Mark of Sakiko - :1mana::symg: Enchant Creature (U) Enchanted creature has “Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, add that much to your mana pool. This mana doesn’t cause mana burn. Until end of turn, this mana doesn’t empty from your mana pool as phases end.”
if this is what passes for a 'hot' card these days, i'll eat my freakin' foil dci armageddon. a green enchant creature? is it rancor? oh... it's not? nevermind...
this card is pretty decent for a common...
the ability is nice, but the splice cost is also nice as far as alternative costs go.
i wouldn't pick it all that high in draft though.
Minamo's Meddling - :2mana::symu::symu:
Instant (C)
Counter target spell. That spell's controller reveals his or her hand then discards each card with the same name as a card spliced onto that spell.
nothing like more crappy countermagic.
all mono really needed from this set was one more decent counterspell and a creature (kira, great glass spinner wins that title), but they went and printed this monsterous piece of crap instead. though i guess it's a good sb card for all those dampen thought archetypes out there... gg dampen thought... bah.
Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai
Legendary Land (U)
:symtap:: Add to your mana pool.
When Gods’ Eye, Gate to the Reikai is put into a graveyard from play, put a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token into play.
neat, i suppose.
when i armgeddon i get a 1/1 i can attack with next turn...
or when my opponent casts an obliterate i can block his marched darksteel ingot i guess...
there might be combo implications...
meh, tho.
i agree that an uncommon legendary land is a little wacky, but i suppose the fact that it produces and not a colored mana accounts for this... sorta.
Chisei, Heart of Oceans - :2mana::symu::symu:
Legendary Creature - Spirit (R)
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Chisei, Heart of Oceans unless you remove a counter from a permanent you control.
4/4
#32/165
the drawback on this card is worse than horobi's. however the card is still good, so long as you have counters to remove which i'm sure happens all the time in casual play. in limited she(?)'s good with the ki counter guys so long as you can play a spirit or arcane every turn (or less frequently if you've amassed a bunch before she(?) citp...). in the end though, i'd rather play horobi.
Terashi’s Verdict - :1mana::symw:
Instant - Arcane (U)
Destroy target attacking creature with power 3 or less.
meh... at least it doesn't say 'destroy target creature that dealt damage to you this turn with power 3 or less.' it's another removal spell for white, but not a very stellar one. still... removal is removal (i'm talking, of course, limited here...).
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Slumbering Tora -
Artifact (R)
:2mana:, Discard a Spirit or Arcane card: Slumbering Tora becomes an X/X artifact creature until end of turn, where X is the discarded card's converted mana cost.
meh.
chances are i'd rather cast the spell i'm discarding unless i'm going to win with the damage, or i need to block to prevent a loss. i think i'd rather play river kaijin...
Torrent of Stone - :3mana::symr:
Instant - Arcane (C)
Torrent of Stone deals 4 damage to target creature.
Splice onto Arcane - Sacrifice two mountains. (As you play an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card’s effects to that spell.)
too bad they didn't make this the burn spell that does damage to your opponent (lemme splice to fireblast your dome (sigh... i miss fireblast)). it's good in limited (it does say 'deal damage to target creature,' is an instant, and costs less than 5) but other than that i don't see it doing too much in constructed.
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Horobi's Whisper - :1mana::symb::symb:
Instant - Arcane (C)
If you control a Swamp, destroy target nonblack creature.
Splice onto Arcane - Remove four cards in your graveyard from the game. (As you play an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card’s effects to that spell.)
if you've read any of my recent posts, you're more than likely familiar with my belief that hero's demise is a crap rare. here's proof why. this card is an amazing common. the splice cost, while a little 'expensive' in the early game, it's not much of a problem in the mid to late game (plus you can hard cast it once if you really need to...). a dank common in limited, this card may even see some constructed play. there are very few creatures this card doesn't kill that hero's demise does (and rend spirit gets most of those...).
It's pretty good in multiplayer, but anywhere else is just another crap rare, it should've been uncommon like most non-card drawing green enchantments.
even fecundity is uncommon...
they missed the boat making this a rare, imho.
if it were uncommon, i wouldn't mind it at all.
as it is tho, :puke:.
sweet art on an interesting card.
i agree that the ability begs to be broken (but thankfully you can only do it once per turn [unless it's rfg'd and has haste somehow...]).
however the high casting cost and the fact that snakes are less-that-optimum in constructed (maybe ok in block tho... i haven't really started block testing yet...) make me think this card won't see much play at all.
it might be a good choice for TnN decks tho...
so you gain 1 life a turn (assuming the genju dies every turn...)?
i guess i fail to see how these are such 'good times'...
this card is only good when you're bouncing lands and playing more than one per turn. even then you're gaining a maximum of 4 or 5 life per turn (azusa + budoka gardener + regular land + sakura tribe elder) and getting out all the cards you need is a little iffy.
i think i'd rather run beaconBlaster than any build with this card in it.
too bad it's rare.
though it could be a lot worse.
it seems like it'd be pretty good in limited but not very good in t2.
i can think of a lot of other things i'd rather be doing with 3 mana...
why do the keep on printing cards with such rediculously high casting costs?
these cards hardly even see limited play (the myojin cost around the same and they're indestructible; even they don't see much play...).
soulshift 8 is neat i guess, and i suppose if the game lasts that long an 8/5 trampler for a kajillion would be useful (and he can soulshift for kokusho...).
hold on!
through the breach him!
oh wait... that sucks too... nevermind.
now here's a common i can get behind.
not sure of its type 2 implications, though i suppose it'd be alright in the right deck. but it's certainly something i wouldn't mind getting passed to me like 9 - 12th pick in draft.
for commons and uncommons these cards aren't so bad (some of them are better in relation to their rairty than some of the rares we've seen so far [hero's demise comes to mind...]) and they fit in with wotc's desire to print tribes cards for people who are into that sort of thing. they're all fairly decent limited cards so long as you control an ogre and / or a demon (depending on the card). and the potential 2-for-1 aspect of the 3/1 is interesting.
