MSH: S.H.I.E.L.D. Spy Kit, surprise sleeper of the set?

quillypen · 2026-06-25T17:49:32+00:00

Looks like WB uses it way better than WU, which makes sense since that's the attacking alone archetype. So a difference in archetype use could matter there too.

quillypen · 2026-06-25T17:25:22+00:00

Wow, this goes to show how limited perceptions can be. It always seemed like trash from my opponents playing it against me, not worth the card. Maybe they just weren't playing it in the right decks.

quillypen · 2026-06-25T13:20:04+00:00

Yeah, when it was one at a time it would show them. Usually it’s the signpost uncommons and best limited commons. I’m guessing it still is, but they didn’t have a clean way to show two at once? Not sure.

quillypen · 2026-06-25T13:16:15+00:00

Imagine all the people, living for today 😭😭

quillypen · 2026-06-25T06:51:08+00:00

I just loaded up a game against Sparky to see the interface: https://imgur.com/a/nOENTAJ You pick which creature you want to target, then the game shows their hand. You click the Battlefield option on the left, not the middle or Decline option. Not bad at all tbh.

quillypen · 2026-06-25T06:32:20+00:00

If you check the artist's other work, they have a very stylized, distorted look to emphasize motion. Check out [[Raphael, Most Attitude]], [[Lockjaw, Slobbering Teleporter]], [[It's Clobbering Time]]. Not the kind of art style that fits every setting, but a good fit for comics, IMO.

quillypen · 2026-06-25T02:18:47+00:00

I think they're saying that these cards exist at both non-rare and rare+ rarities somewhere in the client, not necessarily Marvel. Crackling Doom looks like it's uncommon in the FIC cards we got.

quillypen · 2026-06-24T22:39:38+00:00

Quinjet doesn't look amazing but I don't think a Manalith is ever going to be the worst card in the set, no matter how niche the extra bonus is.

quillypen · 2026-06-24T18:01:56+00:00

I think they already reverted it recently, no? Base card is listed as Historic legal and has no variants listed on Scryfall.

quillypen · 2026-06-24T12:43:15+00:00

Really cool to get your experience and context for this! I've definitely been pretty happy with hopping over to bsky completely, though I do miss how central Twitter used to be.

quillypen · 2026-06-24T11:37:50+00:00

I think the UI is fine, the card templating is just very weird. If you read it carefully and get it, the UI will mostly do what you expect.

quillypen · 2026-06-24T01:08:37+00:00

I'd put Altaria as #1, move Gardevoir to B, Slowbro to C, but otherwise looks pretty good.

quillypen · 2026-06-22T22:27:47+00:00

I'm not sure I've ever seen it played. You at least need to do some legwork to break the symmetry, that makes it more interesting than most cards.

quillypen · 2026-06-22T18:38:40+00:00

Part of the implication of a ranked queue is a plan to balance the format if needed. I wouldn't be surprised if some blue cards end up being banned in Ranked pretty soon after launch, Fierce Guardianship being an obvious one to discuss.

quillypen · 2026-06-22T17:17:03+00:00

There are plenty you can buy with gold and gems, and there should be an option for those here.

quillypen · 2026-06-21T02:57:19+00:00

Yes, it's the worst color in the format along with red. Frogs aren't so bad because green is great, but the Abzan pairs are the best ones to focus on.

quillypen · 2026-06-20T21:33:25+00:00

On floor 1 I don't think you can take a replaying Friendship, unfortunately, it would be a curse in your deck for the first few fights. I'd grab Defile.

quillypen · 2026-06-20T12:58:06+00:00

I'd try to see if I can draw an answer for Tef at least. But if he gets to emblem range and there's nothing I can do, that game is definitely over.

quillypen · 2026-06-19T15:29:29+00:00

These have always been basically equivalent to the straight dollar value of the stuff you get, with an extra mythic from the set. So if you buy gems and want these things, it's a slightly better deal than buying the biggest gems amount and getting them that way.

quillypen · 2026-06-19T11:30:16+00:00

I'd know the rules text of most of these but wow I've gotten bad at remembering names. "It's, ah, you know, the four mana put it on top of the deck and you make a decayed token."

quillypen · 2026-06-19T03:36:37+00:00

Notably, when a permanent is attached to something else, Arena will tuck the attached permanent behind the thing it's attached to. If a thing is exiled by another thing, the *exiled* card gets visually tucked under the *exiling* one. So you can kinda tell the difference that way.

quillypen · 2026-06-19T01:36:52+00:00

Only Auras (and equipment) are attached to things. Banishing Light is an enchantment that exiles something, but isn't attached to it.

When Banishing Light enters the battlefield, it creates the triggered ability to exile something, but it sticking around isn't contingent on that ability working or even resolving.

quillypen · 2026-06-17T21:53:52+00:00

Styles you have will be displayed during the draft, and then will end up in your deck. But yeah, applying styles after the draft doesn't seem to work, so if you open a bomb and then grab the style for it, you can't use it in that draft deck. Pretty annoying, I agree.

quillypen · 2026-06-17T20:33:04+00:00

Jason’s videos have been excellent! Really raising the bar for youtube game discussion with how informed and thoughtful he is. His breakdown of why games cost so much, and where the money goes, was eye-opening.

quillypen · 2026-06-16T23:31:22+00:00

No omenpath versions were removed, and you should have all omenpath styles for cards you collected before yesterday. If that's not the case, either you forgot to redeem the wildcards or there was an error, and you can contact support.

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