Thanks! I guess I'm just used to a little more anticipation on the forums, and yet here it is with less than five hours to go and the info thread isn't up. But good to know that we'll get new cards soon!
My apologies for the potential spam, but shouldn't there be mothership spoilers for JOU in a few hours, assuming they're going off the same timeline they did for BNG? I haven't seen the standard stickied info thread for JOU yet, and we're less than three weeks from the prerelease. If there's something I'm missing, then I apologize for the thread.
Like I said, I didn't know if the conversation has taken place, which evidently it already has. My apologies for wasting your time. Hope your fingers feel better
What I'm about to propose might seem like madness. It certainly seems so to me, but this is the Speculation forum, and so I will speculate until I can speculate no more.
We've seen the Beckett ad that claims there will be 64-card theme decks sold in 12-count packages; we know these to be the theme decks. Could it possibly be that the four extra cards are the dual lands?
Granted, I haven't kept up with the forum over the past 2 weeks, so its possible this idea has been brought up, discussed, and then shot down. If so, I apologize for wasting your time, you who have read this far. However, adding four extra "land" to the pre-cons would
A) make the lands accessible
B) keep the costs of these lands relatively sane, thus helping keep A) true
C) not forfeit a rare slot in the pack, thus allowing the Timmy's to have their cool, flashy rares
D) cause the rest of us to go bonkers
Like I said, madness indeed. But those extra four cards have had my brain in a number crunching loop for a while now, and I just have to spit out the insanity to relieve a bit of the pressure.
I think we can all agree here that Excruciator, while being an...evocative...name, ain't exactly the best card to see print, insomuch the same way as "the syph" ain't exactly the gift one would like to receive from one's partner. However, I have to argue with the logic you're using about not liking Clutch.
Granted, 4 mana using two different colors for a bounce effect and a lava spike is a little dicey. I'll take no issues with that. But the whole "the thing about tutors is I'd rather have the card I'm tutoring for than the tutor" is just silly. Of course we'd all rather have the exact card we want at every single moment. As the teenagers say, "ba-duh." But unfortunately Magic don't work that way. She's a fickle mistress indeed. But, wait, hold on now. I can put a card in my deck that acts in the same function as drawing not just one or two cards I might want, but perhaps three or more (depending of course on my mad deck-building skillz, or lack thereof)? And also does something useful in case I do happen to be fortunate enough to be holding said desired card? Doesn't sound too horrible to me.
If I remember correctly, didn't a previous source say that there would only be four common artifacts in this set? If this is true, Terrarion's supposed rarity makes me doubt the veracity of these cards.
Or, I could be completely wrong. Like I said, I'm not entirely sure if I remember correctly.
Yeah, Neko-Te and Kumano made one NASTY combination for me. Doubling the damage Kumano dealt to my opponents dome while indefinitely tapping his critters down? See ya in the next flight!
They fight spirits that manifest in the mortal world, by casting spells. Ogres give them trouble and there are talking rats and rabbits.
I think one female samurai will get past my suspension of disbelieve this once...
I couldn't have said it better myself.
As to Fumiko...I'm gonna have to playtest a little with her to see if she's really as useful as she appears to be. However, just thinking about it, making her opponents attack each turn really helps my R/W samurai deck. Go aggro go!
Perhaps the goal of a ninja deck should not be to depend on your opponent to let a creature go through unblocked, but rather to build the deck with plenty of evasion so that your opponent has no choice in the matter.
At any rate I think Higure is going to be a real fun card in casual...ninjas + morph + lots of untapped islands = annoyed opponent
Edit: Having examined the picture closely, it looks like poor Higure has managed to catch his left foot on whatever he was trying to clear. He's not leaping...he's free falling!
Uhm, just wondering...does Orochi Patron also untap your opponents stuff? Because that would make him a bit more of the suck if he did. Just asking is all.
We've seen the Beckett ad that claims there will be 64-card theme decks sold in 12-count packages; we know these to be the theme decks. Could it possibly be that the four extra cards are the dual lands?
Granted, I haven't kept up with the forum over the past 2 weeks, so its possible this idea has been brought up, discussed, and then shot down. If so, I apologize for wasting your time, you who have read this far. However, adding four extra "land" to the pre-cons would
A) make the lands accessible
B) keep the costs of these lands relatively sane, thus helping keep A) true
C) not forfeit a rare slot in the pack, thus allowing the Timmy's to have their cool, flashy rares
D) cause the rest of us to go bonkers
Like I said, madness indeed. But those extra four cards have had my brain in a number crunching loop for a while now, and I just have to spit out the insanity to relieve a bit of the pressure.
Granted, 4 mana using two different colors for a bounce effect and a lava spike is a little dicey. I'll take no issues with that. But the whole "the thing about tutors is I'd rather have the card I'm tutoring for than the tutor" is just silly. Of course we'd all rather have the exact card we want at every single moment. As the teenagers say, "ba-duh." But unfortunately Magic don't work that way. She's a fickle mistress indeed. But, wait, hold on now. I can put a card in my deck that acts in the same function as drawing not just one or two cards I might want, but perhaps three or more (depending of course on my mad deck-building skillz, or lack thereof)? And also does something useful in case I do happen to be fortunate enough to be holding said desired card? Doesn't sound too horrible to me.
Or, I could be completely wrong. Like I said, I'm not entirely sure if I remember correctly.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
As to Fumiko...I'm gonna have to playtest a little with her to see if she's really as useful as she appears to be. However, just thinking about it, making her opponents attack each turn really helps my R/W samurai deck. Go aggro go!
At any rate I think Higure is going to be a real fun card in casual...ninjas + morph + lots of untapped islands = annoyed opponent
Edit: Having examined the picture closely, it looks like poor Higure has managed to catch his left foot on whatever he was trying to clear. He's not leaping...he's free falling!
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. That'll fix everything.
Add a select after A and before Start if you're going to play 2 player mode.