Commander 2013 discussion

[Tylert]

First interresting card:

nemesis of identity 1UU
Merfolk rogue
When ~~ enters the battlefield, choose a player.
~~ has protection from chosen player (It can't be blocked, targeted, damaged, enchanted by a source controlled by this player)
3/1.

Mini merfolk progenitus? :)

[Kayradis]

This is a good one. Merfolks might be back in the DTB!
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Edit.

Wait. Link?

[Tylert]

This is a good one. Merfolks might be back in the DTB!
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Edit.

Wait. Link?

You can find it on smfcorp.net
or search for "la secte des magiciens fous" in google.

[Wilkin]

Wow, pretty insane creature. Essentially a 3/1 Progenitus for 3 mana. Although it doesn't say hexproof, it pretty much is and that's a bit annoying.

Wonder which Merfolk gets the axe and is replaced by this new guy.

[Raystar]

I don't think you need a merfolk shell for it....it is a threat by itself, you cast it and just wait for the end of the game with a bunch of counters/stp/whatever in your hands....

[Tylert]

It costs Three and doesn't add to your power as an additionnal lord would do. so no idea what it could replace.
I don't think it will be played as a 4 of, but it's a very interresting card indeed :)

WIll it be only legacy / vintage legal? or could it be played in Modern also?
can't remember if the rules said that the cards from commander packs were legal for Eternal formats or non-rotating formats or legacy/vintage only...

EDIT: yes, my thirst thought was that it's a cheap threat your opponent can nearly do nothing about... it's more tempo oriented (well 3 mana is a bit high)... then i saw it was a merfolk so It became more and more interresting :)

[Raystar]

It costs Three and doesn't add to your power as an additionnal lord would do. so no idea what it could replace.
I don't think it will be played as a 4 of, but it's a very interresting card indeed :)

WIll it be only legacy / vintage legal? or could it be played in Modern also?
can't remember if the rules said that the cards from commander packs were legal for Eternal formats or non-rotating formats or legacy/vintage only...

EDIT: yes, my thirst thought was that it's a cheap threat your opponent can nearly do nothing about... it's more tempo oriented (well 3 mana is a bit high)... then i saw it was a merfolk so It became more and more interresting :)

Yes, a great card indeed :)

EDIT: the more I look at it, the more I think that it will make stone blade virtually unbeatable...

[Barook]

That's one hell of an amazing creature. It's basically an Etched Champion on roids and AWESOME. And unlike Progenitus, it can carry equipment.

It also goes straight for the throat as far as PW are concerned.

That's probably the first playable Legacy card in that pile of unplayable, overcosted multiplayer junk spoiled so far. I can already see the complaints about how annoying it is in a few months.

[Lemnear]

That's a serious contender for Geist of Saint Trafts spot in decks paired with SFM and equip

[Sloshthedark]

And the card is dumb, pro player LoL, probably playable yet example of poor design

[Barook]

And the card is dumb, pro player LoL, probably playable yet example of poor design

It certainly is a bad design, given how uninteractive it is.

And why is it blue? Protection is mainly white's domain, not blue's.

[SirTylerGalt]

I wonder if they'll give us a bomb that turns the format on its head right before the GP?

I wonder if I can play cards from this set at the BoM Paris... It's released on November, 1, the day the BoM starts...

[Barsoom]

Well it's not really uninteractive, you can respond to the trigger and kill it, otherwise yes it was overpowered maybe.

EDIT: we should know if the translation is "As Identity Nemesis enters the battlefield, choose a player." or "When nemesis of identity enters the battlefield, choose a player."

[Koby]

Well it's not really uninteractive, you can respond to the trigger and kill it, otherwise yes it was overpowered maybe.

The translation is likely goofed. Cards with a similar effect would read "As ~ enters the battlefield..."

[Namida]

Well it's not really uninteractive, you can respond to the trigger and kill it, otherwise yes it was overpowered maybe.

I don't think so. I checked some other French cards to make sure--the wording is consistent with cards like Iona, Shield of Emeria. There's no trigger for you to respond to so by the time the card actually enters play it already has protection: you.

[Barsoom]

Wonderful, i own a merfolk deck and now this card can push the deck to tier1, i hope.

[rufus]

It certainly is a bad design, given how uninteractive it is.
And why is it blue? Protection is mainly white's domain, not blue's.

Because awesome! (Shroud is traditionally blue.)
Yay. One more hexproof evasive rogue to go with Invisible Stalker and Silhana Ledgewalker. Now, if only prowl cards weren't so terrible. Still, pile on the auras and equipment, and go to town.

[Einherjer]

It still dies to Terminus! :O

Greetings

[Hof]

I wonder if I can play cards from this set at the BoM Paris... It's released on November, 1, the day the BoM starts...

I guess it will be legal. Card become legal on (not after) the release date, which in this case is November 1.
The question is how to acquire these before the event? Not exactly an ideal scenario for players or organisers IMO.

[Gheizen64]

This card is pretty absurd. It's an unkillable wall or an hexproof, unblockable threat. The 1 toughness is never relevant actually. Stoneblade equip this and it's pretty much game over.