Magic: The Gathering (Unreleased Sets)

Bwahaha! The perfect card to torment my allergic-to-wool younger brother with!

not enough shark

I like that the sheep doesn't appear to have defender - with the number of creature buffs in Theros block you could create a true killer sheep.

Also goes well in a Doran deck.

lol @ the flying fish.

edited 14th Apr '14 8:13:02 AM by nightwyrm_zero

Riddle of Lightning is getting reprinted? But it's not even futureshifted!

She's also the mother of all (Theros) Gorgons, if I recall correctly.

As I read it, she's basically taking dead stuff and making baby Gorgons out of it.

Admittedly, the flavor would probably be clearer if she made 1/1 Black and Green Gorgon creature tokens with deathtouch instead of Snakes.

Pharika is the god of venoms, poisons, all kind of substances dedicated to killing things, diseases, dying (not dyeing, unless you're using arsenic to dye things, maybe) and snakes (and snaky things like gorgons), IIRC. I mean, she's got a giant snake with her. And snakes are venomous (poisonous? I never remember what's the difference) and shit. It might be kind of loose on flavor, but I think it's pretty amazing overall.

And I'm still feeling like Wizards hates Izzet. At least Simic and Gruul get cool shit like Vorel and Kruphix or Ruric Thar and Xenagod and three different planeswalkers in the same Standard.

About Strive and copies: If you copy the spell once it's been cast (Reverberate et al.), the targets are copied for free. If you copy the card and then cast it (Isochron Scepter and others) it's like casting it from your hand, you have to choose targets and then pay the Strive costs (if any).

So Reverberate is best friends with Strive'd spells.

EDIT: By the way, DAT Prophetic Flamespeaker. Devotion to Priapus rising. I'm not hoping to get one in seven years, though.

edited 14th Apr '14 12:24:41 PM by 2Zak

never say that again

You should see a doctor about that, mate.

Darn, my bold claim that the white flash enchantment was rule of law was wrong. They made a Rule of Law eidolon instead.

Thaumaturge is deceptively good.

Spoilers here by the way.

By the way, I think I found the snakes Pharika makes.

Something or other of the Gods.

I love that the Thaumaturge eliminates the need to kick Strength of the Tajuru and Comet Storm.

Curse of Swine now costs UU. Always.

Bearer of the Heavens.

edited 15th Apr '14 2:26:25 AM by Idler20

Oh lawdy, that flavor.

This is definitely shaping up to be the best set of the block.

We still need a Deus ex Machina reference of some kind. It's one of 'the'' Greek Theatre tropes.

I will be very, very disappointed if it's skipped over.

Considering mtg's history with endings, I wouldn't be surprised. But then I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't end at all.

Also I like to imagine the Bearer hits people with the heavens.

Dictate of Heliod.

Or he just shifts the heavens a little bit so that something falls off/out of it and lands on them from who-knows-how-far above them.

And here I thought the Atlas reference was Weight of the Underworld...

Weight of the Underworld feels more like a Sisyphus thing.

Another thing I like to think: Heliod often goes to temples and "touches people with his spear".

Besides that, I would play the dictate. Not the best thing ever, but WW needs all it can get post-rotation. Ravnica was awesome for that deck.

edited 15th Apr '14 10:03:42 AM by ImperialSunlight

Godhunter Octopus.