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I honestly want Return to Return to Ravnica.

Love Ravnica.

Anyone play on cockatrice?

bartender wrote:
Anyone play on cockatrice?

Used to. Or maybe it was Apprentice. I can't remember. It's been a while either way, and I've mostly moved away from Magic the past few years.

 Slarg232 wrote:
If we do return to Kami, I really hope they keep 90% of the mechanics and do them right. I really want to see more Arcane spells.

I've heard that wizards want to do more agressive reprints (Think Fetches or Lily of the Veil), but haven't actually heard anything official on that or not.

I hope they re-do some of the kitsune cards at least! Why were some of the cooler cards so bad! (My lightsaber kitsune!)

I would love a redoing though, I loved the spirit theme, along with ogre/oni demon synergy cards, though I'd love to run a kitsune tribal because there's just something about them I'd love to use (Specially Rune-Tail and Eight and a half tails!)

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:

 Slarg232 wrote:
If we do return to Kami, I really hope they keep 90% of the mechanics and do them right. I really want to see more Arcane spells.

I've heard that wizards want to do more agressive reprints (Think Fetches or Lily of the Veil), but haven't actually heard anything official on that or not.

I hope they re-do some of the kitsune cards at least! Why were some of the cooler cards so bad! (My lightsaber kitsune!)

I would love a redoing though, I loved the spirit theme, along with ogre/oni demon synergy cards, though I'd love to run a kitsune tribal because there's just something about them I'd love to use (Specially Rune-Tail and Eight and a half tails!)

Don't forget Pious Kitsune! I had a rash of building castle type decks because of those cards. I loved the Moonfolk and Kitsune both. Unfortunately I doubt they'll ever go back to that plane.

Actually, from what I'm seeing (Which is a small sample size, to be fair) Kamigawa is one of the more requested planes for a Return to.

However, it doesn't hold a candle to the requests for Dominari.

 Slarg232 wrote:
Actually, from what I'm seeing (Which is a small sample size, to be fair) Kamigawa is one of the more requested planes for a Return to.

However, it doesn't hold a candle to the requests for Dominari.

Time Spiral 2.0. Heck yeah.

Kami was the first block I really started to play in. Also we need more ninjas/samurais they rocked so hard. They just need to make arcane/spirit and oni/ogre better. Allot of people figure that it was the week was of the block that was its downfall.

Nevermind it came out between two amazing sets.

A big problem was actually arcane- it's very block inclusive. Either you're building a kamigawa block arcane deck, or you're playing some else. It was not something that you could add to a deck with any success. It was either Arcane or not. Period. And it wasn't that great tbh.

To be fair, it's not actually a bad thing, technically. Arcane is a very powerful keyword that has a ton of potential.

The problem was is that they overcosted the normal modes so that non-arcane decks couldn't use them. If Glacial Ray had just been Shock with Splice (As magma Spray/Pillar of Flame is Shock with Exile) it would have been much better overall.

I heard Time Spiral 2.0 and got excited, hahaha. A return to Kamigawa would be fun. Probably get me to part with more money in my wallet.

Allied Fetches are confirmed for reprint with Khans of Tarkir!

 Slarg232 wrote:
Allied Fetches are confirmed for reprint with Khans of Tarkir!

Gosh dangit. Now I have to buy a case...

I'm buying one, and splitting one with my brother and another one with a friend of mine.

Fetch lands aren't very nice to use, they slow the game down and makes things dull as people constantly search their deck for this land and that, and everyone will be doing it. Further, it will be a total bitch to get these for standard because the Modern players will be fighting for them. Fetchlands are very valuable in Modern and lead to various combos, I'm sure it's one reason Deathrite Shaman was banned recently.

To be honest, they're too good at thinning out your deck and have a mechanic that doesn't lend itself well to an enjoyable game, it encourages filibustering and makes the game dull. Far from reprinting them, I think them being banned in Modern might have been preferable now that Shocklands have been reprinted and are readily available. I'm not greatly looking forward to having to get at least a couple of each one just to play standard for the next couple of years.

Wizards shouldn't have reprinted them even if they are 'powerful'. But that's what happens when Magic players whinge endlessly, eventually they get pandered to.

