the art, it's not "epic" enough for Wizards to stick on a rare. Probably something like stupid like not-Ponder or Mystic Meditation
>>44616062
Look at the damn reflection.
>>44616062
That image? That lake looks kinda sorta similar to Bolas' meditation realm.
I also doubt he's coming back any time soon, but I wouldn't doubt it.
>>44616062
the 'horns' looked like bolaski's logo
>>44616337
>I also doubt
>but I wouldn't doubt it
Fuck, I should go to bed.
You get what I mean.
>>44611889
>Watching TMS
Literally why?
It's just a fat retard screaming "WOW THIS CARD SURE IS GREAT FOR COOOOOMMAAAAAAAAAAANDEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!!!!!" over and over again.
>>44611237
I just like magic for the art, how do you think I feel with this shit?
>>44607006
that art is really ugly, I almost forgot WotC hire the guy drawing for Pathfinder
>>44611376
its shit but standard ramp is glad to have it
>>44608076
>Playing sfm without path
you gotta be fucking kidding
>>44610285
This will probably played in all eternal formats
Because of cards like gush, misdirection, FoW daze, g-probe, artifact lands, free artifacts, top, and then all the good one drops
>>44618303
>This will probably played in all eternal formats
Nice joke.
>>44618303
>>44610863
Some cards seem really good
i cant wait to go to the pre-release
>>44618303
There are better countermagic which already don't see play due to rigid mana colors, why the fuck would you play this 4 mana garbage?
Like I can't even begin to think of your retarded reaosning in why someone would play that over Mana Drain which already minimal play in comparison to flusterstorm.
>>44618517
Obviously you dont pay 4 you play a free spell and then play an uncounterable counterspell for UU
Flusterstorm isnt as good in slower control decks
It could at least be a sideboard card to deal with other control decks
>>44618753
>slower control decks
Name one viable slow control deck in Vintage or Legacy. There are no slow control decks because the format is too fast.
Again name one common example of a matchup where this would be better than flusterstorm or mana drain in existing decks..
>>44618829
Its better than mana drain because it wins counterwars, and you should have free spells to play in blue to make it cost UU
Flusterstorm is great at winning counterwars, but usually after youve used one too
Its best used in storm or delver when you are playing more spells than other control decks
A slow control deck in Vintage would be Oath
You get your combo and try to keep it with counterspells
It doesnt run any flusterstorm
>>44610863
Much better than BFZ.
>>44618969
Not him, but let me explain why this card isn't as good as people think. It's not bad, but it's definitely not GOOD, and there are many counters that are better. When it comes to eternal formats there are so many better options this isn't even worth considering.
It's a strictly better Last Word, but in practice it is pretty much the same.
Scenario 1:
>you cast spell that has to resolve
>they counter it
>you surge counter their counter
>they counter the original spell again
Its uncounterability does NOTHING when protecting another spell from a counter, which is one would believe is the biggest benefit of this mechanic.
Scenario 2:
>opponent casts a spell that has to be countered
>you don't have surge
>pay 2UU to counter it
Scenario 3 (Where it actually does what you want it to do)
>EOT
>opponent casts removal spell on the creature you cast this turn
>surge counter for UU
>they can't counter your counterspell
Although in most scenarios a normal counterspell would do the job just fine here too.
Scenario 4 (best case scenario?)
>opponent casts spell that has to be countered
>you cast bolt/path on their creature
>surge is activated and you counter their spell
>wish you had a cryptic instead
>>44619135
and it's worth mentioning that in all the scenarios where you manage to activate surge, the uncounterability is only relevant if they have a counterspell in hand to stop you with, which isn't a given.
>>44619135
Counterflux sees sideboard play.
>>44618969
>Delver
>Running a card with the casting cost UU
You really don't know shit about eternal and are embarrassing yourself. Your mana is too stretched in 3 color delver, its gotten to the point where they rarely even run Clique any more due to its UU casting cost being too prohibitive.
The only delver deck still capable of casting things like that is American Delver which isn't going to run a 4 mana spell they can't cheat into play with SFM. Also what fucking free spells do you think you are casting on your opponents turn? Force and Daze? Theres no way they are playing a counterspell that requires you to cast another counterspell before hand.
It provides nothing better than Pierce/Daze/Force does, the sole reason why they even run those is because their casting cost is 0, sans pierce and sometimes snare which strictly better due to being one mana less and a million times easier to cast on the color requirements.
Uncounterable counterspells are also so rarely relevant outside of super fringe scenarios.
>>44619161
Not in a long ass time, REB and Pyroblast do its job better.
>>44619161
Yes, because it shits on storm due to overload, a mechanic this card does not have.
Which is also a dead archetype in modern, so not anymore.
>>44619135
I'm guessing is it's useful if both of you have multiple counters ready and your opponent's trying to bait you.
>cast lesser threat
>you countered
>they let it go because bait
>cast main threat with a counter ready
>you surge countered
making them waste both threats away.
>>44609463
>he designers have said theya re taking mtg in a new direction
No they haven't.
>>44619182
I was referring to flusterstorm being used by delver and storm
I said that overwhelming denial would be better used in things like Oath
Maybe it was hard to understand, but you could have figured it out
>>44608797
>Stops Mom
That's...actually a pretty interesting trick. We'll see if it makes it into any sideboards.
>>44611376
>this construct is unable to defeat the mighty squirrel
>>44619247
You rarely have that much mana in Legacy due to 8 wastelands on the table. The only time where them casting spells for the combo that you are unsure of whether or not they are bair or not are decks like Storm where your counterspell isn't stopping their combo outside of past in flames.
So frequently they will try and bait out the force on the infernal tutor when they had the combo in hand and they needed cabal ritual to not get coutnered instead.
The issue is Storm does not run countermagic so the text "Cannot be countered" is worthless.
Sneak and Show and other combo decks where theres one single card they need to resolve and they try to resolve it by protecting it with Force and Pierce's of their own are the only times where something like this have merit over other countermagic but honestly that is a pretty fringe matchup and even still because they frequently run cards like ancient tomb its very possible they are jamming their combo long before you have the mana available to cast the expensive countermagic.
>>44610121
I disagree with you, I love versatile cards like this
>>44608724
>that pokemon-tier art
