MTG Salvation

One thing I'd like to see is Baleful Strix. It delays aggro decks not named Burn and forces a removal spell from your opponent, but also replaces itself as soon as it hits the field.

Why yes, I would love another addition to my Bant Feather Fort EDH deck! Seriously, I love this card to death. If it weren't for Bolt, I could play this in Modern as well!

Hoses CoCo, Twin, Grishoalbrand, DredgeVine, and those are just the ones off the top of my head! Getting a playset of this ASAPly.

Considering how weak it is in Modern, it deserves to be pushed for once. I, for one, am glad it's getting so many good things.

If you're going to use a 3-cost removal spell, you might as well use Putrefy or Mortify and hit artifacts or enchantments too.

Miranda, Warden of Eos 2UW
Legendary Creature-Human Advisor
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Spells and abilities your opponents control can't target permanents you control unless they pay X, where X is the number of Enchantments you control.

2WU, tap: Put a token that's a copy of a non-Aura, non-lengendary enchantment target player controls onto the battlefield under your control.

1/4

I've been getting into Commander recently. I haven't seen any "enchantments matter" Commanders outside of Urik, the Miststalker and Zur the Enchanter, both of whom are more suited to Voltron-style decks. I wanted to see a Commander that wasn't reliant on Auras to work, instead focusing on a more stax/pillow fort deck. Wanted to make her Bant colored, but wasn't sure if Green wwould work its way well into this kind of deck.

Is anyone else sick of seeing this card? I swear, every time I see someone play it they basically win the game then and there.

A pretty good set? Tell me, how many of these commons and uncommons will you be using in a Modern deck anytime soon? What I loved most about MMA was even if you didn't get Cashmogoyf or Bob, you could still get valuable cards like Kitchen Finks, Path to Exile, or Spell Snare. I don't get that feeling here in MM2. Aside from Electrolyze and Remand, what cards at common and uncommon could anyone conceivably get excited over?

EDIT: And even ignoring value, this just seems like a very poorly thought out set. Putting in the Eldrazi with few means of ramping them out? Opening Daybreak Coronet, only to realize there's literally only 2 other cards (one of which is at Rare) it can be combo'd with?! They shifted their focus onto reprints so heavily that they completely botched the drafting experience in a set built around drafting. I'm all for reprints, but not if it comes at the cost of having fun while drafting.

Don't bother with him; he fails the vanilla test spectacularly, and his effect doesn't come into play until AFTER everyone's done searching their libraries.

Underworld Cerberus is the card I wanted to see above all others. Does anyone know if his ability prevents Delve?

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Can somebody tell me what the point of Theros block was because it was NOT enchantment matters. THIS set is enchantment matters.

I'm like 99% sure the point of Theros block was to make a set based on Greek mythology.

Can somebody tell me what the point of Theros block was because it was NOT enchantment matters. THIS set is enchantment matters.

Quote from bakgat »

If you ever play Magmatic Insight on anything but the first turn against blue decks expect to loose to Remand

Yeah, just like how all the delve spells are unplayable because they lose to remand.

Quote from Skoonie »

I can imagine many awkward moments when you evolve your Elvish Mystic...into another Elvish Mystic.

Or worse, when your Caryatid "evolves" into an Elf.
Still, it should say something about how good this card seems that no one even mentioned the flavor fail in the first 65 posts

For those asking why hasn't this card been in Theros, check the development teams:
Theros:
Mark Rosewater (lead),
Ethan Fleischer,
Ken Nagle,
Zac Hill,
Jenna Helland

Born of the Gods:
Ken Nagle (lead)
Ethan Fleischer
Billy Moreno
Mark Rosewater
Ryan Spain

Journey into Nyx:
Ethan Fleischer (lead)
Dan Emmons
Erik Lauer
Mark Rosewater
Matt Tabak

Now compare it to Magic Origins:
Shawn Main (lead)
Mark Gottlieb
Ari Levitch
Nik Davidson
Ian Duke

Nobody from Theros designed this set and did a way better job. Because they know how to design a good set!

Quote from j_ruth »

Quote from Bolas, the Mindsculptor »

Sweet. Zombify plus.

Yes. Zombify plus one mana...

ugh... you guys complain every set. I bet if this was 4 cmc you would say it should be 3. I don't understand you people. You are always disappointed with every set: "the cards are underpowered" "its overcosted." Just accept it and move on. Or just stick to playing with older cards. I don't see the point in being constantly dissatisfied with every new card/set spoiled.

Quote from Sliver Lord »

Might put some pressure back towards Combust and away from Rending Volley if this sees anti-Twin use.

Exarch/Pestermite just tap it to turn it off, so it is a lot worse than ghostly prison if you're looking for that effect vs. Twin.

That's one of the cutest cards in recent memory.

But why on earth is this seeing print right as Theros is about to rotate?

Quote from Elvish_Mytits »

Ahhh, that sucks. There goes me thinking Origins might actually be a good set...

Because as everybody knows, if a set has a mediocre removal spell at common, it means that the entire set must suck.