General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

[Chris Taylor]

I'd like Glittering stockpile a lot more (RE: treasure) if it entered with a counter or added X+1 mana with the sac ability

I get what that might not have been done for balance reasons, but at least then it would be able to do the treasure ability.

 

[Humpty_Dumpty]

I just want the blue tap aura to be called Sleeps with the Fishes.

I was right!

And Trainmaster was right that it would create a 1/1 fish token.
And both Trainmaster and ravnic were right that it should have been a kill spell.

 

[Peter LaCara]

As LSV pointed out in the LR set review... This isn't actually that far from a blue Ravenous Chupacabra. I suspect this might be better than it looks.

 

[blacksmithy]

yeah i think it’s pretty solid for retail and peasant cubes

 

[PyreDream]

This is awesome!

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Iconic photo, but just for general info, it was totally staged. The camera angle very cunningly hides a completed floor just out of frame. (You can find photos of the same construction workers pretending to nap on the beam.)

In a happy conclusion, this rather inane factoid helps me appreciate that the card art doesn't cheat and removes the camera's trick of perspective.

 

[sigh]

The information I've found says that the drop to the ground is a very real 840 feet beneath them, just that the arrangment on the beam is staged.

 

[Velrun]

Iconic photo, but just for general info, it was totally staged. The camera angle very cunningly hides a completed floor just out of frame. (You can find photos of the same construction workers pretending to nap on the beam.)

In a happy conclusion, this rather inane factoid helps me appreciate that the card art doesn't cheat and removes the camera's trick of perspective.

Interesting. Do you mind sharing that photo revealing the cunningly hidden completed floor just out of frame?

 

[Velrun]

The lore thread for Streets of New Capenna is up
As always you can find it under Forums -> General Discussion -> Mtg Lore
Or click there ->

>> Streets of New Capenna Lore Thread <<​

 

[Velrun]

We now have a trailer and a soundtrack. They clearly are getting better and better at this.
We also have a Planeswalker's Guide to New Capenna.

 

[Velrun]

This card is a lot higher power than I initially thought

 

[shamizy]

This card is a lot higher power than I initially thought

Card seems great for Aggressive R/B decks, I'm not as sold on it as a generically powerful walker which is why I like it as a gold inclusion in my cube. You really need to be able to continue applying pressure through other means if you play this on curve. 4 damage isn't chump change, but it's not nearly as imposing outside a shell that can maximize it accordingly. The ceiling can be very high, but the floor is pretty average to me. If your opponent is in the danger zone of around 9 life then this is absolutely a threat, but higher than that and I'm not sure. This definitely seems to have more play to it depending on your recursive creature suite. Just waiting to pick up a copy a few bucks cheaper in a week or two.

 

[blacksmithy]

Mob Nix might be the best card in the set… if i hadn’t JUST made a custom RB Sarkhan for my regular who likes Sark it would be a snap include. might make a Mardu version

 

[LadyMapi]

So, something that I just noticed...



Because this doesn't target, you can cipher this onto the creature you reanimate. That seems pretty nice if your cube has hasty/evasive threats to reanimate.

 

[Mown]

more so evasive than hasty ones since it puts it into play tapped

 

[Jason Waddell]

more so evasive than hasty ones since it puts it into play tapped

 

[Velrun]

Pretty crazy deck list if the game plan is to mill or discard my own Zealous Conscripts in order for me to target it in the graveyard with Writ of Return so I can steal an enemy creature or hasty one of my own evasive creatures so I can attack and deal that damage which causes me to reanimate the actual bomb I want on the battlefield!

 

[Humpty_Dumpty]

Velrun, you’ve just described the entire purpose of Cubing as far as I’m concerned.

 

[ravnic]

Pretty crazy deck list if the game plan is to mill or discard my own Zealous Conscripts in order for me to target it in the graveyard with Writ of Return so I can steal an enemy creature or hasty one of my own evasive creatures so I can attack and deal that damage which causes me to reanimate the actual bomb I want on the battlefield!

 

[Velrun]

So.. Now that this set has been out for some time..

How does it feel to play without double-faced cards?

 

[TrainmasterGT]

So.. Now that this set has been out for some time..

How does it feel to play without double-faced cards?

Bad because the limited format is so mediocre.

It's better than Crimson Vow in my opinion, but I think it's one of the worst draft environments since M21.

This is a shame because I've drafted this format like 20 times on arena because it's going to be the format for a big tournament I'm going to in a couple of weeks. I guess I just need to get lucky use my incredible skill and open 4 copies of Inspiring Overseer.

 

[blacksmithy]

draft format sucks so bad
my cube was very happy to get some shard cards tho

 

[ravnic]

Yup, I won two of the four drafts I did just by forcing Wx Tempo. And the gameplay isn't even fun mostly. Probably the worst set for draft that I drafted, period.

Also, the least impactful premier set regarding my cube since I've started it eight years ago. It's been out so recently and the only card I am running (maybe just as a placeholder for better versions?) is Extract the Truth.

 

[Velrun]

Also, the least impactful premier set regarding my cube since I've started it eight years ago. It's been out so recently and the only card I am running (maybe just as a placeholder for better versions?) is Extract the Truth.

Really? Wow

I'm just listing a few cards I thought you could maybe take a second (or tenth) look at:

, and friends