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Switch to Forum Live View 01/18/2012 BoaB: "Lingering Souls"
1 year ago  ::  Jan 17, 2012 - 4:47PM #1
Garmichael
Date Joined: Jun 24, 2008
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This thread is for discussion of this week's Building on a Budget, which goes live Wednesday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 17, 2012 - 9:10PM #2
greg9381
Date Joined: Sep 1, 2010
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Aww yeah. I'm actually really excited to build this kind of deck.
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 17, 2012 - 9:50PM #3
Redgurr
Date Joined: Jul 21, 2010
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Whoa, ... between this card and the wallpaper preview card Stromkirk Captain, I'm foaming at the mouth ( figuratively ) Vampire lord that gives +1/+1 and First strike is crazy. An this card will be going straight into my B/W token deck that I already have with Bloodline keeper and geist-honored monk :D!! 
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 17, 2012 - 9:57PM #4
zomghax
Date Joined: Feb 16, 2010
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I really really cringe each time wizards push token strategies to such extent.
I know it's pretty popular among players, but I still don't understand why T_T
Tokens is a most boring and uninteresting tactic around for me

Also.
This kind of cards in a format might ruin a good drafting environment :'(
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 17, 2012 - 10:01PM #5
Qmark
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I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this card.
It compares very well to Battle Screech , reasonably well to Midnight Haunting , and makes Master's Call (and maybe also Join the Ranks look rather sad.

Raise the Alarm variants that aren't bloated set-gimmick cards are always welcome.
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 17, 2012 - 10:48PM #6
Qilong
Date Joined: Nov 18, 2004
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Jan 17, 2012 -- 10:01PM, Qmark wrote:

I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this card.
It compares very well to Battle Screech , reasonably well to Midnight Haunting , and makes Master's Call (and maybe also Join the Ranks look rather sad.

Raise the Alarm variants that aren't bloated set-gimmick cards are always welcome.




It's a two mana sorcery with one one mana to the cost to encompass the flashback bonus. It makes spirits with flying, which while relevant to two groups of cards in Innistrad -- but consider that Master's Call also cared about two groups of cards (metalcraft, Myr "tribal") while also otherwise useful and still playable in Standard, and Join the Ranks -- potentially a tad overcosted -- was deliberately useful for a tribe focused on ctb triggers.

I'd still take the instants (generally) over the sorceries.

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1 year ago  ::  Jan 18, 2012 - 12:45AM #7
Beenjamin
Date Joined: Jan 18, 2012
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Intangible Virtue?
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 18, 2012 - 12:54AM #8
Sigbjorn
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Love the card, hate the deck. It should have been a token deck instead of a white weenie deck. 

I'm conflicted. Do I make a W/B token deck knowing I'll never acquire the copies of Sorin to complete it? 
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 18, 2012 - 2:17AM #9
alextfish
Date Joined: Mar 16, 2004
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My first thought on seeing the card: So this is Battle Screech , but with the mana spread across two turns rather than concentrated into the first cast.

Which, y'know, ain't a bad thing at all. Battle Screech was an excellent card in its time. It'd just be nice to see a mention of that in the article.

But that said, yay for Rally the Peasants ! I always thought that was a Constructed-level card. I tried taking that to (the only time I've ever been to) FNM, supporting a tokens / battle cry strategy (topped out by Hero of Bladehold ), but I only did okay. I suspect this will break it through into a high tier.



@Sigbjorn: I'd sad it is a token deck already. Really. It has 12 cards which do nothing but make 32 tokens between them (44 if you're low enough on life), and another 4 creatures who make tokens as well, with every card in the deck except Memnite having excellent synergy with Gather the Townsfolk...

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1 year ago  ::  Jan 18, 2012 - 8:49AM #10
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Vault of the Archangel?
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