CoK stuff

[Machinus]

Ryusei, the Falling Star - 4RR
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Flying
When Ryusei, the Falling Star is put into a graveyard from play, it deals 5 damage to each creature without flying.
5/5
Rare

Cranial Extraction - 3B
Sorcery - Arcane
Name a nonland card. Search target player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with that name and remove them from the game. Then that player shuffles his or her library.
105/306
Rare

Jushi Apprentice - 1U
Creature - Human Wizard
2U, T: Draw a card. If you have nine or more cards in hand, flip Jushi Apprentice.
1/2

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Tomaya the Revealer
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
3UU, T: Target player draws X cards, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
P/T: 2/3
]

70/306
Rare

Nice draw engine there. Cool red dragon. I expect great art on these.

According to mtgnews, there are 2 types of arcane cards, those with "Arcane", and those with "Splice onto Arcane." Arcane itself is just a subtype. But:

Splice onto Arcane [cost] (As you play an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

These two will work together so we probably won't get anything that works outside of the environment.

[Gabethebabe]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOW, this card can´t be true:

Glimpse of Nature - G
Sorcery
Whenever you play a creature spell this turn, draw a card.

This card has "combo" written all over it. Where are my Kobolds?


Boseiju, Who Shelters All
Legendary Land
Boseiju, Who Shelters All comes into play tapped.
Pay 2 life, T: Add 1 to your mana pool. If that mana is spent on an instant or sorcery spell, that spell can't be countered by spells or abilities.

The ability is quite amazing, but the CIPT hurts.

[The Atog Lord]

I think Cranial Extraction has tremendous potential. Resolving it against a Combo deck will end the game. Even against non-combo decks, it will be devastating. I would be amazed if that card failed to see constructed play.

[Cuandoman]

I would think that Cranial Extraction is going to see play. It's quite good against any kind of control and can cripple combo, although its too slow to combat combo.

[TheFram]

Cranial Extraction seems like it is uber-extract, which was seeing moderate play during the era of Rector Trix/Tendrils. I could see removing welders, mana drains, WGDs, tendrils, angels, togs, etc.

Seems like it might be an interesting card to replace Mind Twist with in 4CC.

[Razvan]

Cranial extraction is like a fantastic lobotomy. That card is just nuts... for just 4 mana? WTF?

That's wrong.

[Smmenen]

It will just force diversity of win conditions.  Or require that one have a counterspell.  

The more cards they print like this, the more screwy control matches are becoming.  Cards like these give you inevitability or take it away in a similar way that Mind Twist and Yawgmoth's Will can.

[Machinus]

Rend Flesh - 2B
Instant - Arcane
Destroy target non-Spirit creature.
Common


A definitive black SB removal card. Good.