General [STX] Strixhaven Spoilers

[Velrun]

I really like these too.....you don't have to cast the artifacts for Losheel which is huge. Cursed Mirror is going to be so cool in my Sneaky Welder archetype

Unnngggh. Screw Strixhaven, this is way cooler

What’s your Sneaky Welder Archetype? Are you doubling up on Sneak Attack or something?

 

[Erik Twice]

What about phyrexian triniform? Very similar execution without the ability pile, and with a long shot self-reanimation mode

This is the first time I've heard about these two cards! Do you guys think they are better/more interesting for reanimator decks than:

?

 

[Seeker]

Impressive that UR manages to be a near-total whiff for me after RW looked so cool.

This one's at least interesting, even if it's not what I want from my red five drops.

Fun and memorable, though I myself am not interested.

Don't think this one's for anyone here, but it's also kinda funny to think about.

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

I get it that it's a commander set, but I still find it funny that Storm gets new cards.

 

[shamizy]

They're really going all in on the big spell theme with this pre-con, everything is costed like 1-2 mana more than I'd need for cube inclusion. Not too impressed with day 2 spoilers thus far, though I do like this one a little:

Beautiful art, but unfortunately a Panharmonicon like effect for spellslinging doesn't do much for me at the moment. Great for anyone going deep with Magecraft and other triggers in Izzet colors though. Chaining a ton of damage off a Guttersnipe and cheap spells sounds pretty fun.

 

[Velrun]

I like this one



We had a cycle of those in Future Sight but I like this one more than the old ones

 

[LadyMapi]

The refrain cards both look pretty interesting — not sure if I'd be interested in them for cube, but I was always fond of Arc Blade et al.

Surge to Victory is literally designed for one of my pet decks. Too bad that I decided to make it Modern legal, otherwise people would get drowned under copies of Magma Opus.

This is an interesting card for a spell-slinger archetype. Note that you get to keep any instant or sorcery cards that you hit other than the one you cast.

And finally, we have this cycle. Sure, it relies on multiplayer politics to work, but Demonstrate is a pretty interesting mechanic.

 

[Rowan_CB]

These cards all have so much text on them. :eek:

 

[Chris Taylor]

I do like this card as a signal of "Kiki-Jiki, but absolutely no infinites come as a result of this card"
Like I run a custom instead of running entomb because entomb makes people think of Griselbrand not lingering souls.

 

[sigh]

Rionya, fire dancer + Aurelia, the Warleader? That works, right? Unless "beginning of combat" has some nitpickiness about it that it doesn't trigger on additional combat phases. Just keep saccing the already used Aurelias

But yeah, definitely less abusable than Kiki-Jiki

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

These cards all have so much text on them. :eek:

My thoughts exactly lol

 

[Brad]

Impressive that UR manages to be a near-total whiff for me after RW looked so cool.

My thoughts exactly lol

 

[Chris Taylor]

My thoughts exactly lol

My thoughts exactly lol

My thoughts exactly lol​

 

[Heymaker]

My thoughts exactly lol

My thoughts exactly lol

My thoughts exactly lol

My thoughts exactly lol

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each other spell that was cast before it this turn.)

 

[Velrun]

/thread

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

/thread

 

[Velrun]

Rasmus I would be more impressed had you shown me an instant speed infinite mana combo

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

Rasmus I would be more impressed had you shown me an instant speed infinite mana combo

You played a counter I played a counter

 

[Brad]

Rasmus I would be more impressed had you shown me an instant speed infinite mana combo

My thoughts exactly lol

 

[Seeker]

Simic's theme won't surprise anyone, but there sure is a lot of grindy value here.

There's suuuper grindy!

And less-but-still grindy!

...okay, this one is just the closest we ever get to GU Wrath.

"Vanilla matters" is secretly also a token lord so it's kind of interesting, at least. Which is good because the art is great and I'm all about it being interesting given the hilarious art.

Do people run tokens matter as a theme? Cause if so, we have stuff for ya.

...like, lots of stuff.

lots and lots and...

 

[sigh]

Ruxa is a strong Token Lord, it's just a shame the first ability is basically flavor text in most cubes. And to be clear, they are only a token lord for actually vanilla tokens. Soldiers with vigilance, or birds with flying, etc. don't get the bonuses.

 

[Chris Taylor]

After a quick gander, Murganda Petroglphys (and thus Ruxa) affects fuckin nothing
Tarmogoyf? I wished, this was a longshot but no
Crimson Kobolds? Nope
Imperiosaur? Nope
Barkhide Mauler? Still counts, so nope

 

[Seeker]

Ruxa is a strong Token Lord, it's just a shame the first ability is basically flavor text in most cubes. And to be clear, they are only a token lord for actually vanilla tokens. Soldiers with vigilance, or birds with flying, etc. don't get the bonuses.

But my Isamaru, Hound of Konda...

 

[Velrun]

We haven't talked about this little instant yet



Neither abilities are on-par and probably costs about 1 mana too much. But this is how it is with modal spells, we know this.

I think it's pretty cool but I think you'll have to be pretty low power to use this. I like that is can flash in a flying creature or take out not only creatures.

 

[shamizy]

It's neat and probably gets there for lower-powered cubes on modality, but I'd probably just stick with Liliana's Triumph and Chainer's Edict in most scenarios. Even if the Lily discard is flavor text the majority of the time, it's still the cheapest version of that effect at instant speed with upside and leaving up 1B is easier than 2B. Edict let's you get a second try at it later in the game with Flashback and its been relevant for me in grindy matches in the past. I guess it really depends on how useful that token mode is for you, but 2/1 fliers on their own aren't super useful most of the time.