[RIX] Rivals of Ixalan

[ronco]

regarding that wish, it also doesn't exile itself like the old ones.

[Barachai]

I honestly never thought they would ever print a Wish again. It's been since Future Sight that they have done so.

There's the Eldrazi wish from Eldritch Moon, though it's not a shock for that one to be skipped over.

[ReAnimator]

There's the Eldrazi wish from Eldritch Moon, though it's not a shock for that one to be skipped over.

Huh, totally missed that.

[Aggro_zombies]

I honestly never thought they would ever print a Wish again. It's been since Future Sight that they have done so.

This card actually seems incredibly interesting for combo decks. It's four mana, sure, but it's also whatever you need it to be. I don't know that it replaces Burning Wish anywhere, but it might give some combo decks that don't run Wish an interesting option.

Color me cautiously intrigued.

EDIT:

Can use Blood Sun or Blood Moon though.

By the way, fucking terrible lazy name. Get it together Wizards.

I'm puzzled by this comment. The name is a deliberate shout out to Blood Moon because the two cards are broadly similar. What would you have had them call it? Moon Erasure? Blood Lock? Blood-y Hell My Lands Don't Work?

If you're just going to engage in reflexive WotC-bashing, save it for Facebook or something.

[Mastikor]

I don't see Sun doing much. Acquisition is really interesting, probably too expensive to be good, but worth testing nontheless.

[Fox]

I don't see Sun doing much. Acquisition is really interesting, probably too expensive to be good, but worth testing nontheless.

What it offers is Moon Stompy decks a way to get more out of City of Traitors, while also cutting out 4x Magus. Blood Sun's effect is far more polarizing on turn 0 in a fetchland format.

[Qweerios]

So Blood Sun is a nonbasic land hate card that doesnt affect HexDepths and allows lands and turbo depths players to go off with KGrip and Decay now? Am I missing something?

Edit: nvm it does at least stop hexdepths...

[Hopo]

So Blood Sun is a nonbasic land hate card [...]

For future reference: Blood Moon is non-basic land hate. Blood Sun is utility land hate.

[Barook]

For future reference: Blood Moon is non-basic land hate. Blood Sun is utility land hate.

Blood Sun also cantrips, so it's never dead in multiples.



This one seems to have a rather easy flip condition in the right deck. I just don't see it having any application in Legacy, though.



Edit: Nevermind, I'm an idiot.

Edit:


Initially, I completely dismissed it as an overcosted, GSZ-able Exploration. But then I noticed that it might have some application as a fight stick, namely with the GSZ-able Ulvenwald Tracker. That's probably still too cute, but since both parts are GSZ-able and not 100% completely useless on their own, it's worth mentioning. Maybe some kind of Loam deck could utilize it? Or some kind of Sylvan Plug variant - the mana cost would fit.

[Sigar]

I think Blood Sun + Scorched Ruins is interesting and worth exploring!

This one goes infinite with Thopter/Sword, right?

How?

[Hanni]

I think Blood Sun + Scorched Ruins is interesting and worth exploring!



How?

It would go infinite with Thopter by giving infinite life. Seems really bad given its mana cost, though.

[filln]

It would go infinite with Thopter by giving infinite life. Seems really bad given its mana cost, though.

Not sure if I'm missing something but you can only sacrifice nontoken artifacts to Thopter Foundry. The Thopter + Sword combo only puts the Sword in your graveyard, not any creatures to activate the Pitiless Plunderer.

[Guie]

It would go infinite with Thopter by giving infinite life. Seems really bad given its mana cost, though.

I'm not seeing it either (i.e. infinite life or infinite creatures). Thopter Foundry specifies non-token creature. Plunderer triggers when a creature dies. Can't sacrifice a thopter to foundry and sacrificing SotM will not generate treasure tokens.

[Crimhead]

Lands is such a bad matchup for Delver I don't see why this card wouldn't be tried for just that purpose. You have no problem establishing pressure, especially with red Delver decks that can bolt you out, that not letting them set up their house of horrors for 0 card investment is probably fine.

The downside is costing 3 mana against a denial deck. Other options like Needle, Submerge, Extraction, and the new Silent Grave are probably more reliable (and better against most the rest of the field).

By the way, fucking terrible lazy name. Get it together Wizards.

I like it when WotC pays homage to the iconic cards of the game's history. Rumanup Excavator should have been Magus Of The Crucible if you ask me.

[Dice_Box]

For those thinking Blood Sun is a answer to Lands, please replace all your Blood Moons with it. Thanks, Dice.

[Hanni]

Not sure if I'm missing something but you can only sacrifice nontoken artifacts to Thopter Foundry. The Thopter + Sword combo only puts the Sword in your graveyard, not any creatures to activate the Pitiless Plunderer.

Whoops. I should have read Thopter before I posted.

[Guie]

For those thinking Blood Sun is a answer to Lands, please replace all your Blood Moons with it. Thanks, Dice.

If that's the case, not sure which decks it can answer in Legacy or even Modern.

[morgan_coke]

Hadana's Climb/Winged Temple of Orazca seems like a borderline playable-bad Legacy card.

The enchantment just keeps kicking out +1/+1 counters on your dudes with zero further effort, and if you flip it, its a 3 mana Berserk-type effect on demand. Maybe Boggles or Infect? Might be too slow for those, but it's in the right colors, and pumping Infect creatures repeatedly is some good stuff.

[Crimhead]

For those thinking Blood Sun is a answer to Lands, please replace all your Blood Moons with it. Thanks, Dice.

I think the "concern" is decks that aren't playing Moon will pick up Sun (Elves, for instance).

I'm not worried. SBs aren't getting any bigger, so this might mean different hate but not more hate. Blood Sun doesn't look any scarier than the other options against us.

If that's the case, not sure which decks it can answer in Legacy or even Modern.

At the very least it's Moon #3 for EDH decks.

[Barook]

So this is what a creature with CITP Brainstorm would cost.