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I actually dislike that about it. It's not that you don't use the ability (the way you sometimes don't + a liliana of the veil), you just choose not to take a card. You still get to look at their hand. Choosing yourself is one of those gimmicky things that actually just puts blue over the...

I liked the Alara names because they sound extremely fantasy. These names sound like they're from central Asia, and I don't want my real life in my magic.

I (apparently alone) dislike clique. It's got too much going for it- high power, powerful effect, powerful abilities (unblockab- I mean flying and flash), low CMC... while it is frail and legendary it doesn't feel right to have blue effectively thoughtseizing you at instant speed- it hurts...

Generator servant is cool. My newbie group's reaction to someone asking "can you spend only one of the mana on two different things?" was priceless. (I pile up all the adds/removals for them when I 'rotate' cards so they can be a little familiar with them) That said while I'm not exactly...

Worse than both spectral procession and lingering souls IMO. Probably worse even than midnight haunting.

I personally think "best-designed" sidelines things like power level and mana cost since those can be scaled relatively easily and don't truly reflect the DESIGN of the card. My criteria is basically something that effects the game in a meaningful way without being overly complex- so 'elegance'...

I was always miffed by that card. Anyone can correct me because I'm probably wrong, but weren't Alara sigils medals that Bant angels would hand out to the deserving from on high? Like as tokens of valor for winning tournaments and stuff. You can see them floating around / stuck on the art /...

This triland's flavor text was the first I saw that made me actually want to read flavor texts (I started just after alara) Seaside Citadel The tri-lands are slam dunks among my players while city of brass has always largely been completely ignored. I really don't understand sometimes.

If aetherize was close for you this is probably powerful enough. I don't particularly like making people play around getting blown out by this kind of effect, which leads to getting blown out by smaller effects (unsummon becomes timewalk etc.)

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Triggering on instants and sorceries just seems very wizard-y. Shaman producing them on their own / for mana or something seems more right.

I think it's mildly weird that the flavor of being on a raid makes you play a guy after you attack, but when I think about it they're basically tagging along with the real raiding party and doing something besides the real fighting, so I guess it makes sense. That flavor seems like it would...

Maro officially said core sets are named for the coming year because big box stores will not carry a product with a previous year in its product name (can't find the actual post, it's at least a week old and search doesn't work on his blog). Commander decks don't actually have the year labeled...

Wrong about what

Hey, severely nerfed FTK! Just what the doctor ordered... Mildly disappointed that they aren't going a new route with morph. Oh well.

The problem I have with the Elspeth 6 (Oh man they were printed in 4-5-6 order; zombie elspeth confirmed for 7 CMC) is just how oppressive it is. Dom, I agree that not being reanimate cheaty is a plus, but I don't find her fun. The way she commonly plays out / her abilities are mildly...

I realize that, but being a creature with a valuable non-ETB effect is a risk. Your opponent doesn't want to doomblade your shitty 2/1s but hellrider? Of course! Figured I'd ask if this was any good- single C doesn't hurt either. Having to pay to pump sucks / can get you blown out. Completely...

Does this do anything? Raid bombardment

Is it really worth {2}{G}{G} and a card to swap your current lands for a couple utility lands that don't murder your opponent, though? Is it better than sylvan scrying or expedition map to get your gavony township? If you go get a couple posts this isn't any different than explosive vegetation...

Pretty much that. It was a finisher in a friend's landfall casual deck before it exploded in modern, could do the same for cube. If you support the dark depths / thespian's stage combo it does something there too.