I know how additional costs work with Sunforger, but the way Strive is worded seems to fall under different rules.
From the Comp. Rules
117.8e Some effects increase the cost to cast a spell or activate an ability without using the word "additional." Those are not additional costs, and are not considered until determining the total cost of a spell or ability as described in rule 601.2e.
Unless previous spoilers are wrong we have
rare 20 Mirran/15 Phyrexian,
mythic 4 Mirran/5 Phyrexian
and Tezz
fits with the WWK setup of 35 rare/10 mythic.
With the 50/50 split rares are likely 17 per faction, mythics are 5 per faction + Tezzeret.
WWK was likely an 80 card sheet 35 Rare/10 Mythic
Likely layout for MBS then would be 4x Rare 2x Faction Mythic 2x Tezzeret.
if they use that then Tezz will be a "fake" mythic.
Scars was likely a 121 card sheet 53 Rare/15 Mythic
if they use that size I'd expect the ratio to be 6 x Rare 3x Faction Mythics 4x Tezzeret
so Tezz still comes out even more common.
Based on the packs being faction seperated like
1 Basic land
5 Mirran commons
5 Phyrexian commons
3 uncommons, all Mirran or all Phyrexian
1 Rare/Mythic, of the faction opposite the uncommons
and the prerelease being faction + Tezzeret only in packs, I'm betting they're doing seperate sheets for each faction.
That being said the most likely breakdown for Rares/Mythics is
17 Mirran Rares
17 Phyrexian Rares
5 Mirran Mythics
5 Phyrexian Mythics
Tezzeret
The rare sheet for the new small sets MBS, WWK, etc is likely 80 cards, and WWK was likely 2x35 rares + 10 Mythics.
I think we may be looking at rare sheets printed by faction with 4x17 Faction Rares + 2x5 Faction Mythics + 1 Tezzeret.
I wouldn't be surprised if they altered the rare/mythic ratio for this set. The numbers work out better if they're doing seperate sheets for Mirran/Phyrexian.
2x of 17 Faction Rares
+ 5 Faction Mythics
+ Tezzeret
would give a nice even 40 for the sheet.
Just wild speculation, but it makes sense from a printing standpoint.
Weird Science is an awesome song! Elfman owes a lot to Tim Burton, without him Danny would likely never have become one of the biggest names in the Soundtrack business. Too bad for the rest of Oingo Boingo though, their strange New Wave/Synthpop sound was fun.
Sad to see the program go, but I'm not surprised. This seems to be in line with Wizards new store-centric tournament policy. I wouldn't be surprised if this gets replaced with a more robust system of handing out promo cards at events, such as 1x per player promos like the set releases and Games Day. I would prefer more full-art in the Games Day style than the MPR anyways, so I'm hoping for that.
Try out Artifact Goblins, it's been amazing for me at my Control heavy FNMs. A 4 turn clock is a disaster for most control decks, and the only card that control has at a low enough mana cost to slow you down consistently is Pyroclasm. A turn 1 Goblin Guide or Kuldotha Rebirth puts an amazing amount of pressure on the control player. Kor Firewalker is answered with Panic Spellbomb, Molten-Tail Masticore and Perilous Myr so you dont need to fear him nearly as much as mont mono-red decks.
From the Comp. Rules
rare 20 Mirran/15 Phyrexian,
mythic 4 Mirran/5 Phyrexian
and Tezz
fits with the WWK setup of 35 rare/10 mythic.
WWK was likely an 80 card sheet 35 Rare/10 Mythic
Likely layout for MBS then would be 4x Rare 2x Faction Mythic 2x Tezzeret.
if they use that then Tezz will be a "fake" mythic.
Scars was likely a 121 card sheet 53 Rare/15 Mythic
if they use that size I'd expect the ratio to be 6 x Rare 3x Faction Mythics 4x Tezzeret
so Tezz still comes out even more common.
1 Basic land
5 Mirran commons
5 Phyrexian commons
3 uncommons, all Mirran or all Phyrexian
1 Rare/Mythic, of the faction opposite the uncommons
and the prerelease being faction + Tezzeret only in packs, I'm betting they're doing seperate sheets for each faction.
That being said the most likely breakdown for Rares/Mythics is
17 Mirran Rares
17 Phyrexian Rares
5 Mirran Mythics
5 Phyrexian Mythics
Tezzeret
The rare sheet for the new small sets MBS, WWK, etc is likely 80 cards, and WWK was likely 2x35 rares + 10 Mythics.
I think we may be looking at rare sheets printed by faction with 4x17 Faction Rares + 2x5 Faction Mythics + 1 Tezzeret.
2x of 17 Faction Rares
+ 5 Faction Mythics
+ Tezzeret
would give a nice even 40 for the sheet.
Just wild speculation, but it makes sense from a printing standpoint.
You can play any standard deck you like, the top 2 players for each alignment get a Mirrodin Besieged promo card from their faction.
Problem is Koth of the Hammer doesn't have a watermark. RDW tends to run Assault Strobe though, so you can get your watermarks from there.