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5 months ago ::
Dec 20, 2012 - 2:21PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 17, 2012
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This thread is for discussion of this week's " Gatecrash Mechanics", which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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5 months ago ::
Dec 31, 2012 - 1:50AM
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Liking Call of the Nightwing. I can't wait to see what the other cipher cards are.
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5 months ago ::
Dec 31, 2012 - 6:45AM
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wow... Burning-Tree Emissary  seems like it might lead to some rediculous things, and is easily the best preview here. I want to like Call of the Nightwing  , but something is holding me back. Yes, its ability to encode the creature it creates is cute, but with a cmc of 4, and the presence of things like invisible stalker  , you've probably already lost the game if your doing that. The rest seems fair to me. I'm still holding out hope for a bloodrush double-strike creature at rare.
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5 months ago ::
Dec 31, 2012 - 12:13PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 20, 2006
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Call of the Nightwing.
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Meh.
Just compare that to Entreat the Angels or Lingering Souls.
It has to be encoded on a creature that hit an opponent for 2-3 turns to give you your mana's worth of value.
Overcosted card even if it was instant speed / underpowered creature token without deathtouch or anything.
HECK -- compare it to Geist of Saint Traft; A hexproof creature that already has a 4/4 flyer encoded on it, and that encoding doesn't go away when you reanimate it.
Disappointed.
So much lost potential.
Good enough in limited I guess.
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Murder investigation, on the other hand, is just a godsend for token decks.
As if they needed another miracle on top of Geist and Entreat which combos perfectly with Murder Investigation.
I guess I'll be playing blue and white then, not blue and black.
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5 months ago ::
Dec 31, 2012 - 2:00PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 31, 2012
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Is it just me, or is Burning-Tree Emissary a bit spooky. It feels like Urza's Free mechanic except not busted open quite as much.
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5 months ago ::
Dec 31, 2012 - 5:21PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 30, 2002
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I just love the art on Burning-Tree Emissary . She feels powerful but understated, dignified but defiant.
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5 months ago ::
Dec 31, 2012 - 6:19PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 10, 2011
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She looks as awkward as a super Goth chick walking through the uptown mall.
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