Finally, a Time Reversal that's optional. I hate being the bad guy and forcing everybody to shuffle their hands almost as much as I hate being forced to shuffle mine.
God, I'm finally excited by a card in this set, and it ends with "Activate only if you control a Time Lord." They're really dedicated to making cards that only work on a dedicated Dr Who deck, aren't they?
So the Rager is the mythic uncommon, right? He loses a lot of sac outlet utility by being sorcery speed, but Yawgmoth is the only other card I can think of that converts creatures into cards more efficiently. And like, every Food, Clue, Treasure, and Blood token becomes a super Clue with him around!
Tamiyo was a sad waste of an interesting character.
Fortunately she wasn't wasted. Tamiyo 1.0 died a nightmarish death, but Tamiyo2 appears to be long-lasting. She'll get to keep appearing, most likely. I hope her new form is still pretty.
I really hope either the saga!Tamiyo is long-lasting, or gets a hero's death. Tamiyo dying as a despicable villain in front of her child while the real Tamiyo screams from within is just... too horrible. It makes me feel sick. I was really excited to see Tamiyo healing from this ordeal, but I can make do with this story-being if she doesn't just ineffectually vanish.
Why not be a Phyrexian centaur? I know, I know, there are no centaurs on Phyrexia, but I thought ever since Blinking Spirit (having wings in the art, but not flying) there was an unofficial rule that the art matches the card, and if the art depicts one things the card needs to match it.
That's for keyword abilities, not creature types. Knowing at a glance that a creature flies is important in vastly more games than knowing at a glance something is a centaur.
Phyrexians being on New Phyexia isn't a big deal. Obviously. The type exists so when a Phyrexian shows up on a plane where they haven't before, that's a big moment. No one's going to go "Oh *****, there's a octopus on Theros, will my favorite characters survive?" That's what earns them their own creature type.
Fortunately she wasn't wasted. Tamiyo 1.0 died a nightmarish death, but Tamiyo2 appears to be long-lasting. She'll get to keep appearing, most likely. I hope her new form is still pretty.
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