Sets [EMN] Eldritch Moon Spoilers Thread

[GiftsForgiven]

FYI I run Oath of Jace and it's been pretty phenomenal over here; decks tend to like lots of spells, but they'll happily trade that away to scry with their Tamiyo, the Moon Sage to keep Miss Moon Ladyma'am alive by improving their draws.

I'm not saying "Run Oaths to power up your 8-Planeswalker SuperFriends decks!" I'm saying they offer great perks for just grabbing up 1 or 2 'walkers.

I may be a little late to this discussion, but on the subject of Oaths I wanted to say that oath of nissa has been wonderful in my cube.

 

[Onderzeeboot]

I just added Seal of Doom to see how it works with my enchantment theme and delirium. Just placing that idea here and kicking it over to you.

Seal's already in, and has been for a while, but thanks

 

[FlowerSunRain]

Seal of Doom is a pretty good card. Even decks that don't care that its an enchantment find good use for it. Being able to prepay it sets up boardstates where you can tap out for things that would normally leave you exposed to game-losing plays. Obviously costing three is a real drawback, but I've been pleased by the play it has. Oath of Liliana seems powerful, but I'm not sure "get a blocker with your planeswalker" is the upside I want.

 

[Peter LaCara]

Here's what I'm looking at so far:



EDIT -

Oh yeah, CI tags don't work yet. Here's the list until they show up.

Selfless Spirit
Thalia, Heretic Cathar
Collective Effort
Niblis of Frost
Mausoleum Wanderer
Wharf Infiltrator
Collective Brutality
Incendiary Flow
Collective Defiance
Stromkirk Occultist
Spell Queller
Cryptbreaker
Noose Constrictor

 

[Onderzeeboot]

I don't know what you did, but I used ci tags in my own post. When I quote your post the font is off though. No idea if that matters?

Those are Peter's picks by the way

 

[Peter LaCara]

I don't know what you did, but I used ci tags in my own post. When I quote your post the font is off though. No idea if that matters?

Those are Peter's picks by the way

I copied it from facebook. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

 

[Alfonzo Bonzo]

This is what I think I'm down with

 

[GiftsForgiven]

Jeeez, I literally just realized that Niblis of Frost has prowess, too...

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Jeeez, I literally just realized that Niblis of Frost has prowess, too...

Yes, it is teh awesome!

 

[Aston]

I want to try



and I'm also tempted by

 

[yan]

testing

lone rider
selfless soul
extricator of sin
thalia, heretic cathar
working together

wharf infiltrator
curious homonculus
nibilis of frost
docent of perfection

cryptbreaker
collective brutality

hanweir garrison
stromkirk mystic
mirrorwing dragon
chaos reveler
incendiary flow
nahiris wrath
united resistance

kessig prowler
ishkanah, graftwidow
decimator of provinces
grapple with the past
eldritch evoltion


spell queller

gisa and geralf

bloodhall priest

grim flayer

cryptolith fragment

emrakul, the promised end

hanweir battlements

 

[Chris Taylor]

My players have actually said that Thalia was Too Strong

 

[ahadabans]

New Thalia looks broken. I'm going to try her in place of old Thalia though I'm not sure that will last.

I know they are totally different cards, but there is something inelegant to me about having two legendary creatures that are basically the same creature but not subject to legendary rules because they have different names. Just not a fan.

 

[Aston]

Yeah I'm absolutely convinced that a while ago they said they were going to stop doing that. They may even have done so for a few blocks. I guess with the Return sets people want to see the characters they liked from the first time around?

 

[ahadabans]

Do people really follow the storyline? I know the more hardcore audience does, but is that something the average player does these days?

For those here that do, how is the writing? Is it good?

 

[shamizy]

It's dependent upon the writer. There are some really decent writers on the staff and others are terrible, it's hit or miss pretty often. I'm not a fan of the current overarching story with the Gatewatch and all that since superhero groups are lame. I love many of the older stories though, mostly because they were less planeswalker driven. It's just that the core group of characters that they're focusing on is just so boring though they've worked to give them more personality in recent sets.

Because WOTC is still stuck in like 2003, they haven't been good about keeping older stuff accessible but luckily there's some stuff lying around. Here are the Kamigawa Block Vignettes, some of my favorite stories they've ever done. Though my all-time favorite story is definitely the one about Feldon: Loran's Smile.

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Because WOTC is still stuck in like 2003, they haven't been good about keeping older stuff accessible but luckily there's some stuff lying around. Here are the Kamigawa Block Vignettes, some of favorite stories they've ever done. Though my all-time favorite story is definitely the one about Feldon: Loran's Smile.

Now what do I cut if they print another red three drop I need to run!?

 

[Dom Harvey]

dear Wizards,

please stop printing good green cards, there's no space on the C team any more

ty

 

[sigh]

What are y'all cutting to try and make way for
?

Same goes for selfless soul, I guess. That section of my cube is stacked, as far as I can tell.

 

[ahadabans]

Same goes for selfless soul, I guess. That section of my cube is stacked, as far as I can tell.

Still finalizing changes, but I'm probably swapping old Thalia for new Thalia and that frees up a 2 slot for Selfless Soul. And that means I'm cutting maybe Fiend Hunter (I think that is still in my list)?

 

[Chris Taylor]

dear Wizards,

please stop printing good green cards, there's no space on the C team any more

ty

I disagree. More of them should actually be creatures though.

 

[Suicufnoc]

What are y'all cutting to try and make way for
?

Same goes for selfless soul, I guess. That section of my cube is stacked, as far as I can tell.

Is relic seeker good? Also, porcelain legionnaire is at least half colorless

 

[Chriskool]

Do people really follow the storyline? I know the more hardcore audience does, but is that something the average player does these days?

For those here that do, how is the writing? Is it good?

I enjoyed "The Thran"; the tale of Yawgmoth's ascension. Though, I recommend steering clear of story in general (unless you like disappointment).

"Rise of the Eldrazi" captured my imagination for a conceptual album showcasing the roiling Zendikar into the awakening and immediate aftermath of the titans' emergence, but the more I delved into the written story leading into Battle/Oath (in attempt to fill gaps from the first block), the less enthused I became. And this was after reading a *very* marginal book following Nissa and Sorin from Rise-era (which already had dampened my spirits).

MTG is now patterned off Marvel's 'The Avengers': super hero team adventures to save the world planes!. I think the story is written to cater to the average player/customer.

 

[CML]

There are some really decent writers on the staff

Incorrect

People do dig it though

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

That picture pisses me microspocally off, because the word play isn't on the avengers; yet the avengers logo-'A' is used.