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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:48 am Post subject: [Spoiler]Conflux + Something to make you wonder... |
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December 24. Pardon me for not posting early about info regarding the upcoming set, Conflux.
But since Q had posted the cardlist, I'll just post some of card mechs as copied from MTGS.
In case...
Set Name Conflux
Block Set 2 of 3 in the Shards of Alara block
Number of Cards 145
Release Date February 6, 2009
Prerelease Events January 31-February 1, 2009
Launch Parties February 6,7,8 2009
And 10 Cards:
Unsummon u
Instant Common
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Worldly Counsel 1u
Instant Common
Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library.
Sedraxis Alchemist 2b
Creature - Zombie Wizard Uncommon
When Sedraxis Alchemist comes into play, if you control a blue permanent, you may return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
2/2
Fiery Fall
5r
Instant Common
Fiery Fall deals 5 damage to target creature.
Basic landcycling 1{R} (1{R}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)
Maniacal Rage 1r
Enchantment - Aura Common
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and can't block.
Exploding Borders 2rg
Sorcery Common
Search your library for a basic land card and put that card into play tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Exploding Borders deals X damage to target player, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
Fusion Elemental wubrg
Creature - Elemental Uncommon
Fusion Elemental is like riding a pony, which probably doesn't sound dangerous, except that in this case the pony is 300 feet tall and covered in chainsaws, and to get on the pony you have to take an elevator with sixteen live cougars.
8/8
Mana Cylix
1
Artifact Common
1, {T}: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
Obelisk of Alara 6
Artifact Rare
1{W}, {T}: You gain 5 life.
1{U}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
1{B}, {T}: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
1{R}, {T}: Obelisk of Alara deals 3 damage to target player.
1{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
Exotic Orchard
Land Rare
{T}: Add to your mana pool one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
And...
Alara Reborn "Scissors"
The birth of one world. The death of five.
Set Name Alara Reborn
Block Set 3 of 3 in the Shards of Alara block
Number of Cards 145
Release Date Thursday, April 30, 2009
Prerelease Events April 25-26, 2009
Launch Parties April 30-May 3, 2009
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erwin
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Nice reprints (Unsummon, Worldly Counsel, Maniacal Rage)
| Quote: | Sedraxis Alchemist 2b
Creature - Zombie Wizard Uncommon
When Sedraxis Alchemist comes into play, if you control a blue permanent, you may return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
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Looks good, a deck might probably use this.
| Quote: | Fiery Fall
5r
Instant Common
Fiery Fall deals 5 damage to target creature.
Basic landcycling 1{R} (1{R}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.) |
Nice new mechanic, basicland cycling.
| Quote: | Exploding Borders 2rg
Sorcery Common
Search your library for a basic land card and put that card into play tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Exploding Borders deals X damage to target player, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. |
I'm definitely going to make a deck with this.
DAMAGING LAND SEARCH FTW!! 
| Quote: | Fusion Elemental wubrg
Creature - Elemental Uncommon
8/8 |
lol vanilla biggies
| Quote: | Mana Cylix
1
Artifact Common
1, {T}: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. |
A 1 to cast fixer 
But it doesn't produce its own :/
| Quote: | Obelisk of Alara 6
Artifact Rare
1{W}, {T}: You gain 5 life.
1{U}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
1{B}, {T}: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
1{R}, {T}: Obelisk of Alara deals 3 damage to target player.
1{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. |
I'll be using this as well.
| Quote: | Exotic Orchard
Land Rare
{T}: Add to your mana pool one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce. |
Reverse Reflecting Pool!
I'm liking the domain cards so far 
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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New Card:
Noble Hierarch G
Creature - Rhino Monk? ?
Exalted
{T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {G} to your mana pool.
0/1
Exalted mana prod? Awesome
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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erwin
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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NEW CARDS! (dec 28 '08 )
Path to Exile w
Instant Uncommon
Remove target creature from the game. Its controller may search his or her library for a basic land card, put it into play tapped, then shuffle his or her library.
Scepter of Dominance 1ww
Artifact Uncommon
{W}, {T}: Tap target permanent.
Wall of Reverence 3w
Creature - Wall Rare
Defender, flying
At the end of your turn, gain life equal to the power of a creature you control.
