[BLB] Bloomburrow-ing into your wallet

[H]

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Release date: August 2nd 2024

Just making a thread in case anything new actually looks interesting. So far, nothing really, just a templating change that "enters the battlefield" is now shortened to "enters:"

[FTW]

This is an expensive way to Ephemerate Solitude, Grief, Recruiter of the Guard, etc. For 4 cmc you'd need enough Birds to get recurring value.

Pride of the Clouds? Too slow for Legacy.

[Zoid]

This is an expensive way to Ephemerate Solitude, Grief, Recruiter of the Guard, etc. For 4 cmc you'd need enough Birds to get recurring value.

Pride of the Clouds? Too slow for Legacy.

Restoration Angel sees no play and this is arguably worse.

[Purple Blood]

Restoration Angel sees no play and this is arguably worse.

After browsing the Birds on Scryfall, I'll go out on a limb and say this will not see constructed play outside of possibly Standard. I was thinking it could possibly become viable in Pioneer if they added Vial to the format but there are really no good ETB effects for Birds in a creature-heavy deck.

In Standard you can try to build around this and cards like Aven Interrupter and Nimble Larcenist.

[rufus]

It prevents re-targeting the same thing and has a delay before stuff comes back. They really didn't want it to see any combo use.

[H]

Nothing looking too insane, although this Ral with free spells could get out of control, at least in theory:


I like the look of both these frogs, but for EDH really: