Comments on: Insider: Parsing the Ixalan Leak (Legacy & Modern)

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 12:35:22 +0000

In reply to Getting There Games. Good catch. For some reason my mind blanked on newer stuff. It seems important to remember that the other options you listed aren't nearly as mana efficient, but still should have been caught so I apologize for that.

By: Getting There Games

Getting There Games — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:11:12 +0000

“It’s also interesting that we don’t tend to get permanent creature control in “non-enchantment” form, hailing all the way back to the original Control Magic. This has only happened once before in Dominate, and Evaporating Melody is a strict upgrade.”

This is a bit inaccurate. Confiscation Coup, Evangelize, Exert Influence, Govern the Guildless, Kefnet’s Last Word, and Welcome to the Fold. There may be more that I missed.

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 00:45:38 +0000

In reply to Justin Smith.

Agreed…they are definitely similar. It is important to remember Quiron Dryad was eternally playable back when the Miracle Grow deck was a thing (of which Dryad was the grow). Giving it another pseudo 4 copies is something to simply keep in mind. But I do agree that it’s unlikely…in fact the e whOle set seems unlikely to have a big impact…except Solemnity…I think that one is unique enough that it’s hard to guess whether it does something or not.

By: Justin Smith

Justin Smith — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:37:34 +0000

Deeproot Champion looks like Quirion Dryad to me, so I don’t think it’ll see play.