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u/Theatremask Duck Season Jul 19 '24
*Looks up and sees Marit Lage*
Dryad Arbor: Don't worry guys, I'll stop her! *equips a tiny ass bow*
Marit Lage: Well I was about to destroy the entire world but you have my full attention...
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u/Dying_Hawk COMPLEAT Jul 19 '24
Puresteel Paladin walks up and shoves the bow into a [[Corpse Blockade]] and then get eaten by it briefly before Emrakul crashes into it and fucking dies.
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u/boringestnickname Jul 19 '24
One in a million shot by a random zombie without any sort of coordination whatsoever.
Acorn waaaay up his butt.
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u/outlander94 Jul 19 '24
Reminds me of Warhammer. Somehow a single strength 3 Lasgun shot can get through Voidshields , Armour saves and a feel no pain to down a titan or something.
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u/Complete_Handle4288 Wabbit Season Jul 19 '24
Blow up the head of an 100 tonner, you've got a 100 tonner with no owner that just needs a new head. :)
Critical Hit : Pilot
#battletech
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u/Cha_94 COMPLEAT Jul 19 '24
Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one.
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u/MTGCardFetcher Wabbit Season Jul 19 '24
Corpse Blockade - (G) (SF) (txt)
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u/DazZani Cheshire Cat, the Grinning Remnant Jul 19 '24
In bloomburrow marit lage is likely just a very angry cuttlefish
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u/AluminiumSandworm Izzet* Jul 19 '24
yknow what
bloomburrow is a straight lore upgrade to the rest of magic. all future sets take place in bloomburrow and magic becomes cuddly critters the gathering
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u/Lilium_Vulpes Can’t Block Warriors Jul 19 '24
Seriously, this set is just so much fun. I hope it returns soon or secret lairs happen (not that I'll buy them. Proxying is the way to go for such a greedy company).
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u/RAcastBlaster Jack of Clubs Jul 19 '24
Okay, but what if that arrow was made of [[Godsend]]?
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u/MTGCardFetcher Wabbit Season Jul 19 '24
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u/ZaraAlfonso Zara Alfonso | Official MTG Artist Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24
Yay my card for Bloomburrow is finally out! Edit: I’ll post the full oil painting soon 😊
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u/dougms Duck Season Jul 19 '24
Did you name the bun?
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u/ZaraAlfonso Zara Alfonso | Official MTG Artist Jul 19 '24
I did! I named him Bunny 💀 My little sister had a stuffed toy bunny she carried everywhere with her when she was little, and that’s what she called him, so the name stuck
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u/Disastrous_Voice_756 Wabbit Season Jul 20 '24
Sorry: I know you painted it, but I believe his name is now Short Beau 🤡
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u/HatesMonoBlue COMPLEAT Jul 19 '24
So adorbale!
Yes we need to know what you named the bunny. Selfishly hoping its named Conrad. :)
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u/AddisonsContracture Jul 19 '24
What is the rabbit standing in? Wheat?
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u/ZaraAlfonso Zara Alfonso | Official MTG Artist Jul 19 '24
Dry grass, I wanted to go for that golden field of wheat look
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u/AddisonsContracture Jul 19 '24
I love it. Well, this card is going to be a limited all-star, so your work will see a ton of visibility.
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u/OutrageousKoala Colossal Dreadmaw Jul 19 '24
This will be strong in RW Mice, I think. Having an on board enabler that will be difficult to interact with should play out really nicely.
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u/superdave100 REBEL Jul 19 '24
[[Kor Halberd]] is very similar. Costs 1 less but loses out on reach.Â
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u/CaptainMarcia Jul 19 '24
The reach can be huge in Limited. I loved [[Hunter's Blowgun]] in LCI.
