Winter Orb is in and it got the old Oracle wording back! Icy shenanigans.
So did they completely change the oracle text on it, or is this just a special printing?
Oracle isn't updated yet since we are still in the middle of the spoilers, but a freshly printed card will have the correct Oracle wording. Which means that this is the new (and old) official wording. And different printings can't have different rules text / wordings. So, all Winter Orbs stop working while tapped (again).
Very happy with this set. Already made the changes on cubetutor (18 additions, not counting the art-related swaps!), can't wait until I get my hands on the cards.
Karakas is probably a 15th pick in all but legendary theme cubes unfortunately. Compared to a basic plains, the fact that it's neither of those types will matter more often than its ability, and nobody wants to draft a basic plains.
No Karakas for me. Too random and expensive for a low pick.
I like having a mix of old, new, timeshifted and promo frames to make my cube representative of all Magic, past and present.
The only exception would be white bordered cards (I hate them!) but will definitely retain a few in cube (especially those on the reserved list - no choice right?)
That said, the only two things I am "adding" to the cube are Winter Orb and Braids, Cabal Minion, to get that updated text. It might matter in a few games.
EDIT: Mother or Runes also.
My planned acquisitions for EMA fall into three categories:
Available for the first time with correct Oracle text in a non-FTV foil: Mom, Balance, Nevinyrral's Disk, Braids. Subcategory 1.5 here for Winter Orb, which also got its Oracle text changed with this printing.
Were too expensive to get as a cheap pick-up and I knew they were going to get reprinted as foils (and therefore replaced) at some point: Toxic Deluge, Baleful Strix
No way in hell am I paying > $300 for a non-promo / specialized printing of a card that isn't even on the reserved list: JTMS, Dack
Yes, I am very happy about this FoF reprint. I wanted to replace my Invasion one with a new border version for a while, but I couldn't bring myself to swapping the iconic Weatherlight Saga art for the generic Jace art. It's great to finally have a non-promo version that does exactly what I want.
Uril, the Miststalker RGW -- Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre C -- Vhati il-Dal BG -- Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer RW -- Animar, Soul of Elements URG
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker R -- Maga, Traitor to Mortals B -- Ghave, Guru of Spores BGW -- Sliver Hivelord WUBRG
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Let me know if I missed any!
Hurray for human Braids though!
Uril, the Miststalker RGW -- Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre C -- Vhati il-Dal BG -- Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer RW -- Animar, Soul of Elements URG
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker R -- Maga, Traitor to Mortals B -- Ghave, Guru of Spores BGW -- Sliver Hivelord WUBRG
By the way, are you guys including Karakas? Does that card really have enough uses to warrant a slot in W?
I like having a mix of old, new, timeshifted and promo frames to make my cube representative of all Magic, past and present.
The only exception would be white bordered cards (I hate them!) but will definitely retain a few in cube (especially those on the reserved list - no choice right?)
That said, the only two things I am "adding" to the cube are Winter Orb and Braids, Cabal Minion, to get that updated text. It might matter in a few games.
EDIT: Mother or Runes also.
Uril, the Miststalker RGW -- Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre C -- Vhati il-Dal BG -- Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer RW -- Animar, Soul of Elements URG
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker R -- Maga, Traitor to Mortals B -- Ghave, Guru of Spores BGW -- Sliver Hivelord WUBRG