At least they'll have more practical use in Modern. I know some people who play Pod and run Misty Rainforest even though they don't run blue. They'll just use it to yank out their Temple Gardens. So why run that when you can now run Windswept Heath?

One of my friends did point out that Onslaught Polluted Delta dropped $40 in a night. And the pre-order prices on SCG for the Khans copies of that are $25 while the others are sitting at $20.

...or if you just want basic lands, remember that Evolving Wilds is legal in standard again.

But on another note, if they re-printed Damnation, I'd be a happy camper.

Evolving Wilds brings lands in tapped, and therein lies the difference.

Also, the power of Fetches is more of the fact that they say "Forest" or similar, allowing you to bring in Duel Lands (Like say, a Forest Island).


So Sidisi is my favorite of the Khans revealed so far. a 4 mana 3/3 that makes a 2/2 Zombie whenever One or More dudes are put into your graveyard from you're library at a time. Already figured out an Infinite with her, it's quite sexy.

I like how all the things spoiled so far are telling me to go back to standard playing W/B. Even for things aside from in game competitiveness. I'll being using this flavor text from the card Utter End outside MTG now: "I came seeking a challenge. All I found was you."

So, pre-release packs are split by clan colors. Who's choosing which?

Sultai for me <3 love B/U/G

I don't believe there are enough Modern players to make these fetches any harder to get than the ones in Zendikar were when it Was in standard. When the set rotates out of standard perhaps, but they'll stay in the $10-20 range for the foreseeable future.

Sultai for me as well; the chance to get a Sidiri for "Free", and potentially a Foil one is too much to pass up.

Mind you, I'll probably play all five events, but if I only had to choose one.

 Slarg232 wrote:
Sultai for me as well; the chance to get a Sidiri for "Free"

Sydri, Galvonic Genius? What's she doing in Tarkir?

Sidisi Wrong second-to-last-letter



Just dropped $170 on a Modern Deck, and $200 on Khans pre-orders. I'm broke XD

I'm starting to see a few things in interested in here. There are a lot if duds though. It also seems a little uninspired in that three colour cards are rather in the functional style of three colour things in Alara.

It's also a little uninspired in that it's yet another multicolour block. It seems every other block is a multicolour one these days.
I'm not the greatest fan of the morph mechanic, either. On the plus side, the artwork so far is outstanding,and there are a couple of really interesting cards there

It's actually not a multicolor block, just a set.

So Khans will be Tri, and then Fate Reforged and Dragons will be back to Mono Color.

Reason being that the block involves time travel. Khans is present Day. Fate Reforged is Past, Dragons is Alternate Present.

Alrighty.....nobody else that i have asked has been too helful with this question, but i thought i might as well bring it up here. With the mono green devotion deck, ( i am 3/4ths of the way done with mine, the rest of the singles are in the mail), but i was curious if maybe i should use the hornet nest over the queen because the nest can produce more tokens, so if it takes like 10 damage, i can put out 10 hornet tokens with flying, and deathtouch, but the queen only gives me 4 tokens, when it comes into play, hmmmmmm........ but then again, the queen does get the tokens right off the bat, while the nest has to sit and wait to get dealt damage, well, if anyone knows, do tell, i will try out both creatures to see how well it goes, thanks!

 orkkiller21 wrote:
Alrighty.....nobody else that i have asked has been too helful with this question, but i thought i might as well bring it up here. With the mono green devotion deck, ( i am 3/4ths of the way done with mine, the rest of the singles are in the mail), but i was curious if maybe i should use the hornet nest over the queen because the nest can produce more tokens, so if it takes like 10 damage, i can put out 10 hornet tokens with flying, and deathtouch, but the queen only gives me 4 tokens, when it comes into play, hmmmmmm........ but then again, the queen does get the tokens right off the bat, while the nest has to sit and wait to get dealt damage, well, if anyone knows, do tell, i will try out both creatures to see how well it goes, thanks!

It depends on your deck really. Post your list and people can give you a more informed opinion.

The hornet nest is a lot cheaper though. But be ready to side board it out. No one is going to attack into it to give you 10 deathtouch fliers. There are numerous ways to neutralise it without dealing it damage. Or you will be attacked by so much that you will die that turn and never get to use your wasp tokens.

It might be more interesting if you can damage the nest yourself to produce tokens, waiting for your opponent to do so probably won't work out.