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Also, can I just say that I'm over the moon (no pun intended) about this improved spoiler rollout? God, I hated having to wait until the last week to see the draft commons I actually care about while Standard players got new goodies (or at least things to argue about) most days through the whole spoiler season? This is so, so much better.
I hate to break it to you, but there is a nonzero chance that these spoilers are actually supposed to impress us and/or get us excited for the set.
Did you think I was being sarcastic or something? I'm legitimately very, very pleased that they are spoiling Limited commons alongside the other cards this time. I basically only play Draft and EDH, and it sucks getting all the relevant draft cards in a giant info dump the last week. This is way better!
I think this is better than Scorned Villager, maybe a lot better. Scorned Villager is a mana dork that punishes your opponent by ramping you harder if they have an awkward start and don't have a play on an early turn (or compensates you with extra ramp if that happens to you, though after you've played a turn-2 mana dork you should generally be able to cast spells for at least a couple turns).Quote from Yatsufusa »Looks at Scorned Villager/Moonscarred Werewolf.
Really, just an additional toughness and it needs defender mechanically? (Yes I know it can transform instant-speed and what-not, but ultimately it's a mana dork and the Eldrazi Werewolf mechanic is less relevant (along with P/T outside of blocking to mana dorks considering the transformation costs, I'll say).
I also understand it's a "weak werewolf" held captive.. but considering we got a [MANA]G[/MANA 2/1 that looks fit (even if undernourished) I don't think a 1/2 Werewolf is that "weak" either. Oh well.
On the other hand, this is a mana dork that transforms, under more controllable conditions, into a relevant threat in the late game, thus ameliorating the chief weakness of mana dorks in Limited (i.e., causing you to play more mana sources that don't impact the board and increasing the chances that you'll flood into no ramp payoffs and leading to bad late game topdecks). I think that's better.
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