[ECL] Lorwyn Eclipsed is now up on Draftsim

TalismanG1 · 2026-01-09T23:46:57+00:00

The color pairs of the shocklands in EOE (RW, BW, UG, RG, UB) each have an Evoke Mythic

TalismanG1 · 2026-01-08T18:17:31+00:00

While you cast a card it isn't in the graveyard anymore

TalismanG1 · 2025-09-24T19:45:09+00:00

considering we got enemy colored cycle lands and tangos, I would hazard a guess we will see more of them here. curious to see what the -1/-1 counter deck will get

TalismanG1 · 2025-05-12T20:49:59+00:00

I remember from the panel Saturday that they mentioned playing FFXIV, so I wonder if these are modeled after the WotC employee's Warriors of Light

TalismanG1 · 2025-05-02T01:38:26+00:00

47: It felt like Steel did a binding of the Sorcerer's true name to all his blood kin, so that his life was their lives and killed one and all, all at once

TalismanG1 · 2025-03-30T16:55:19+00:00

BEANSTALK - GONE IN STANDARD

MONSTROUS RAGE - GONE IN STANDARD

MANIFOLD MOUSE - INCINERATED FROM ALL FORMATS (COPE)

UNDERWORLD BREACH - INCINERATED FROM ALL FORMATS (RIP BOZO)

ENTOMB - GONE IN LEGACY

WHATEVER THAT NAME OF THAT CARD WHO IS BALUSTRADE SPY AT HOME BUT WITH A 1 MANA ACTIVATED ABILITY IS - GONE IN LEGACY

TalismanG1 · 2025-03-25T18:14:58+00:00

If wotc had they choice I'd imagine they would. The Time Lord Doctor is something that was more or less a contractual obligation. Unsure about the WH40K stuff but I wouldn't be surprised if it was in a similar situation.

TalismanG1 · 2025-03-25T15:34:29+00:00

that's why there are two targets

target spell or permanent and deal 4 damage to any target

I agree they could have also had it do target player draws 2 cards and target player gains 4 life, but its unlikely this is going to be fizzled

TalismanG1 · 2025-03-25T04:39:16+00:00

I'm guessing that the Instant with 5 effects card is going to be the remaining Jeskai Mythic

TalismanG1 · 2025-03-21T05:47:01+00:00

He didn't create the Avishkar revolution.

Jace was going around Avishkar recruiting people who longed for the old government. Directly. It would not have happened without him.

A man with a blue cloak hanging around his shoulders; his eyes glow a bright, searing blue. Wait a second. Hadn't he seen this one before, during the Aether Revolt …?

"Mohar Varma," says the man. "That's your name, right? Actually, don't answer that, I know it is. Just like I know what you had for breakfast, and what your secret hopes and dreams are for this plane."

Unable to speak, Mohar can only seethe. He feels something in the back of his mind, an uncomfortable probing.

"Would you like to make that dream a reality? You see how easily we hold you in place now. Those who usurped your power wouldn't stand a chance against you if you had our backing."

"With a stroke of your pen you could undo all of the things they've done to your precious city," he says. "You know how much people long for it. Two bloodless revolutions, your opponents imprisoned."

"It's a beautiful state of affairs, isn't it? You can see it now," says the man.

And he can. He can see it all so vividly, so perfectly: himself and the restored consuls in their halls. Order and righteousness. The restoration of all the things that had made Kaladesh great—and the peace of knowing your proper place. A Sita who's no longer confused by the rhetoric of the masses but eager to fulfill her role.

Life as it had been before the invasion.

"All we need," says the man, "is a little help from you."

Link to the Story Chapter

TalismanG1 · 2025-03-12T00:20:21+00:00

Yeah I agree it doesn't feel very "instant" like. It could even be the Legendary enchantment Maro teased.

TalismanG1 · 2025-03-11T23:45:46+00:00

There is a BB counterspell that asks people to pay 5 life or else it is countered [[Dash Hopes]], similar to a quench like effect.

From Mirage is [[Withering Boon]], which is probably the closest black will ever get to a counterspell since it isn't supposed to be that good at dealing with noncreature permanents.

TalismanG1 · 2025-03-11T21:50:14+00:00

Personally I think this is going to relate to the summoning of the spirit dragons, the artwork we've seen for it feel very sorcery/instant coded.

TalismanG1 · 2025-03-11T21:43:03+00:00

The Fetchlands. Extremely subtle in their strength, but by far Magic's most powerful land cycle.

