Teacher: Now children, this is why 3/4 vigilant kitties for 3 mana need to have drawbacks. Have you all learned your lesson?
Johnny: What about the two white mana symbols? That makes him hard to cast. That's a drawback, right?
Teacher: JOHNNY, GO SIT IN THE CORNER UNTIL YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT'S KEEPING MONOWHITE DEVOTION FROM BEING A THING IN STANDARD.
Timmy: But he's legendary! That's a drawback!
Teacher: TIMMY, GO TO THE EDH RULES COMMITTEE'S OFFICE.
Posted By:
SirLibraryEater
(1/28/2014 5:10:01 PM)
BRO•Maz King of Kittehs.
Going in token lists everywhere.
In Standard currently (RTR/M14/THS), Boros Reckoner may not give up the slot just yet - or - just might be friends in the same build.
Posted By:
CopySix
(1/28/2014 3:28:00 PM)
Obligatory pushed mythic.
Posted By:
busdude
(1/28/2014 4:05:24 PM)
And here we see the chase mythic of the set.
Posted By:
MrBarrelRoll
(1/28/2014 3:07:59 PM)
The flavor of a king who has his subjects help him in everything he does is just beautiful. I hope we see this as a repeating mechanic (maybe pay 1{W}) and have it be rare or uncommon - in future sets.
Posted By:
Cloudchaser.Kestrel
(1/28/2014 9:54:45 PM)
Hello, Thundercat of Bladehold. How terrible to see another poorly tested card like you released into the world of money Magic.
On a note closer to coming to terms with it, it could be the pseudo 4+ power 3-drop Modern hatebears has been yearning to run next to Loxodon Smiter. I actually like the idea of a vigilant-token producer, as long as it doesn't have battle cry (and isn't otherwise OP).
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(1/28/2014 4:32:36 PM)
Because white obviously needed more tokens.
I like this card, though. I can see it being played...
... well, in pretty much any deck with white. You don't even need to build around token generation for it to be good.
Posted By:
MrMonday
(1/28/2014 3:56:56 PM)
Ah the pushed money mythic of this set. Magic really devolves into buying the staple cards each set and building a deck arround those.
I mean sure, 3/4s for 3 Mana that produce (possibly) several tokens are absolutely balanced and can be found on any other rarity than mythic rare...
And he is totally on the power level of the other cards of this set!
Posted By:
Vividice
(1/29/2014 10:18:09 AM)
You can tell how Wizards predict the popularity of their expansion by looking at how overpowered its mythics cards are.
Posted By:
Cyberium
(1/28/2014 9:48:41 PM)
It's powerful, but I fear His Royal Catness still won't make Mono-white devotion a thing in Standard. Even with Reckoner, Heliod, and other strong white cards, Mono-white simply does not have the tools to compete in a world where BLUE can make tokens FOR FREE and black can drain life and draw cards and remove creatures with impunity. Red, white, and green are all trying to play fair in this standard format and the "unfair" colors have much stronger tools at their disposal. Which is fine. Green and red dominated the last standard cycle (INN-RTR blocks) and people complained back then that black and blue were being rudely pushed around.
All this to say that, while Brimaz looks impressive, I don't foresee the format changing enough to make him much more than an over-priced preorder and another seemingly all-powerful three drop in a color that has nothing to do with him.
Posted By:
Avensai
(1/28/2014 9:58:45 PM)