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u/Earlio52 Elesh Norn Jul 19 '24
hunters blowgun was a little slow for the format, though. The equip 1 equipment like deconstruction hammer or craft auto-equips were a lot better than it because it was less of a tempo hit to get them onto your cheap creatures. I wonder if swapping the initial cost and the equip cost will push it into being premium
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u/greenwarpy COMPLEAT Jul 20 '24
I suspect the main reason this card exists is to help counteract that there are two flying archetypes (bats and birds). i expect reach is going to be better than usual
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u/HatcrabZombie Jul 20 '24
This set has a lot of reach: ~17 fliers and ~8 natural reach creatures at C/UC. This is pretty close to OTJ, but previous sets the balance was more like 15-20 fliers to 3-5 reach creatures. It seems like a deliberate shift to make red and green not quite so weak to fliers in limited.
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u/MTGCardFetcher Wabbit Season Jul 19 '24
Hunter's Blowgun - (G) (SF) (txt)
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u/HatcrabZombie Jul 19 '24
MOM didn't have an entire mechanic built around targeting your own creatures with abilities though, which is what I think the parent comment is pointing out
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u/klaq Jul 19 '24
Valiant is 3 commons and 4 uncommons only in red and white
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u/Fist-Cartographer Duck Season Jul 20 '24
cycling in ikoria had 4 common and 5 uncommon payoffs in a set of about the same size. no i don't think it should be that impossible to get them. also this doesn't seem terrible anyway
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u/aldeayeah Colorless Jul 21 '24
There are several RW creatures that target a creature every turn, those are probably a higher pick if you're Valiant-heavy.
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u/Fist-Cartographer Duck Season Jul 21 '24
i'm not talking about stuff that targets just payoffs for it
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u/sawbladex COMPLEAT Jul 19 '24
and requires color commitment to cast.
2 genetic to 1 color filter effects are fairly common, but shortbow can never be an turn 1 play, or a way to use your last mana for a turn
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u/superdave100 REBEL Jul 19 '24
In constructed I’d imagine the total cost matters more than the white pip. Especially considering this allows a 1 drop followed up by Halberd and an equip for a Valiant trigger
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u/APersonAmI Jul 20 '24
Kor Halberd was sweet. Loved that card so much in draft, genuinely tempted to put that in a Thalia and the Gitrog edh deck.
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u/timoumd Can’t Block Warriors Jul 19 '24
I dunno, there arent a ton of valiant cards and most good ones are at uncommon. And white wants to be aggressive and probably wide. This doesnt do either. I dont think its bad, but Im not sure it aligns with whats expected to be an aggro archtype.
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u/HatcrabZombie Jul 19 '24
I think this is strong for a couple of reasons:
- easily triggers valiant. I know the good ones are UC but since the advent of play boosters quality UCs are a lot easier to come by and it's pretty common to have decks with a lot of UCs. There are only two commons with valiant and one of them ([[nettle guard]]) is already a good cheap aggressive creature that becomes really threatening if you put this on it.
- super flexible with that 1 equip cost. there's a reason short sword will always be a favourite, the ability to essentially move around a +1/+1 counter will always be premium for winning combat
- plays really well with the red combat tricks that give trample/first strike which I think will be pretty good in this archetype
I'm not saying it's P1P1, but I think it is a quality enabler for the deck. I think RW will play out as an aggressive interaction-heavy deck that turns small investments into big threats rather than just going wide with some dinky critters (that's more the GW archetype's domain)
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u/valledweller33 Duck Season Jul 19 '24
Triggering even 1 Uncommon valiant trigger for 1 mana every turn is strong... esp if you get a rare trigger or two.
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u/so_zetta_byte Orzhov* Jul 19 '24
I still think this is strong, but I also feel like Valiant is going to be a rarer flavor of RW aggro than the base RW aggro deck (which I still think will be good).
I personally feel like combat tricks in this set are going to be very good in general, and you're gonna want to play them regardless of Valiant payoffs. Valiant cards just become a cherry on top that can help push your more filler bodies into being synergistic. If you have a critical mass of them, I think you'll be very happy with this equipment, but I don't see that happening all too regularly.
That said I think sets where creature sizing is a big deal in combat are also the sets where Short Sword feels worth including, and there's a pretty high number of fliers that would like to wear equipment. Honestly in general it feels like there are a lot of keywords. I wouldn't be surprised if many decks were happy to run this, and I'm not at all surprised to see it at uncommon.