Wow you can kill two creatures with your rend flesh, terror, and other stuff...
nice work!!! an eternal witness for black
G/B here we go!!!!
to be completely honest, i'd take witness over toshi all day, every day.
that isn't to say i think toshi is bad or unplayable.
he's a decent 3-drop (though i would have liked to see first strike) who could very well be the difference in winning or losing a game (an extra rend flesh, oxidize, etc. would have won me plenty of games in the past...).
but to call toshi a black eternal witness is a stretch imho.
if this is what passes for a 'hot' card these days, i'll eat my freakin' foil dci armageddon. a green enchant creature? is it rancor? oh... it's not? nevermind...
at least you don't get mana burned from it.
-aNia_
the ability is nice, but the splice cost is also nice as far as alternative costs go.
i wouldn't pick it all that high in draft though.
-aNia_
nothing like more crappy countermagic.
all mono
-aNia_
neat, i suppose.
when i armgeddon i get a 1/1 i can attack with next turn...
or when my opponent casts an obliterate i can block his marched darksteel ingot i guess...
there might be combo implications...
meh, tho.
i agree that an uncommon legendary land is a little wacky, but i suppose the fact that it produces
-aNia_
the drawback on this card is worse than horobi's. however the card is still good, so long as you have counters to remove which i'm sure happens all the time in casual play. in limited she(?)'s good with the ki counter guys so long as you can play a spirit or arcane every turn (or less frequently if you've amassed a bunch before she(?) citp...). in the end though, i'd rather play horobi.
-aNia_
meh... at least it doesn't say 'destroy target creature that dealt damage to you this turn with power 3 or less.' it's another removal spell for white, but not a very stellar one. still... removal is removal (i'm talking, of course, limited here...).
meh.
chances are i'd rather cast the spell i'm discarding unless i'm going to win with the damage, or i need to block to prevent a loss. i think i'd rather play river kaijin...
-aNia_
too bad they didn't make this the burn spell that does damage to your opponent (lemme splice to fireblast your dome (sigh... i miss fireblast)). it's good in limited (it does say 'deal damage to target creature,' is an instant, and costs less than 5) but other than that i don't see it doing too much in constructed.
if you've read any of my recent posts, you're more than likely familiar with my belief that hero's demise is a crap rare. here's proof why. this card is an amazing common. the splice cost, while a little 'expensive' in the early game, it's not much of a problem in the mid to late game (plus you can hard cast it once if you really need to...). a dank common in limited, this card may even see some constructed play. there are very few creatures this card doesn't kill that hero's demise does (and rend spirit gets most of those...).
-aNia_
even fecundity is uncommon...
they missed the boat making this a rare, imho.
if it were uncommon, i wouldn't mind it at all.
as it is tho, :puke:.
-aNia_
i agree that the ability begs to be broken (but thankfully you can only do it once per turn [unless it's rfg'd and has haste somehow...]).
however the high casting cost and the fact that snakes are less-that-optimum in constructed (maybe ok in block tho... i haven't really started block testing yet...) make me think this card won't see much play at all.
it might be a good choice for TnN decks tho...
-aNia_
so you gain 1 life a turn (assuming the genju dies every turn...)?
i guess i fail to see how these are such 'good times'...
this card is only good when you're bouncing lands and playing more than one per turn. even then you're gaining a maximum of 4 or 5 life per turn (azusa + budoka gardener + regular land + sakura tribe elder) and getting out all the cards you need is a little iffy.
i think i'd rather run beaconBlaster than any build with this card in it.
-aNia_
though it could be a lot worse.
it seems like it'd be pretty good in limited but not very good in t2.
i can think of a lot of other things i'd rather be doing with 3 mana...
-aNia_
these cards hardly even see limited play (the myojin cost around the same and they're indestructible; even they don't see much play...).
soulshift 8 is neat i guess, and i suppose if the game lasts that long an 8/5 trampler for a kajillion would be useful (and he can soulshift for kokusho...).
hold on!
through the breach him!
oh wait... that sucks too... nevermind.
-aNia_
not sure of its type 2 implications, though i suppose it'd be alright in the right deck. but it's certainly something i wouldn't mind getting passed to me like 9 - 12th pick in draft.
-aNia_
-aNia_
to be completely honest, i'd take witness over toshi all day, every day.
that isn't to say i think toshi is bad or unplayable.
he's a decent 3-drop (though i would have liked to see first strike) who could very well be the difference in winning or losing a game (an extra rend flesh, oxidize, etc. would have won me plenty of games in the past...).
but to call toshi a black eternal witness is a stretch imho.
-aNia_