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 Posted: August 23 2014 at 05:54 |
Ah yes, upon further research I see that's from Nyx.
By the way guys and gals; my Hornet Queen/overwhelm deck is killing it. I won several games back to back with it yesterday! SO many tokens out on the field between Hornet Queen and Wolfpack; I always make sure I "have insurance" on those guys with a few negates/cancels in my hand to keep my opponent's attempts to clear the board at bay.
I also picked up this card at the shop downtown yesterday, and I'm going to rotate it into my deck. It's the highest-drawing mana card I'd have in there, but it's totally worth it and I can see it really throwing in a curveball with that "destroy three, get three 3/3" feature:
Also, there's apparently the first new subset for 2014 coming on September 20: something of Khan? Should be pretty neat!
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Posted: August 22 2014 at 10:55 |
That picture is the same but the axe doesnt exit the boarder that way/not full art. The skills and whatnot are the same.
It's from Journey into Nyx.
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Posted: August 22 2014 at 10:45 |
^Holy HELL at that Ajani, Mentor of Heroes...
Is that a special edition or something?
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Posted: August 22 2014 at 10:26 |
Planeswalkers i have..
I don't think im forgetting any.
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Posted: August 22 2014 at 05:12 |
 Luna wrote:
If we're talking favorite planeswalker character, then I have trouble deciding. Ashiok would be an easy favorite if Wizards would incorporate them into the story more (plus they've only been around for a year so there's potential), Nicol Bolas requires no explanation, and I have empathy for Liliana (being female and a self-centered a****le) |
Lol! I had a hunch you were female, Luna, but I didn't want to assume  .
It's good to know such a mix of people are on these forums; what a fantastic community overall! By far one of the best, strongest, most long-standing communities of its kind. This thread is amazing, as well.
I think we're going to play some serious MTG this morning before lunch. I need to try out my new "killer bees" deck to see how it holds up! I'll definitely keep you guys posted on that.
For now, let's have some fun:
1. What's your current favorite card(s) to play?
2. What's your rarest/most valuable card (even if you've already sold it/traded it for something else?)
3. How often do you typically play Magic in any given week?
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 19:35 |
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If we're talking favorite planeswalker character, then I have trouble deciding. Ashiok would be an easy favorite if Wizards would incorporate them into the story more (plus they've only been around for a year so there's potential), Nicol Bolas requires no explanation, and I have empathy for Liliana (being female and a self-centered a****le)
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 19:21 |
Sounds about right .
Jace is my favorite due to a personal bias (my name is Jason, I'm an aquarius, and extremely intellectual and into the mind, intuition, etc), so you can imagine the blue cards sort of "call" to me. I laugh every time I play Jace's Ingenuity, because I always say "Jason's Ingenuity!" . |
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 19:19 |
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 19:17 |
Luna wrote:
Liliana of the Veil is by far the best planeswalker card
Holy crap, I forgot Jace
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He's the best I've seen so far as well! I was hoping I wasn't missing something due to my new-ness .
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 19:12 |
That's what I was going to answer 
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 19:08 |
Liliana of the Veil is by far the best planeswalker card
Holy crap, I forgot Jace
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 18:59 |
Luna wrote:
How planeswalkers work:
You cast it for its casting cost and it enters the battlefield with loyalty counters on it equal to the number on the bottom right. Once on your turn, you can activate one of its abilities at sorcery speed, provided you have sufficient loyalty counters on it. Opponents can redirect damage to your planeswalkers and your opponents can attack them with their creatures. For each 1 point of damage it takes, you remove one loyalty counter from it. Once it has 0 or fewer loyalty counters on it, it is sent to the graveyard. |
Thank you for clearing that up, Luna! 
What was/is the best planeswalker card, just out of curiosity? The new Garruk one looks pretty brutal, but I'm still rather new, and I've missed quite a few generations of cards.
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 18:46 |
How planeswalkers work:
You cast it for its casting cost and it enters the battlefield with loyalty counters on it equal to the number on the bottom right. Once on your turn, you can activate one of its abilities at sorcery speed, provided you have sufficient loyalty counters on it. Opponents can redirect damage to your planeswalkers and your opponents can attack them with their creatures. For each 1 point of damage it takes, you remove one loyalty counter from it. Once it has 0 or fewer loyalty counters on it, it is sent to the graveyard.
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 18:39 |
Meltdowner wrote:
I'm sorry that I was incorrect.
I finished reading the official rules and I understand now the second action.
I thought last year about getting this one, it's quite cheap for a planeswalker:
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No worries, man!
That's a planeswalker I've never seen before. I got a couple of common foils/holos today as well...and an Overwhelm card which is perfect for my deck  .
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 18:20 |
I'm sorry that I was incorrect. I finished reading the official rules and I understand now the second action. I thought last year about getting this one, it's quite cheap for a planeswalker:
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 17:59 |
Meldowner; I mistyped those numbers; I totally meant +1.
That sorcery card is the perfect example.
I had a hunch planeswalker's were used like sorcery cards as well.
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 17:53 |
You're probably right. I don't have any planeswalkers, I just remember playing against some. I think they did it like that to look like it's an actual player
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 17:47 |
I hope i've haven't been playing this wrong this entire time, but i've never heard of this Planeswalkers' turn thing.
His abilities can be used on your turn (you control him) at the time of a sorcery spell.
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 17:40 |
PrognosticMind wrote:
Meltdowner wrote:
The planeswalker is another player that has life, in your case starts with 4 and it has a turn (I think it's after yours) where it can make one of those three actions: the first action gives it life and the others make it lose life. The strategy is to gain life until you can do the -7 action. When an opponent attacks he/she can choose to attack you and/or the planeswalker, but since it doesn't control any creatures you'll have to block with yours.
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That's what I thought! So it's like another player that's on your side. Also, I like how the game refers to the player him/herself as "plansewalker". That makes total sense. So it just has 4 life (in this case), and takes a turn after me; it doesn't control any creatures, but can be attacked via spells or "target" sorcery/instants from opposing player? I.e. they can't just attack it directly? So after that first turn, if it did that +4, it would be at 8 for the next turn, and could do that -7 move? |
I'm not totally sure if it's after your turn. The sorcerys/instants from the opponent must say "target planeswalker" (not player). Like this one:  Isn't the first action +1? I think you'll need four turns to have 8
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 17:34 |
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Austin, why are you recommending someone to play Cancel? Dissolve is strictly better. |
Because his card pool is from M15 not Theros.
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