General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews
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I feel like I'll have a bunch of stuff to change around soon.
Is this the best Fencing Ace variant we've gotten?
No, that's still Adorned Pouncer in most situations, but if you have a strong Heroic theme this might edge the kitty out a bit.
This is supposed to be a train conductor and she's... mediocre. I want to like this card, but it's just not there. It's got the potential to function as a cool engine piece, but the fact that it has to die (not leave the battlefield) in order to get the cards back makes this extremely susceptible to various flavors of non-destroy removal. Does anyone really want to lose half the cards they've been discarding because the opponent had Pillar of Flame instead of Shock?
I really wish people hadn't thrown a hissy fit over Korvold, Fae-Cursed King being good, because now pushed legends are seemingly illegal unless they're
Trainmaster in shambles
Chris Taylor
Contributor
I'm still floored that mana cost is something WotC is doing. This seems like something I'd have given a "D+, see me after class" if someone asked for feedback on their custom card.
And it's a cycle
And it's a cycle
This is the second set in a row that almost doesn't have anything for me. I enjoy the art and aestetics but the cards are too complex and too multicolored. I might have to pick up some non-Grixis shard cards to balance out some things. I also want 10 lands so it's not nothing I am spending on this set.
landofMordor
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That sounds like a pretty sweet position, tbh. You have the rare luxury of tuning a cube list without being interrupted by a whole cascade of shiny new cardboard changing the context of your format. Sisyphus might finally make it up the hill!
Yeah this set is a mess to read through on first glance. There are a handful of cool designs, but the vast majority of it feels like a very busy set. It feels Strixhaven-y to me which isn't particularly encouraging.
I wish this set had Strixhaven Vibes, that set was full of great cards.
yeah i agree busy is a good way to describe the set. art is great though, i think it will be a blast to play on arena. will probably grab up the (4 that are actually good) fancy looking charms for my cube floating list at least, and there’s a couple simple strong designs ill be happy to have in my list.
treasures are really great
I never would have guessed that the owner of a
The first CAP card I'm really considering. It seems terrific in cubes with either blink or graveyard themes, as well as providing some rebuilding options for aggro decks after removal or a boardwipe. Might be difficult to find which card to cut for it but that's a problem for future me.
I don’t know how good it would be for aggro to rebuild, as the returning card won’t be able to block until the rescuer dies. I do like the idea of blinking it, as presumably when it returns to the battlefield it counts as a new object and the creature returned from the graveyard can attack and block again.
The art bugs me, though. The rescued person’s face doesn’t look very childlike, making her seem like a tiny adult.
The art bugs me, though. The rescued person’s face doesn’t look very childlike, making her seem like a tiny adult.
Check out this sick little common. I've had a lot of success with Merfolk Branchwalker and this is similar.
Also, this got posted a couple days ago but I didn't see any discussion on it. This is a pretty cool variation on a mana dork. It's probably at least as good as Prosperous Innkeeper, though obviously it intersects with different themes.
This actually seems like a really sweet card for token strategies — Dragon Fodder effects dumping 4 haste-y power or 6 vigilant power on the battlefield is nutty. It's a shame that the mana symbols are different sizes, though.
Ooh, now this is spicy. Notice it doesn't say 'creature tokens.' So, like, this into Thraben Inspector or Voldaren Epicure is pretty nasty.
And there are both the arts!
Cunning Receiver -
Creature - Human Citizen
When Cunning Receiver enters the battlefield, choose a nonland permanent.
Activated abilities of the chosen permanent can't be activated.
Cunning Receiver has all the activated abilities of the chosen permanent, except for loyalty abilities. You can spend mana as if it was of any color to activate these abilities.
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Cunning Receiver -
Creature - Human Citizen
When Cunning Receiver enters the battlefield, choose a nonland permanent.
Activated abilities of the chosen permanent can't be activated.
Cunning Receiver has all the activated abilities of the chosen permanent, except for loyalty abilities. You can spend mana as if it was of any color to activate these abilities.
2/3
Actually, what I really want to do with Jinnie Fay is cast Battle Screech sacrifice a Shambling Ghast to Deadly Dispute. Or cast Hard Evidence. Or just have a Castle Ardenvale.
This might be the card I'm most excited for in the set so far.
This might be the card I'm most excited for in the set so far.
Yeah, the fact that it works with any token is pretty sweet.
I foresee it being absolutely hilarious with Black Market Tycoon.
I foresee it being absolutely hilarious with Black Market Tycoon.
Any new sacrifice outlet always has my attention. I like that this has lifelink to offset the cost to draw. How good this is probably depends on how easy it is to turn on that MV threshold thing.
