Offtopic but it's amazing to me Shocktroopa is still going strong wit his Utron lists. Still consistently dragging The Little One-ofs That Could over the finish line when he could shuffle in forest and 4 Karn Liberated instead.
Blast Zone: LSV and Matt Nass named this as the biggest card for Modern and I have to agree. It's just so universally powerful and easily slotted into any deck that has room for colorless lands
Despark: I have barely see any discussion on this card maybe because it's just so obvious. Seems almost guaranteed to become a sideboard mainstay for Modern although BW is a bit restrictive
Neoform; Elritch Evolution 5-8 probably make it possible to make an all-in combo deck around upgrading a cheap to cast high CMC creature. Conveniently Allosaurus Rider is one cmc under Griselbrand.
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer scares me as it is yet another card that gives a high payoff for Xerox AND also an artifacts matters card. If you could cast her from the graveyard she's be the holy trinity of busted things in modern
Karn, the Great Creator: I've heard different opinions on this from unplayable to guaranteed 4-of in tron and I am definitely more in the latter camp. The opportunity cost for making a wishboard in tron is fairly low and the Mycosynth Lattice combo is just gravy.
Final runner up is Dovin's Veto for not really adding that much to the format but making the UWx mirror even more miserable. Boy do I hate can't be countered effects.
Slightly more expensive green sun zenith, but can get any color creature and from the yard as well.
Was down on this card until I realized it read AND/or. You can get two creatures. If modern slows down to where fair green creaturedecks don't die on turn 3 anymore it might have some potential, although Sorcery speed probably means Chord of Calling is better.
Nope, you can't get two creatures. It reads "Search your library and/or graveyard for A creature". The and/or means that you can search your library, search your graveyard and then decide.
Thanks for clearing that up, very oddly worded if you ask me
Paying two more for your single creature means whatever you get should win on the spot then I'd say.
Slightly more expensive green sun zenith, but can get any color creature and from the yard as well.
Was down on this card until I realized it read AND/or. You can get two creatures. If modern slows down to where fair green creaturedecks don't die on turn 3 anymore it might have some potential, although Sorcery speed probably means Chord of Calling is better.
You could also be cute and use things like Vampire Hexmage or Power Conduit to take the counter off and then it would hit 0s too.
I think the power of the card is that you don't have to jump through hoops to make it work, having a ratchet bomb as your land drop is just completely free if you can support some colorless lands. I'm curious to see what the distribution between Blast Zone and Field of Ruin will be for the decks that want it; I could see going up to 26 lands in UWx to be able to run it
It is also more aggressive than snapcaster since you can simply double each of your pump spells.
I think it has real potential.
Jumping through the hoops of binning free spells is not the first place I would go with this, just being able to flashback cmc1 spells seems more straightforward. Its stats are pretty crummy but being a wizard is relevant.
I don't think the sky is falling with newKawn but I do reserve the right to now laugh even harder in the face of anyone who claims Birthing Pod and Stoneforge Mystic should stay banned for limiting design space
Ignite the Beacon seems like a nice one-of for UWx over something like the third JtMS. Even as of now just getting JtMS and Teferi HoD (THoD?) already seems nuts, and it could validify playing a singleton Teferi Time Raveler main.
I'm still not sure how Ral, Storm Conduit interacts with storm spells. Does storm's trigger only count as one instance of copying a spell regardless of how many copies you make or does each copy trigger Ral separately?
Dovin's Veto is a UW uncountable Negate. This will be an instant UWx staple for decks already playing Negate. Liliana's Verdict is Diabolic Edict with not one but two upsides: it dodges Leyline and discards if you have a Lily out. This too will be SB material and may be maindeckable in the right deck and meta.
Damn, all the drama about the planeswalker leaks really made those two slam dunks go right under my radar. Dovin's Veto is going to make UWx mirrors a real pain.
That's true, it could be that the storm trigger counts as only one instance of "copying" a spell regardless of how many copies you make. If that's the case I'm not sure he's playable, especially if it is indeed 1 damage per cast/copy and not 3.
Does new Ral interact with Grapeshot in the way I think he does? because if so, two spells into Grapeshot is lethal after he downticks: spell (3) copy (3) spell (3) grapeshot (3x3 + 3x1) = 21
EDIT: I am pretty sure it says 1 damage per spell cast or copied, not 3. That still makes for a storm 6 grapeshot kill though.
I'm hyped!
Blast Zone: LSV and Matt Nass named this as the biggest card for Modern and I have to agree. It's just so universally powerful and easily slotted into any deck that has room for colorless lands
Despark: I have barely see any discussion on this card maybe because it's just so obvious. Seems almost guaranteed to become a sideboard mainstay for Modern although BW is a bit restrictive
Neoform; Elritch Evolution 5-8 probably make it possible to make an all-in combo deck around upgrading a cheap to cast high CMC creature. Conveniently Allosaurus Rider is one cmc under Griselbrand.
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer scares me as it is yet another card that gives a high payoff for Xerox AND also an artifacts matters card. If you could cast her from the graveyard she's be the holy trinity of busted things in modern
Karn, the Great Creator: I've heard different opinions on this from unplayable to guaranteed 4-of in tron and I am definitely more in the latter camp. The opportunity cost for making a wishboard in tron is fairly low and the Mycosynth Lattice combo is just gravy.
Final runner up is Dovin's Veto for not really adding that much to the format but making the UWx mirror even more miserable. Boy do I hate can't be countered effects.
Thanks for clearing that up, very oddly worded if you ask me
Paying two more for your single creature means whatever you get should win on the spot then I'd say.
Was down on this card until I realized it read AND/or. You can get two creatures. If modern slows down to where fair green creaturedecks don't die on turn 3 anymore it might have some potential, although Sorcery speed probably means Chord of Calling is better.
I think the power of the card is that you don't have to jump through hoops to make it work, having a ratchet bomb as your land drop is just completely free if you can support some colorless lands. I'm curious to see what the distribution between Blast Zone and Field of Ruin will be for the decks that want it; I could see going up to 26 lands in UWx to be able to run it
Alternatively, for 3 mana UR Phoenix gets to flashback 2 spells and return all their birds to play
First thing that comes to mind for me is the Swans of Bryn Argoll deck. Feather even survives Anger of the Gods, that deck's wrath of choice.
Jumping through the hoops of binning free spells is not the first place I would go with this, just being able to flashback cmc1 spells seems more straightforward. Its stats are pretty crummy but being a wizard is relevant.
I'm still not sure how Ral, Storm Conduit interacts with storm spells. Does storm's trigger only count as one instance of copying a spell regardless of how many copies you make or does each copy trigger Ral separately?
Damn, all the drama about the planeswalker leaks really made those two slam dunks go right under my radar. Dovin's Veto is going to make UWx mirrors a real pain.
EDIT: I am pretty sure it says 1 damage per spell cast or copied, not 3. That still makes for a storm 6 grapeshot kill though.