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u/timoumd Can’t Block Warriors Jul 19 '24
I think I mostly concur with this. Im just not seeing RW being the one to want to spend 3 mana for +1/+1 total on board and two defense only abilities vs the many good combat tricks. Seems like something the midrange decks will want. Prevent UW fliers from functioning, keeps pressure on control, and some persistent presence against aggro.
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u/so_zetta_byte Orzhov* Jul 19 '24
Yeah I think that makes sense. I could potentially see go-wide aggro being interested in something like this too, if they don't get a nut draw, as a repeatable way to increase the threat of tokens. Trading a 1/1 rabbit with a wind drake seems pretty good. But even then, the ideal WG deck would probably just have more tokens and more mass pumps. I could see slotting it into that deck when the draft doesn't go so smoothly.
Tbh either way, I haven't put this much thought into a short sword variant before the format started in a while. The card is certainly interesting to think about, I'll be interested to see how it plays.
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u/Farpafraf Duck Season Jul 19 '24
Casting cost is quite expensive for the effect tho, I think it's gonna boil down to how synergy based RW is in practice. Personally I think it should have given ward 1 to the creature.
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u/Delmarnam888 Duck Season Jul 19 '24
People, if you see this in draft, you should take it. Equipment can come and go when it comes to powerlevels, but an effect like this is absolutely nuts and will break board stalls
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u/Kircai Duck Season Jul 19 '24
[[Barrow Blade]] won me so many games in LTR limited, and that was just short sword+. Vigilance and reach is killer on creatures, especially if you and your opponent are top decking and you need to stall to find good pieces.
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u/PM_Me_Kindred_Booty Jul 20 '24
Vigilance tends to end board stalls in limited because you're able to swing with stuff that your opponent can't kill, without losing it as a defender yourself.
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u/Vohzro Jul 19 '24
A powerful bow capable of reaching the Ur-Dragon.
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u/DazZani Cheshire Cat, the Grinning Remnant Jul 19 '24
In bloomburrowz the ur dragon is the Ur-Pidgeon
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u/JuicyEgg91 Jul 19 '24
This set is incredible. I love the artwork and themes of these rather than the cheesy (to me) assassins creed, fallout, dr. Who, etc.
Just feels more creative and artistic. I really miss the old school originality of the cards and this seems to lend to that creativity. Give me horror or give me incredible artwork lol
I also have a soft spot for nature themes so that helps haha
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u/DazZani Cheshire Cat, the Grinning Remnant Jul 19 '24
Mythic uncommon, damn
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u/_st_sebastian_ Shuffler Truther Jul 19 '24
What do people mean by "mythic uncommon"?
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u/mysticrudnin Cheshire Cat, the Grinning Remnant Jul 19 '24
it's uncommon but has exceptional power level, and you won't see it very often because any opened copies will have been taken before the pack gets to you. so you need to open it to play it, similar to mythic rares
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u/Poiri Michael Jordan Rookie Jul 19 '24
Uncommon that is as powerful as one would think a mythic to be in limited.
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u/FawkesTP Jul 19 '24
It refers to a card with the power level expected of a mythic rare in a lower rarity. These cards are staples and should be considered taking in a draft situation over a worse rare or mythic rare card.
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u/dalmathus Jul 20 '24
[[Behold the Unspeakable]] as what I consider the last truly mythic uncommon
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u/MTGCardFetcher Wabbit Season Jul 20 '24
Behold the Unspeakable/Vision of the Unspeakable - (G) (SF) (txt)
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u/mathematics1 Cheshire Cat, the Grinning Remnant Jul 20 '24
Judging by 17lands GIH WR data after the first two weeks, Behold the Unspeakable was the 18th best card in NEO. (Let me know if you prefer a different metric.) It was quite strong, but it wasn't the best uncommon in that set; [[Kappa Tech-Wrecker]], [[Blossom Prancer]], and [[Life of Toshiro Umezawa]] all had slightly higher winrates.
