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Nov 20, 2017BlazingRagnarok posted a message on Jaya Ballard ReturnsMairsil's reappearance in card form absolutely can be a coincidence because Commander products are a dumping ground for neglected legendary figures, the vast majority of whom are irrelevant to contemporary sets.Posted in: Articles
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Apr 4, 2016BlazingRagnarok posted a message on The Magic Market Index: Set Review of Shadows Over InnistradWhile its value probably won't spike, I disagree with your assessment of Bygone Bishop. It has applications outside of clue-based decks; for example, it makes every creature that Collected Company decks hardcast replace themselves. If any sort of white weenie crops up (human or spirit tribal?), Bishop would give the deck crucial staying power in the mid and late games.Posted in: Articles
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I'll give Aurelia another vote. In one EDH game, the guy with her accelerated into Aurelia on what must have been turn 4 or 5, soulbonded her to Silverblade Paladin, and equipped Umezawa's Jitte. I, uh, lost that turn.
If your opponent kills Niv-Mizzet with a card draw activated ability/trigger on the stack, then, yes, the combo will be stopped unless you draw a card in response.
Serious answer: Lightning Bolt
I think Wizards specifically tried to make precon-specific cards that have zero competitive appeal to avoid the secondary market price spikes that happened to certain commander products. You wouldn't know it from the crowd here, but new players aren't as hard to impress as you might think. If people here crinkle their noses at these cards, then Wizards has achieved one of their stated goals for this product.
Well, mine does, at least.
@OP: My store has the opposite problem. They always wait until everyone shows up before even assembling pods, and events always start late due to that. The Conspiracy 2 drafts last Friday were scheduled to begin at 7:30pm, but didn't start until 8:00. The problem here is that the employees usually try to avoid closing up the store too long after closing, so some events risk getting cut short. Fortunately, this hasn't ruined any of my evenings yet.
Theros also had devotion (i.e. Chroma), so that could count as well.
LandName
Land (Rare)
, Pay 1 life: Add , , or to your mana pool.
When LandName enters the battlefield, gain 1 life.
It accesses more colors than the painlands while losing the ability to not lose life while paying for its first activation.
Other than the bomb rares/mythics, most of the common/uncommon monarch cards range from slightly below curve to very below curve, and many of them get much worse if you already are the monarch or stop being the monarch. A check of the current "you become the monarch" cards reveals that every single one costs 4 or more mana to use. Unless you want to make your deck extremely top-heavy, you'll probably only include a handful of monarch effects, which means you'll rely on attacking most of the time. Also, there's the whole thing about painting a target on your head.