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haha, so there is the more I look at this art the more there is to see (derogatory) (laudatory) (all I'm saying is it has Homelands vibes and I miss that, this is probably my favorite art in the new set now)

Yeah, Minsc's too strong for me. Should have put that in the original post, my bad.

...I had managed to already forget all about Rydia, Summoner of Mist, that's a SICK one even if it suggests Sagas. Now, that said, I do have a few Sagas, and if I bite the bullet and swap one of the big dumb red cards for Summon: Kujata too... haha yesssss wheels are TURNING Reasonable. I will...

Anyone got a fun RG high-power-level card? I have three slots. Mawloc and Bloodbraid Elf aren't leaving. Third is currently Questing Druid but I'd like to replace it. Bloodbraid Challenger exists, but I don't want two and the Elf sparks too much joy to bring some new ripoff in. Without triomes...

I actually spent at least a full minute trying to figure this out! There's implied scale clues: the weapons embedded in the helmet are intended to be normal-sized there's two archers on the ground over his shoulder on the right side, likely intended to be normal humans and not really really far...

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...