New Clone, bad vs. Emrakul, great vs. Marit Lage.
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Well remember it was Wizards that complained that leaking those spoilers early hurt the Magic community by taking away all the excitement and build-up to a big reveal (http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles...urt-2015-12-16).
You're right that the set symbol is a pretty big giveaway though, and it's not like anyone was expecting anything else after the last block. It's like they brought out Neil Pert and Alex Lifeson, then announced a "mysterious special guest" would be joining them. Well of course it's fucking Geddy Lee. I just think it's ironic that 6 months ago they were bitching about how important the slow reveal of spoiler season was, and now they just drop presumably the biggest spoiler of the set on day 1. Maybe I'm not giving them enough credit and Emrakul is just a giant, mythic, overpowered distraction, or like thedogue said, just setting the stage for the return of Marit Lage.
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Re: Eldritch Moon and Emrakul
Marit Lage? I think you set your hopes too high. "Liliana, The Last Hope" will team up with Jace in a dumb love Story and their UNITED POWER OF LOVE will wipe out Avacyn/Emrakul/MaritLage so everyone is happy ever after with some help of random Planeswalkers #MTGstorylines #qualitywriting #JaceSavesTheDay #PlaneswalkerSuperBros
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This made me involuntarily shudder with dread. But I don't think WOTC would go there because then how would the plot move on to Kaladesh? I think we're safe from that level of Hollywood cheese, but I fully expect it if the Magic movie ever comes to pass.
The thing was, the Kozilek spoilers were super early, and more importantly not on WOTC's terms. Also, Emrakul was all but a lock for this set, while with OGW I'm sure we expected a Titan (Kozilek or Emrakul), but I don't think anyone was expecting an entire new mana symbol. This, combined with WOTC's scheduled release plan, meant that there was 2-3 weeks of speculation on the symbol before anyone could confirm what it actually meant. The Kozilek was bigger than just "we knew Emmy was coming". It was a major new change that not only affected the new set, but also cards from the past 22 years, and WOTC didn't get to roll that out themselves.
Nah, it's gonna be a Chandra/Liliana Love-in; Jace is just a distraction for Emrakul, while Lili throws flaming zombies at Emrakul and Tamiyo turns into the Moon to look after Emrakul. Because, apparently, Jace is incapable of understanding how Not to Mess with the Blind Eternities.
With eldritch moon it seems like they are changing how mindslaver type effects work, you can now no longer look at any of the cards in your opponents sideboard even if you cast a wish spell.
"During a game, players may look at their own sideboard and the sideboard of any players they currently control. The sideboard must remain clearly distinguishable from other cards."
As of Eldritch Moon, this rule is changing. Simply put, you can now never see an opponent's sideboard, even if you control that opponent. The exact language of the rule is being finalized.
So ... how do I resolve an opponents Wish without looking at their sideboard?
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https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/co...er_player_and/If you force a player you're controlling to cast a "Wish," you can't have them access any cards in their sideboard. If you make them cast Death Wish, the same rule applies: no cards, even at random sight unseen.
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Its not that much of an informational advantage because for the most part, you probably already know how your opponent is going to board against you.
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Being a combo player myself, knowing if your opponent is siding in permanent-based hate or just "moar counterspells" is a great advantage.
Lost many games to opponents having a split between Relic of Progenitus and Rest in Peace.
Shit, I can even remember a game that I lost because the opponent had 1x Nihil Spellbomb, 1x Extirpate and 1x Surgical Extraction. I went off turn 0 and was met with Surgical Extraction on Griselbrand.
Post has since been removed so maybe they're rolling this one back.
They probably just don't want to post the announcement until the official rules update.
I refuse to believe they are going to print this garbage, this is far too much.
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Actually of all the new mechanics they've had I kind of like this one. I always wanted an Exodia in Magic, and the Kaldra set wasn't Megazord enough for me. It'll make some interesting cube cards probably.
Yeah whatever man, Meld looks cool. Literal Voltron assemblage incoming, ha
Edit - pretty much guarantees that the Bruna-Gisela art is gonna be a great big Meld guy, right
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