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they do though - like, a Magic style guide, even when it changes through the ages but anyway enough about my dumb opinion let's talk about the new Incite: Homelands-ass art - mostly derogatory, partially laudatory - this does look like Fanatical Fever or whatever from back then, in a negative...

...honestly, I don't think the Arena version of this set has any consistent aesthetic at all and it turns out I want that more than I want "Magic flavor", even if I don't like the aesthetic (looking at you, Aetherdrift, and parts of Duskmourn although I loved other parts) It's kind of weirding...

It is, in fact, up today... and City Pigeon is still just City Pigeon, lol

Maybe Koth, Fire of Resistance or Chandra, Flamecaller? Red's in a weird place with walkers.

everyone's got their opinions! and they're idiosyncratic enough that they probably seem weird from outside any given person's head! me, I think the original frame (Alpha through Scourge) absolutely oozes vibes that have been totally lost also I think the new frame (honestly, even the Fifth Dawn...

my joke side project, the Flash Cube, is eating very well this set, that's for sure

"with mana value equal to Jackal's power" it's a 1/1, you have to start with a one-drop am I misreading this?

If Jackal was a 2/1 or 2/2 or something I'd be a way bigger fan - having to start with a one-drop after you've already cast a two-drop just feels so difficult. Same reason I don't like the Arena-only Jarsyl, Dark Age Scion, except at least there it's "ever have had a one drop".

Way more cards than I expected this set. Three I'm fairly confident in... well, two really. Multiversal Passage Spider-Byte, Web Warden Heroes' Hangout Spider-Byte, Web Warden is just an excuse to cut Jill, Shiva's Dominant because I hate meaningless DFCs. I'm sure we'll get a less awful...

You better be thankful they didn't make a card out of Paste-Pot Pete then! ...in before he's one of the missing four commons or whatever. (for a guy who self-identifies as "not knowing a lot about Spider-Man" I sure have seen a lot of the things people tended to post around 2012)

the first guy to make fun of him is gonna get shocked almost to death, the second guy to make fun of him is gonna get shocked almost to death, etc given that they did a spiderman pointing meme and all, I'm kind of sad we didn't get a "me and the boys" stupid meme card too. just the dumbest...

I appreciate the Unmask callback (apparently rk post said this came from a commission for a straight Unmask reprint intended for this set at some point?) and I like how Conceal/Reveal rhyme. Kind of a shame it can't make your opponent's creature a 1/1 with irrelevant hexproof. I do like a good...

Part of the reason (some) players don't feel bad losing to it is that they don't know they're losing to it (again, imo) - like Phyrexian Arena, but with loyalty. The ultimate being written on the card is about the entire power level you get out of it - when it kills, it really didn't, because...

Jace Beleren is way better than people give it credit for. I'm not saying it's too strong, but I am saying it's a cut above the other four. It's three mana, it can arrive at 5 loyalty if it looks even remotely in danger, it's really hard to kill it with damage through repeated +2s... probably...

You know, I was shitposting when I wrote this, but I thought about this a bit more and it could actually be interesting to respect that rules text in an otherwise non-Commander cube environment. Companions make for fun draft-arounds once in a while, it could be interesting to have the color...

They've had some vague UB issues before - I remember they could only sell the 40k cards as the entire precon, not put them in treasure chests at first, which led to some of the singles being very expensive and I don't know if they ever actually resolved that or just put the precons on sale...

Heroes' Hangout is my pick for card of the set so far, without the full spoiler. But we're getting that in a few days, so we'll see. oh, forgot this guy: I love Alpine Guides in theory, though I've never found one at the high power level I want. This is not that one either, but I think...

This is human, unlike Dire City Underrat, and it's got two toughness and is a party member while still being an outlaw, unlike Dire Fleet Hoarder. A lot of words for not a lot of actually strictly better, but I thought it was interesting! Hoarder still has a home for the Admiral Beckett Brass...

don't forget that Teferi, Temporal Archmage can be your commander that's four abilities

eat it, Imposing Sovereign, in so many ways