Sets [M15] Magic 2015 Spoilers
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Dom Harvey
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These cards are strange and not in a way I like.
That said, Return to the Ranks is awesome.
That said, Return to the Ranks is awesome.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Alright, so shoddy the preview article where we rip apart the celebrity designed cards?
I might have to do some research as to who everyone is. I know Richard Garriot VIA the spoony one, but most of the rest go right over my head
I might have to do some research as to who everyone is. I know Richard Garriot VIA the spoony one, but most of the rest go right over my head
Cheap cost / equip cost, potentially annoying effect? There are a lot more 'designed by' cards in this set than I thought there would be. We pop culture now / soon.
I like the flavor (shields preventing damage totally makes sense), but I'm not sure this does enough TBH.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Yeah, especially for the "champion of the people" idea the avatar has going on.
Also:
Is this Elesh Norn VIA Michael Bay?
It's just got a fat norn-ish head. The porcelain plating is iconic to New Phyrexia as a plane, rather than a phyrexian monster with no real identifiers that could technically be from anywhere phyrexians have been. I like that it has a big Dinosaur tail, we haven't seen that out of phyrexia in a long time.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
In all honesty though I do like
Garriot went to space, McMillan did Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy (among other equally grim things), Pardo is head blizzard man, Sirlin wrote Playing to Win and did balance on some iteration of street fighter, Cartwright does Guild Wars skill balance (impressively balanced for the hundreds of skills available), Persson is notch.
I don't know the the other guys, but did look up Librande who was apparently Diablo 3 lead, which explains his card.
Also,
Ajani, Jace, and Nissa all have new art on the packaging, which is one-per-color. Red is the Soul of Shandalar and Black is some unidentified zombie thing with a sword. On the starter decks for new players Chandra's art is pyromaster and Liliana's art is Vess. I expected Garruk to be mono black seeing that, then I see a spoiler with straight-up Vess as the Mono-black walker.
EDIT: Maro just confirmed six 'walkers in m15 (here) so expect GB Garruk. I was ready to be real confused when there just was no garruk planeswalker card in the set after they revealed the promo Garruk "bot" card you can play against.
EDIT: Maro just confirmed six 'walkers in m15 (here) so expect GB Garruk. I was ready to be real confused when there just was no garruk planeswalker card in the set after they revealed the promo Garruk "bot" card you can play against.
Hey, that's actually slivers.Also,
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Yeah those aren't M14 predator slivers...
interesting.
Looks like we do have all 15 of the celebrity designed cards. Should I start on that review article sometime soon?
Keep posting stuff about these people discussing their cards, it's good stuff to read, and I don't exactly follow lordbritish on twitter
interesting.
Looks like we do have all 15 of the celebrity designed cards. Should I start on that review article sometime soon?
Keep posting stuff about these people discussing their cards, it's good stuff to read, and I don't exactly follow lordbritish on twitter
Onderzeeboot
Ecstatic Orb
Thank goodness! I can hear them chanting at the predator slivers already: "Freaks! Freaks! Freaks!"
In all honesty, I didn't really mind the art direction of slivers in M14, but this still feels better.
I dunno about cube but at first blush this seems like a pretty powerful constructed tool to me.
If the M14 slivers had been not-slivers, no-one would've minded, especially if slivers hadn't existed beforehand. The fact that they were all 'we're bring this stuff back!' except it wasn't the same stuff was what had everyone up in arms.
I still think the mechanical change is for the better in 90% of use cases (and unfortunately we are sometimes in that 10%), but that art change was silly, if well-intentioned.
Here's the reverse-cycle of friendly off-color land/activation guys (m14 was blue + if you control a plains etc.)
Them's some expensive activations...
Oh, right. Mythics!
So much lifelink...
Them's some expensive activations...
Oh, right. Mythics!
So much lifelink...
Four of them convert into damage in one way or another, which is good for stall-breaking. The black activation is a bit knob, unless you're pestilencing, or something stupid like that.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
I want new ajani so bad. I live that he helps you to wide and tall, and he's likely a lot more fair than goldmine, who sometimes just stopped your opponent from blocking well ever again.
Nissa looks interesting. Dat second ability.
Nissa looks interesting. Dat second ability.
They seem great for peasant but I don't think I actually want to play a game where someone can activate any of the C abilities more than once.
As far as cube goes I don't want either of the walkers. Ajani draws out games forever or does absolutely nothing, and Nissa says "four forests" or does a weird rampaging baloths impression. Not very exciting or interactive IMO, I want my walkers doing more unique things.
Anyone have a grand opinion on the Souls? White's activation seems real groan-inducing. So much life.
C abilities more than once.As far as cube goes I don't want either of the walkers. Ajani draws out games forever or does absolutely nothing, and Nissa says "four forests" or does a weird rampaging baloths impression. Not very exciting or interactive IMO, I want my walkers doing more unique things.
Anyone have a grand opinion on the Souls? White's activation seems real groan-inducing. So much life.