We already have the rules for them, which came out because Elspeth now makes one.Originally Posted by Bigface
It goes into the Command Zone (the same place planes, scheme cards, and EDH generals live) and stays there.
I guess it also gives mono black another way to destroy enchantments and artifacts outside of nev disk and to a lesser extent gate to phyrexia.
MBC is terrible in this format (and just about any format, really), and midrange and suicide aren't interested in the six mana price tag.
Also, that guy still doesn't fix Stax's problems. He's not good*, and neither is Stax.
*He might be good in Sneak Attack, though. Paying 1, then paying 2 to wipe out all or most of your opponent's nonland permanents seems good.
An emblem is basically a simplified (from the rules perspective) way of saying "for the rest of the game, x happens".
No one said otherwise.
I do enjoy how every 5 or 6 mana card is always going to be awesome in stacks...every set.
I hate planeswalkers enough, why do they have to make proliferate give them instant ultimates?
Proliferate only adds 1 counter, it doesn't double it.
Still quite good, but it doesn't give you access to their ultimates immediately.
Also, we get a new Bonesplitter that's indestructible, but costs 2 to equip.
But Ezuri's Brigade looks pretty ridiculous. I mean, if some sort of affinity deck can consistently get 2GG, he would just be a 4 mana 8/8 trampler, and that's pretty darn tootin good.
I wasn't expecting them to spoil this so soon but they did. Most of the card is not lit, but I guess this is pretty much a safe guess.
Mox Opal 0
LEGENDARY artifact
Metalcraft - T: add one mana of any colour to your mana pool. Use this ability only if you control three or more artifacts.
"Only once have the suns of Mirrodin shone upon such perfection".
Mythic rare
you can find the image here:
http://twitpic.com/2lci4j
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That seems a tad more fair than I anticipated.
Urgh, 50+ dollars card. It's interesting since it basically need only 2 other artifact to be tappable, but i'm not sure if that's really viable in Legacy... For sure it's pretty sick in affinity as a 2-of, but it doesn't help Stax or brown that much :/
It will probably drop quickly. Short of reprinting the artifact lands, this card is pretty weak in Standard, and even then it's merely fair thanks to being legendary. Not being able to do anything on turn one is pretty big, and if there aren't any artifact lands, it will probably not really get going until turn three or so. That makes it basically a glorified Overflowing Chalice, except you can't get more value out of it later in the game and the opponent can shut it off in certain circumstances.
They really did a good job of balancing it. It probably won't be broadly playable in any format.
Actually Starcitygames just posted Mox Opal at $20! When you think of it, just how many will you play per deck as a mana source? 4? Likely two tops.
Elspeth Tirel 3WW
Planeswalker - Elspeth
+2: gain one life for each creature you control
-2: put three 1/1 white soldier creature tokens into play under your control
-5: destroy all non-land, non-token permanents
Elspeth however... its already being sold at $40.
http://twitpic.com/2lchwm
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I might be way off here, but isn't Mox Opal good enough as a one-of?
In Vintage it can count as the sixth Mox and it can also be played in Legacy in... Affinity? Some combo decks also pack lots of cheap artifacts... don't they?
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Honestly I've never bitched about cards being Mythics but Mox Opal being Mythic is like, to me, Zendikar fetches being Mythic; it just seems wrong.
T1: Artifact Land, Ornithopter, Mox Opal, Springleaf Drum (not absolutely necessary), Cranial Plating
T2: Smash for at least 5.
Obviously won't happen all that often, but the potential is just insane. Also, if you draw multiples, it's just Ravager/Foundry food. Tap it for mana, sac it, play another one. 2 of sounds like the right number.
Last edited by Avatar of Light; 09-04-2010 at 11:38 PM.
It's legendary. In Vintage, needing two other Moxen in play seems like it will make the card weaker than Chrome Mox, since it's very unlikely to work on turn one and is pretty dead in your opener. In Legacy, combo decks don't want it because it's legendary and doesn't work unless you go it, Petal, LED or whatever (seems weak), and then if you draw another, you can't use it except to get free +1 storm. Affinity might like it, but I'm not sure it's better than Springleaf Drum (again, being legendary hurts it).
Maybe as a 2-of in Affinity, but it doesn't make that deck any less tier 2.5.
Dear Mox Opal,
Really really can't describe how bummed I am about this card. I was hoping for some kind of new Storm or Belcher include and what I got was a steaming pile of legendary mythic that needs conditions to work. So disappointing and really doesn't deserve the label of 'Mox'.
Who says the Internet isn't full of <3?
Thrummingbird + Ichor Rats seems fun...
Play this, you get poison, attack with evasion, proliferate you.
Have to say, the set looks interesting for Limited.
Also, pictures of Mox and others.
http://twitpic.com/2ldc7d
http://twitpic.com/2lchef
http://twitpic.com/2ldbta
I'm really unsure about the new Elspeth. On one hand the ultimate, is exactly the 'complete' board sweeper that UW(x) Landstill is looking for (it's very similar to Pernicious Deed in function). But on the other hand, turn one you're going to be using -2 which puts it well within burn range and means you're another three turns away from the sweep.
What were you expecting? Free mana sources that give you two mana on turn one are generally really powerful. It was either something like this, or something broken.
EDIT: @Nizmox: she kills your Jace, TMS. Seems bad.
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