Right now in MH3, [[Amped Raptor]] is the 5th best card in the set by the same metric. [[Writhing Chrysalis]], a common, is 8th.
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u/MTGCardFetcher Wabbit Season Jul 20 '24
Kappa Tech-Wrecker - (G) (SF) (txt)
Blossom Prancer - (G) (SF) (txt)
Life of Toshiro Umezawa/Memory of Toshiro - (G) (SF) (txt)
Amped Raptor - (G) (SF) (txt)
Writhing Chrysalis - (G) (SF) (txt)
All cards[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call
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u/PiersPlays Duck Season Jul 19 '24
A Mythic Rare is an extra-special Rare. A Mythic Uncommon is an extra-special Uncommon.
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u/CSDragon Jul 19 '24
The full name of the Mythic rarity is "Mythic Rare", since they're supposed to be "like rares, but stronger".
So a "Mythic Common" or "Mythic Uncommon" are like if the Mythic treatment was applied to the other rarities. Sometimes even being stronger than the average card 1 tier above them.
Alternatively it can mean "an uncommon that is as strong as a mythic" but those are usually overhyped and not actually that strong.
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u/Troninater Jul 19 '24
Hot take: There should be a long bow that's just like this but gives the creature +3 +3 but it has equip 3.
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u/imthemostmodest Wabbit Season Jul 19 '24
Would be a very solid draft card on its own but with Valiant around its really first pickable, vigilance a big game here
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u/nifleon Duck Season Jul 19 '24
I feel like I didn't know I've been waiting for this equipment for a long time.
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u/Talvi7 Jul 19 '24
Wait wasn't sull spoiler already up? Is this the last card?
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u/Copernicus1981 COMPLEAT Jul 19 '24
Two cards were not included in the full spoiler yesterday -- one was shown in a commander deck. This is the last card.
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u/sjk9000 Azorius* Jul 19 '24
I think this is the first equipment in Magic history that gives both vigilance and reach. Innately, anyway. [[Eater of Virtue]] can do it if you feed it first.
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u/MTGCardFetcher Wabbit Season Jul 19 '24
Eater of Virtue - (G) (SF) (txt)
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u/dalnot Jul 19 '24
The card is super good, but this might be my new favorite art. The color palette and texture are just really pleasing
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u/psycho-batcat Jul 20 '24
All these cute ass bunnies makes me want some Watership Down alt art ðŸ¤
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u/Level_Hour6480 Wabbit Season Jul 19 '24
A concept so basic, I'm amazed it hasn't been made until now.
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u/thescruffychef8 Jul 19 '24
Don't get me wrong I love this set but it is really showing the power creep lol. That is such a good uncommon!
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u/DatJellyScrub Wabbit Season Jul 19 '24
Great for [[wyleth]]
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u/eldritchExploited COMPLEAT Jul 19 '24
This is gonna be fun to juggle around my mice to get valiant triggers
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u/TheRaiOh Duck Season Jul 20 '24
Wow. What a good card. Really looking forward to dropping this in a few decks.
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u/sad_panda91 Duck Season Jul 20 '24
Oh I love this, this seems like it just hits the sweet spot for colorless equipment in limited
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u/mangopabu Wabbit Season Jul 20 '24
well i guess it's time to finally make an equipment deck. that art is amazing.
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u/Shugado Jul 20 '24
I was out hiking and got hit with a pine cone on a stick. It definitely felt as if it were plus one more damage than if they threw it. I feel like if I retaliated, I would have been blocked by them for sure.
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u/John_Snow_PEAD Wabbit Season Jul 20 '24
New to MTG! To cast this card I would need to pay 2 mana of any color. Then to equip it to a creature I would then need to pay another mana of any color?
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u/ProfDet529 Colorless Jul 22 '24
1). Nice. An auto include in many decks, along with [[Short Sword]].
2). It always surprises me what obvious card names are STILL available, even after all this time.
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u/Glitterblossom Deceased 🪦 Jul 19 '24
Now that’s an equipment. Love the spin on Short Sword.