Oh my. there were slight hints that he was going to be Black/White, but seeing it is crazy. Sorin has been my favorite/ only planeswalker I've liked so far, and this card doesn't dissapoint. I think I may need to start getting used to using planeswalkers now cause I love this card!! Even if he isn't full black on his home plane. I need at least 2 copies if I can't get a playset. Bloodline Keeper/ Lord of Lineage just got a jaw dropping master.
I am not into vampires and darkness; I'm grown up. But I like the tone and backstory to this. Plus, I love that video and hope to see more promo videos like it for future expansions.
During GDS 2, didn't MaRo come down on one or more candidates and say something about how a planeswalker preview wouldn't be given to a column like Serious Fun or Savor the Flavor? Strange to see Sorin debut in this column so soon thereafter.
As a card, I mostly like it. It seems similar in power level to Elspeth, Knight-Errant , and the abilities mesh fairly well (well, the last one really doesn't mesh with the first two, but at least it's got a vampire flavor to it). That said, unlike Elspeth, it seems like it really needs to be played in a weenie/tokens deck. I am undecided about whether that is a good thing or not.
During GDS 2, didn't MaRo come down on one or more candidates and say something about how a planeswalker preview wouldn't be given to a column like Serious Fun or Savor the Flavor? Strange to see Sorin debut in this column so soon thereafter.
Well, it wouldn't be the first time that MaRo and crew could be called hypocrites for what they said in a GDS and what they then did create. Still, there is so much flavor here that it was probably too hard to resist being hypocrites in this case.
Also, I think there's a recepie for making Angels in Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, The Underworld Cookbook at least that's what I've heard Aszala uses.
During GDS 2, didn't MaRo come down on one or more candidates and say something about how a planeswalker preview wouldn't be given to a column like Serious Fun or Savor the Flavor? Strange to see Sorin debut in this column so soon thereafter.
Well, it wouldn't be the first time that MaRo and crew could be called hypocrites for what they said in a GDS and what they then did create. Still, there is so much flavor here that it was probably too hard to resist being hypocrites in this case.
No, I'm sticking with "it was supposed to be Mike Flores' preview card."
Am I the only one who thought this story was laaaaaaaaaaaame?
Really, I always read the articles, since I'm much more into flavor than most things, but I had to stop at one point because it was so bad I couldn't stand it. I'm not talking about the writing style, I'm talking about the story itself.
For linking a card to Gatherer without writting the name of said card for readers, use the autocard brackets together with and equal sign and right the name of the real card. Then put the message you want inside the tags, like you would do with autocarding. Like this:
I like storm crow because I really like crows in real life, as an animal, and the card isn't terribly stupid, but packs a good deal of nostalgia and also a chunck of the game's history. So it's perhaps one of the cards I have most affection to, but not because "lol storm crow is bad hurr hurr durr".
Although I do assume you deliberately refer to them (DCI) as The Grand Imperial Convocation of Evil just for the purposes of making them sound like an ancient and terrible conspiracy.
Now, now. 1994 doesn't quite qualify as "ancient".
Oh, it's a brilliant plan. You see, Bolas was travelling through shadowmoor, causing trouble, when he saw a Wickerbough Elder with its stylin' dead scarecrow hat. Now, Bolas being Bolas took the awesome hat and he put it on his head, but even with all his titanic powers of magic he couldn't make it fit. He grabbed some more scarecrows, but then a little kithkin girl asked if he was trying to build a toupee. "BY ALL THE POWERS IN THE MULTIVERSE!" he roared, "I WILL HAVE A HAT WORTHY OF MY GLORY." and so he went through his Dark Lore of Doom (tm) looking for something he could make into a hat that would look as stylish on him as a scarecrow does on a treefolk. He thought about the Phyrexians, but they were covered in goopy oil that would make his nonexistant hair greasy. He Tried out angels for a while but they didn't sit quite right. Then, he looked under "e" (because in the Elder Draconic alphabet, "e" for Eldrazi is right next to "h" for Hat) in his Dark Lore of Doom and saw depictions of the Eldrazi, and all their forms. "THIS SHALL BE MY HAT!" he declared, poking a picture of Emrakul, "AND WITH IT I WILL USHER IN A NEW AGE OF DARKNESS -- ER, I MEAN A NEW AGE OF FASHION!"
And so Nicol Bolas masterminded the release of the Eldrazi.
The last couple days have been roughly every perverse fetish imaginable, but it only got "creepy" when speculation on Mother of Runes's mob affiliation came up?
I like to think up what I consider clever names for my decks, only later to be laughed at by my wife. It kills me a little on the inside, but thats what marriage is about.
Of course, the best use [of tolaria west ] is transmuting for the real Tolaria.
Absolutely. I used to loose to my buddy's Banding deck for ages, it was then that I found out about Tolaria , and I was finally able win my first game.
Browbeat is a card that is an appropriate deck choice when there's no better idea available. "No better idea available" was pretty much the running theme of Odyssey era.
Modern is like playing a new tournament every time : you build a deck, you win with it, don't bother keeping it. Just build another, its key pieces will get banned.
I always find it helpful when im angry to dress up in an owl costume and rub pennies all over my body in front of a full body mirror next to the window.
Dymecoar:
Playing Magic without Blue is like sleeping without any sheets or blankets. You can do it...but why?
Omega137:
Me: "I love the moment when a control deck stabilizes. It feels so... right." Omega137: "I like the life drop part until you get there, it's the MtG variant of bungee jumping"
Zigeif777:
Just do it like Yu-Gi-Oh or monkeys: throw all the crap you got at them and hope it works or else the by-standers (or opponents) just get dirty and pissed.
Normally it's difficult to pick up on your jokes/sarcasm. But this one's pretty much out there. Good progress. You have moved up to Humanoid. You'll be Human in no time.
Am I the only one who thinks that 'Yet-another-planeswalker-that-makes-tokens' is ultimately boring and disappointing? Even more so after we just had a token making Garruk just 3 months ago. It seems powerful for weenies indeed, still doesn't make it an interesting card. Too generic.