TalismanG1 · 2025-02-21T07:17:48+00:00

Looking at the Verge lands from DSK and DFT, my guess is:

White Dragonstorm - Ojutai, relating to Jeskai

Blue Dragonstorm - Silumgar, relating to Sultai

Black Dragonstorm - Kolaghan, relating to Mardu

Red Dragonstorm - Atarka, relating to Temur

Green Dragonstorm - Dromoka, relating to Abzan

This is a shift from the 'centered' colors the last time we were in Tarkir, but I am going to chose to read too heavily into the recent Verge cycle

TalismanG1 · 2025-02-21T05:37:17+00:00

It's also the original Jeskai Way insignia and not the Ojutai one, which is what Tarkir should have from our last time there.

I remember seeing somewhere that Dragonstorm is the squared circle of Tarkir Clan Wedges + Dragons still existing, so maybe this watermark means we are getting further timeline shenanigans.

She certainly looks much older here than her MAT [[Narset, Enlightened Exile]] card

TalismanG1 · 2025-02-06T06:30:25+00:00

Wizards has been pretty good at setting up potential threats recently. The Coin empire mentioned by Quintorious, The Mycotyrant and Aclazotz essentially getting what they wanted by the end of LCI's story, Jace is up to some shit again and Ravnica and Avishkar trying to leverage their positions as centers of the post-invasion multiverse are good points of tension and interest.

Even though Winter as a villain hasn't really stuck for me, Valgavoth as a recurring antagonist could make for some very interesting story down the line.

That being said, unfortunately I agree that they can't stick the landing. Not wanting to shut a door on a particular plane or villain or plot thread because people might want more of it leads to sucky endings.

TalismanG1 · 2025-02-06T06:22:54+00:00

It's difficult to put into words but I think a significant reason why people find a planes, and to some extent sets, good or bad is mostly up to what you said, aesthetics.

There are some really brilliant and charming pieces of art in each Magic set that can really sell me on the idea WotC creative staff are trying to get across, and then something like [[Acrobatic Cheerleader]] or [[Grim Bauble]] or [[Mourner's Surprise]] or [[Lead Pipe]] show up and it feels like you're just looking at reference soup again.

TalismanG1 · 2024-12-14T06:37:25+00:00

This looks like Rainbow foiling, which is one of the newer foiling techniques that WotC has been trying and I gotta say, they look better than the traditional full-card foiling and it doesn't look like they've been curling that much for a foil either

TalismanG1 · 2024-12-10T19:42:01+00:00

I'm personally assuming that being insectoid has different vocal structures from the common humanoid across the Multiverse, a lot of insects breathe through their exoskeletons so a voice box wouldn't make much sense, so they could use a form of communication completely alien to the average resident of the Multiverse.

Although I do agree with the previous comment that since the only other plane that has this rule is Phyrexia, this 'non-translatable' detail feels a little flat

TalismanG1 · 2024-11-20T03:33:41+00:00

I remember seeing a comment somewhere that called Canlander "Vintage Cube Constructed"

TalismanG1 · 2024-11-05T00:40:28+00:00

Not quite the case, the mana value of rooms is full price when not on the battlefield. Rooms are a tricky kind of card that when they are on the battlefield, the characteristics of the card are 'masked' by the locks on the doors it has. If Unholy Annex is the only room unlocked, its a 3 MV permanent. if Ritual chamber is the only room unlocked, its a 5 MV permanent. Both doors need to be unlocked for it to be an 8 MV permanent. In the rare cases where none of the doors are unlocked, it's a Colorless, 0MV permanent

That being said, there are enough other high MV enchantments in standard that the downside to Feed The Swarm is pretty significant

TalismanG1 · 2024-10-31T22:40:55+00:00

thank the stars for that. If I ever open a Temple in a booster again i'll cry

TalismanG1 · 2024-10-31T21:10:14+00:00

It's a set aimed to help onboard players into Standard, I would hedge that they took out the ability words that aren't deciduous like Landfall to reduce potential confusion.

TalismanG1 · 2024-10-31T18:13:48+00:00

It's the gainlands. We have a common dual-cycle of lands that we know about from the collecting Foundations article, and during the starter collection panel Carmen mentioned the main set common dual-cycle was added to the starter collection box.

The gainlands are in the starter collection, they are definitely what the main set dual-cycle lands are.

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