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So, I had a discussion with some people over the wording of Quakebringer:
To me, the wording can be interpreted in two ways. Either it triggers when Quakebringer is on the battlefield or in the graveyard and for both you need to have giant in play as well, or it triggers when Quakebringer is on the battlefield or in the graveyard and for the graveyard trigger the additional condition is that you control a giant.
The most likely interpretation is the latter, that the "or" is a full separation, but as written I don't believe the other interpretation, that the "and" clause effects both other conditions, is grammatically wrong. Now, I'm not a native speaker and perhaps there are some grammar rules I'm not aware of (could be the same for my native language in fact). Still, the card seems to be written (somewhat) ambiguously. Am I wrong here? Is there only one interpretation possible for this trigger?
The second thing I find really stupid is the word "only". It implies a restriction, whereas the trigger is in fact less restricted than most other cards in the sense that it triggers both in play and in the graveyard. The card is totally unplayable in legacy, but I was curious about what you guys think about the wording.
As I understood it reading it the first time, it triggers
a) when it's on the battlefield or
b) when it's in the GY while another Giant is on the battlefield as "stand-in".
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So that's what Runes are. Note that the translation might be missing something, e.g. a subtype.'Rune of Aviation'
Enchant permanent
When Rune of Aviation enters the battlefield, draw a card.
As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it has flying.
As long as enchanted permanent is an Equipment, it has "Equipped creature has flying."
anyone knows what are the tokens made by the UW planeswalker?
If you Congregation at Dawn for 2 Dryad Arbor and Emrakul, then counter your own spell, there's a 67% chance you'll cast Aperakul for free.
Getting Emrakul 4th from the top is no easy business though. Long-Term Plans and Brainstorm both fail.
It doesn't matter because Quakebringer is a giant. It says "a giant" not "another giant", so it would automatically satisfy its own condition.
In general though, I agree this is ambiguous templating. Wizards should be more careful with future cards.
This might make Bontu's Last Reckoning playable in Pioneer. That card is normally unplayable because you're tapped out with no board, but if you can pay 1BBB to Wrath and create multiple zombies then having the lands tapped isn't nearly as bad. The cheaper and on-color wrath is relevant when you need to Foretell this thing.
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Dwarven Recruiter is legal, but are there even good Dwarves?
If Goblin Recruiter was legal you could stack your library like this:
Goblin Lackey
Goblin Matron
Goblin Lackey
Goblin Lackey
Muxus, Goblin Grandee
Goblin Ringleader
Goblin Ringleader
Goblin Ringleader
Goblin Warchief
Skirk Prospector
Pashalik Mons
Mogg War Marshal
Mogg War Marshal
Mogg War Marshal
Stingscourger
Goblin Piledriver
Goblin Chieftain
Goblin Chieftain
Goblin Trashmaster
Goblin Cratermaker
Goblin Cratermaker
Gempalm Incinerator
Goblin Matron
Then next turn you draw Lackey and counter it with Tibalt's Tickery (Bonus: If you use Cavern, it doesn't get countered).
If it gets disrupted, you have Matron next turn to reshuffle your library.
If it resolves, you mill Matron and either mill or exile the Lackeys until you hit Muxus!
Muxus makes 3 Ringleaders, Warchief, Prospector, and Pashalik Mons.
3x Ringleader draws you to the bottom of the stack.
With Prospector you sac Recruiter to chain the 3 War Marshals to ramp to 7 red mana and deal 10 from Pashalik.
From there you can cast a combination of removal and lords, swing for the fences with haste, and ping with Pashalik+Skirk.
Turn 3 win in fair creature deck.
... I'm meming pretty hard here. Not easy to control the 2nd - 4th card of your library.
It works with my favorite bad card: Ancestral Knowledge. There's also some stuff that goes 5-deep like Lim-Dul's Vault.
It's not conditional on countering like a lot of similar stuff, so it has some synergy with [cards]Cavern of Souls[/card].
It seems like a card with potential in modern storm since it's not terrible to counter your own spells it while going off (particularly with Baral, Chief of Compliance in play), and it can protect the cost reducers or stop silver bullets.
It could work in ruby storm.
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