General Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) Spoilers
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Onderzeeboot
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Yeah, Elenda looks like a fun build around me card. And at mythic too! You'ld almost expect something pushed beyond silly, but this looks very reasonable.
At eight mana, I think indestructible is fair game.
I think he was referring to 8 toughness and indestructible kinda hurts the eyes of a great designer.
It's Ixalan block, why would it be pushed? /s
Although it is interesting that the majority of the exciting stuff from this block so far has been at lower rarities, with higher rarity stuff being targeted mostly at the casual and commander crowd.
Onderzeeboot
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Yes it looks kinda silly, but it's still relevant. The 8 toughness means it doesn't die to Grasp of Darkness and other silly -X/-X effects as easily. Also, it's a freaking huge dragon, the stats are completely appropriate. I don't mind it at all honestly.
Onderzeeboot
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This is kinda cool for cubes with painlands, fetches and shocks!
Me neither. In all honesty it doesn't matter much but having the stats be high makes sense from a flavor perspective and thus looks 'good' on the card.
And giving it indestructible must be a lore-decision. So it's very, very fine and I like the design. I'm sorry if my post sounded like anything other than that <3
Onderzeeboot
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Hey! A planeswalker I can get behind!
And oh boy, an uncommon lord cycle!
A cool blue enchantment...
Another cool green three drop!
And a non-human Nekrataal with a better trigger but a worse body and creature type?
And oh boy, an uncommon lord cycle!
A cool blue enchantment...
Another cool green three drop!
And a non-human Nekrataal with a better trigger but a worse body and creature type?
I may just have stars in my eyes, but Huatli, Radiant Champion almost looks like she could be low power enough to work in my list..? Not sure I want to bring any planeswalkers in at this point, but those abilities all look really fair to me.
Weirdly excited about the lord cycle, although I don't think I'm going to be pushing any of those tribes enough to be interested, I do love 2-mana lords.
Jadelight Ranger seems pretty sweet; I've loved explore. Holy smokes though, the green 3 (and double
to boot) slot is painful to mess with.
Ravenous Chupacabra is cute. If I had the space, I'd run it for cute factor alone!
Really liking these spoilers so far.
Weirdly excited about the lord cycle, although I don't think I'm going to be pushing any of those tribes enough to be interested, I do love 2-mana lords.
Jadelight Ranger seems pretty sweet; I've loved explore. Holy smokes though, the green 3 (and double
to boot) slot is painful to mess with.Ravenous Chupacabra is cute. If I had the space, I'd run it for cute factor alone!
Really liking these spoilers so far.
Peter LaCara is gonna go SO crazy when he sees that mana cost on Jadelight Ranger
... you're not wrong.
This kicks serious ass! It's Tempt with Vengeance on a stick! And a human!
...just needs evasion or Goblin Bombardment to clear the blockers.
In case your portuguese is a little rusty, it reads:
Tilonalli's Summoner 1R
Creature - Human Shaman
Ascend
Every time ~ attacks, you may pay XR. If you do, create X 1/1 Elemental creature tokens tapped and attacking. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step, unless you have the City's blessing.
1/1
Tilonalli's Summoner 1R
Creature - Human Shaman
Ascend
Every time ~ attacks, you may pay XR. If you do, create X 1/1 Elemental creature tokens tapped and attacking. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step, unless you have the City's blessing.
1/1
This kicks serious ass! It's Tempt with Vengeance on a stick! And a human!
...just needs evasion or Goblin Bombardment to clear the blockers.
Cool design. Getting tokens for just one turn is neat. It's a lot of mana for something that dies suuuuper easily though.
I think I would run it if it wasn't in Portuguese.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
I actually like chupacabra. I don't run humans, and while first strike is good, it being live all the time is real nice.
In other news:
Where's this on the scale of inferno titan to shivan dragon? I've never really had a red 6 I was really happy with.
In other news:
Where's this on the scale of inferno titan to shivan dragon? I've never really had a red 6 I was really happy with.
I actually like chupacabra. I don't run humans, and while first strike is good, it being live all the time is real nice.
In other news:
Where's this on the scale of inferno titan to shivan dragon? I've never really had a red 6 I was really happy with.
Not having haste or trample is a bit of a downer, but I think I like this alongside the red Gearhulk as 'Big Red' top-end. Would be lots of fun with Sneak Attack, but I do think it's probably a dud.
Onderzeeboot
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Looks like a tremendous upside on a mediocre body. I will keep the red Gearhulk for its artifact synergies, but this looks pretty sweet. Fun to play with as well.
Dom Harvey
Contributor
I was already doing everything I could to make Splendid Reclamation work and here's one that's much easier to dig for, works with sac outlets, and is a great blocker to have in my clunky ramp deck
It's an interesting way of giving you something back for mana-flooding, since exces lands help you ascend.
Dom Harvey
Contributor
I think people are overestimating how easy it is to trigger Ascend in the average game unless your Cube is full of cards that leave random bodies lying around. Kytheon is much better most of the time but is also horribly complicated so that's a better reason to swap it out IMO
I would say some decent fraction of RT cubes have token strats in aggro, usually centered in white. More a board reach mechanic than anything, which white also appreciates here.
Kytheon def better, which is a negative as much as a positive, obvs. Any reasonably decent excuse is enough for me to take him out for something more properly powered.
Kytheon def better, which is a negative as much as a positive, obvs. Any reasonably decent excuse is enough for me to take him out for something more properly powered.
Well on the other hand you also sometimes cannot attack because you have 8 permanents and are waiting for the last two permanents.
To me some of the Ascend cards look a little like the Miracle keyword. You can’t force the effect or help it with anything but deck building (which is half of any strategy I will admit) and the effects are suddenly active to the surprise of everyone. The active player gets to see the 10’th permanent when drawn but would surely not hesitate to cast it immediately.
Am I wrong?