Yeah, it was expectations built up by the PAX panel and the Planeswalker's Guide that haven't paid off. If they had said 'but there are very few wolfir cards' and 'the gryff are incredibly rare creatures, so much so that there's only one gryff rider in the set', I think I would be less disappointed.
That said, the angels are really great for the most part. The set seems to be targeted at angel-lovers like me. And it pulls this off really, really well. There are a total of two angels I don't think are awesome - Archangel (that's the reperint they chooose? Really?) and Voice of the Provinces (which is a common angel, and I those are rather difficult to make). Most of them are going into my Angels EDH deck - yes, even the little common Seraph of Dawn .
But, I think it was also supposed to make fans of demons happy. And...well, I don't really know what I'm talking about here....so I won't try to say if it succeeds at that or not.
Yeah, it was expectations built up by the PAX panel and the Planeswalker's Guide that haven't paid off. If they had said 'but there are very few wolfir cards' and 'the gryff are incredibly rare creatures, so much so that there's only one gryff rider in the set', I think I would be less disappointed.
That said, the angels are really great for the most part. The set seems to be targeted at angel-lovers like me. And it pulls this off really, really well. There are a total of two angels I don't think are awesome - Archangel (that's the reperint they chooose? Really?) and Voice of the Provinces (which is a common angel, and I those are rather difficult to make). Most of them are going into my Angels EDH deck - yes, even the little common Seraph of Dawn .
But, I think it was also supposed to make fans of demons happy. And...well, I don't really know what I'm talking about here....so I won't try to say if it succeeds at that or not.
Being an angel-lover myself I am loving all the angel cards and the angel related arts (I'm going to be poor with this set!) but I do feel that they could've given the other elements some spot. Like maybe 1 or 2 more cards for the gryffs and the Wolfir, it feels a bit of a waste.
And who knows if they're going to give additional backgrounds, closure, or links to the other parts of the flavor that seemed real lacking (i.e. Where the heck was Sorin in all of the events leading to AVR? What's going to be the flat out end to this set?)
I too think they have overdone the angel thing. I mean, sure, Angel set and all, but still... while browsing the white cards, i couldn't help it but sight and mutter "huh, another angel..."
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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.
I too think they have overdone the angel thing. I mean, sure, Angel set and all, but still... while browsing the white cards, i couldn't help it but sight and mutter "huh, another angel..."
Thing is that they had so much more flavor space!
On the flipside, if this is pretty much their answer to a FTV: Angels (which was a long time coming). Then better than nothing. :/
So...what we have here is a set that appeals only to people who love angels?
I didn't like Innistrad or Dark Ascension. I don't like zombies. I don't like vampires. I thought I liked werewolves, but....I didn't like the werewolves. So maybe they're making up to the people who don't like horror much?
So...what we have here is a set that appeals only to people who love angels?
Not even that. I love Angels but they're still too heavily weighted towards Rares and Mythic Rares. I wanted some little Angels too, maybe a Defender Angel at common and an Angel Lord at uncommon, so you could build an all-Angel deck instead of being stuck with the humans.
So...what we have here is a set that appeals only to people who love angels?
I didn't like Innistrad or Dark Ascension. I don't like zombies. I don't like vampires. I thought I liked werewolves, but....I didn't like the werewolves. So maybe they're making up to the people who don't like horror much?
I like werewolves and I liked the flavor of the various named werewolves (too bad we never saw a single one of them), but I didn't care for the transform mechanic they went with, particularly since being DFCs limited them so much numerically.
Then shafting the tribe entirely in the third set just put the final nail in the werewolf coffin.
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