1/6
Scepter of Insight 1uu
Artifact Uncommon
3{U}, {T}: Draw a card.
Scepter of Fugue bb
Artifact Uncommon
1{B}, {T}: Target player discards a card. Play this ability only during your turn.
Might of Alara g
Instant Common
Domain - Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control.
Goblin Outlander rg
Creature - Goblin Scout? Common
Protection from blue
2/2
Nacatl Outlander gw
Creature - Cat Scout Common
Protection from black
2/2
Valeron Outlander uw
Creature - Human Scout Common
Protection from red
2/2
Vedalken Outlander ub
Artifact Creature - Vedalken Scout? Common
Protection from green
2/2
Zombie Outlander br
Creature - Zombie Scout? Common
Protection from white
2/2
SCOUT SERIES.
Reminds me of the Invasion counterparts, but they got other abilities before besides protection from enemy color.
Also, Path to Exile looks.. cool but hurts. A lot especially at early turns.
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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time for lush growth and prismatic omen to shine!
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | Rupture Spire
Land Common
Rupture Spire comes into play tapped.
When Rupture Spire comes into play, sacrifice it unless you pay 1.
{T}: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
Unstable Frontier
Land Uncommon
{T}: Add 1 to your mana pool.
{T}: Target land you control becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn. |
Finally, some cheap multicolor lands! Looks like erwin can finally make his 5-Color Charm deck haha.
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Conflux 3wubrg
Sorcery Mythic Rare
Search your library for a white card, a blue card, a black card, a red card and a green card. Reveal these cards and put them into your hand. Shuffle your library afterward.
im going to use this. i don't know how, but i will...
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erwin
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Q wrote: | | Finally, some cheap multicolor lands! Looks like erwin can finally make his 5-Color Charm deck haha. |
I doubt Rupture Spire will not get a price hike on prerelease, even on release dates.
Unstable Frontier is just a fixer land, so I don't think its price will climb.
| juaberman wrote: | Conflux 3wubrg
Sorcery Mythic Rare
Search your library for a white card, a blue card, a black card, a red card and a green card. Reveal these cards and put them into your hand. Shuffle your library afterward.
im going to use this. i don't know how, but i will... |
I'ma put that in mah 5color deck 
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Path to Exile w
Instant Uncommon
Remove target creature from the game. Its controller may search his or her library for a basic land card, put it into play tapped, then shuffle his or her library.
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Still the best card I've seen in Conflux. It acts as mana-accel and, in a pinch, spot removal.
| Code: | Rupture Spire
Land Common
Rupture Spire comes into play tapped.
When Rupture Spire comes into play, sacrifice it unless you pay 1.
{T}: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
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| erwin wrote: | | Q wrote: |
Finally, some cheap multicolor lands! Looks like erwin can finally make his 5-Color Charm deck haha. |
I doubt Rupture Spire will not get a price hike on prerelease, even on release dates.
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It should be extremely cheap; around Php 5~10 methinks. With the extreme tempo loss you gain from playing a land, I highly doubt that Constructed players would want to play one of these unless the mana base really needs it.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Q wrote: | | It should be extremely cheap; around Php 5~10 methinks. With the extreme tempo loss you gain from playing a land, I highly doubt that Constructed players would want to play one of these unless the mana base really needs it. |
I actually misread the card and thought it was pay 1 life 
It really is a tempo breaker, but I see a possibility of it in a deck, especially those decks that doesn't do much on early turns, or retrace decks
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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NEW CARDS (jan 5, '09 )
Lapse of Certainty 2w
Instant Uncommon
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.
Martial Coup xww
Sorcery Rare
Put X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens into play. If X is 5 or greater, destroy all other creatures.
Esperzoa 2u
Artifact Creature - Jellyfish Uncommon
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, return an artifact you control to its owner's hand.
4/3
Extractor Demon 4bb
Creature - Demon Rare
Flying
Whenever another creature is put into a graveyard from play, you may have target player put the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
Unearth 2{B}
5/5
Voracious Dragon 3rr
Creature - Dragon Rare
Flying
Devour 1
When Voracious Dragon comes into play, it deals damage equal to twice the number of goblins devoured this way to target creature or player.
