Quote from EasyLover »As my favourite Planeswalker-character eva, i don't care bout this card. Gideon stands for all the best things in white: Couragous, selfless, protective, loving etc.
& by the way (gotta admit) very handsome & a physical powahouse !
I don't wanna believe the clues . . . not The Man himself . . . Gideon d:`(
It is sad. But at least he goes out heroic and on his own terms. Unlike some other great white characters that got corrupted before the end (Oketra, Avacyn, Bruna, Gisela). Those 4 hit hard. Especially Oketra.
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3 Watery Grave
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Serum Powder
4 Reshape
4 Bolas's Citadel
3 Aetherflux Reservoir
2 Ghoulcaller's Bell
4 Chromatic Star
4 Codex Shredder
4 Conjurer's Bauble
4 Lotus Bloom
4 Mox Opal
4 Astral Cornucopia
4 Everflowing Chalice
4 Coretapper
With 11 lands and tons of redraw/shuffle, it's highly improbable that any fizzling will happen once Bolas's Citadel is on the board. The dice factory mana (cornucopia, chalice, coretapper) is both explosive in the early game and important during the combo as it amounts to free mana and free spell count. You need to set up the Aetherflux before you run out of life, so sometimes Reshape x=4 needs to be cast. Serum Powder, Mox opal, Reshape x=0 for Lotus Bloom, and the dice factory all profit mana when cast from library, while Chromatic Star and Conjurer's Bauble help put a Reshape from the top into the hand (and Shredder can nab from graveyard). Otherwise, during a combo, a Reshape on top will usually be x=0 for a Darksteel Citadel out of the library, to reduce the land count.
Fortunately, with Serum Powder and London mulligan, finding a Citadel or Reshape in an opening hand isn't too hard, you just need to mulligan liberally. Need to be careful with Serum Powder -- need 1 Aetherflux Reservoir in library, as well as 1 Bolas's Citadel, and probably 1 Watery Grave too.
Anyways, that's all I have for 0 games played versus opponents. The goldfishing is fun though.
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I'm actually kind of shocked at just how negatively you're taking this card. Gideon's dead for real, dude.
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I also watched that. This card immediately made me think of that deck, but then I thought of Saffron Olive's "turn 2 tokens" aka 8-whack with Pact of the Titan. I wonder what kind of turn 2 nonsense can be cooked out of this wacky looking thing in a similar shell...
4 reckless bushwhacker
4 goblin bushwhacker
4 burning-tree emissary
4 runaway steam-kin
4 young pyromancer
4 manamorphose
3 battle hymn
1 haze of rage
2 infernal plunge
1 devastating summons
4 faithless looting
4 pact of the titan
1 gemstone caverns
13 mountain
Since this particular build is light on turn 1 plays I think Llanowar Reborn is a fine bit of spice to get the steam ball rolling on turn 2. This deck looks pretty blistering fast on paper, and a two drop with the flexibility of explosive mana and explosive p/t looks quite at home.
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Certainly felt like they were reading my brain when I decided on 4 Channeler Initiate. It'll fit perfectly.
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I think that idea makes sense, we're already beginning to see character growth as he's already become a "Cunning Castaway". Perhaps this will lead to a future version of Jace where he adopts another color.
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Hah, I was wondering if they were going to include a nerf gun and a transformer toy with every booster box of Unstable...but there goes that theory I guess. I'd love to see the Nerf War card in action.
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Except for winning grand prixs and SCG opens, which is "literally" the biggest reward possible