The Dragons are actually pretty awesome for non-eternal formats. They're printing a lot of them with air-elemental-like stats plus good abilities. The red one in particular seems very good. Just... not for us.Originally Posted by Barook
The number of shitty dragons spoiled so far scares me. I hope they don't just rely on their dragon gimmick to sell their set.
I have the feeling that none of those commands are going to be Legacy-playable.
GSZ-able Biorhythm. Not sure if there's any use for that.
The Command cycle remains to be seen. Charms are nice. The problem with this first one is that the modes are nowhere near as versatile as the Commands form Lorywn. Narrow countermagic, narrow reanimation, life gain and cantrip. This is a far cry form having a solution to any problem from the battlefield or stack on tap. Now, I will grant that there is no other cantrip re-animator spell that I know of. This suggests that it might do something kind of unique. Other than reanimating your Lorescale Coatl as a 3/3, though, I don't see an immediate use for that.
Shaman is interesting. He seems like he could be a win condition in Mono-green Nyxthos. I guess he potentially wins on the spot, as opposed to creatures that require an attack step. But, only being able to do this once you reach Formidable, the fact that he's a crappy enabler for Nyxthos himself, and that mono green does a crappy job of removing opposing creatures makes me think this card is poop.
There's no Delve in the set, just saying.
And Profane Command was the only command with a CMC of 3, except it kinda sucks at that level. I doubt they're going for Cryptic powerlevel, and that one isn't Legacy-playable.
I could imagine a world in which the shaman is really powerful in an elves style deck with concordant cross roads. Even if they do have a creature you can just finish them off with a DRS activation or two... It may not be better than craterhoof but it is definitely scary
What the fuck is going on with WotC and this set? Looks like we get 5 mono-colored dragons, 5 two-mana clan combination dragons and 5 legendary Dragons with also clan mana? What is this? Kaalia: The Expansion?
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My prediction for a soon to be spoiled card:
Double Dragon Command:
Choose Dragon/Dragon:
Dragon creatures Dragon while Dragoning Dragons.
Dragons all gain "Dragon" (Dragons dragon dragon).
All dragons gain double dragon until end of dragon.
Until the end of the game gain a Dragon Emblem that says "Whenever you Dragon a Dragon, Dragon Creatures you control Dragon an additional Dragon unless target opponent Dragons Dragons"
Finally a card that makes some sense!
There is a reason those ways were forgotten.The number of shitty dragons spoiled so far scares me. I hope they don't just rely on their dragon gimmick to sell their set.
I have the feeling that none of those commands are going to be Legacy-playable.
GSZ-able Biorhythm. Not sure if there's any use for that.
The puns just drag on and on! Oh, wait...
Well played, sir
Edit: I just count the days until someone suggests playing one or the other Dragon in Elves "because GSZ/NO/much mana"
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Thank you, kind sir
Fuck, yes!
From what I have seen so far, this is the set from this block I will not be drafting. Just doesn't seem all that exciting.
It is better to ask and look stupid then keep your mouth shut and remain so.
I hope your afterlife is filled with eternal torment.
Fuck. Which one of my quotes do I drop for this?
Remember the old days: Predator Dragon
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If Dromoka or Atarka happen to be better game ender than Craterhoof Behemoth/Progenitus I'd see no reason to NOT play them in elves though.
Not that I expect that to happen.
I'd be happy if Dromoka is around Sigarda, Host of Herons powerlevel and I'm ready to be disappointed considering the spoiled Silumgar and Kolaghan.
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I don't remember ever seeing that one ... but, lol
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That's the plan!
EDIT: The Dragon was one of the old ways to kill the enemy, but as most old stuff it is totally outdated now - for Dromoka or Atarka i don't have much hope, because non of them will get a "haste" ability (see BR Dragons) and i don't see other special stuff that help with in a matchup like miracle etc.
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Just had a thought, took em a touch shy of 12 years, but we did finally get that "Dragon Set" we were all promised back in Scourge.
It is better to ask and look stupid then keep your mouth shut and remain so.
I hope your afterlife is filled with eternal torment.
Fuck. Which one of my quotes do I drop for this?
It is called Dragons of Tarkir
I am convinced that WotC is "dumbing" the game because of all the stupid posts they come across on MTG-related forums
Nice excuse for wasting all rare slots on 5cc+ lame ass ability creatures. I wonder how drafts would look like...
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That was before the deck was ported to Legacy, though, right? Ran an Entity+Grapeshot kill with the Extended version for a loong time.
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