You mean like the red one that steals one of your Solidarity opponents islands? That seems pretty cool with any sort of mana accel. As for suspend, it seems to suck serious ass, but someone will put together a combo-control deck that sets up and does seriously anti-social things on Turn 6-7, watch & see.
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Split Second AND Flash.Originally Posted by quicksilver
Okay, so we knew about Magus of the Jar and Magus of the Mirror from over at MTGSalvation, but Wizards decided to drop this guy on us:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mf111
Magus of the Disk
2WW
Creature - Human Wizard
Magus of the Disk comes into play tapped.
1, Tap: Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.
2/4
The fact that this guy is going to be in Standard as Loxodon Heirarch is rediculous. O_o
Anyhoo, it's Nevinyrral's Disk turned into a creature.
Okay, so we're going to have a set of creatures that sacrifice to mimic an artfact ability
Blue = Memory Jar
Black = Mirror Universe
White = Nevinyrral's Disk
Green = ??? Sword of the Ages maybe? I would think Coat of Arms, but it doesn't sacrifice, and wouldn't have a permanent effect. SOTA is the only thing I could think of that is Green'ish
Red = ?? Wow, I have no idea...
It looks like the same thing for the Suspend cards with no casting cost:
Red = Wheel of Fortune
Artifact = Black Lotus
Blue = ?? Although there is a pic floating around that looks a lot like Ancestral
White = ?? Perhaps Balance? I mean.. Balance would't be AS broke if you saw it coming.. not the same as windmilling if off the top of your deck to stop the horde of creatures staring you down next turn.
Black = ?? Demonic Tutor (drools), Mind Twist, perhaps?
Green = ?? Perhaps Fastbond or Channel?
Last edited by Ophidian; 09-14-2006 at 02:24 AM.
My educated guess is Candelabra of Tawnos.
Cursed Scroll?
Magus of the Disk is incredibly good. I don't know if it can be accomodated in this format, but it is not only a threat, it's also a resiliant blocker that makes an opponent overcommit by itself. Man, what a great card.
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I had considered Scroll (Candy never crossed my mind) But the vibe I got from the cards is that they all require a sacrifice---At least so far, all of the Magus' (Magi?) do.
You don't actually have to sacrifice Magus of the Disk. Like the card it's modeled after, it only dies because of the wrath effect. So it's possible to bounce it back to hand or regenerate it.
We also know from one of the wallpaper puzzles on the Time Spiral minisite that there's a Magus of the Scroll, with a heavy red background. Also, the blue and black magi are modeled after artifacts that also required themselves to be sacrificed as part of their cost. Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if the Cursed Sroll-esque magus didn't require a sacrifice.
As for Magus of the Disk, finally I have a use for That Which Was Taken in casual!
Not really a combo. The magus will destory the "That which was taken", and without it, the divinity counter does not make it indestructible. Better to have the origional disk and that artifact that makes all artifacts indestructible.
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Oops. I forgot That Which Was Taken can't put counters on itself. Yeah, you're right. Okay, I still haven't found a use for that pile in casual. Way to ruin my day, thanks.
Well if you had a March of the Machines and 2 Opalesences it would work after you put counters on all of them (5 total) But your better off putting a Vanishing on him and with the effect on the stack Phase him out. (AKA the old Disk trick)>.>
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Oops. I forgot That Which Was Taken can't put counters on itself. Yeah, you're right. Okay, I still haven't found a use for that pile in casual. Way to ruin my day, thanks.
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Am I the only one that's pretty excited about Paradox Haze?
Paradox Haze 2U
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Player
At the beginning of enchanted player's first upkeep each turn, that player gets an additional upkeep after this step.
Just from looking at it, it seems like this card is begging to have a Stax deck build around it (like we need another one). Or something abusing Tangle Wire. You tap 8, I tap 3, you tap 6, I tap 2.....it can get pretty sick.
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Why not a Stax list running Stax, Wire, and a bunch of other good shit, Braids?Am I the only one that's pretty excited about Paradox Haze?
Paradox Haze 2U
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Player
At the beginning of enchanted player's first upkeep each turn, that player gets an additional upkeep after this step.
Just from looking at it, it seems like this card is begging to have a Stax deck build around it (like we need another one
This card is the very definition of win-more in Stax. It literally only helps when you're already winning.
Or it might give Stax the speed it has been longing for.
Speed has never been the issue. Consistency and adapatability have been. Stax is incredible at beating either Control and Combo, or beating Aggro. But never at the same time. This doesn't help either case, and is only good when you have a loaded Wire or a ramped Stack on the table. If you do, you're generally in a good position anyway. If you don't, it just sits there and wastes three mana.
Plus it gets completely hosed by Eon Hub.
Eon Hub wrecks it.
I'm a bit of a fan of Quinton Hoover's old art, but the art for Vesuvian Shapeshifter isn't in his old style at all. I understand that artists change style over the years, but Hoover's new look feels far more generic than stuff like the old Doppleganger and such.
(EDIT) I know it's not fully kosher, but can anyone post what the SCG Premium preview card does? I'm curious as hell what the suspend cost of a Draw3 for U is, and what its hardcast cost is.
Last edited by JeremM; 09-15-2006 at 12:18 AM.
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