The artwork on Nicol Bolas, the Ravager is quite unusual as it has bright colors, green rolling hills, and a sort of rainbow flavor to it.
If you didn't know anything about the card/Nicol Bolas, you'd probably say it was a blue/white/green creature. Definitely not Grixis. For some reason this attracts me to the card more.
I'm sure its meant to invoke newness, a fresh start, a beginning. Very fitting for a new "Elder" Dragon that has fallen to "Earth" and is seeing things for the first time. He hasn't had time to become corrupt yet. Then the flip side shows that. Good design and flavor.
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Ajani seems pretty damn good in any Cat deck I can think of..wow. Gonna be build a G/W cat deck for my daughter at some point. This looks perfect.
Don't you mean "purr-fect"?
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I hope Ugin stays colorless. But WotC gives Commander players just about everything they ever wish for so he will probably be 5 colors.
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Am I crazy for thinking this Bolas might actually be worth playing in Modern? See it this way: you're a Grixis player who controls and stalls for days, with counters and hand disruption (Inquisition, Thoughtseize, Kolaghan's Command etc) aplenty. In such a context, wouldn't you think that a relatively cheap flying beater that further disrupt the opponent's hand on ETB is a sweet enough deal? If you play your cards right, you can get the big fella on the field safely while leaving the opponent empty-handed. And then... Welp, I was about to say "then you have the ability to flip the guy in your opponent's EOT later on, getting yourelf a wincon without having to tap out in your turn", which would have really been the main selling point of the card... But then I read it again and it's sorcery speed. Meh
No, not crazy, but it has the usual issues. I'll drag out the first. "Dies to everything". You play this on turn 4 and tap out you leave yourself open to anything. Path and Push have no problem along with the other usual removal spells. If he had haste I might think differently. If you do land it and manage to protect it via counter until turn 7 and you -3 or -4 it, it better be a game ender. A lot of the aggro decks have already done their thing, combo has probably already done its thing, big mana has done its thing, leaving midrange as a possible victim.
It looks decent at first, but it would be too slow I believe. My 2 cents, I've been known to be wrong.
In all coresets Ajani is in he is number 01. Here he is 03, that means we could get up to 2 colorless cards Wink
Don't get my hopes up for Karn Liberated reprint at #1. (Assuming Ugin DFC at #2).
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Love the flavor and power of Bolas. Too bad he will have all the playability of a Potato in Modern.
I'm sure Commander players will rejoice.
Maybe a flip Ugin will be more Modern playable being in colorless hopefully.
As for Ajani, I like the card although it seems a bit boiler plate and uninspired as well as a bit underpowered. But its Ajani and I just like him, always have.
Ajani is beautiful but looks like garbage for constructed, as always.
My thoughts exactly.
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I'm sure its meant to invoke newness, a fresh start, a beginning. Very fitting for a new "Elder" Dragon that has fallen to "Earth" and is seeing things for the first time. He hasn't had time to become corrupt yet. Then the flip side shows that. Good design and flavor.
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Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
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It was a serious post. No time for kitten around.
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Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
No, not crazy, but it has the usual issues. I'll drag out the first. "Dies to everything". You play this on turn 4 and tap out you leave yourself open to anything. Path and Push have no problem along with the other usual removal spells. If he had haste I might think differently. If you do land it and manage to protect it via counter until turn 7 and you -3 or -4 it, it better be a game ender. A lot of the aggro decks have already done their thing, combo has probably already done its thing, big mana has done its thing, leaving midrange as a possible victim.
It looks decent at first, but it would be too slow I believe. My 2 cents, I've been known to be wrong.
Don't get my hopes up for Karn Liberated reprint at #1. (Assuming Ugin DFC at #2).
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I'm sure Commander players will rejoice.
Maybe a flip Ugin will be more Modern playable being in colorless hopefully.
As for Ajani, I like the card although it seems a bit boiler plate and uninspired as well as a bit underpowered. But its Ajani and I just like him, always have.
My thoughts exactly.
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