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Posted on Jan. 13, 2014, 12:09 a.m. by raithe000
Gods are indestructible and require devotion seven, Archetypes look like interesting finishers, Tribute is Browbeat in creature form, and Inspiration is an untapping mechanic. Think we'll see more Hidden Strings type cards?
Did you see Pain Artist? It's a Dark Confidant
that you have to untap to get stuff out of.
Now it makes sense why Springleaf Drum made it in, as an Inspired enabler. Inspired seems like a triggered untap ability.
January 13, 2014 12:14 a.m.
Oh, and it looks like the Gods for BNG are Ephara (W/U), Phenax (U/B), Mogis (B/R), Xenagos (R/G), and Karametra (G/W). This means the enemy colored gods will be in Journey into Nyx.
January 13, 2014 12:16 a.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #5
Shall we start calling Pain Seer Bob the Bear? Bearbob? Bobbear?
January 13, 2014 12:21 a.m.
Hidden Strings
Breaching Hippocamp
Burst of Strength
Savage Surge
Ready / Willing
Triton Tactics
Prophet of Kruphix
Ral Zarek
January 13, 2014 12:27 a.m.
Ultimaodin says... #8
I knew Kruphix wouldn't be in until the last set. Even with the ability to see the future he'd see no need to interject. He'll only enter due to Xenagos' arrogance irritating him.
Archtype of Imagination is going to be ridiculously good in my Simic beat down deck.
GoldGhost012 - Bobby Bear, smarter than your average bear.
January 13, 2014 12:35 a.m.
With the number of enchantments creatures and other oddities available through the inspiration mechanic cards like Tranquil Grove are going to have a field day.
January 13, 2014 12:40 a.m.
Also loving the new Bob, definitely slotting into my Devotion deck.
January 13, 2014 12:42 a.m.
ryuzaki32667 says... #11
Bobby bear feels like it can be in a tempo shell, with counter spells and bounce effects like Cyclonic Rift ,and Aqueous Form to make him unblockable and scry to keep loss at a minimum (wouldn't be end of world to keep land on top since you'll draw it and the next card), and like mentioned above he'll work good with the Springleaf Drum . Can't wait to see some more to get the brew factory started.
January 13, 2014 12:43 a.m.
For those of you looking for preorders. Pain Artist sold out at $1.99 and is currently going for $2.99 on SCG.
January 13, 2014 12:51 a.m.
Just saying, it seems unlikely that pain seer is going to actually be a good card, probably just another dollar rare. It's a house against control (esp. postboard against the mirror) but sucks against everything else.
January 13, 2014 12:57 a.m.
I like how the minor-god devotion works in a way that you can still have enough devotion even by just running mono-colored.
January 13, 2014 1:10 a.m.
ryuzaki32667 says... #16
Pain Seer already up to 4.99 on SCG , and had 32 copies left
January 13, 2014 1:17 a.m.
With Pain seer spoiled, how crazy would it be to reprint Opposition ?
January 13, 2014 1:21 a.m.
Ultimaodin says... #19
I have a question - what happens when both players have Archetype of Imagination on the field? I'm going to assume that the second aspect will overrule the first since you can't gain flying from the first aspect.
January 13, 2014 2:24 a.m.
The article states if you have both out then no one gets flying, that's consistent with the rules as "can't" effects always beat "can"
I've had second thoughts on Budget Bob, since it'll take two turns to draw your first card with it unless it's artificially tapped it's not worth it when other means exist.
January 13, 2014 6:42 a.m.
ShadowLand says... #21
I'm just curious as to how someone would play a minor god in mono colored decks when you have to have two colors to cast her inzane14
her casting cost is 2WU is it not?
January 13, 2014 7:06 a.m.
ShadowLand, splash. What I meant was she's still usable even with mostly one color of devotion such as 6 white and 1 blue. If I understood her rulings correctly, there's no minimum for each color of devotion as they act as a total.
January 13, 2014 7:27 a.m.
The wording in the article is really bad, makes it quite unclear on a number of issues.
The card text would be better reading "if total Devotion to colour X / colour Y is 7 then blah"
As it's written it implies you need 7 of each.
January 13, 2014 8:36 a.m.
YouGotFranked says... #24
ShadowLand I think what he meant is that it's still easy to reach her devotion in a monocolored deck since the minor god's devotion can be met with mana symbol of either colors.
January 13, 2014 8:45 a.m.
ShadowLand says... #25
Ah, yes, completely true. I was just thinking he meant mono as in only one source of mana from a specific color.
Blakkhand says... #2
The new bob wanna be looks better than the average bob wanna be.
January 13, 2014 12:14 a.m.