2007 - 2010 Rumors/Previews/mtg.com articles

[LotusHead]

WTF?  I've resisted going Mono-R Shop Aggro, but I DID do the 9 strip plan with Ghost Quarter.  Maybe this will convince me...

[KrauserKrauser]

Not only is the Vexing Shusher new and spiffy, this guy seems fun too.

Fresh from mtgsalvation

Vexing Shusher (may have a spelling mistake in the second word) R/G R/G

Creature- Goblin Shaman

Vexing Shusher Can't be countered by spells or abilites

R/G: Target spell can't be countered by spells or abilities

2/2

R/G Beatz, Goblins, Mono R Workshop just found their replacements for REB

The new Sygg might breath additional life into Satanic Sligh for various formats being super Dark Confidant 5-8 with all of the 3 damage spells avaiable.  Even fetch in Neo Dual = free card.

[Myriad Games]

Myriad Games received a pleasant surprise this week at Friday Night Magic.

Our regular weekly booster draft began with an unexpected delivery of free pizza from Dominoes along with a special preview booster pack of Shadowmoor!

Simply visit the News section of MyriadGames.com to check out the preview.

[ELD]

Wow, Dan, that's awesome. 

Does that fish creature draw a card at each endstep?  If so, that is crazy good. 

Reading is fundamental. 

[LordHomerCat]

That is pretty awesome, I haven't even seen a bunch of those cards on MTGSalvation yet.  I wonder if they did something like this for everyone?

[Myriad Games]

Indeed it is, quite awesome!

According to the letter they sent, we were one of five stores nationwide to receive a Shadowmoor Preview Pack.

[pyr0ma5ta]

Indeed it is, quite awesome!

According to the letter they sent, we were one of five stores nationwide to receive a Shadowmoor Preview Pack.

Pretty sweet to get picked!  You guys must be doing something right!

[MrJolly]

Yeah. It was pretty odd how they did it, but different.

[vartemis]

Here are a couple of new ones:

Manamorphose    {G/R}
Instant 
Add two mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool.
Draw a card.

Colors suck, but would be great in a storm deck.

Guttural Response   {G/R}
Instant 
Counter target blue instant spell.

Yet another REB.  On the other hand, it is green castable.

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[Ephraim]

Here are a couple of new ones:

Manamorphose    {G/R}
Instant 
Add two mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool.
Draw a card.

I threw together my Easter Tendrils deck again recently.  This definitely doesn't replace Cabal Ritual, but it will probably replace 4 eggs, since it actually CREATES mana instead of just filtering it (with Helm of Awakening in play, obviously.)

[vartemis]

Here are a couple of new ones:

Manamorphose    {G/R}
Instant 
Add two mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool.
Draw a card.

I threw together my Easter Tendrils deck again recently.  This definitely doesn't replace Cabal Ritual, but it will probably replace 4 eggs, since it actually CREATES mana instead of just filtering it (with Helm of Awakening in play, obviously.)

Thats what I was thinking.  Could the deck possibly be rebuilt to include repeals and manamorphose? 

j

[Norm4eva]

Augury Adept 1(uw)(uw)
Creature - Kithkin Wizard

Whenever -this- deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand.  You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.

2/2

Virtually the diametric opposite of Bob, could easily be played in a number of Fish decks. . . . badass.

[vartemis]

Augury Adept 1(uw)(uw)
Creature - Kithkin Wizard

Whenever -this- deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand.  You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.

2/2

Virtually the diametric opposite of Bob, could easily be played in a number of Fish decks. . . . badass.

Except you have to deal combat damage to draw.  I thought it would make an interesting replacement for ophidian in MUC.

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[LordHomerCat]

Man this set is full of belcher tools!  That mana filter thing is a pretty terrific Chromatic Sphere in a RG deck like belcher.

[vartemis]

New dragon kill?



Dragon already plays black and blue, and with this you can deck your opponent by removing their deck from the game.  Screw the Gaea's Blessing!

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[The Atog Lord]

This really is the best Dragon kill ever. It's Blue, so it pitches to Force. It's a large flier, so it can be reanimated and start swinging. It ignores Gaea's Blessing, as Vartemis points out. And it only requires Blue/Black mana to operate. It can even be hardcast to good effect.

[vartemis]

This really is the best Dragon kill ever. It's Blue, so it pitches to Force. It's a large flier, so it can be reanimated and start swinging. It ignores Gaea's Blessing, as Vartemis points out. And it only requires Blue/Black mana to operate. It can even be hardcast to good effect.

Even harcasting and then using its ability every turn is devastating.  Losing the top 3/4 cards off the top of your library sucks, and and your opponent gets more weenies to ramp up the clock.

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[Anusien]

Does Oona replace both Sliver Queen/Pentavus and Ambassador Laquatus?  Animate against Stax and start making tokens.  I guess it makes fewer tokens for your mana.

[vartemis]

Does Oona replace both Sliver Queen/Pentavus and Ambassador Laquatus?  Animate against Stax and start making tokens.  I guess it makes fewer tokens for your mana.

It def replaces Laquatus, but I don't know whether it replaces the eternal witness/ancestral/stroke kill.  The advantage of the witness kill is that it kills right away by forcing them to draw.  With this you would have to wait until their next draw phase.  I dont think that would be an issue because their entire library will be removed from the game.  The only issue I could see is your opponent having something in play that prohibits them from being the target of spells and abilities.  In that case Witness would be the better kill because she can return a bounce utility to your hand to get rid of whatever ails you.  You also have the advantage of drawing your whole deck with the Witness, but I figure if your opponent was going to do something to disrupt you, they'd do it long before you started returning Forces to your hand.  I think I would prefer this over Witness because I can get rid of the Witness and CWish, and put more draw or control in.  You could aways shift the Witness and Wish to the board.

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[dicemanx]

What an incredible WGD card. It arguably trumps every WGD kill with the possible exception of Hellkite (due to Platinum Angel). There are still circumstances where Witness or Sliver Queen are better, but their advantages are dwarfed by what Oona brings to the table.

[TopSecret]

Does Oona replace both Sliver Queen/Pentavus and Ambassador Laquatus?  Animate against Stax and start making tokens.  I guess it makes fewer tokens for your mana.

Against Stax I guess you'd have to point the milling at yourself,
since they play so many artifacts.

lol -> Good with Brainstorm and Ponder!

[vartemis]

Does Oona replace both Sliver Queen/Pentavus and Ambassador Laquatus?  Animate against Stax and start making tokens.  I guess it makes fewer tokens for your mana.

Against Stax I guess you'd have to point the milling at yourself,
since they play so many artifacts.

lol -> Good with Brainstorm and Ponder!

Not necessarily.  You are still going to be removing cards off the top of thier library from the game.  You just won't be getting any tokens.  On the other hand, you could just name red because that is the most likely color to be appearing in Stax at the moment.  You may only get a couple of dudes, but you will be removing a ton of stuff off the top, and if you are comboing off, you just remove their entire deck from the game in response to a draw spell or during their upkeep with a narc.

j

[Chill79]

Beseech the Queen {2/b}{2/b}{2/b}
Sorcery   Uncommon
({2/b} can be paid with any two mana or with . This card's converted mana cost is 6.)
Search your library for a card with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of lands you control, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Those who hear her go mad with inspiration.
Illus. Jason Chan   #57/301   

New tutor for use; maybe along Grim tutor?

[vartemis]

Lately I have really been hating the new art on the FNM cards, other than Tormod's.  This one I actually like:



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[Ged]

Riverkelp   3uu
Creature - Beast   Rare
Whenever Riverkelp or another permanent is returned from a graveyard to play, draw a card.
Whenever a card is played from a graveyard, draw a card.
Persist

Another toy for Ichorid?

[Phele]

Huh, this looks pretty cool. Mindtwist anyone? Also helps to draw your deck against Ichorid This will imo definately see some play:

Dream Recovery*
   {ub}
Instant   Uncommon
Draw cards equal to the number of cards discarded by opponents this turn.
Illus. Howard Lyon   #160/301   

[Ephraim]

Huh, this looks pretty cool. Mindtwist anyone? Also helps to draw your deck against Ichorid This will imo definately see some play:

Dream Recovery*
   {ub}
Instant   Uncommon
Draw cards equal to the number of cards discarded by opponents this turn.
Illus. Howard Lyon   #160/301   

It would be cool if it said "Draw cards equal to the number of cards discarded by players this turn."  I can see the potential for abuse, though.  Too bad.  I'm all for anything that gives you something to do with One with Nothing.

[ELD]

The Untap Creatures are interesting with:

Earthcraft
Glare of Subdual
Hair-Strung Koto
Keldon Battlewagon
Kyren Negotiations
Llanowar Behemoth
Mothdust Changeling
Opposition
Telethopter

If they print any that are very inexpensive or have haste, they get more interesting.  I wonder if they'll print any without mana costs associated with the untap.  Non creatures with untap could be insane too.  I look forward to seeing the whole set to check if we have a new 2 card combo for Brassman to win with. 

[Nefarias]

I think it was in Devin Low's column that they stated that all untap creatures (at least the Shadowmoor ones) have a mana cost attached to their activation to prevent infinite shenanigans.

[ReAnimator]

This seems like a fun hoser for dredge and other graveyard shenanigans. Probably the colour requirements will keep it out of T1 but an interesting card for sure.
On an amusing side note this can make going infinite with turboland really easy, for all the casual mages out there.

Sun-and-Moon Wheel*
{wg}{wg}
Enchantment - Aura   Rare
Enchant player
Whenever a card would be put into the graveyard of enchanted player from anywhere, the card is revealed and put onto the bottom of that player's library.