General [GRN] Guilds of Ravnica
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The new red Enchantment doesn't rally support hellbent though because you still draw cards, but you can't play them from your hand. Or am I missing something?
No, you're not missing anything. It doesn't support hellbent by itself. It would require a discard outlet like Stormbind, stopping draws with Words of War or emptying your hand like Grafted Skullcap to get around that. However, it does give you a card advantage engine that doesn't break hellbent.
Uba Mask is pretty hilarious. It neuters a lot of strategies in my cube.
I have an incoherent idea for a thread about discard & mill-driven control archetypes, if I have time to sit down an hammer out something that isn't half-baked, I will.
Uba Mask is pretty hilarious. It neuters a lot of strategies in my cube.
I have an incoherent idea for a thread about discard & mill-driven control archetypes, if I have time to sit down an hammer out something that isn't half-baked, I will.
is that the xperiment two
Reach
Undergrowth -
When Kraul Harpooner enters the battlefield, choose target creature you don't control with flying.
Kraul Harpooner gets +x/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Then you may have Kraul Harpooner fight that creature.
This set has some really cool green aggro creatures. That elf looks like it fits well in an aggressive GB aristocrat style deck!
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Best art in the set?
"Goblin Locksmith" R1
When ~ attacks, target creature with defender can't block this turn
2/1
Whenever you gain life, you may pay 2. If you do, draw a card.
3W: Create a 1/1 white Soldier token with lifelink.
Oh boy, that's exactly the lifegain pay off I was missing ... I could not have created a better one I think. Fules itself, is strong with some extra lifegain effects and has additional uses for other
startegies in my cube like midrange tokens. I'm in love. And I expected the good lifegain stuff to come with the Orzhov ... Wow
Dom Harvey
Contributor
Experiment One/Lumberknot mashup! Really excited for this one
This one is hard to evaluate but I like counters, gold cards, and graveyard nonsense and this is a cute intersection of all three. It's not Walking Ballista, but Ballista is one of the best cards printed in a long time and this is better in enough spots
Chamber sentry looks great. Probably a bit more in the low powered side but looking forward to including this.
I only see 5 colors when someone wants to force it for fun. 4 colors happens sometimes, mostly base green. I had Etched Monstrosity in for a while, but cut it for something more useful in the end, becuase it never got played.
Oh boy, that's exactly the lifegain pay off I was missing ... I could not have created a better one I think. Fules itself, is strong with some extra lifegain effects and has additional uses for other
Took the words out of my mouth. This is an auto-include for me.
Here's another one I'm excited about:
When 'Plaguespreader' enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. Each player that can't, discards a card
It has been on Thursdays for a little year now. Wizards wanted players to get a little extra time to get to know the cards before Per-releases. At least that is what they wrote.
Edit: Aaaaaaaand the full spoiler is up (on a Thursday):
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/guilds-ravnica-2018-09-19?x
Took the words out of my mouth. This is an auto-include for me.
Here's another one I'm excited about:
When 'Plaguespreader' enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. Each player that can't, discards a card
Oh, this is great! Fleshbag is a staple in my cube, and making it better is only a good thing in my book. Love that it can nail a planeswalker!
Full spoiler is up.
This one immediately stands out:
Is this better than Vicious Offering in most riptide cubes?
Edit: I'm starting to think not. -2/-2 hits a really high percentage of creatures in most cubes.
2nd Edit: just realized this is sorcery and Vicious Offering is instant! Definitely not. Still a well designed removal spell though.
This one immediately stands out:
Is this better than Vicious Offering in most riptide cubes?
Edit: I'm starting to think not. -2/-2 hits a really high percentage of creatures in most cubes.
2nd Edit: just realized this is sorcery and Vicious Offering is instant! Definitely not. Still a well designed removal spell though.
I am sad about the missed opportunity to have good jump start cards.
But today is wednesday
Well that depends on where in the world you are located. It is Thursday some places.
I am sad about the missed opportunity to have good jump start cards.
For real. Not only are the jump-start cards weak, there are... just not that many of them. I may have missed some, but scanning the spoiler page I only counted 10 jump-start cards. Compare that to 27 cards that surveil or care specifically about surveilling. It seems odd that jump-start got so little support.