I'm really bothered by the fact that the Grixis deck is in the blue box and the Esper deck is in the purple box. The other three decks are in the appropriate boxes for the middle color in their shards...
It doesn't take care of a lot of things that Sower/Threads of Disloyalty already do. But i certainly wouldn't rule it out.
This is cheaper than both of those and is a creature - a Merfolk, even. It may not actually handle more threats than Sower and Threads, but every other quality of the card is better than those two.
Doesn't the draw 2 happen simultaneously? Why wouldn't you draw 4 cards and lose 3 life?
Sorry, am just confused, since the effect is oddly worded. "Whenever" is too long a word to use I guess. :/
It's a replacement effect, not a trigger, so it works a little bit differently.
So, you start out having a single draw. You have two replacement effects active - two copies of "If you have no cards in hand, draw two cards and lose 1 life." You go to draw your card - but wait, a replacement effect wants to replace that event. One of your copies replaces it. You now have two draws (and one life loss). You go to draw the first of those two cards - but again, there's a replacement effect in the way. You still have no cards in hand - you haven't drawn one yet - so it replaces that one draw with two more, giving you three draws and -2 life. Each replacement effect can only replace an event once, so we stop here.
We don't know this, and this is a speculative answer. It is also feasible that its CMC is simultaneously 2 and 6. Until the CR comes out, this is unknown.
While it is true that the cost to cast the fused spell is 4GWUU, that does not mean with certainty that it will be considered to have CMC 8.
While it is plausible to believe this, unless you have the CR definition of Fuse (and I don't), it is an unproven statement.
Matt Tabak (rules manager) actually confirmed this in a tweet yesterday. Don't have it handy right now, and tweets can be wrong, but it's most likely correct.
One problem there buddy, experiments exiles all cards casted out of it.
Nope, they'll end up in your graveyard. The only reason it specifies "that weren't cast" is because spells go to your graveyard after casting them by default unless specified otherwise. (Such as via flashback.)
It's sad. Craterize is actually a really cool card - art, name, and flavor text. It'll never be appreciated for what it is because of its power level, though.
(Not defending the printing of a strictly-worse Demolish - but I really like everything about this card except for what it does.)
No changes to any other format. Small writeup about why nothing was banned from Delver - in effect, they're saying that the deck is getting played more than its winrate deserves.
Looks like Disentomb is the only new one here (not in the spoiler), but there's also pictures of several cards that I'm not sure we've seen. Notably, Unsummon seems to have new flavor text.
Doubtful - Maro has talked several times about how he regrets that card because it doesn't feel like an enchantment at all.
This is cheaper than both of those and is a creature - a Merfolk, even. It may not actually handle more threats than Sower and Threads, but every other quality of the card is better than those two.
It's a replacement effect, not a trigger, so it works a little bit differently.
So, you start out having a single draw. You have two replacement effects active - two copies of "If you have no cards in hand, draw two cards and lose 1 life." You go to draw your card - but wait, a replacement effect wants to replace that event. One of your copies replaces it. You now have two draws (and one life loss). You go to draw the first of those two cards - but again, there's a replacement effect in the way. You still have no cards in hand - you haven't drawn one yet - so it replaces that one draw with two more, giving you three draws and -2 life. Each replacement effect can only replace an event once, so we stop here.
Matt Tabak (rules manager) actually confirmed this in a tweet yesterday. Don't have it handy right now, and tweets can be wrong, but it's most likely correct.
Mana Leak is probably better than this where it's legal, especially in a format as fast as Modern.
Nope.
http://www.starcitygames.com/article/25510_In-Contention-110-A-Charming-Discussion.html
Nope, they'll end up in your graveyard. The only reason it specifies "that weren't cast" is because spells go to your graveyard after casting them by default unless specified otherwise. (Such as via flashback.)
That was my thought - even if the cost was :1mana:,:symtap:... like the Panoramas. Would be nice to have available.
(Not defending the printing of a strictly-worse Demolish - but I really like everything about this card except for what it does.)
No changes to any other format. Small writeup about why nothing was banned from Delver - in effect, they're saying that the deck is getting played more than its winrate deserves.
Looks like Disentomb is the only new one here (not in the spoiler), but there's also pictures of several cards that I'm not sure we've seen. Notably, Unsummon seems to have new flavor text.