Sets [EOE] Edge of Eternities

[Seeker]

You could pretend it's the Construct from Kayla's Command, the Spawn from Spawning Pit, the Pincher from Summoning Station, or, my personal favorite, good old Urza's Factory.

Turns out it's not a very common set of stats to have!

 

[Mown]

Unless you're planning to Stifle the trigger I don't really think you need to especially care in this circumstance.

 

[ravnic]

Now, that's a 1-drop (2-drop) I like.

 

[Seeker]

yeah, this is the two drop:

("Biome-Chan Engineer", as a friend of mine instantly said)

also some stuff I just think is neat:

though I do wonder why Dyadrine has 1 toughness Goyf-style

 

[Mown]

though I do wonder why Dyadrine has 1 toughness Goyf-style

I would guess it's so you can aggressively use the second ability without losing access to it.

 

[Seeker]

...for those times when Luminarch Aspirant just wasn't killing them fast enough and/or you needed to get through a blocker? I mean, I get it, combo with station, but.

I woulda played just the first mode in retail limited! I like the indestructible tricks lately!

cool, if kind of... eminently replaceable. but this is the right buildaround for someone here I'm sure.

 

[Velrun]

Sunstar Chaplain is a 1/2, right? Right?

 

[Seeker]

Right? Like, I get how it's substantially worse than Luminarch Aspirant at doing specifically the counter thing, but... 3/2? That's an insane stat line!

 

[shamizy]

...for those times when Luminarch Aspirant just wasn't killing them fast enough and/or you needed to get through a blocker? I mean, I get it, combo with station, but.

Man, yet another impact white 2-drop. One of the most stacked slots in cube nowadays. This being able to turn itself into a 4/3 the turn it comes down if you go slightly off curve by going wide early is pretty gross. It rewards aggressively attacking, has the ever relevant human typing, and being able to negate a blocker in the mid-late game is pretty powerful.

I haven't even gotten a chance to cube with Voice of Victory yet; these cards are coming out way too quickly.

 

[Velrun]

Wait, why are there Humans in Edge of Eternity?

Haven’t read any lore for this set.

 

[LadyMapi]

cool, if kind of... eminently replaceable. but this is the right buildaround for someone here I'm sure.

It also has "Ward - Pronounce Mm'menon", which is a pretty powerful keyword.

 

[Seeker]

Wait, why are there Humans in Edge of Eternity?

Haven’t read any lore for this set.

Humans can be in space! They have spaceships same as the Kavu and everyone else.

Seriously though I don't think it's ever treated as lore-worthy that "there are humans here" in what I've read so far. They just kinda are.

 

[LadyMapi]

go slightly off curve

T1 Loam Dryad -> T2 Hemosymbic Mite + Sunstar Chaplain seems like a curve to me!

 

[Velrun]

Humans can be in space! They have spaceships same as the Kavu and everyone else.

Seriously though I don't think it's ever treated as lore-worthy that "there are humans here" in what I've read so far. They just kinda are.

Just because something is physically possible doesn’t mean it has to happen.

And I am not even sure it is physically possible to travel to the f.ing Edge of Eternity

 

[StrionicAdventurer]

Another nice treat for my Multivalent cube's 5-color domain deck. I'm a huge fan of this "super-Domain" exploration mechanic.

 

[Seeker]

Just because something is physically possible doesn’t mean it has to happen.

it's a space opera set, space opera rules mean humans are like cockroaches, we get everywhere

 

[Velrun]

it's a space opera set, space opera rules mean humans are like cockroaches, we get everywhere

Nice! Well done us

 

[Velrun]

Another nice treat for my Multivalent cube's 5-color domain deck. I'm a huge fan of this "super-Domain" exploration mechanic.

10 mana is doable with that kind of discount. Could actually be 5 mana.

The up front for 1/3 flyer is heavy though. Reaaaaaaaally important it has hexproof and not ward or something.

 

[Seeker]

2/1 vig for W is a good rate. The ability doing nothing if they have a land in hand that already enters tapped is... not optimal. I wonder if they considered just doing this as an Alchemy card to make them pick a spell if they had one, cause you can't do that in paper? Not that I'd like it if it wasn't a real card, etc.

and like I get the vigilance is for Station but it is still kinda... clunky

 

[Nanonox]

I’m pretty excited about this angel (!?), minus the vigilance.

Good rate and the ability is just annoying enough to be worth it but not crippling. Blinking this gets more and more tilting and works well with the other White taxing effects (Esper Sentinel, Thalia, Mana Tithe, Elite Spellbinder, that battle, …). Seeker’s tapped land argument is a strike against it, but still not a deal breaker.

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Flightless angels… This is only the third one in existence. We can forgive Sustaining Spirit since it was originally printed as a Guardian, but hey, art direction wasn’t as good back then. Weeping Angel is a mess, and I have actually flashed it in myself to try and block a flyer, only to find out it can’t, despite the big pair of unfolded wings in the art. At least Lightstall Inquisitor doesn’t have obvious wings that lure you into playing mistakes, but it’s still weird to see this creature type on a Savannah Lions.

 

[Seeker]

Oh, it's an Angel. Giada, Font of Hope fans, there you go, WotC finally just threw up their hands and said "screw it, we're in space" rather than demanding going full Segovian Angel every time to get that creature type.

(I do wonder if this is a trend, because they've talked about how hard it is to make 1-2 mana Angels before because they all demand flying and so on)

 

[Seeker]

Compared to almost all the other Spacecraft we've seen so far, I'm interested in this. Giving up 2 damage for a 1W Anthem - so as early as turn 2 with a Savannah Lions, which is the rate these days - is acceptable! Then later you can maybe ever make it a creature, or have synergies with charge counters, or care that it's an artifact for whatever you're doing.

Void being "nonland" kills this for me because I'm at a higher power level... I think? Three power is a lot, and if you're already supporting a sacrifice theme, or just planning to have a lot of creatures die in combat, you could do a lot worse.

Just pointing out that this set has three and a half wraths (Zero Point Ballad, Singularity Rupture, this, and Mutinous Massacre) so far. That's a lot of wraths. This one's at least vaguely interesting to me, even if I think I usually prefer the broader Ultima, downside and not-exiling and all.

And here's some stuff I just think is neat.

 

[Seeker]

This one gets its own standalone post: I have no idea how good this card is.

My first reaction was "it cheats other Spacecraft", but it doesn't - while it animates them, it doesn't give them the counters, so they don't have the abilities you're actually interested in cheating your way to. Sorry, Dawnsire.

My second reaction is, yeah, sure, but you can crew it almost instantly (cause it only takes 2), and then you have a U 2/2 that makes a Clue or a Food or whatever into a 2/2 every combat. If you can't attack, that 2/2 can Station, if nothing else, this card itself. So maybe if I'm already on the cheap-artifacts-theme, which I likely am if I want a Spacecraft that costs U?

but you can't do fun stuff with, say - had we seen this one yet cause I sure missed it:

(for multiple reasons in this case, since it cares about charge counters on it, but you get what I mean!)

 

[Schafkurai]

This one gets its own standalone post: I have no idea how good this card is.

I kind of glossed over this card but now that you point it out, maybe I like it! It is very wordy and I don't like including wordy one off mechanics in my cube... But it's like a side grade to these:



Much slower but very cheap to cast/activate and somewhat resilient to removal. Also flying is great for when the board is stalled and so is a 4/4 flying vigilance. I'm not too likely to include it for now but who knows,maybe EOE draft changes my mind.

This one looks pretty cool though! Leaves is definitely an upgrade over Ichor Wellspring but only fitting in blue decks is restrictive. How about blue white: