2007 - 2010 Rumors/Previews/mtg.com articles

[Norm4eva]

Factory can still be declared as a blocker, then tapped.  You never needed to respond to damage on the stack with factory since tapping it before damage is stacked was no more disruptable and dealt an extra point of damage.

I think I disagree, I've seen plenty of plays in Limited where there's stuff to do once damage is on the stack.  Giant Growthing a guy after damage goes on can force the other player to decide just how much removal they're willing to burn, especially if they were counting on a trade during combat.  I wouldn't think it happens much in Constructed, but it's a legit play and the intricacies of dealing with it are arguably a lot different than dealing with that same Giant Growth before damage.

[AmbivalentDuck]

Except that Giant Growth comes from hidden information (your hand) while factory's ability is theoretically well known to both players.

[Norm4eva]

I guess if we're strictly talking about a situation involving multiple Factories then there's not a whole lot of difference between pre- and post-11th. 

But if the larger issue is the difference in timing tricks with pump effects (or any relevant effects) then there's quite a lot of difference.

[Norm4eva]

Also?  Giving Deathtouch guys the ability to assign combat damage however they like while everyone else has to apply it in blocking order is fucking retarded.  That's almost as bad as not being able to Wish for exiled cards, as they're no longer removed from the game.  Jesus.

The combat system is really shitty now.  That's probably not relevant to most Vintage players, but Legacy definitely likes being able to ask "damage on?" and you know Standard has been all about the punch phase for a long, long time.

There's been a handful of itty bitty things I could wrap my head around.  I was pissed about the card face until I realized that it didn't do anything to my game.  I felt the change in the Legend rule during Kamigawa actually made the game better.  Fucking with the rules in this fashion doesn't improve the game at all, they removed an entire piece of it from the issue and by doing so royally fucked a bunch of standard issue shit.  Regeneration is stupid(er) now, pretty much every creature that was played because of a relevant ability needs to be re-examined too.  Arcbound Ravager, your reign of terror is AT AN END

Suddenly the recent selling of the majority of my collection doesn't register like a painful necessity - more like an irony.

[LotusHead]

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ld/42

Not that it matters, but the latest Wizards poll has Vintage as an option.
(what tourney reports do you most like to read about)

[bush2]

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[Yare]

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ld/42

Not that it matters, but the latest Wizards poll has Vintage as an option.
(what tourney reports do you most like to read about)

Oh, it matters some; they don't just put the polls up for kicks (though, yeah, a big Vintage showing is unlikely to suddenly change WotC's coverage). I voted anyway.

[wiley]

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=167580

So lightning bolt is back in the core?  Maybe its rare so it doesn't further f limited?

[Diakonov]

I think it would be a reasonable uncommon.

[Klep]

With the way NuCombat nerfs all combat tricks and their continued push to strengthen creatures, they must feel they can get away with printing or reprinting stronger instants.  Path might have been a step too far for their purposes (I think it's fine, but WotC probably isn't thrilled that it makes Spellbreaker Behemoth unplayable), but Lightning Bolt is probably not a problem.

[Troy_Costisick]

I don't see why they don't print Chain Lightning instead.  It's far more balanced than Bolt b/c it's a sorcery and can be shot back at you in the mirror match. 

[hitman]

I don't see why they don't print Chain Lightning instead.  It's far more balanced than Bolt b/c it's a sorcery and can be shot back at you in the mirror match.

Because its use would be relegated to Red Deck Wins variants.

[wiley]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/doccenter/home

A few interesting changes to the floor rules.  The only ones that will have any real impact are:

You can now have outside notes between games.

Altered cards may now be replaced by basic lands instead of a non-altered copy of the card if you so choose.  Otherwise you find a clean copy or quit the tournament.

Changes to the definition of drawing too many cards.

Spectators are now allowed to ask the players to stop playing while they find a judge to correct a possible rules violation.

[andrewpate]

Spectators are now allowed to ask the players to stop playing while they find a judge to correct a possible rules violation.

Note that this only applies at RELs less than Professional.  I really, really like this change.

[Matt]

Spectators are now allowed to ask the players to stop playing while they find a judge to correct a possible rules violation.

Note that this only applies at RELs less than Professional.  I really, really like this change.

Hear, hear!

[AmbivalentDuck]

I once noticed two Akromas in play and pointed it out.  Funny enough, the players promptly put their Akromas in the graveyard without calling for a judge.  Apparently, it had been several turns and they were both really embarrassed about it.

The new rules mean you can ask them to stop playing while you grab a judge (and a crowd to witness your catch).

