MTG Salvation

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/new-era-brawl-2019-07-22

Saw this after waiting for WotC to announce their new idea for Brawl to keep the format alive. I didnt see a new thread for it, and so I figured I would post. Apparently I am the only person who enjoys Brawl around here...

But hey, there are some sweet new spoilers in the article, and you know what that means... Commander players can get excited as well!!

Please note: the cards are Brawl exclusive as far as standard goes, but available for eternal formats as well, like Co.mander. they are only found in the Brawl decks and those new fancy collectors packs.

I would have posted images but I am currently on mobile.

Thanks for the help!

Honestly, I like the legend. I think he'll be more versatile in Commander over Brawl, given the many ways in these colors to cast a lot of creature. The ability to bounce your creature (including himself) to get another activation/save from removal is nice as well. Will be interesting to see the other three.

I'm so stoked over getting more new legendary creatures because of this. My cube his hungry for them, particularly Jeskai, so now I'll have at least 12 more decks a year to pull from! Are these happening for Core 21?

Also the new mana rock is huge. 2 generic for a Command Tower? Perma-staple material that is.

That mana rock though. I need 18 of them. So.... I guess I am buying this product?

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That mana rock though. I need 18 of them. So.... I guess I am buying this product?

You might try your luck with the Collector Boosters, since those will have shiny versions of the cards.

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That mana rock though. I need 18 of them. So.... I guess I am buying this product?

I’m more intrigued by the ”Magic Mirror”. I am incredibly pumped for this upcoming set, and I am very interested in brawl.

Chulane seems like he could be real gross. Although Vigilance on a guy who no one is attacking with seems odd.

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Chulane seems like he could be real gross. Although Vigilance on a guy who no one is attacking with seems odd.

I mean I guess it's for if you need to attack with him, because it also let's his third ability still remain useful.

I think the Vigilance is the white ability. The card draw when you cast a creature is green, and the bounce is blue. This is how they make the card really feel like it belongs in all three colors.

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I think the Vigilance is the white ability. The card draw when you cast a creature is green, and the bounce is blue. This is how they make the card really feel like it belongs in all three colors.

Bouncing your own things shows up in White. Cards like Whitemane Lion

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I hope stuff like Arcane Signet being printed means the broken rocks (Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Mana Crypt) eat a ban soon.

Wizards is not responsible for the commander ban list, so no.

Welp, looks like I have to cut something in every one of my commander decks for that signet now...which isn't necessarily a bad problem to have.

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I think the Vigilance is the white ability. The card draw when you cast a creature is green, and the bounce is blue. This is how they make the card really feel like it belongs in all three colors.

Vigilance is green-white.
Bouncing your own stuff is white-blue.
Coiling Oracle is green-blue.

So you basically have two ways you can assign colors across the three abilities and still end up with all three of Chulane's colors. Which is double neat and IMO makes for a tighter design than purely "one for each". Doesn't invalidate what you wrote, but adds to it a little.

That guy is pretty nuts. Kinda like Roon with a stronger payoff except the stats are worse and it's a little slower. Might still be worth it.

Arcane Signet is great and I hope they print it in every commander deck.

So, if that Arcane Signet comes in a collector's booster, you can pick one up in foil?

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Please note: the cards are Brawl exclusive as far as standard goes, but available for eternal formats as well, like Co.mander. they are only found in the Brawl decks and those new fancy collectors packs.

From the article: "These cards are all legal in Standard, Brawl, and all other formats." MaRo stated something similar.

Misunderstanding?

Arcane Signet is fantastic. I'll have to buy a bunch of singles of it. It's certainly the perfect mana rock for Feather, and really good in a ton of other decks. A two drop that enters untapped and produces any colors is so good.

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Quote from Creedmoor »

Please note: the cards are Brawl exclusive as far as standard goes, but available for eternal formats as well, like Co.mander. they are only found in the Brawl decks and those new fancy collectors packs.

From the article: "These cards are all legal in Standard, Brawl, and all other formats." MaRo stated something similar.

Misunderstanding?

Oh I thought that in the article it stated that they were standard brawl legal only, and then eternal as well. He mentioned something about not wanting to interfere with standard in the article I thought. I must have misread.

Interesting little tidbit: historical druids actually wore white or blue, not green as pop culture typically depicts. So a Druid that's white and blue as well as green is rather fitting.

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Oh I thought that in the article it stated that they were standard brawl legal only, and then eternal as well. He mentioned something about not wanting to interfere with standard in the article I thought. I must have misread.

Yes, he mentioned that they had to be careful to make the cards in the Brawl deck something that would be nice for Brawl to have, but at the same time nothing Standard players would snatch up - and Arcane Signet is an example of such a "safe" card because (while technically Standard legal) it is useless without a commander.

But each Brawl deck is also supposed to be playable in Standard out-of-the-box... which weirdly doesn't jive well with the useless artifact... They didn't think that one through, huh?

I play a lot of French Duel Commander and I'm really excited to give a try to brawl in arena. It will bring some fresh air when Standard gets stale (often).

However I do really hope some kind of "Historic" Brawl does happen at some point because I much prefer eternal formats of all kinds.

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I play a lot of French Duel Commander and I'm really excited to give a try to brawl in arena. It will bring some fresh air when Standard gets stale (often).

However I do really hope some kind of "Historic" Brawl does happen at some point because I much prefer eternal formats of all kinds.

I would imagine a Dominaria and Forward Brawl format, as Dominaria seems like a good starting point (even though Brawl started before that).

I'm also excited to play it in Arena, Arena gets a little stale just playing standard all the time against the same ol decks. Brawl will make games have more variance and thus be more fun in my books.

Wow, the signet is #331 - this is a biiiig set!

And they're hiding the number of core cards, hm.