4/4
Cylian Sunsinger 1g
Creature - Elf Shaman Rare
{R}{G}{W}: Cylian Sunsinger and all other creatures with the same name as it get +3/+3 until end of turn.
2/2
Giltspire Avenger gwu
Creature - Human Soldier Rare
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
{T}: Destroy target creature that dealt damage to you this turn.
2/2
Malfegor 2bbrr
Legendary Creature - Demon Dragon Mythic Rare
Flying
When Malfegor comes into play, discard your hand. Each opponent sacrifices a creature for each card discarded this way.
6/6
Lapse of Certainty is cheaper Hinder(bottom only) in white. WTH
Martial Coup is wrath of god w/ tokens! or just token producer. works well with immobilization IMO
Reminds me of Desolation Giant
Voracious Dragon is goblin eater. Time for dragon fodder to shine, as well as goblin assault
Cylian Sunsinger is Titanic in a box! combo it with mirror weave!
Giltspire Avenger looks good, cheap for its size. it really won't attack, killing your enemy troops
Malfegor is Hellbent + Edict for opponents
and a dragon to boot.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:00 am Post subject: |
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Hmm... Off the top of my head, Sigil of Distinction and Elsewhere Flask. And that white-black thing that b_b uses. You could also use Ornithopter as a free target.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:04 am Post subject: |
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Elsewhere flask would be good, since it's a card draw
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| Q wrote: | | Hmm... Off the top of my head, Sigil of Distinction and Elsewhere Flask. And that white-black thing that b_b uses. You could also use Ornithopter as a free target. |
Perhaps not the Sculler. It seems strange to keep RFG'ing the same card over and over, due to its leaves play effect. You're essentially paying two mana later on for the same effect you paid for earlier, plus you lose tempo since your zombie can't swing, barring some haste effect.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:12 am Post subject: |
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:10 am Post subject: |
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^new rarity. There's a chance (forget how much) that a Mythic Rare will replace your normal rare in a booster pack. From a design standpoint, they're usually cards with "big effects," though not always at the most efficient cost, obviously.
Actually, that brings Conflux to mind. Practically speaking, one could use that as a "response" to Cruel Ultimatum. Keep 4-5 cards in hand, Conflux and a land if you're lucky, and let the other guy's Cruel resolve. On your play drop a land and play Conflux to look for five silver bullets; not too difficult in the current multi-color format. Essentially you're still down -1 in CA, but you make up for it with threat density. If you suspect your opponent still has another Cruel, why, no harm in searching for another Conflux, at that XD
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | Volcanic Fallout
1rr
Instant Uncommon
Volcanic Fallout can't be countered.
Volcanic Fallout deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. |
The new Baygon. Sure hell on faeries and potential Block main sweep.
| Code: | Goblin Razerunners
2rr
Creature - Goblin Warrior Rare
1{R}, Sacrifice a land: Put a +1/+1 counter on Goblin Razerunners.
At the end of your turn, you may have Goblin Razerunners deal damage to target player equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it.
3/4 |
Interesting card.. hope it's a crap rare
| Code: | Countersquall
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Instant Uncommon
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life. |
Negate + Shock, though with more screw potential
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Sigil of the Empty Throne 3ww
Enchantment Rare
Whenever you play an enchantment spell, put a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying into play. |
Enchantment deck, here we go!!!
| Quote: | Gleam of Resistance 4w
Instant Common
Creatures you control get +1/+2 until end of turn. Untap those creatures.
Basic landcycling 1{W} |
lol, good at limited.
| Quote: | Traumatic Visions 3uu
Instant Common
Counter Target Spell
Basic landcycling 1{U} |
O_O 5 to cast hard counter.. at least there's basic land cycle..
| Quote: | Absorb Vis 6b
Sorcery Common
Taget player loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.
Basic landcycling 1{B} |
Nyar, large costing swing
| Quote: | Paleoloth 4gg
Creature - Beast Rare
Whenever creature with power 5 or greater comes into play under your control, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
5/5 |
Has potential, though I'm guessing this will go crap rare.
| Quote: | Sylvan Bounty 5g
Instant Common
Target player gains 8 life.