[wiley]

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=168692

So we all already knew that savanah lions would never see the light of day in this format again, but now it is uncommon and works with mobilization.  Get cracking you crafty white mages >.>

Also, ponder gets new art.  Yeah ...?

[Darkenslight]

Apparently, there's also a Gatherer glitch that allowed people to see all reprints in M10.

Some of the more insane ones: 
Platz and DSC are now Mythics;
Manabarbs is in;
Serra is uncommon, and has a Mythic friend with first strike, lifelink and pro:D&D 
Looter is IN.

Also, there are some bery unusual cards such as this one:

Sign in Blood 
Sorcery
Target player draws 2 and loses 2.

Seems different, no?

[Troy_Costisick]

Standard and Extended are getting some really strong cards.  So far, though, I haven't seen much of interest for Vintage- outside of Silence maybe.

[Ulthrion]

A new one is just up on mtgsalvation:

Mirror of Fate
Artifact
Tap, Sacrifice Mirror of Fate: Choose up to seven face-up exiled cards you own. Exile all cards in your library, then put the chosen cards on top of your library.

The cards go onto your library in any order I suppose.

This card seems somewhat like doomsday. Relic of Progenitus combo's nice with this: Exile your best cards (or just all graveyards) and then fix your library doomsday/Yawgmoth's Will style. In addition, you can retrieve all cards you exiled with Force and Yawgmoth's Will.

Very cool card with a good potential and possibly a tat too expensive casting cost. Might also invoke a cool workshop-based combo deck in the future. I definately like this one in terms of style potential.

Edit: Fixed link

[Troy_Costisick]

A new one is just up on mtgsalvation:

Mirror of Fate
Artifact
Tap, Sacrifice Mirror of Fate: Choose up to seven face-up exiled cards you own. Exile all cards in your library, then put the chosen cards on top of your library.

The cards go onto your library in any order I suppose.

This card seems somewhat like doomsday. Relic of Progenitus combo's nice with this: Exile your best cards (or just all graveyards) and then fix your library doomsday/Yawgmoth's Will style. In addition, you can retrieve all cards you exiled with Force and Yawgmoth's Will.

Demonic Consultation would be better.  Or maybe even Paradigm Shift.

[Ulthrion]

Demonic Consultation would be better.

D'Oh! How could I forget about the coolest tutor to ever grace my highlander deck .

One a lighter note:
Sleep
Sorcery
Tap all creatures target opponent controls. Creatures that player controls don't untap during their controller's next untap step.

I can see this card in casual fish decks to time walk against a resolved tinker and push a lot of damage through. The cost is again quite prohibiting, but a 1-of seems like a possibility since it would also work quite nice against other aggro decks.

Finally, about Sign in Blood: Is the new craze now to have spells target any player in the way the original Braingeyser and Mind Twist did? Since Mind Spring and Mind Shatter are also in M10 and they follow the same pattern. Night's Whisper would otherwise seem like an easier reprint.

[Matt]

Wow, this set actually has a pretty high power level. Damn you, Wotc, for making me care about a base set!

[Darkenslight]

And there's more:

Open the Vaults

Sorcery
Return all artifact and enchantment cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

Replenish on 'Roids much?

[Yare]

Wow, this set actually has a pretty high power level. Damn you, Wotc, for making me care about a base set!

Yeah, the power level in this set is very noticeably higher. I was kind of wondering how long it would take for them to put new cards in the base set in order to get it sold a little more. Moreover, the reprinted cards are definitely on the higher power end. Thumbs up from me.

[LotusHead]

Best core set ever.

(since Revised.)

Not really a single dud in the set.

[Darkenslight]

Best core set ever.

(since Revised.)

Not really a single dud in the set.

Note also the removal of placenames in card names and the lack of real-world references on the cards so far.  Case in point; Grizzly bears are now Rakeclaw Bears.  Llanowar Elves have not been changed, mainly on the back of 8 Elves of the one-drop mana producing variety that would be available were they renamed.

[LotusHead]

White Weenie now has (apparently) 12 2power 1 drops

[Matt]

fffffffffffuuu

Goblin Chieftain
1RR
Creature - Goblin
Haste
Other Goblin creatures you control get +1/+1 and have haste.
2/2

Do not want need.

[DubDub]

Haven't seen this elsewhere on the site:

Nature's Spiral  - 1G
Sorcery
Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Would be super nice if Gifts was unrestricted.  This, Regrowth, Time Vault and Voltaic Key = win for 6GG.

Will this get restricted in vintage?  I'm not sure if Regrowth's ability to recur Ancestral and Walk is what puts it over the top?

MTGSalvation Link:
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=169358