Comments on: Insider: Early Thoughts on Magic 2015

By: Paul Nemeth

Paul Nemeth — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 03:09:51 +0000

Good article.

By: Ryan Overturf

Ryan Overturf — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 02:17:16 +0000

In reply to theuseless. As I said, I think it comes down to Khans having a powerful graveyard mechanic for Jace to be good. Four is a lot of mana to invest in fixing draws. It's not like Crystal Ball saw play. The ultimate is obviously very good, but it's been said many times- planeswalkers are not to be judged by their ultimates.

By: theuseless

theuseless — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 01:33:02 +0000

I may be wrong about this (I often am). I like Jace. Not just a little. I like Jace a lot. I think it provides great deck thinning and could lead to some awesome draws. I understand that he doesn’t protect himself. He should be played in a control shell anyways. Optimizing your draws just screams awesome to me. I could see him getting you just the right cards at the right times.

Losing Supreme Verdict is a major blow, but I think he will find a home regardless. If your opponent lets him live too long, he will blow the game out. Control loves when you get a full hand against an empty one, thus his ultimate will be very real. I will reiterate how much I love his plus ability. Drawing what you need and discarding the chafe is great.

Again, I have been very wrong about many cards in the past. But I just have a gut feeling that Jace will pull major weight in game play.

By: Ryan Overturf

Ryan Overturf — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 22:08:19 +0000

In reply to Justin Smith. Of those, I actually expect Mogis Warhound to see the most play, but it's a good point that there are a lot of other options for Inferno Fists, and they all have their own merit. Reclamation Sage wasn't spoiled when I wrote this, and will likely be very good as long as Courser of Kruphix is, and I could definitely see Revoker seeing play, too.

By: Ryan Overturf

Ryan Overturf — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:39:19 +0000

In reply to Sigmund Ausfresser. That's going to depend on whether or not the midrange Planeswalker decks trump the aggressive decks. In Theros-Khans Standard looks anything like Theros Block Constructed, then I fully expect Fated Retribution to see some amount of play- limited obviously the by the steep casting cost.

By: Sigmund Ausfresser

Sigmund Ausfresser — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:25:13 +0000

If there is no strong Wrath effect, is there a chance Fated Retribution becomes playable? I bought a few for cheap not long ago hoping this will be the case. I recognize odds are low, but it was worth a shot. I made nice money on Supreme Verdict and Terminus before that because wrath effects tend to go up in price as they age in Standard.

By: Justin Smith

Justin Smith — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:12:37 +0000

I forgot about Sign in Blood. That is spicy for mono-B aggro, gives it some reach in case of a board stall.

Genesis Hydra might see play in monogreen devotion. WW could become a thing again for a few months with the following cards along with the existing soldiers we already have in Standard:

Raise the Alarm

Preeminent Captain

Obelisk of Urd

Obelisk of Urd could of course see play in other aggro decks as well.

Reclamation Sage, Phyrexian Revoker, and Stain the Mind will probably see some SB play here and there.

Agree with the rest of your assessments except for Inferno Fist as I don’t think it will see play. I think stuff like Dragon Mantle, Titan’s Strength, Thunderous Might, and to a lesser extent Mogis’s Warhound, Nyxborn Rollicker, and Ordeal of Purphoros will probably see play over it, though I do like the ability to toss it away for 2 to the face when the creature it’s on is no longer relevant.