General (CLB) Magic: The Gathering: Commander Legends: Dungeons and Dragons: Battle for Baldur's Gate Previews. Even the NAME is long this time!
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Am I just old or is Pyrotechnics that draws a Volcanic Dragon just sick? Seriously, it feels like it's too much for my cube. Killing two creatures and drawing a dragon is well worth 5 mana in my book.
it’s a pretty high value card if you can afford to spend all that mana yeah. would be good in anything rarity restricted as long as value-based red is a deck
I love these dragons!
The problem to me is
that I probably can’t run all 10 (Black Dragon and friends) because that would be 10 uncommon spots for for ten 6+ mana bombs. I think that would make each of them individually abundant.
The problem to me is
that I probably can’t run all 10 (Black Dragon and friends) because that would be 10 uncommon spots for for ten 6+ mana bombs. I think that would make each of them individually abundant.
I'll admit, I do undervalue effects that are super common within a color (so Pyrotechnics ends up looking less awesome than White Regrowth.)
i hope this too, i would be mega excited for a big boy Brazen Borrower with UU adventure, 2UU dragon
I absolutely adore some of the common and uncommons in this set. Especially all the adventure cards.
I'll post a list once Train has made his Testing/Includes thread
@TrainmasterGT
I'll post a list once Train has made his Testing/Includes thread
@TrainmasterGT
A) this makes the green dragon look silly.
B) why did they break the cycle of the dragons being 4/4 for 6 with the blue one being the most efficient?? Yeah, it's a nerf to help it not completely bully the green dragon out of his lunch money, but it's weird that the color with the least-efficient bodies gets the most efficient one in this cycle.
Still a good card, though.
these dragons are way cool!
generally speaking if i chop generic mana off to fix the dev, they’re all eminently cubable designs for high power levels. and for my peasant arena cube they’ll probably almost all go in as-is. just good value
And all while I am looking for the ideal blue 6-drop for years at this point. Well, still a great card.
I'm currently running 3 blue cards that counter non-creature spells:
I think the Archmage is the best of this effect in cube, doubling as a creature, being able to be used twice, and forcing your opponents to play around it all makes for great gameplay.
Force of Negation took Negate's spot and I've been very happy with it. A free reactive spell isn't as oppressive as a straight-up Force of Will while still providing for some great stories and turnarounds. A bit on the powerful side for sure, but in a way that I'm comfortable with.
Malevolent Hermit is another card I've enjoyed, and a good comparison to this dragon. I think they're quite similar in power level and play pattern, and am curious which one I'd prefer to have.
Pros of the Hermit
You can still get a Wind Drake in your graveyard if it's milled You can pay the 3 mana for the Negate effect over two turns, and only have to keep up 1 Attacks like a champ while it's threatening counter magicPros of the Dragon
Hard counter Doesn't telegraph the ability Higher ceiling It's a dragonAm I wrong? Are these about the same on the power level scale?
I think the hermit is a bit better overall, for being so much more mana efficient and for having the built-in recursion, but they are pretty close I suppose. They aren't really meant for the same types of decks.
I probably like the play pattern of the dragon better, as I find the Archmage-style permission just clogs gamestates awkwardly.
I probably like the play pattern of the dragon better, as I find the Archmage-style permission just clogs gamestates awkwardly.
hermit is way better than dragon IMO
There are now two cards I am interested in. (It's an Aviary Mechanic with flash.)
I've given this card some consideration because the idea of finding a raise dead with stoneforge is a neat idea, but the card as a whole doesn't really do it for me. I hope there's still some adventure equipment yet to come, but I'm not too hopeful.
Chris Taylor
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Cool new art!
This is almost certainly aweful and adds huge to token bloat but man is it funny
Something just clicked in my head.
You know what "format" this set is going to really help? Custom Jumpstart packs. We're going to have a second Thriving cycle which will probably be cheaper.
On top of that, those new Thriving lands are Gates, which means that you can make a set of packs where all of the duals are Gates. Which opens up some... interesting... design opportunities.
You know what "format" this set is going to really help? Custom Jumpstart packs. We're going to have a second Thriving cycle which will probably be cheaper.
On top of that, those new Thriving lands are Gates, which means that you can make a set of packs where all of the duals are Gates. Which opens up some... interesting... design opportunities.
There's also Circuitous Route if you don't want to deal with dungeons.
This thing is surprisingly good once you take into account that one of the new Gates makes your Gates enter the battlefield untapped...
I gotta say the the d20 dragons are pretty cool. Big dragon. High variance. That's just fun at that mana value.
How is this the most efficient? Because the adventure is the best of the low cost ones?
B) why did they break the cycle of the dragons being 4/4 for 6 with the blue one being the most efficient??
Chris Taylor
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I think it's more that a 7 mana 5/6 flying with the attack trigger is better than a 6 mana 4/4 flier
or the red one
or the red one