Comments on: Insider: A Set Review of Return to Ravnica, Two Weeks Early https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/insider-a-set-review-of-return-to-ravnica-two-weeks-early/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: tragicslip https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/insider-a-set-review-of-return-to-ravnica-two-weeks-early/#comment-35787 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:11:09 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=31678#comment-35787 i’m not sure how to capitalize on it, but i am fairly certain ghost quarter is going to see a lot more use in standard. in a set with this much dual, mana bases will be much easier targets. thanks to farseek, i know people are going to push shocklands over basics.

]]> By: Alex Gislason https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/insider-a-set-review-of-return-to-ravnica-two-weeks-early/#comment-35757 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:46:15 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=31678#comment-35757 In reply to douglaslinn.

I think you are a little overly optimistic about the card. A sorcery speed 3 instead of 5 version of FoF doesn’t sound appealing. But if you are right and it is played in any competitive decks, I will apologize for being rash with your review.

]]> By: douglaslinn https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/insider-a-set-review-of-return-to-ravnica-two-weeks-early/#comment-35756 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:36:01 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=31678#comment-35756 In reply to Andrew Stout.

Heh, good catch. Those were… anomalous.

]]> By: Andrew Stout https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/insider-a-set-review-of-return-to-ravnica-two-weeks-early/#comment-35754 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:12:39 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=31678#comment-35754 “like the original Ravnica, it does not have much that fundamentally changes Eternal formats”

Golgari Grave-Troll & Stinkweed Imp would beg to differ.

Good article, though.

]]> By: douglaslinn https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/insider-a-set-review-of-return-to-ravnica-two-weeks-early/#comment-35750 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:36:38 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=31678#comment-35750 In reply to Matthew Santos.

Yeah it\’s a really interesting card; you get a LOT for one mana these days! I don\’t see it being great at doing a whole lot in Legacy since Ooze is still better. What I like about the Shaman in smaller formats is that it really changes the flow and balance of life totals. Having him active for three turns or so means that life totals have changed by a swing of 6, and he\’s just fine sitting back to block tokens in the meantime.

]]> By: douglaslinn https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/insider-a-set-review-of-return-to-ravnica-two-weeks-early/#comment-35749 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:34:14 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=31678#comment-35749 In reply to Alex Gislason.

No need to take that tone. Jace is a fine role-player and GerryT/Patrick/Brad Nelson have all been favorable about the card. Anyway, JAOT is not really a focus of this article.

]]> By: Matthew Lewis https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/insider-a-set-review-of-return-to-ravnica-two-weeks-early/#comment-35747 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:11:07 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=31678#comment-35747 In reply to Alex Gislason.

The way Chapin described Jace 4.0 made sense to me. For 2UU you get a sorcery speed Fact or Fiction. You can choose to take the 1 card pile, in which you get the 1 card + Jace on the board, or you can take the other pile, in which you get 2 cards + Jace on the board. That sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

]]> By: Alex Gislason https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/insider-a-set-review-of-return-to-ravnica-two-weeks-early/#comment-35746 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:02:32 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=31678#comment-35746 ‘Jace AoT: a Standard standout’ Are you high? I think relentless rats will be big before this card ever sees play in standard. Someone may play it in EDH as it just nets you two shitty fact or fictions and maybe leads to a bribery effect if your opponents don’t own removal. But I would never call this card a standard standout.

]]> By: Matthew Santos https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/insider-a-set-review-of-return-to-ravnica-two-weeks-early/#comment-35743 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:56:14 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=31678#comment-35743 Any thoughts on Deathrite Shaman? It’s getting some buzz over on the source. At least it was last night.

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