Sets Journey to Nyx Spoilers

[Eric Chan]

Red just has all the best strive cards, huh?

I like the upside on this, compared to something like Mark of Mutiny, which I'm already running. If the game's gone long and I can steal their two best guys, that feels it'd be a massive tempo swing.

I thought strive was dumb and unoriginal when it was first spoiled last week. "It's just multikicker!" But seeing that most of us here like having more options and modal cards in our cubes, strive might now be my favourite mechanic of this set.

 

[anotak]

btw im really really glad tribute isnt coming back for this set

butt mechanic

 

[Eric Chan]

As a fan of all things green ramp, I'm even happier that they returned to monstrosity. And that there's at least one X-cost activation, and it's in green, to boot. Hallelujah! ...wait, wrong Gods.

 

[Alfonzo Bonzo]

btw im really really glad tribute isnt coming back for this set

butt mechanic

Id rather have tribute than inspire. Urgh.

 

[anotak]

Id rather have tribute than inspire. Urgh.

really?

weird

 

[Eric Chan]

To be fair, they're both kinda balls, no? Is there a single playable card from either camp?

Man, now that I put it that way.. no wonder the last set sucked.

 

[Alex Blanton]

There may not be enough incentive to untap things, but tapping has synergy with exalted. Tradewind Rider is cubable, to start with.

i am however excited that a UB card does something other than mill but disappointed that it still does something else from ravnica

Did anyone give Shipwreck Singer a hard look? She seems to win almost every Theros draft game she appears in. She's probably too slow for a few of the cubes here, but she's great when you have decent creatures you can afford to leave back, like Vampire Nighthawk. Her abilities win board stalls, but I can't tell if that translates well to cube drafting.

 

[Alfonzo Bonzo]

To be fair, they're both kinda balls, no? Is there a single playable card from either camp?

Man, now that I put it that way.. no wonder the last set sucked.

I'm gonna try out

 

[Eric Chan]

Hmmm.. it's a 6/6 for six on an empty board, or a 12/12 for six on a crowded board. I think the second scenario is alright, but the first scenario would make me sad. So I suppose it depends on how often your cube has gummed up board stalls, versus empty board topdeck wars.

 

[Dom Harvey]

Inspired at least occupies some interesting design space, tribute is just awful.

 

[FlowerSunRain]

Its a decent card, but it doesn't actually use the tribute design space in any interesting way.

 

[Chris Taylor]

BNG is essentially a set built to troll magic players

 

[Alfonzo Bonzo]

I quite like some of the tribute creatures with the +1/+1 theme cards like ion storm and root kin cytoplast, as it adds an extra dimension to them. I don't think they're for every cube but I quite like the decision aspect of them.

Re the wilds ravager, sure if they have no creatures it's 'just' a 6/6, but if they have just one monster that is less than 6 power and toughness then it's potentially quite good. We'll see, there's no harm in giving it a try. I'm trying to tweak the focus of green and including more fight cards.

Inspired just turns me off completely. I find it hugely irritating that they would put in inspired but leave out (non-god) devotion. Glad that monsterous is back though.

 

[ahadabans]

I'm gonna try out
nessian wilds ravager

Damn it. Why can't this have trample?

 

[FlowerSunRain]

White devotion is so close to awesome, its really frustrating. Maybe calling back Springjack Shepherd can make it come together, though it might need a CC shave.

 

[FlowerSunRain]

Hmm a 3 CC Shepherd with help from Heliod, Dictate of Heliod, Evangel of Heliod, Spear of Heliod and Springjack Pasture? Heliod, God of Goats ftw!

 

[Alfonzo Bonzo]

 

[ahadabans]

Was anyone looking for a white Overrun? Hmmm. Just me? ...carry on.

I've decided this is awesome and I'm running it. My white 5 section is feeble anyway because I don't run walkers. I'm running Blinding Angel right now if that tells you anything.

 

[ahadabans]

its the blue fauna shaman

this is very interesting. i haven't decided yet if its good or bad. i am however excited that a UB card does something other than mill but disappointed that it still does something else from ravnica

I can't figure out this card either. The tutor ability could be amazing, especially in a tempo type deck I'm thinking (something with lots of the same CMC cards and running silver bullet/toolbox type cards). But that body wants to be in some kind of control deck, and there the tutor is going to be less consistent and might just be useless. And then on top of that it's multi-color and what the hell would you cut for it?

 

[Eric Chan]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeey whaddaya know they fixed that annoying loophole on Oblivion Ring

...wait actually I think we all liked that loophole

 

[FlowerSunRain]

Well tonight was disappointing. A functional reprint and almost functional reprint. Whee.

 

[Changling Bob]

...wait actually I think we all liked that loophole

I think it is better closed, but that's a slightly different argument. Its the same thing as lords buffing your creatures rather than all creatures, cf: slivers.

I will not defend their art redesign though.

 

[anotak]

wowee we can finally run CUBE STAPLER oblivion ring #2

nyx weaver is cool but probably not good

cool they reprinted mesmeric friend

 

[Chris Taylor]

Why can't fiend be a 2/1

 

[FlowerSunRain]

Renowned Weaver is awesome, but the powerlevel is too low. Seems fixable.

I hope tonight's preview a bunch of constellation cards. We've only seen, what, 4?