Oh I'm not suggesting the card is good or playable, just that it's an extra little zone added on that isn't usually part of the effect. Exile blah blah, then when this leaves they get it back, just like all the others.
Apparently they've expressed that white is now the color of reanimation effects. Looking forward to the 1 CMC white Reanimate that gains life :D
Sounds cool - until you realize that you would kill yourself if you don't remove your Notion Thief in time since the loop doesn't stop itself. Gut Shot and the likes come into mind for that. Oracle + fast mana could be used as win con. But I doubt that it would be better than a Doomsday pile.
Agreed, it's a tired comparison but it's secretly just Kicker again :/ as it's been spoiled so far the effect plays out like this:
Pay cost -> do a thing
Pay cost + extra cost -> do a better version of the thing
Just because they found a clever way to format it like "destroy target [non-basic] land" doesn't make it not so.
I know a lot of things can be reduced down to another version of Kicker if you squint at them long enough, but it's a problem when a new mechanic isn't even out yet and already it feels stale because it's recognizable as "more mana = more better = this is kicker"
It is usually not too hard to win once you have drawn your whole deck. Doing it at instant speed makes it a bit trickier but not horrible. The easiest way would be to copy the old modern ad naus kill of lightning storm plus SSG.
Doesn’t really help that the combo relies on 2 4 mana permanents in different colours though.
Where is Lemnear when we need him?
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
Ha! Didn't realize he was MIA. I suppose technically I am too, except like, Arena.
I suppose there are a few cards on the spoiler list that break the pattern and so can't be strictly compared to Kicker. There's a Final Fortune variation that costs like 1RR with a Cleave cost that's like 6UUR or some uncastable jank and it cleaves off [you lose the game], which is awfully nice of them I suppose. Inb4 some terrible white "counterspell" says "restore the Cleave text of target spell" lmao.
They could print some reeeeeeally shitty cards this way if they wanted to.
Green Targeted Removal
Instant
Cleave
Destroy target permanent [you control].
They would never do this, but they totally should do this. Think of the memes!
Looks like an unfortunate waste of nice art though.
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
Kinda reminds me of Mentor, except for creature spells. It can trigger the first Training for the tokens itself, so that's nice.
Chandra doesn't seem amazing, but she's not awful for CMC 3. Not for Legacy Burn, but close to what a Burn planeswalker would need to be.
Speaking of CMC 3, can't wait for the upstage, "Liliana, Dressed to Murder"
I think you are a bit unfair here. This is arguably better than Liliana the last hope. And it is comparable to W6 and Chandra TOD.
It is a 3 cmc planeswalker that has removal on a plus. The list of cards like that is very short. Oko and Liliana the last hope only. RB daretti, Gideon of the trials, and grist if you squint I guess.
I’m pretty sure this ends up in the slower moon prison decks. In burn it is comparable to lavamancer but doesn’t require fetches and is better vs control.
1 Damage is to player or planeswalker, not to creature. Liliana the Last Hope is removal on plus and the ultimate is game winning.
This is just value & value & value, which can be good in the right deck, but is not a one card combo like the planeswalkers that get played in Legacy.
Still I'm sticking with, "not bad" in review
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
Looks like a decent SB card. It competes with Toxic Deluge and is less flexible, but also doesn't cost life.
Pretty decent card for Soul Sisters.
This only counts actual mana spend and not spells cast with alternate costs like Fireblast, right?
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