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1 year ago  ::  Jan 22, 2012 - 10:29PM #1
XIII13Thirteen
Date Joined: Aug 14, 2009
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For limited this seems pretty awesome, but the compliants are due to start. Sure we got Hunter of the Fells, Aristocrat, and Lich dude, but Gravdigger's cage isn't enough to balance the value in the box. There are a lot of bulk rares in this set.



I still think the set will be fun. I mean the uncommon lords are pretty sweet and the flavor is just seeping like that creepy ooze thing, but I can't help but see the signs in the bones.
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 22, 2012 - 10:30PM #2
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Oh, and excuse my lack of question mark in the title. Derp.
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 22, 2012 - 10:33PM #3
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I love how people are always complaining about mythics makes the cards stupidly expensive, but when most of the cards don't have a high price tag people also complaing because they aren't getting as much actually money value from the cards. I just don't get it.

Set looks great. A lot of cards I like for my EDH decks and a decent number of sweets cards for constructed. 
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 22, 2012 - 10:35PM #4
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I hate Cage.

I love being able to play Turbo Fog in Standard.

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1 year ago  ::  Jan 22, 2012 - 10:35PM #5
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Jan 22, 2012 -- 10:33PM, .Blaze. wrote:

I love how people are always complaining about mythics makes the cards stupidly expensive, but when most of the cards don't have a high price tag people also complaing because they aren't getting as much actually money value from the cards. I just don't get it.




There's nothing contradictory here, the more jank mythics there are, the more expensive the good ones get.

So all the mythics that shouldn't be are just raising Sorin's price.

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Trolljuju's mind drifted from his appointment to thoughts of Beast Engine's manliness. The only man in history to punch the fossilized remains of a dinosaur back to life just to punch it to death again. The man who deflected bullets with his pectoral muscles during his daily assassination attempts. The man who cured cancer with a serum made from pure crystalized virility. The man who burst with vigor. Not just a man but a Man- the manliest of all men. A god of masculinity in physical form.

Trolljuju's heart fluttered at the memory of him and lightened his steps as he pressed on.

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As soon as the ground beneath him cooled, Juju cast his heavy pack aside and ran. As the figure grew with closeness, he could see Beast Engine was nude, as was expected. The snow that fell near him turned to a thin wall of steam, looking to Trolljuju's eyes like a barrier. Engine was too strong, too manly to occupy the same space as the ordinary universe. He lived in a world all his own. But fortunately for Juju, it was only an illusion. He ran at full speed into Engine, who caught him with both arms and effortlessly twirled with him, resting with Juju dipped low to the ground in Engine's arms.

"Beast Engine, my love," Trolljuju breathed, sturck with awe at Engine's masculine beauty despite the familiarity of his face.
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 22, 2012 - 10:38PM #6
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The uncommon lords are all nice, we'll be seeing the u/w one in the future....a lot, methinks.  I don't care for the Aristocrat as much; I prefer Olivia Voldaren .  I like the blue rare tapper guy, and the fact that zombies.deck will be fun if not a powerhouse.  And of course Sorin is awesome sauce.  Hunter is....interesting.  It remains to be seen if he's a tourney level card; while I think so, he just seems clunky, and that I'd rather have Thrun there.

All in all, it's an interesting set and should be a blast in limited.  U/W humans just got a lot better.  We'll probably see some showing for mono B zombies or U/B zombies in standard.  Sorin should be somewhere, Esper control or W/B tokens.  I don't think werewolves are going to be all that, but I could be wrong. 
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 22, 2012 - 10:39PM #7
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Flavor wise, 11/10. Incredible.

Limited looks awesome.

I'm not sure I like what a lot of these cards do for Standard Constructed - there are some very oppressive cards (and not just the Cage), largely because some cards do so much for some archetypes, while other archetypes just obviously don't have enough power to compete. Block looks incredible, though, and I'm really excited for it.

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1 year ago  ::  Jan 22, 2012 - 10:42PM #8
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Jan 22, 2012 -- 10:35PM, Trolljuju wrote:

Jan 22, 2012 -- 10:33PM, .Blaze. wrote:

I love how people are always complaining about mythics makes the cards stupidly expensive, but when most of the cards don't have a high price tag people also complaing because they aren't getting as much actually money value from the cards. I just don't get it.




There's nothing contradictory here, the more jank mythics there are, the more expensive the good ones get.

So all the mythics that shouldn't be are just raising Sorin's price.



But over all isn't it better? I'd rather have most of the set be cheap with only a couple of expensive money cards (in the $20/$30 range) then have several money cards (ranging from $15 and $30). The simple fact is I don't see Sorin going under $30 no matter how many money cards are in the set.

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1 year ago  ::  Jan 22, 2012 - 10:45PM #9
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Most of the rares are meh, Sorin being the obvious exception.
Archangel's Light - great, now there's a life-gain MYTHIC, just what we've been clamoring for. Ugh
Here, let me show you some real life-gain mythics: Wurmcoil Engine , Batterskull , Sword of War and Peace .
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1 year ago  ::  Jan 22, 2012 - 10:46PM #10
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I see more u/w aggro in the future.  Anyways, I love stormbound, tower, and dungeon geists, young wolf, burning oil, and drogskol capt.  I'm thinking that it might be possible to make a u/w spirit midrange deck post rotation.
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