Basic landcycling 1{G} |
the one thing good about this is it's INSTANT
| Quote: | Kaleidostone 2
Artifact Common
When Kaleidostone comes into play, draw a card.
5, {T}, Sacrifice Kaleidostone: Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} to your mana pool. |
LOL, cool new prisma fixer. low cost to boot
cool new baygon (Volcanic Fallout), luckily it damages players as well.
Goblin Razerunners + Reinforce =
Countersquall will awaken counter decks IMO. though still not a hard counter.
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| mtgsalvation wrote: | Banefire XR
Sorcery Rare
Banefire deals X damage to target creature or player. If X is 5 or greater, Banefire can't be countered by spells or abilities and the damage can't be prevented. |
The "X >= 5" cycle is definitely going to see some serious play, I think.
| mtgsalvation wrote: | Shard Convergence 3G
Sorcery Uncommon
Search your library for a Plains card, an Island card, a Swamp card, and a Mountain card. Put these cards into your hand, then shuffle your library. |
Great fixer and Domain enabler. Ramp builds will have this at least by turn three and it'll be pretty hard to get mana and/or color screwed after that. It's not accel, per se; more like draw and filter, but still, Domain decks will love it
| mtgsalvation wrote: | Bone Saw 0
Artifact - Equipment Common
Equip 1- Equipped creature gets +1/+0. |
Functional reprint of Shuko lol
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:24 am Post subject: |
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| boy_bakal wrote: | | The "X >= 5" cycle is definitely going to see some serious play, I think. |
I don't think it would be a cycle, it maybe a Naya thing..
But I sure wish it would be a cycle
Shard Convergence is awesome, Ramp deck shall live again!
It may actually become a Toast counterpart, but instead of control, ramp would be used.
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | Meglonoth
3rgw
Creature - Beast Rare
Vigilance, trample
Whenever Meglonoth blocks a creature, Meglonoth deals damage equal to its power to target player.
6/6
Hellkite Hatchling
2rg
Creature - Dragon Uncommon
Devour 1
Hellkite Hatchling has flying and trample if it devoured a creature.
2/2 |
Finally, some decent drops for Naya aggro/biggie decks.
| Code: | Blood Tyrant
4ubr
Creature - Vampire Rare
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep each player loses 1 life.
Whenever a player loses life, put that many +1/+1 counters on Blood Tyrant.
Whenever a player loses the game, put 5 +1/+1 counters on Blood Tyrant.
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I want to use this in Emperor~! Phyrexian Arena + painlands = arbitrarily large flying vampire
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erwin
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:10 am Post subject: |
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Ramp decks will be coming back because of that
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boy_bakal
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| mtgsalvation wrote: | Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker 4UBBR
Planeswalker - Bolas Mythic Rare
+3: Destroy target noncreature permanent.
-2: Gain control of target creature.
-9: Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker deals 7 damage to target player. That player discards seven cards, then sacrifices seven permanents.
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The 5 at the bottom is his loyalty, but I don't think I needed to tell anybody that 
Well, there you go. Took a while for Grixis to get a 'walker, but dang... effin' worth it, yeah?
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BJ
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: |
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Wow. Nicol Bolas looks effing awesome. Hehehe, I may go back to MtG once my work settles down, albeit only online. I'm going to like building a casual deck around this sucker.
Flavorwise, what the heck is Bolas doing in Alara?
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erwin
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Nicol Bolas looks good. 8 to cast with 5 loyalty isn't so bad, as you could activate his "ultimate" next turn(assuming you use his semi-vindicate when you play him), and he lives after that
The rumors was right, his 3rd ability is stronger, IMO, than cruel ultimatum.
And one more thing I noticed is his 2nd ability (gain control of creature) doesn't end at end of turn.
I don't know if I hope for it to be an error or be true. 
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boy_bakal
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:41 am Post subject: |
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Actually, it requires at least two turns to activate the "ultimate". 5 + 3 = 8 < 9, yeah?
I'm definitely thinking Nicol Bolas will be used in competitive decks. I agree, the -9 ability is quite a bit stronger than Cruel Ultimatum.
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erwin
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Darn, I actually edited that from 2 turns to next turn, I thought I was wrong the first time I posted. *facepalm*
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