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    Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Can't say anything looks great so far, but man, some of this stuff is neat.





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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Atraxa is legit vs Delver, holy shit. Just gotta resolve it and keep your lands intact

    Can't wait to throw this in 4c good stuff bullshit midrange and pitch her to force constantly!

    EDIT: Pyroblast makes me sad...
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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Atraxa seems pretty damn good. . .

    Edit: I mean it's vulnerable to STP, but . . . that's it?

    4 DRS
    4 Atraxa
    4 STP
    4 FOW
    4 Brainstorm
    4 AD
    4 Thoughtseize

    Starting with above shell . . . do you go GSZ, SFM or Delver with that?

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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Dissection View Post
    Atraxa is legit vs Delver, holy shit. Just gotta resolve it and keep your lands intact

    Can't wait to throw this in 4c good stuff bullshit midrange and pitch her to force constantly!

    EDIT: Pyroblast makes me sad...
    I don't want to like the card, but damn it I love the card. Fuck Pyroblast, 4c Angel beatdown for life!

    But seriously, this really make me want to make a 4 color Planeswalker EDH deck to never get to play.
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    Quote Originally Posted by H View Post
    Can't say anything looks great so far, but man, some of this stuff is neat...
    Silas Renn seems like he could find a spot somewhere. I'm not sure the rest can offset their casting cost in legacy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by H View Post
    I don't want to like the card, but damn it I love the card. Fuck Pyroblast, 4c Angel beatdown for life!

    But seriously, this really make me want to make a 4 color Planeswalker EDH deck to never get to play.
    100% with you on this! I love it too.

    I'm gonna try my best to make her work somehow. Can be fetched with GSZ too fwiw, maybe some 4c Nic Fit monstrosity.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dissection View Post
    I'm gonna try my best to make her work somehow. Can be fetched with GSZ too fwiw, maybe some 4c Nic Fit monstrosity.
    Hmmm, what about in a Thalia/Maverick build?

    4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
    4 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
    4 DRS
    4 Atraxa
    4 Mother of Runes
    2 Knight of the Reliquary
    1 Qasali Pridemage
    1 Scavenging Ooze
    1 Scryb Ranger
    1 Gaddock Teeg

    4 STP
    4 Vial
    2 Decay
    4 Green Sun's Zenith

    20 Lands

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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    I think Atraxa is going to become the go to for EDH Infect.
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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by rufus View Post
    Silas Renn seems like he could find a spot somewhere. I'm not sure the rest can offset their casting cost in legacy.
    Play him with Glissa, the Traitor and Executioner's Capsule? Plus Baleful Strix?

    That would be one way to definitely beat Eldrazi,
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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    The first thoughts about Atraxa I had were "does it have hexproof?" and on reading Proliferate "Township is going to be retarded". Mark my words. Atraxa Township decks are going to go to town.
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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Atraxa seems pretty hard to cast, but between DRS, Noble Hiearch and especially GSZ, it might actually not be that bad.

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    Can't think of anything (other than Brainstorm, hurr durr) to truely abuse this. And even then, it costs 4 mana and requires to tap.

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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Barook View Post
    Can't think of anything (other than Brainstorm, hurr durr) to truely abuse this. And even then, it costs 4 mana and requires to tap.
    Edric. Thats going to cause hell with Edirc.
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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Dice_Box View Post
    Edric. Thats going to cause hell with Edirc.
    Fair point, I guess.

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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Barook View Post
    Atraxa seems pretty hard to cast, but between DRS, Noble Hiearch and especially GSZ, it might actually not be that bad.

    Edit:

    Can't think of anything (other than Brainstorm, hurr durr) to truely abuse this. And even then, it costs 4 mana and requires to tap.
    Best I can come up with is:

    Turn 1 - Land
    Turn 2 - Land - DRS/Noble
    Turn 3 - Land - Kydele
    Turn 4 - Land - Brainstorm - Snapcaster (FB Brainstorm) - Tap Kydele for 7 - Cerulean Wisps - Tap Kydele for 8 -- Emrakul.

    Pretty Janky

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barook View Post
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    Can't think of anything (other than Brainstorm, hurr durr) to truely abuse this. And even then, it costs 4 mana and requires to tap.
    Sylvan Library, Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Faithless Looting and when you get to critical mass Stroke of Genius or Braingeyser.

    That said, as you wrote, 4 mana is too much for legacy.

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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Are any of the partner combinations interesting so far? I can't think of anyway I would like to combine any of them really.

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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    So... flavorwise:

    Atraxa is from New Phyrexia
    Bruse Tarl is from Zendikar (he's an Ally)
    Kraum is from Innistrad
    Kydele is from Theros
    Sidar Kondo is from Dominaria (!!)
    Silas Renn is from Alara (Esper)

    Looks like they are spreading the love across the planes with this product!
    I'd love to see more of the heavily quoted characters from Ice Ages get cards.

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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Ace/Homebrew View Post
    Looks like they are spreading the love across the planes with this product!
    I'd love to see more of the heavily quoted characters from Ice Ages get cards.
    Or Fallen Empires. Order of the Ebon Hand was like the coolest to me, back when we didn't realize Fallen Empires was 98% bad cards.
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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Barook View Post
    Atraxa seems pretty hard to cast, but between DRS, Noble Hiearch and especially GSZ, it might actually not be that bad.

    Edit:

    Can't think of anything (other than Brainstorm, hurr durr) to truely abuse this. And even then, it costs 4 mana and requires to tap.
    What about some sort of Necrotic Ooze package with Griselbrand? Draw 14, tap, find another mana, play emrakul...

    4 mana is not too much for legacy. The question is whether or not the ability is good enough.



    I think this card has legs. I'm sure there's something horrible to do with Black Lotus in Vintage. Legacy has LED if you want it but even just recurring stuff like EE or Strix might be good value.



    There's no reason to ever play this kind of deck with Miracles around, but if there were, this is deceptively strong, IMO. If you have something like a big Knight or Goyf, or something equipped with a sword, this can flip the game pretty fast. But you can throw it on the pile of RWB cards that are good value but will do nothing until the format opens up a bit.

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    Re: Commander 2016 Spoiler Thread

    I don't think Miracles is to blame for a 3/3 for 4 being unplayable in Legacy. It would also be unplayable in Modern.

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