4. Common cards with certain mechanics that appear at low frequency get reminder text in expert-level sets. Those mechanics are reach, lifelink, deathtouch, double strike, indestructible, and shroud. Outside of core sets, uncommons and rares with these abilities wouldn't have reminder text.
This actually adds a little bit of support to this card for me.
I really don't see this being rediculously overpowered at common for limited. It's pretty comprable in practice to Safe Passage. You might get an extra 1/1 or be able to save your creature from a Doom Blade in exchange for the ability to prevent damage to yourself. The copying isn't really that confusing for a common, either, because it's just creature tokens. They tend to be french vanilla/vanilla creatures so you don't really need to know the technicalities of the rules.
The artwork is definitely from Ravnica, look at his shouldergaurds, they have the selesnya signet symbol on them!
I can't think of any way that the person would have gotten ahold of the artwork without it being from a real card, so I'm starting to change my position from fake to real.
The mechanic seems right, the card seems right, the power level seems appropriate. The reminder text is positioned strangely and the missing LLC is off, but TK mentions that other WotC property has been changing to this kind of copyright line.
And the reminder text, well I won't expect consistency there, so I'm willing to overlook the oddness of it.
Wizard's policy it to utterly ignore unofficial leaks (either real *or* fake). Maro won't say anything about it on his tumblr, until (if ever) this card is official spoiled somewhere.
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The main thing that you can do for a video now, probably, is stuff like the bend test, where you touch the two ends of the cards together.
If this was in the land slot of the pack he opened, as he says, perhaps WoTC is pulling another 'priceless treasures' on us, except on a MUCH smaller scale?
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If every guild is getting 2 completely new keywords in RtR, making a total of 10 new mechanics, I'm not surprised they included more non-standard-formatted reminder text. Some keywords might only see 4 or 5 cards so it would be very elitist from Wizards to expect that everyone knows what every keyword means.
Each guild is only getting one mechanic.
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I'm in no position to judge the card's authenticity, but as a Johnny and Vorthos, I like populate, much as I liked proliferate - it feels right and has depth of abuse. As a Melvin and Vorthos I can't claim to like Rootbound Defenses as a card - the abilities have nothing to do with one another, and the flavor (or lack thereof) does nothing to help.
It's worth pointing out that the Jarad and Niv are both from the Duel Deck. Although it would be odd for them to change the copyright between the Duel Deck and the Fall Set, it is -possible-.
Bruce -- if you could, when you're making that video, try to get a close-up of the set symbol. Without anything to compare it to, it'll be a little meaningless....but once we get the first official spoiler for the set, that should seal the deal one way or the other, at least as far as the symbol is concerned. I think that we're pretty much in the same camp as far as the copyright goes....we need something to compare it to.
Also, when revealing unreleased cards, WoTC tends to only use mock-ups, not the real thing. (Especially when they're not giving us the whole card) So even if the actual dual decks *have* the new copyright line, the mockup software (whatever they use) would prolly not have been updated yet.
It's worth pointing out that the Jarad and Niv are both from the Duel Deck. Although it would be odd for them to change the copyright between the Duel Deck and the Fall Set, it is -possible-.
Bruce -- if you could, when you're making that video, try to get a close-up of the set symbol. Without anything to compare it to, it'll be a little meaningless....but once we get the first official spoiler for the set, that should seal the deal one way or the other, at least as far as the symbol is concerned. I think that we're pretty much in the same camp as far as the copyright goes....we need something to compare it to.
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Through MaRo tumblr, a guy asks something about the interaction of proliferate, poison counters and "half damage" in Silver bordered sets.
MaRo answers (and as usual with rules he's not 100% correct) but then says:
If you look at the guy tumblr, he just recently reblogged the card!
I think he was referring to his avatar being a picture of the card art of Maro.
Facepalm- you do know the symbol from RTR is in the announcement right?
He's talking about what people were saying earlier. The circle in the center of the card looks larger than the existing golden symbol we've seen, which many people were griping about some time ago. That's not enough to discredit it, as outlines can make things a little different at different rarities.
Someone, somewhere, is looking at the 9/9 golem on their token pile, and pitying that such a token is so abysmally hard to produce.
Well i have to say my opinion for this is that its fake. So much is against this being real, as mentioned by other the copy right at the bottom left, the wording of the abilities which should be writen as ~
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Compare Populate to Proliferate, and your argument here doesn't really hold up. Populate is an "Action Word" like Proliferate or Scry, not a Keyword like Storm, Cascade, Ripple, etc.
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I just hope that if this is the green white keyword I hope that it is used in most of the cards or they hold to the guilds tendency for token production.
What does the card say?
I can't read it very well at all.
Rootborn Defenses 2W
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Populate. Creatures you control are indestructible this turn. (To populate, put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy indestructible creatures.)
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This actually adds a little bit of support to this card for me.
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I can't think of any way that the person would have gotten ahold of the artwork without it being from a real card, so I'm starting to change my position from fake to real.
The mechanic seems right, the card seems right, the power level seems appropriate. The reminder text is positioned strangely and the missing LLC is off, but TK mentions that other WotC property has been changing to this kind of copyright line.
And the reminder text, well I won't expect consistency there, so I'm willing to overlook the oddness of it.
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The main thing that you can do for a video now, probably, is stuff like the bend test, where you touch the two ends of the cards together.
If this was in the land slot of the pack he opened, as he says, perhaps WoTC is pulling another 'priceless treasures' on us, except on a MUCH smaller scale?
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It does, but that Jarad is from Izzet vs. Golgari, so they might have made the switch between releases.
Yes, but that card isn't from RtR, so it doesn't really matter.
If WoTC changes their copyright line RtR-forward, it wouldn't affect that Duel Deck.
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Bruce -- if you could, when you're making that video, try to get a close-up of the set symbol. Without anything to compare it to, it'll be a little meaningless....but once we get the first official spoiler for the set, that should seal the deal one way or the other, at least as far as the symbol is concerned. I think that we're pretty much in the same camp as far as the copyright goes....we need something to compare it to.
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I can't read it very well at all.
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I think he was referring to his avatar being a picture of the card art of Maro.
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He's talking about what people were saying earlier. The circle in the center of the card looks larger than the existing golden symbol we've seen, which many people were griping about some time ago. That's not enough to discredit it, as outlines can make things a little different at different rarities.
Someone, somewhere, is looking at the 9/9 golem on their token pile, and pitying that such a token is so abysmally hard to produce.
You know perfectly well they'll do everything they can to support it, and give people plenty of reasons to use it in limited, if not in constructed.
Compare Populate to Proliferate, and your argument here doesn't really hold up. Populate is an "Action Word" like Proliferate or Scry, not a Keyword like Storm, Cascade, Ripple, etc.
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Rootborn Defenses
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Populate. Creatures you control are indestructible this turn. (To populate, put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy indestructible creatures.)
Thou shalt not frame images with the modern card face
Thou shalt not change rules in vain
Remember the Reserved List to keep it holy
Honor thy Slivers and the symmetry of their abilities
Thou shalt not kill mana burn
Thou shalt not sacrifice depth for accessibility
Thou shalt not steal combat damage from the stack
Thou shalt tell a story through thy cards
All must be one