Strategic Planning, Looks like they are about to Rock, Paper, Scissors . Gideon is giving away that he is about to throw rock.
Jace: Poor predictable Gideon; always takes Rock.
Gideon: Good ol' Rock, nothing beats that!
But of course, Jace would always win at Rock, Paper, Scissors, at least against opponents who choose early. If you wait until the last second, you have a chance at winning. I imagine Chandra would adapt that tactic.
Regarding the card itself, I think this could possibly be better than Anticipate in a format with Embalm, Eternalize, and Aftermath, not to mention Delirium hanging around for another few months.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Has any reprint in Magic's history ever caused a version of a card to be available for less than 0.1% of what was at one time market price for that same-named card?
MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Ugin is going to get really bad once all the fatties are colourless. I sold all mine. Sell sell sell!
He's going to be absolutely rotten. Hangarback walker has already nerfed him quite significantly. I reckon he'll be $3 junk within 2 months of rotation
I anticipate that no one will use this unless they have no choice in Limited/Sealed.
I really like this card. Yes there is graveyard hate, but with cycling and aftermath cards, as well as the artifact that let's players play cards with cycling from the yard, this can be far better than anticipate. I still like contingency plan a tad more, though.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
The problem with trying to use Strategic Planning with Abandoned Sarcophagus is that if you throw something with cycling into the graveyard it will wind up being exiled because it wasn't cycled...unless, of course, the card you put in your hand had cycling and then you cycled it. I tried using Taigam's Scheming after KTK came out, figuring I could spend turn 2 fixing my next couple of draws and throwing stuff into the graveyard for delve fuel--that plan worked somewhat well--and then I tried Contingency Plan for Sultai Delirium before Emrakul got banned but that didn't work out so well--adding blue made the deck weaker, not stronger.
In a Limited/Sealed setting I suppose looking at the top 3 and choosing the best isn't really all that bad and throwing instants/sorceries into the graveyard is not a problem as long as you have a couple of Bloodwater Entities to restock them.
"Um, Gideon, I'm actually having a really bad backache right now, so ... I think you have to fight Bolas without me"
"Man, Jace, stop making up those weird excuses already"
Aw, man. Just when they're finally about to kiss, Bolas swoops in and interrupts 'em (like in the second act of a romantic comedy) and then blows up the world (like in the third act of what I wish would happen in romantic comedies).
Aw, man. Just when they're finally about to kiss, Bolas swoops in and interrupts 'em (like in the second act of a romantic comedy) and then blows up the world (like in the third act of what I wish would happen in romantic comedies).
That would definitely get me interested in more romcoms.
The problem with trying to use Strategic Planning with Abandoned Sarcophagus is that if you throw something with cycling into the graveyard it will wind up being exiled because it wasn't cycled...unless, of course, the card you put in your hand had cycling and then you cycled it. I tried using Taigam's Scheming after KTK came out, figuring I could spend turn 2 fixing my next couple of draws and throwing stuff into the graveyard for delve fuel--that plan worked somewhat well--and then I tried Contingency Plan for Sultai Delirium before Emrakul got banned but that didn't work out so well--adding blue made the deck weaker, not stronger.
In a Limited/Sealed setting I suppose looking at the top 3 and choosing the best isn't really all that bad and throwing instants/sorceries into the graveyard is not a problem as long as you have a couple of Bloodwater Entities to restock them.
The assumption is that someone plays the Abandoned Sarcophagus before playing the cycling cards. The reality is that the card should be played late game after cycling away some cards. I think that the condition for exiling the cards is pretty steep, but I could see why they would do it. It's still a highly playable card.
Private Mod Note
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Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
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Like this one, for example?
Thats what you get when you try to intervene in every plane you touch upon.
p.s. Give the Guildpactship to Lavinia already...
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Funny; I look at that art, and get the feeling that Jeremy Jarvis needs a much bigger rolodex.
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Jace: If I win, you distract Bolas while I think of a plan. If you win, I'll think of a plan while you distract Bolas.
Gideon: You're on!
Jace: Poor predictable Gideon; always takes Rock.
Gideon: Good ol' Rock, nothing beats that!
But of course, Jace would always win at Rock, Paper, Scissors, at least against opponents who choose early. If you wait until the last second, you have a chance at winning. I imagine Chandra would adapt that tactic.
Regarding the card itself, I think this could possibly be better than Anticipate in a format with Embalm, Eternalize, and Aftermath, not to mention Delirium hanging around for another few months.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
Has any reprint in Magic's history ever caused a version of a card to be available for less than 0.1% of what was at one time market price for that same-named card?
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest WUR Voltron Control
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Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
"Non-Tribal" Tribal Generals, Eggs
Who needs planning when you have Plot Armour? 😏 Lookat Jace in Ixalan...
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Edit: Sorry, didn't think that one through.
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I really like this card. Yes there is graveyard hate, but with cycling and aftermath cards, as well as the artifact that let's players play cards with cycling from the yard, this can be far better than anticipate. I still like contingency plan a tad more, though.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
In a Limited/Sealed setting I suppose looking at the top 3 and choosing the best isn't really all that bad and throwing instants/sorceries into the graveyard is not a problem as long as you have a couple of Bloodwater Entities to restock them.
"Man, Jace, stop making up those weird excuses already"
Jace "Nah, it's cool"
The assumption is that someone plays the Abandoned Sarcophagus before playing the cycling cards. The reality is that the card should be played late game after cycling away some cards. I think that the condition for exiling the cards is pretty steep, but I could see why they would do it. It's still a highly playable card.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!