I get what they are trying to do, but I feel it will flop like the Empires combo they had back in M12 (Scepter of Empires, Crown of Empires, Throne of Empires). At least this thing tutors the pieces for you, but on the other hand what is this thing going to effectively block on turn 4?
Posted By:
Sonserf369
(7/9/2013 8:46:58 PM)
I hear this creature is making quite a stir.
Posted By:
StreamHopper
(7/10/2013 10:13:59 PM)
Awww.... great flavor in this cycle but the rare is overcosted and underpowered.
Posted By:
xenohedron
(7/9/2013 2:50:55 PM)
Between this cycle and Shadowborn Apostle, M14 has really given my Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker EDH deck some fun toys.
Posted By:
Kelptic183
(7/9/2013 7:25:26 PM)
This feels incredible forced. Boo.
Posted By:
LordOfTheFlies87
(7/18/2013 9:06:24 AM)
I wonder if this card was intended to teach new players that tutors are primarily in black's color pie. Who knows?
Posted By:
anotherfan321
(7/9/2013 10:42:02 PM)
Top-down combo design. I love it!
Posted By:
Continue
(7/9/2013 2:57:21 PM)
As I said with the Empires cycle in M12, I don't particularly like cards like this.
Half the fun of Magic is coming up with your own combos and interactions, but it's not fun if you just tell us which cards to use together. No one's going to say, "Oh, you used Bogbrew Witch with Festering Newt, wow that's pretty clever"
Posted By:
GlassJoetheChamp
(7/12/2013 8:28:25 AM)
If you pick this highly in a draft it's nice that you're likely to get the combo pieces for it. How many not-that-great-by-themselves Festering Newts and Bubbling Cauldrons do you have to play to make this thing good though?
Posted By:
Wraique
(7/11/2013 1:46:01 AM)
First:
The Yu-Gi-Oh!/Exodia comparison, and the Empires Artifacts:
I think that Duelist Kingdom Yu-Gi-Oh! basically made a great cartoon and a lousy card game, because (well besides having literally no rules...Duelist Kingdom was to Yu-Gi-Oh! as pre-6th Edition was to MAGIC)....way too many card interactions seemed to be determinant on having exactly specific cards named by each other. I am a Vorthos, and let me tell you, if you try to be a Yu-Gi-Oh!-Vorthos-Purist and make decks just like the Flavor as seen on the old show.....you end up crying a lot.
BUT! I DO like just a little bit of this, here and there. I think that MAGIC is in dangerous Design territory here, but I also think MAGIC's ability to take risks is it's greatest strength. You'll note that trying to build a deck that depends on certain EXACT specific cards is a lot worse than building a "loosely themed" deck where you do want to find a type of card, but you have very many cards t... (see all)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(7/14/2013 9:28:51 PM)