[premium article] Scars of Mirrodin Eternal Set Review

[matt_sperling]

http://is.gd/fwsJx

Let me know where I went wrong.  Since it hit the press I've regretted not discussing Steel Hellkite more, since I like the card and it deserved more discussion.  Anything else?

[voltron00x]

Good review.  I liked it.

I submitted two different (Legacy) Affinity decks in my next article, they're both pretty different than yours... well, as different as Affinity gets I suppose.  It will be interesting to see if the lack of Zoo and total absence of hate lets Affinity sneak into the format, finally, as more than a budget consideration.

I think there's more depth to Mox Opal in Vintage (I have it pegged for one deck specifically) and Arbiter in both formats than most reviews have discussed thus far.

Ratchet Bomb seems nuts in basically all formats.  

Also agree with your comment above on Steel Hellkite.  Obv he's competing with Karn / Duplicant / Trike, but it does so much... blocks Trygon, blows out Shop mirrors, destroys Oath in the mid to late game, provides a pretty fast clock, etc.  Very cool card.  I wonder if it has more of a home in Worker decks in Vintage than non-Worker.

"Warp World cost 3" line made me chuckle.

[Smmenen]

Matt, I think you missed a bunch of cards, probably as many as half a dozen or more cards that are Vintage playable.   You didn't even mention Contagion Clasp, and that's probably the most obvious omission.  I also think your assessment on a number of cards, including Mox Opal, will prove inaccurate. 

[voltron00x]

Contagion Clasp?  I don't think that's the most obvious at all, but ok.  Where do you see that one going?

Myr Battlesphere seems like an obvious one, that card saw play today already.  It's pretty good, both as a Tinker target as well as a Shop mirror card.  Steel Hellkite we already covered.  Wurmcoil seems decent, especially if people continue to bank on Nature's Claim instead of something like Trygon.  I think it will be hard to get behind that card though simply because Hellkite is so good.  Precursor Golem is seeing play in Shop sideboards as anti-Shop tech.