Its a U/W Legend named Medomai, and his deals combat damage is a Time Walk at a price.
Two days later, the MTG article Planeswalker's Guide to Theros, Part 2's confirmation of the previously-unknown sphinx Medomai gave Trollcreature credibility.
and from the last I heard (months ago) Medomai is U/W and was 5cc
Mod Edit 2: Medomai the Ageless 4UW
Legendary Creature — Sphinx
Flying
Whenever Medomai the Ageless deals combat damage to a player, take an extra turn after this one.
Medomai the Ageless can't attack during extra turns.
4/3
Update: Turns out Medomai's P/T is slightly better than we had supposed! It's a 4/4 rather than 3/4 or 4/3:
Trollcreature's other spoilers, with follow-up clarifications/confirmations by secret but reliable mod sources, are quite exciting:
But to clarify the enchantment swords. it should read close to W enchantment. sac~ remove target non-enchantment creature from the game, its controller gains life = to power. May also just be creature and non-enchantment creature.
Mod Edit: Chained to the Rocks W
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant _______ you control
When Chained to the Rocks enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until Chained to the Rocks leaves the battlefield. (That creature returns under its owner's control.)
Don't trust me 100% on this. It could be Island instead, or even something else. All I know is that it's very flavourful.
(Note: the reason why I say Mountain or Island is that there are a few different Greek legends where characters are chained up and left somewhere, and a few different versions of each of those. I don't know which is being referenced.)
And finally, my source says that it's more Horizon Canopy-esque lands than Nimbus Maze-esqe.
Not the exact Horizon Canopy and friends. They think Wizard said its going to be brand new lands instead of reprints
The new lands are a cycle total of 10, with 5 in Theros, and the other 5 between Born of the Gods and Journy Into Nyx. There is a very similar land with these in functionality: H____ D____
--------------------------------------- Halimar Depths is the only land I know of that is HD
You played JESUS?!?! I heard none of his guys stay in the graveyard, and once you think you have him beat he ALWAYS comes back to win within three turns. I like...WORSHIP him.
So... these were baseless claims with no backing or proof, or did I miss something..?
Read the first post; it explains the situation. We now have evidence that Trollcreature was telling the truth.
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I think it's more likely that by 1-mana enchantment StP, he means:
Enchantment StP - W
Exile target enchantment. If it's a creature, its controller gains life equal to it's toughness.
Makes sense with enchantment creatures everywhere, if only for limited.
Nimbus Maze could easily be the hinted Future Sight reprint, and I like the cycle.
Obviously I love me some Thoughtseize, and black could certainly use the competitive push.
Time Walk on combat damage can pretty easily be broken, unless the cost involves something like discarding a hand or sacrificing lands. Still, I think it would only be an issue in formats like Commander, and if it is that broken in Commander, it can be banned.
Really hope for all this to be true, and it only makes me more excited for this set.
Time Walk on combat damage can pretty easily be broken, unless the cost involves something like discarding a hand or sacrificing lands. Still, I think it would only be an issue in formats like Commander, and if it is that broken in Commander, it can be banned.
Time Walk on combat damage is quite believable, since it has been done before:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
He's saying nimbus maze cycle as in...we're going to get Nimbus Maze, River of Tears, Horizon Canopy, etc or we're getting Nimbus Maze-esque lands, as in they're all like Nimbus Maze only with different names?
He's saying nimbus maze cycle as in...we're going to get Nimbus Maze, River of Tears, Horizon Canopy, etc or we're getting Nimbus Maze-esque lands, as in they're all like Nimbus Maze only with different names?
Probably a cycle that all works in the same style as Nimbus Maze, similar to how Graven Cairns was a precursor to the Lorwyn block filter lands.
- Medomai the Ageless
- Chained to the Rocks and Thoughtseize
- Dual Lands Cycle
- Magma Jet
Medomai the Ageless
On August 26, a new poster named Trollcreature claimed in the middle of a speculation thread:
Two days later, the MTG article Planeswalker's Guide to Theros, Part 2's confirmation of the previously-unknown sphinx Medomai gave Trollcreature credibility.
Mod Edit 2:
Medomai the Ageless 4UW
Legendary Creature — Sphinx
Flying
Whenever Medomai the Ageless deals combat damage to a player, take an extra turn after this one.
Medomai the Ageless can't attack during extra turns.
4/3
Update: Turns out Medomai's P/T is slightly better than we had supposed! It's a 4/4 rather than 3/4 or 4/3:
Trollcreature's other spoilers, with follow-up clarifications/confirmations by secret but reliable mod sources, are quite exciting:
Chained to the Rocks and Thoughtseize
Mod Edit: Thoughtseize is definitely in Theros
Update: Officially spoiled at the PAX party:
Mod Edit:
Chained to the Rocks W
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant _______ you control
When Chained to the Rocks enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until Chained to the Rocks leaves the battlefield. (That creature returns under its owner's control.)
Update: Missing word confirmed to be "Mountain" by the Oracle of Theros:
Dual Lands Cycle
Update: Officially confirmed as scry lands:
Magma Jet
Mod Edit: Magma Jet is in, but not with the Leonin picture.
Update: From the official Taiwanese MTG Facebook page:
Update: And finally, in English, from the mothership:
^^
My 180 Modern Bordered Only Cube
It could be more like "Erase + Lifegain".
Current post- Grand Prix KC Modern Postmortem (7/7/13)
That would be my guess for Enchantment StPS
Read the first post; it explains the situation. We now have evidence that Trollcreature was telling the truth.
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He mentioned 'Medomai' before we knew of the character's existence from today's Planeswalker's Guide.
I think it's much more likely he meant a StP variant that targets enchantments instead of creatures.
- Main Cube
- No Brains, All Feelings Cube
Enchantment StP - W
Exile target enchantment. If it's a creature, its controller gains life equal to it's toughness.
Makes sense with enchantment creatures everywhere, if only for limited.
Nimbus Maze could easily be the hinted Future Sight reprint, and I like the cycle.
Obviously I love me some Thoughtseize, and black could certainly use the competitive push.
Time Walk on combat damage can pretty easily be broken, unless the cost involves something like discarding a hand or sacrificing lands. Still, I think it would only be an issue in formats like Commander, and if it is that broken in Commander, it can be banned.
Really hope for all this to be true, and it only makes me more excited for this set.
Time Walk on combat damage is quite believable, since it has been done before:
Wanderwine Prophets
I speculated the StP Enchantment is the Ordeal of Heliod
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Never said I don't believe it, just that it can be broken if the cost isn't right.
based on your experience the price of nimbus maze will down or up?
Enchantment
When ~ enters the battlefield, exile target creature. Its controller gains life to its power.
When ~ leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Its controller loses life equal to its power.
Probably a cycle that all works in the same style as Nimbus Maze, similar to how Graven Cairns was a precursor to the Lorwyn block filter lands.
GGG [Primer] Omnath, Big Green Beatstick Machine GGG
Kinda what I was thinking, but I don't think they'll lose life when it returns.
The Nimbus Maze cycle will be almost if not better than the check land cycle for 3 color decks. Suspicious, I am.
I think Trollcreature means an StP for enchantments, not an StP that is an enchantment. So:
Instant
Exile target enchantment. Its controller gains life equal to its converted mana cost.
They're far, far worse.
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