Sets (VOW) Crimson Vow
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A Murmuring Mystic variant that triggers on more than merely instants and sorceries. These are the cards I live for, especially since I try to minimize the variety of tokens used in my cube, and I do still use 1/1 Spirits! This might even drive out the 2/2 drake tokens
Edit: sniped by @Velrun
good point about the spirits being a more common token! the low toughness on the body worries me but “noncreature” is really nice to help it play better with more archetypes
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Ooooh, this is a cool card for ninja's! Evasive one drop + gives evasion to one of your ninja's later. Damn...
really digging how nicely costed most of the disturb auras are
definitely a bummer for stormy type decks, but can still crank out 2 tokens per cycle by using (for example) a sorcery and an instantOnce a turn is a huge bummer
i dunno, i kinda dig it? like… it’s pretty abstract but also pretty metal
I personally like it. The filigree circle drawing your eye around the close up shot of what is depicted in the background is very cool.
What does seem noteworthy to me is that this is printed at common. Dealing with artifacts going to be important soon? Does draft mix up packs between sets now? I don't see any artifacts that call for this being needed at common in limited within the set so far.
Also, including an aura sub-theme, and then including premium red removal at common? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What does seem noteworthy to me is that this is printed at common. Dealing with artifacts going to be important soon? Does draft mix up packs between sets now? I don't see any artifacts that call for this being needed at common in limited within the set so far.
Also, including an aura sub-theme, and then including premium red removal at common? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
tbf the auras are literally half a card which makes them not QUITE as bad a value prospect
love it tbh
In limited, probably not, but knowing that it can snipe a Clue or Blood token can be fine, I guess. Given that the artifact killing is going to be live a minuscule fraction of the time, it's probably best to just think about it as a replacement for Dragon's Fire.
In constructed, we have a cyberpunk set and a set from the freaking Brothers' War, so yeah, artifact destruction is almost certainly going to be super important in standard. To me this feels like a preemptive safety valve move, which is smart given that they DON'T have to worry about this killing too many artifacts by putting it here.
Edit: I like the art.
i think this is probably a solid take on the reasoning yeah
Mischievous Geist
Creature - Cat Spirit
Uncommon
Whenever Mischievous Geist deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Disturb
1/1
Catlike Curiosity
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
If Catlike Curiosity would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
Source:
I was previously running Wharf Infiltrator on and off in addition to Looter il-Kor until Suspicious Stowaway came out, since I'm a big fan of this effect in general, but I'm torn here -- I use these to support GY decks, but now we've got one that's basically a flipped Suspicious Stowaway to start with! Am I crazy to think about replacing the Looter with this, even if it cuts down on the reanimator support? Even ignoring the backside, this seems generally better, and I love having a Curiosity available for free in the graveyard too.
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I wish this was a red card with a Blue "cleave", this seems like it really should be a red effect and I would really enjoy it from a gameplay perspective too.
It seems significantly worse as it doesn't have evasion
This is really cool take on a compulsive research. I think the maximum hand size reduction doesn't affect that many tempo decks much at all, but probably does make life tricky for control decks.
Talk about beefcake potential for the human tribal folks
Abrade has a new art!
Sorry, it’s obviously not objectively ugly. I just wanted to make a joke while I also shared my personal opinion.
1, T, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: create a copy of the exiled card, but it’s a 0/0 artifact construct creature token in addition to its other types, with “This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control”. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Activate only whenever you could cast a sorcery.
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I love the intersection between artifacts and the graveyard here. Definitely a little slow but I think I love it.
pretty strong! Even on an otherwise empty board the first token is a 2/2, and you can of course get back spicy ETB effects etc. I think I like this better than god-pharaoh's gift because it requires mana to utilize and doesn't immediately start popping out 4/4's without other synergies going on.
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I legit thought it had flying, I take it all back!
That was where I was a little torn, and still think I'd be put in a spot if I had to pick if the card actually played like I thought it did.
Big pup for one G.
I took Experiment One out of cube a few years ago and it wasn't missed. Pelt Collector is fine but isn't the most popular card around; Gx midrange, GR aggro, and to a lesser extent, GU tempo all will play it, but no one is stoked. Packleader here is probably better, and templated in a way I prefer. It trades the trample upside lategame for an extra power up front and the ability to come in with a +1/+1 counter bonus if you're in the midgame. 4 power is a lot more to ask for than "bigger than me", but I think I'll replace Pelt Collector with this as my sole concession slot to this kind of card in green.