Never thought I’d see artwork like this in a Standard set again, this is really nice and reminds me old school artwork.
Off topic but that typo made me actually lol
This is so interesting, thinking about it now I’ve never associated the wedges or shards with themes or qualities, just individual representative cards or decks I guess.
Bant is Noble Hierarch for me, and Abzan/Junk is Seige Rhino. Esper is Raffine, Jeskai is Narset, RUG/Temur I think of RUG Delver. Grixis is Mishra or Nicol Bolas.
Sultai I still always call BUG and will forever. I always think of Shardless BUG from Legacy a while ago, and I guess this one is the exception because I think of actual bugs too.
Ah yeah you’re right I missed that, that definitely is downside, pretty decent even
Is this just a straight up 2/2 for 1 with no downside (and potential upside even)? I know Isamaru being legendary is very little downside but I don’t think this has ever existed?
Holy cow actual nonbasic hate in standard? I love this. Price of Progress is a really strong effect and I’m curious if this makes it into other formats too.
Oh yeah, I’m just being a bit tongue in cheek. I also wish they aligned the art and type a bit better with power and toughness, but with power creep that ship is long gone. This one just seemed particularly hilarious.
Is this the first Standard legal card with Threshold since Judgment?
How does a mouse have a base 3/4 stat line!? Better than this massive rhino and almost all other “veterans.” Blocks profitably against this jacked centaur veteran!
These are so nice, reminds me of the seasonal Mishra’s Factory and Urza lands from Antiquities
cross-posted from: https://mtgzone.com/post/727513
Sorry for the private Facebook group post but this was the only place I could find with info on the sale.
Pretty crazy bidding and a price indicative of just how much the Magic art market has grown.
Sorry for the private Facebook group post but this was the only place I could find with info on the sale.
Pretty crazy bidding and a price indicative of just how much the Magic art market has grown.
Seems like an amazing card for Tron or decks running Urza’s Saga or that can support the colorless cost. Pain lands seem more useful too. Crazy efficiency here.
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Couple thoughts after thinking about it a bit more:
This smells a bit like a quieter way to just raise the price of boosters. Drafts will cost more now, which sucks. They say "Because that is six more boosters than Set Booster displays have right now, be aware the price of a Play Booster display box will be higher than that of a Set Booster display box." Most likely this coincides with a per-booster price increase too which probably (partly) drove this.
Impact on draft seems way higher than they're leading on, even though they address this. An average of 3 cards from the List per draft has to increase variance. Granted it's now 50 cards instead of 300 in the List, and there is thought to tie it into the set, but that's still more variance. Relatedly, possibly opening 4 (!) rares but 3 fewer commons also has to change the game quite a bit too. 2-rare packs seem not crazy at least, and 3 fewer commons is substantial.
I'm glad we're going back to just 1 type of booster pack though, I didn't like 2 different packs.
I hope all cards from the List now make it to Arena! Could be a cool way to get more reprints there.
Wow most of these cards seem super cute to me and I'm really glad for it, it's a breath of fresh air and I think a lot of artwork brings back a sense of whimsy that's been really missing for a long time! I love it too.