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anatomyOF
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject: The previews have begun! |
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Well, we've saw Rakdos, the Defiler as of now
( http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/feature/326 )
Thoughts? To me, he's just another unplayable fat guild leader, as usual.
And we got a glimpse a Experiment Kraj
( http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr223 )
Now, honestly there's something about this guy just leaping out at me saying "Hey, put me in a deck with *insert card name here* and i'm broke as a joke!" but I can't decide what that card is, but whatever... |
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iKe
Joined: 14 Dec 2005
Posts: 524
Location: New York
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Experiment Kaj seems too slow to be anything good in t2...
Rakdos the defiler has a cool abilty but it shits itself to purefy/mortify ect.. But it has some Mad hot card art!!! |
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Russell_Nash
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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Location: Burn Ward
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| Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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i like them both, but neither seems playable in t2 constucted. The Blue/Green guy COULD be good if theres alot of those counter creatures with decent activated abilities. The R/B guy seems fun but overall bad. i think most sitituations go around like this:
1. tap 6 lands
2. next turn swing
3. sac half your lands
4. opponent respond with instant removal
5. then you lose |
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Andromedea
Joined: 11 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| disrupting shoal ftw |
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ADraw-
Joined: 14 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| Russell_Nash wrote: | | The Blue/Green guy COULD be good if theres alot of those counter creatures with decent activated abilities. |
D'ye realize that he can put those counters on other creatures if he wants to? |
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MarkTwainIII
Joined: 19 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| methinks rakdos is a viable reanimation target. trying to get rid of a huge clock becomes much harder when you lose permanents exponentially... |
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napolean
Joined: 21 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:08 am Post subject: |
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player a: sac half my stuff, attack for six
player b: shining shoal 3 of it back |
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Anti-Christ
Joined: 13 Feb 2006
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Well obviously the guild leaders aren't good for constructed, but they do fit their role in the storyline.
Rakdos is much of a target and there are just way too many answers.
Mortify, Putrefy, Faith's Fetters, Pillory of the Sleepless, Shining ShoalWrath of God, Boomerang, Peel from Reality, Eye of Nowhere and etc. The only deck that doesn't have a single card answer for him is Zoo or Gruul. And they run burn.
But for reanimation he would be quite sweet with Dimir Doppleganger.
Rakdos has some sick art though. |
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Trotsky1
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| Yeh Zoltan Boros and Gabor Szikszai, also did the art for electrolyzes as well, which also had amazing art. They Make Edward Beard Jr. Proud. |
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Russell_Nash
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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Location: Burn Ward
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| ADraw- wrote: | | D'ye realize that he can put those counters on other creatures if he wants to? |
yeah, it just seems kinda slow. I can see situations where this would be great, like using it on your opponents creatures to gain their abilities and doubling up on broken activated abilities you already have on other creatures. The only thing is it requires a tap to do it and the creature costs 6 mana, so it’s a pretty late game creature. The problem is that by that point in the game your opponent surely would have some sort of removal instant or sorcery speed to deal with him. If he could give +1s the turn he came into play or there were already creatures with pluses in play it would be a little safer so you could at least get something out of him before he gets killed.
On top of all that it would require you to play defensively with him to share abilities and im not too keen on using a 4/6 fatty defensively, but that’s just me. Overall its cool and fun, but not good enough for competitive play IMO(unless he gets some cool friends to go with him in the set) |
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