Everyone is overlooking something with respect to Shuko. It may not be fantastic in Affinity, but there is another deck that can use it - Life. Lightning Greaves requires that another creature be in play, and costs :2mana:, while Grafted Wargear can be risky if the Wargear is destroyed. Shuko plus Daru Spiritualist or Task Force gives you a creature to sacrifice to Worthy Cause.
As an aside, note that Shuko will help Life to make the transition after the 2005 rotation in Extended. The deck relies more heavily on Daru Spiritualist and Starlit Sanctum (or Animal Boneyard), so anything that helps with any of the 3 parts of the combo is welcome.
I think that the new cards are pretty interesting, but I doubt any of them will see play in constructed. The white one probably won't even see play in limited formats. The black one definitely will see some limited play. The equipment doesn't seem as bad as people make it out to be in limited. While it isn't maindeck worthy in limited if you get one, it may serve as an answer to annoying pingers like frostbringer and Nine-Ringed Bo.
Most generic equipment really should be common. Not that there should be a lot of it, ind you, but one or two per main set, and 1 per expansion's plenty of equipment for the common slot. How many people picked Bonesplitters first pick in Mirrodin block?
Hmm, it seems as though they made the shuko just so the life deck could keep going, might see a tad of limited play, but it will definitely be one of my first cuts, thats what i call a bad draft.
The black rat, wow, this seems way to cheap, and i almost want to ssay its not real, but I bet R+D tested it, and found it was not too powerful. It is very easy to kill being a 1/1 after all, and black seems to be getting A LOT of cheap removal spells, but one can only hit spirits, one can only hit non-spirits, one only legends-and this oly samurai, so it seems that the black mage will have a hard time chossing his removal this block season.
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I don't like those at all... the white one is totally meh, the black one is too strong a hoser for one of the set's themes, and the equipment is even more totally meh.
I really dont like this cards.. fillers deluxe.. they could have been way more interesting.. only thing I like is a 1cc rat ^^
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yes they might not be awesome, but at least they are definately playable in limited. coulda been something worse like more chimney imps and <cringe> horizon seed
The white guy seems really good! He definately helps you get in an unblocked creature for your Blue/White ninja deck in a matchup against another blue or white deck. Good stuff.
Man I love the rat though. I have been waiting for a better one drop rat... um.... yo.
Pretty nice cards for limited, again. I like the varoable protection ability as it provides a very nice little blocker in near mirror matches. Thanks again R_E, your the best.
Black rat is very nice, its playablity all depends on how good Ninjas turn out to be. I honestly do not think the little white one will pan out to be that good but it may see play in WW, as there is really not other viable white deck. The equipment is not very good I do not think. No very good in limited, maybe playable, not playable in block I do not think and in Standard it would not be included in affinty, you would rather run alot of thing sin affinty than this.
the rat warrior isnt that bad its a nice 1 drop for rat decks at the very least... if ninjas get popular he might actually be usefull. the equipment is good but not that usefull in my opinion not Uncommon material
i didnt read pages 2-4, but i read the whole first page and it seems that people actually think the equipment is in the set.. i read it as "heres something i designed that i want to share with you completely unrelated to BoK.".. thats how i got it... if this has been said, i apologize..
but seriously.. thats R_E's invention (thats how i took it).. so posters 1-20.. dont worry.. there isnt filler like that.. yet..
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Kannushi -- Only good in WW mirror or in limited.
Nezumi -- Almost strictly a limited sideboard card. And a 1-drop rat should NOT be a ninja hoser. That's dumb.
Shuko -- One of the most BORING cards I've ever seen.
and Shuko well... I hate this thing, unless the art is going to be good *and most Kamigawa Block art is* I'll try and get rid of them... Maybe eating them for money or something....
As an aside, note that Shuko will help Life to make the transition after the 2005 rotation in Extended. The deck relies more heavily on Daru Spiritualist and Starlit Sanctum (or Animal Boneyard), so anything that helps with any of the 3 parts of the combo is welcome.
The black rat, wow, this seems way to cheap, and i almost want to ssay its not real, but I bet R+D tested it, and found it was not too powerful. It is very easy to kill being a 1/1 after all, and black seems to be getting A LOT of cheap removal spells, but one can only hit spirits, one can only hit non-spirits, one only legends-and this oly samurai, so it seems that the black mage will have a hard time chossing his removal this block season.
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Man I love the rat though. I have been waiting for a better one drop rat... um.... yo.
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The 1 drops are playable in limited but i hate to see a flat out hoser for one of the coolest mechanics in betrayers.
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they can sack the rat and kill your ninja before damage is stacked, so it's not definate that your ninja will do damage
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the black one is a decent SB chioce if you expect your meta to be ninja-heavy.
at least they're not crap rares, like hero's demise...
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but seriously.. thats R_E's invention (thats how i took it).. so posters 1-20.. dont worry.. there isnt filler like that.. yet..
i read that as, "this artifact is identical to one that i made" meaning that this is not the one he made (and hence is in BoK).
Nezumi -- Almost strictly a limited sideboard card. And a 1-drop rat should NOT be a ninja hoser. That's dumb.
Shuko -- One of the most BORING cards I've ever seen.
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