New clash pack
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Posted on Jan. 6, 2015, 3:41 p.m. by pokeyrabbit
Wizards released the new clash pack, what does everyone think?
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/fate-reforged-clash-pack-2015-01-06
I personally like it seems more concentrated than the last one, has a more focused theme for when you combine them.
Badass artwork for Hero's Downfall, Reaper of the Wilds, Whip of Erebos, and Courser of Kruphix? I'm game.
I think Wizards really doesn't want Courser to be worth anything though.
January 6, 2015 3:46 p.m.
I think the Hero's Downfall and the Courser of Kruphix art is the nicest. Plus the Whip of Erebos art is pretty sick. I wonder if these promos will be any more expensive than the regular cards. Do we know what's going on with the prices of the promos from the first Clash Pack?
January 6, 2015 3:54 p.m.
That downfall art though, So nice.
I'll definitely be picking a few of these up!
January 6, 2015 3:59 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #8
the world just NEEDED more green variants didn't it? lazy WOTC is lazy
January 6, 2015 4:10 p.m.
Courser reprint. Maybe they do want to actually support modern.
January 6, 2015 4:11 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #12
Deff upgrading my Hero's Downfalls to the new artwork. Don't like any of the other new art :/
January 6, 2015 4:30 p.m.
Like the new courser. I actually don't like the new downfall.
January 6, 2015 4:31 p.m.
Except I will admit the Whip of Erebos art looks iffy. I don't know why the artist drew the actual whip 'tail' like that, It looks like the whip is just floating around in mid air going back and forth like some shitty coded item in a game.
January 6, 2015 4:31 p.m.
Hickorysbane says... #15
I think the lash part of the whip coulda been done more, all in all I like the new arts. Courser is the only one that looks kinda meh cause I don't think it's better or worse than the current one. Just different.
January 6, 2015 4:34 p.m.
I think the point of the Whip of Erebos art is that the whip itself is essentially never ending. There's one card from Theros with flavor text like "The whip of erebos can wrap around all our necks" or something like that. The new art really reflects that while by making the whip seem infinitely long.
January 6, 2015 4:35 p.m.
I dunno, Looks more like "Oh shit WotC needs this art now.... wiggle wiggle wiggle DONE."
If they wanted it to seem never ending they could have done a better representation, Show it choking some dudes out, Erebos holding it and cracking it or something. That's all i'm sayin'
... It's not like the other art is any better though.
It's just like my issue with Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker. Dude's back leg make's it look like he's taking a drunk step or something.
January 6, 2015 4:40 p.m.
Hickorysbane says... #18
It looks like the promos from the other one went up (or went up enough for us to care about them. AKA not Font of Fertility going from .14 to.24) IF they were playable cards. Prognostic Sphinx, Temple of Mystery, and Prophet of Kruphix all went up. But those were small differences too. Like .78 to 1.26 or 1.31 to 2.14. But those are like...80% or whatever increases. So that COULD (only potentially) mean a significant difference for the 8.50 Downfall or the 10.50 Courser. Just some food for thought.
January 6, 2015 4:46 p.m.
Whip and Downfall are both awesome. Courser is ok, but all the value in this pack is going to drive it's value so far down.
January 6, 2015 4:54 p.m.
These alternate arts look amazing! I love the new Downfall and Whip. I will DEFINITELY be picking one of these up. :p
January 6, 2015 5:27 p.m.
I'm not a huge fan of the color choices. Would've been nice to see some Jeskai or Mardu, instead of more Green.
January 6, 2015 6:23 p.m.
fadelightningmm says... #24
Love the promo art hopefully they use a different foiling process than they did last time the art was beautiful but the foils are dark and look bad
January 6, 2015 6:54 p.m.
TheAnnihilator says... #25
I'm with ChiefBell on this one. Courser looks great, not too fond of the rest of the arts. Though, the new Downfall art does remind me of Daze.
As for the product, I wish I could justify buying this, but I already have all of the cards that I would want from it. I also expected the Sultai half to have a Dig Through Time looking through the decklist... I guess not!
This doesn't change that I still hate Sultai Whip with a passion.
January 6, 2015 6:56 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #26
I just think the new downfall is a more 
, less Theros look. It matches better with Lillylama of the Veil, Lorwyn Thoughtseize, Bitterblossom, Vendetta, & Damnation kinda cards where the current Hero's Downfall only matches with Theros Thoughtseize :/ Maybe the Surgical Extraction promo...
January 6, 2015 7:35 p.m.
I love how you can see Erebos, God of the Dead in the reflection.
January 6, 2015 8:59 p.m.
I think if WoTC wants to drive Courser of Kruphix's price down, they'd print it in the Elspeth v Kiora Duel Deck, too. Lovely art on all of the promos, especially since they show a more generic approach to the card rather than a flavor justification/emphasis mostly seen in the Theros block cards (well, all but Whip of Erebos).
Servo_Token says... #2
Dear lorde, they printed Courser again...
New whip art looks pretty sweet as well. I might pick this up this time around.
January 6, 2015 3:46 p.m.