Also implies that Innistrad zoning regulations ensure that post-mortem workforce creation industries are located away from population centres. Very sensible.I knew that... the real question is why they removed it?
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Something I noticed today:
I love what this card's flavor implies about Innistrad. Necromancy is so easy on the plane that you can pick it up as a fallback career.
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That's so funny! It's probably even easier than on Amonkhet, where, despite the curse of wandering turning everything that dies into a Zombie, you need to embalm a dead thing in order to make it comply.
I love what this card's flavor implies about Innistrad. Necromancy is so easy on the plane that you can pick it up as a fallback career.
The thing is that there are other examples of cards that omit the reminder text in newer printings but still have it as part of their full oracle text.
My guess is that it's a screw-up on WotC's end, since Scryfall pretty much just scrapes that kind of information from Gatherer. It's just irritating because it makes some cards with reminder text impossible to find.
The best solution I can think of is for someone to make a "reminder-text-lifelink" tag and manually add it to each printing that has it. Except then you'd have to do that for each other keyword, and that rapidly hits "job that someone should be paid to do".
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Anyway, I vote Markov Patrician because I like the art. On the one hand, the vampire lady looks pretty cute and refined... but on the other hand, the fact that the picture is looking up at her and she's wiping blood from her lips subtly implies that the image is from the perspective of her latest victim.
Hm. Unsummon is very clean. Have you considered Vaporsnag?
Onderzeeboot
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Wanting to replace Repeal isn’t necessarily crazy. It’s at its best in a format with a lot of meaningful tokens and low mv drops. You don’t really want it to cost more than Repulse. Unsummon, though, is never exciting I feel. There are a lot of sidegrades that are more likely to end up in a deck.
I feel like Fading Hope is a lot cooler than Unsummon but I think this may be missing the point of the swap...
I want an extra lower power wrath in Red that isn't Wildfire or Earthquake. I currently have Burn Down the House and I am eyeing these, but am open to suggestions!
Onderzeeboot
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Both of these scale with the number of creatures. What I like is that there’s some counterplay involved. If you know (or suspect) your opponent is on one of these, you can alter your plays to make them less effective, either by not having enough creatures out to have Chain Reaction be able to kill everything, or by not having enough creatures out to make Blasphemous Act affordable to cast.
Both are one sided, but quite expensive mana wise (and hence lower powered). Is this something you are looking for?
If not then maybe, besides the ones named by onde:
How about Invasion of Karsus/Refraction Elemental? It's a small wrath at a decent rate, and it gives you an extra game piece/decision point to play with later.
Turn 4 is a little early for wrath effects for my tastes, but Blasphemous Act should be good. If I can cast it on turn 4, you deserve it!
A little too expensive (Flame Wave) and conditional (Volcanic Wind), but it's the right ballpark.
Both are one sided, but quite expensive mana wise (and hence lower powered). Is this something you are looking for?
Love the Hellion! For me it's up there with the other two I listed. Fault Line and other variants are a miss for me because they hit players.
I like these, but at 4 mana, they come down a turn too early for my tastes.At lower power, I tend to like the idea of making 5 toughness meaningful, and letting 4 damage be pretty close to a proper wrath in efficacy:
I'm off DFCs for the cube I have in mind, but sweet card I didn't know about.
Thanks everyone! It's given me more options than answers, but that was kind of the point too.
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I considered the Mortars, but it’s good enough at 2 mana that any Red deck will take it, effectively stealing the sweeper from control. Could be a good third option maybe?
Yes, could have been clearer on my end.
I mean, that depends on what other red removal you're running, right? If I've already picked up Lightning Strike and I'm not leaning towards control, I think I'd let the Mortars wheel.
Onderzeeboot
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Here is my current noncreremoval suite. I think the Mortars would be a decent high pick.
1 mana
Barbarian Ring
Lightning Axe
Flame Jab
Pyrite Spellbomb
Fireblast
2 mana
Abrade
Grapeshot
3 mana
Volt Charge
Blast from the Past
Rift Bolt
4+ mana
Stoke the Flames
Devil’s Play
1 mana
Barbarian Ring
Lightning Axe
Flame Jab
Pyrite Spellbomb
Fireblast
2 mana
Abrade
Grapeshot
3 mana
Volt Charge
Blast from the Past
Rift Bolt
4+ mana
Stoke the Flames
Devil’s Play
This one is right up my alley, sweet! Hour of Devastation would be good too.
I always shill this boy
He's a 5 mana earthquake that your opponent can murder before he explodes, only major issue is that he is the definition of slow so slice and dice might be a better option.
He's a 5 mana earthquake that your opponent can murder before he explodes, only major issue is that he is the definition of slow so slice and dice might be a better option.
I can second chain reaction, blasphemous act, slice and dice, starstorm and crater hellion
Hour of devastation and breath of darigaaz also look fine to me. Having a real wrath cost 5 is a good measure for lower powered cubes I believe, although I see a lot of cards posted here recently that aren't exactly low power to me, but that's personal preference I guess.
Hour of devastation and breath of darigaaz also look fine to me. Having a real wrath cost 5 is a good measure for lower powered cubes I believe, although I see a lot of cards posted here recently that aren't exactly low power to me, but that's personal preference I guess.
Actually considered this guy because I have a counters theme and it’s hilarious with Vesperlark. That delay is rough though!I always shill this boy
