Conspiracy: Take the Crown

[PirateKing]

Oh man they're getting close to hitting all the summer magic nostalgia! Blue Hurricane reprint!

[slave]

This set is my favourite for the last 5 years possibly.
Some very good cards and reprints in here, although it's clear that Wizards has a seriously over-engorged, almost necrotic, hard-on for white players.
C'mon guys, don't you think they've had their turn in the last few years?

[Barook]

Kaya's foil version has an alternate art. That's a pretty cool gimmick.

[maharis]

I think Leovold is going to be really good. I posted about him in the team america thread and I can see it doing a lot of work in a non-Shardless BUG deck. Asymmetrical cantrip hate is already successful in the format and a 3/3 Rayne can get out of control in a hurry.

[kirkusjones]

Leovold is going to be fantastic in EDH. I wonder if foil Daretti will have alternate art?

[Ace/Homebrew]

Kaya's foil version has an alternate art. That's a pretty cool gimmick.

That is pretty cool. I approve.

[Lemnear]

That is pretty cool. I approve.

I can almost hear people bitching that they can't get the regular art in foil

[MaximumC]

I can almost hear people bitching that they can't get the regular art in foil

[Enjolras:]
Do you hear the people whine?
Singing a song of angry boys?
It is the music of a people
Too particular of toys!
When the posting on the Source
Sounds like the beating of a chest
Not even reprinting Will, of Force
Will contain the mess!

[Combeferre:]
Will you also whine and moan?
Who will pretend their not to old?
Complaining about card games
Means your young and smart and bold!

[Courfeyrac:]
Put hundred bill notes in a pack and we'll quibble the fold!

[All:]
Do you hear the people bitch?
Isn't it always just the same?
Every time something happens
Everyone expects complaints again!
Expectations are so low
Where the community's enflamed,
What have we done to earn
This label of nerds in rage?

[Feuilly:]
Or perhaps the truth is that
Players are not one and the same?
Some will like and some will bitch
And so on average stoke the flame.
Perhaps different people
Want different things from the game?

[All:]
Do you hear the players rant?
Singing a song of angry dorks?
It is the music of a people
Who are beating a dead horse.
When expectations for the worst
Normally go on day and night
We should all just agree
That Wizards can do no right!

[In the following scene all these characters die uselessly for their beliefs, btw]

[Darkenslight]

Kaya's foil version has an alternate art. That's a pretty cool gimmick.

I'm not sure if that's like the alt-art Tahngarth, Talruum Hero and [card]Ertai the Corrupted[/cards] from Planechase, or just a Secret version. We'll find out on Friday.

[Lemnear]

[Enjolras:]
Do you hear the people whine?
Singing a song of angry boys?
It is the music of a people
Too particular of toys!
When the posting on the Source
Sounds like the beating of a chest
Not even reprinting Will, of Force
Will contain the mess!

[Combeferre:]
Will you also whine and moan?
Who will pretend their not to old?
Complaining about card games
Means your young and smart and bold!

[Courfeyrac:]
Put hundred bill notes in a pack and we'll quibble the fold!

[All:]
Do you hear the people bitch?
Isn't it always just the same?
Every time something happens
Everyone expects complaints again!
Expectations are so low
Where the community's enflamed,
What have we done to earn
This label of nerds in rage?

[Feuilly:]
Or perhaps the truth is that
Players are not one and the same?
Some will like and some will bitch
And so on average stoke the flame.
Perhaps different people
Want different things from the game?

[All:]
Do you hear the players rant?
Singing a song of angry dorks?
It is the music of a people
Who are beating a dead horse.
When expectations for the worst
Normally go on day and night
We should all just agree
That Wizards can do no right!

[In the following scene all these characters die uselessly for their beliefs, btw]

Would watch that version the next time I'm in London's Queens Theatre

[MaximumC]

Would watch that version the next time I'm in London's Queens Theatre

I would too, but only if we can get MARO to play Javert.

LSV can be Jean Valjean.

[Lemnear]

I would too, but only if we can get MARO to play Javert.

LSV can be Jean Valjean.

I wanna see LSV sing "Bring him home" with an oversized Brainstorm in his arms

[MaximumC]

I wanna see LSV sing "Bring him home" with an oversized Brainstorm in his arms

It would be "Ban him home" actually.

[Darkenslight]

I wanna see LSV sing "Bring him home" with an oversized Brainstorm in his arms

Does that make Paul Cheon Cosette or Thénadier?

[Lemnear]

Does that make Paul Cheon Cosette or Thénadier?

Thénadier ... ripping of people off people left and right and selling piss as wine ... that sounds like someone else

[bruizar]

What do you guys think of the new planeswalkers?

[Darkenslight]

What do you guys think of the new planeswalkers?

The GHost Assassin is likely to be a bit underwhelming post-testing, and Daretti is going to be interesting, but I don't think he's quite there. IF his ultimate was a -5, and not a -6, then I'd say he was good enough to play, except in niche cases.

[bruizar]

The GHost Assassin is likely to be a bit underwhelming post-testing, and Daretti is going to be interesting, but I don't think he's quite there. IF his ultimate was a -5, and not a -6, then I'd say he was good enough to play, except in niche cases.

Interesting. I'm bullish on Daretti myself, I will be purchasing foils. I'm still trying to figure out Kaya. Kaya is hard to evaluate. Play, -2, -2, is great. It has the CA from Jace and CA from Liliana packed into 1 ability. Then again, it would be on par with Fact or Fiction. It's probably one of the most resilient Planeswalkers too, able to reset to 5 and hide until board state permits, it kills tokens and it blinks Snapcaster Mages or Emrakuls. So much utility but the mana cost... 2BW... I simply don't know what to think when it comes to Kaya.

As for Daretti, I'd probably go for something like this


2 Liliana of the Veil
2 Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
2 Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
2 Kolaghan’s Command
2 Snapcaster Mage
3 Baleful Strix
3 Lightning Bolt
2 Terminate
1 Forked Bolt
2 Thopter Foundry
2 Sword of the Meek
2 Thoughtseize
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Force of Will
2 Spell Snare
4 Brainstorm
25 mana sources
4 Mox Opal
3 Great Furnace
3 Vault of Whispers
x Basic/Dual/Fetch

[Lemnear]

What do you guys think of the new planeswalkers?

Kaya is good for cardadvantage and to remove blockers for a turn which can be used in combination with Liliana of the Veil to get a more reliable targeting for the Edict-Ability while squeezing out endless value from the two and slowly grinding out your enemy. The problem here is, that there is not really a deck ready to use that combo, as BWx control isn't really a thing in Legacy atm and Kaya needs time to get rolling unlike Liliana which is fine by being used as a 3-mana edict in case of need to clear the way for your creatures. I don't see Kaya being a good support for creature strategies like GBW Junk, because of the fact that she is only a 4-mana cantrip the turn she comes into play and potentially even demands creatures to run alongside which can get some extra value by Kayas Blink-Ability (SFM?). I guess her fate is tied to one being able to build a new subtype of deck

[Hopo]

Kaya could fit in Esperblade but not sure. At least it blinks Mystic.