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Siddar
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Yes its part of the act. But I've never seen him go after wizards of the coasts this hard. It's a subtle change in his actions very recently. He has gone from funny criticism with over the top but good natured ribbing. To very harsh critcism.
Conefed
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I haven't played played in awhile and years after that, the last one-shot prerelease tournament I participated in was Return to Ravnica's second set (Gatecrash?).
This year, for Christmas, friend from gradeschool and I each bought the other six packs and we played pack battles, a draft, and then constructed out the opened cards.
Was great time. I had two packs of Kaladesh, Amonket, and Ixalan.
I enjoyed the energy mechanic from Kaladesh, but I'm saddened by how it's apparently unfun in tournaments. I bet if there was a third set, it would have been balanced out. I imagine cards that kick if the opponent has energy, in the very least red spells that blow up the counters. In the limited capacity that I was exposed to it, it was refreshing and cool.
Pack battle: blindly shuffle in one of each land and then set aside basic lands in respective stacks. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a land from the supply on top of your library.
This year, for Christmas, friend from gradeschool and I each bought the other six packs and we played pack battles, a draft, and then constructed out the opened cards.
Was great time. I had two packs of Kaladesh, Amonket, and Ixalan.
I enjoyed the energy mechanic from Kaladesh, but I'm saddened by how it's apparently unfun in tournaments. I bet if there was a third set, it would have been balanced out. I imagine cards that kick if the opponent has energy, in the very least red spells that blow up the counters. In the limited capacity that I was exposed to it, it was refreshing and cool.
Pack battle: blindly shuffle in one of each land and then set aside basic lands in respective stacks. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a land from the supply on top of your library.
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Kuro
Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
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I'm playing Standard for my team at the SCG Open in Dallas on January 20, after being mostly focused on Modern since qualifying in October for the next RPTQ. Hope the new set shakes things up but I assume I'll be playing Sultai Energy with very few changes. Our only hope is there are just some super powerful tribal payoffs in this set, because right now the tribal decks are about 20 cards short of playable.
Derpa
Trakanon Raider
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Opened out of a pack maybe 10 minutes ago and already bordering on being a marked card due to warping/cupping. I guess I'm just 100% done buying any kind of product until they fix this shit?
Haven't noticed the issue with unstable yet
Kuro
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Medium Verdant Force is a neat card.
Khumena feels very designed for EDH. That 5 merfolk requirement on his +1/+1 counter ability is just... not tenable in normal constructed. It's cool that his abilities call back to the tap/untap theme merfolk had back in Lorwyn block though, so I'm on board with him as a commander. Green adds some fun stuff to that theme like Seedborn Muse, Murkfiend Liege, and Quest for the Gemblades (and Awakening, if you're suicidal). Tapping merfolk to hand out hard unblockable may be relevant for standard merfolk though, since we don't have the Islandwalk+Cantrip Island Aura package there.
Elder Bird is garbage, which is sad. Thing's going to be Pterofying in sealed tho.
Khumena feels very designed for EDH. That 5 merfolk requirement on his +1/+1 counter ability is just... not tenable in normal constructed. It's cool that his abilities call back to the tap/untap theme merfolk had back in Lorwyn block though, so I'm on board with him as a commander. Green adds some fun stuff to that theme like Seedborn Muse, Murkfiend Liege, and Quest for the Gemblades (and Awakening, if you're suicidal). Tapping merfolk to hand out hard unblockable may be relevant for standard merfolk though, since we don't have the Islandwalk+Cantrip Island Aura package there.
Elder Bird is garbage, which is sad. Thing's going to be Pterofying in sealed tho.
Enzee
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By medium verdant force, you mean the tendershoot dryad?
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It looks potentially strong if the right shell exists around it. Making 3/3's every upkeep gets out of hand reaaaal fast. Whether the right deck exists to support this, and the meta isn't hostile against it, is another question entirely.
The white elder dino is a timmy card for sure. Doubt it's gonna see play in constructed, even in reanimator decks since it doesn't have haste. Maybe it has enough keywords to still be a worthwhile reanimate target, the double strike/lifelink will get you out of some bad spots, but I'd be surprised.
Kumena looks amazing for EDH, but I could easily see him finding his way into modern/legacy merfolk as well. Drawing cards to refill could be very potent, and you can just vial him out so the mana isn't as big a deal.
Not many of the cards stand out so far. Enter the Unknown could see play as a 'bad' explore. Explore was good enough that a bad version might still be playable in standard. Draw a land or scry1 instead of 'draw a card' for one mana less isn't bad. Sure, you aren't playing it turn 1, but the reduced mana lets you do other things along with it on turn 2+. Maybe the inconsistency of not knowing if you'll draw or pump you creature holds it back, but it looks good enough in a vacuum
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tendershootdryad
It looks potentially strong if the right shell exists around it. Making 3/3's every upkeep gets out of hand reaaaal fast. Whether the right deck exists to support this, and the meta isn't hostile against it, is another question entirely.
The white elder dino is a timmy card for sure. Doubt it's gonna see play in constructed, even in reanimator decks since it doesn't have haste. Maybe it has enough keywords to still be a worthwhile reanimate target, the double strike/lifelink will get you out of some bad spots, but I'd be surprised.
Kumena looks amazing for EDH, but I could easily see him finding his way into modern/legacy merfolk as well. Drawing cards to refill could be very potent, and you can just vial him out so the mana isn't as big a deal.
Not many of the cards stand out so far. Enter the Unknown could see play as a 'bad' explore. Explore was good enough that a bad version might still be playable in standard. Draw a land or scry1 instead of 'draw a card' for one mana less isn't bad. Sure, you aren't playing it turn 1, but the reduced mana lets you do other things along with it on turn 2+. Maybe the inconsistency of not knowing if you'll draw or pump you creature holds it back, but it looks good enough in a vacuum
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