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rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7100 on:** April 04, 2017, 03:08:39 PM »

Embalm legend:

Every embalm card has its own token!

Monuments:

Each has a different triggered ability.

Karl Voss of Averland · « **Reply #7101 on:** April 04, 2017, 03:19:52 PM »

Some of this art is pretty cool!

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7102 on:** April 04, 2017, 03:35:22 PM »

Yes, it is!

A couple more cards: flash oblivion ring that also cycles (though when do you not need this effect?)

Drakechantment

Finlay · « **Reply #7103 on:** April 04, 2017, 04:09:14 PM »

i wish that embalm legend wasn't w/u.
Not the best colours for graveyard value.

unlblockable tokens is pretty good!

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7104 on:** April 04, 2017, 04:13:00 PM »

I'd have expected him to be W/B, but apparently embalm is focused on W and U. Black is for angry mummies!

Finlay · « **Reply #7105 on:** April 04, 2017, 04:25:27 PM »

which is fine for limited and standard, but hurts their EDH use.
Obviously not everything in the block needs to be for EDH, but hope there are some nice goodies!

nothing has stuck out to me yet like "I fucking want ot play that" or "good lord I hope rufus doesnt play that!" which it did in kaladesh and c16!

Finlay · « **Reply #7106 on:** April 04, 2017, 11:04:02 PM »

blue god

3 mana, 5/5 flying indestructo!

Finlay · « **Reply #7107 on:** April 05, 2017, 09:32:59 AM »

I think channeler initiate might be decent for EDH?
a 3 turn multi coloured mana dork, that finishes up with a semi-decent body?

maybe not.

Finlay · « **Reply #7108 on:** April 05, 2017, 09:40:16 AM »

why did this happen, when I want to buy one? spiked from 80 cents to 5 dollars!
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Journey+into+Nyx/Temple+of+Epiphany#online

I like the monuments a lot.

rhona's monument maybe to go into mina deck?

Oketra's monument definitely goes into any white token deck.

Bontu's monument maybe into Erebos? extra fuel for card draw life payment. Definitely wants to go in orzhov themed decks.

Hazoeret's monument probably good in a Feldon/Daretti deck (but I never got mine to work, you did though rufus).

Would be handy in Breya but I probably don't have enough red creatures.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7109 on:** April 05, 2017, 10:09:44 AM »

Quote from: Finlay on April 05, 2017, 09:40:16 AM

why did this happen, when I want to buy one? spiked from 80 cents to 5 dollars!
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Journey+into+Nyx/Temple+of+Epiphany#online

You have the online price chart there. The paper price is ~$3, which is about as low as it's ever been. It's more expensive than some of the other temples because it was printed in the last set of the Theros block.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7110 on:** April 05, 2017, 10:22:18 AM »

The monuments do seem good. I'd definitely play the red one with Daretti, since I use quite a lot of red creatures and the discard/draw is handy. The black one is great for Karlov!

Only the blue one is a bit dubious, unless you're playing a weird mono-blue aggro deck.

Quote from: Finlay on April 04, 2017, 11:04:02 PM

blue god

3 mana, 5/5 flying indestructo!

Yes, I quite like him!

More EDHable than the red one. I might play him with Teferi.

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I think channeler initiate might be decent for EDH?
a 3 turn multi coloured mana dork, that finishes up with a semi-decent body?

I don't like playing a lot of mana creatures in EDH because they're vulnerable, and there are quite a lot of better ones than that guy. Maybe he's worth a try though.

Finlay · « **Reply #7111 on:** April 05, 2017, 10:33:00 AM »

temple was like £1 on troll and mct, now it's £2 and out of stock. They're quite expensibe on ebay!

maybe i'll just buy one of the amonkhet ones, although no ur obviously.

Seems a good control beater, as can draw you too. Is it too hard to keep 7+ cards even in EDH?

i'm adding rishkar's expertise into Marath, do you think Baral's is worth for Breya? I think it might be?

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7112 on:** April 05, 2017, 03:16:24 PM »

I'm surprised it was ever £1! All the others are more than that, except for u/g, r/w and r/g. Epiphany has always been the most expensive when I've looked.

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Is it too hard to keep 7+ cards even in EDH?

Easy if you're already winning, hard if you're not! But he's pretty good as a repeatable, indestructable draw engine anyway. He also enables landfall if you want.

Rishkar's is great, but I'm not sure about Baral's expertise. I probably wouldn't play it with Breya.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7113 on:** April 05, 2017, 09:32:04 PM »

This with Atraxa!

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7114 on:** April 06, 2017, 03:41:01 PM »

Bad news for artifacts!

Finlay · « **Reply #7115 on:** April 06, 2017, 03:51:31 PM »

possibly standard meta shifting?
FU vehicles.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7116 on:** April 06, 2017, 03:56:23 PM »

It's about time they printed some decent hate cards! There's graveyard hate in this set too.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7117 on:** April 07, 2017, 10:41:51 AM »

This is quite cool:

Snakes!

Finlay · « **Reply #7118 on:** April 08, 2017, 06:51:16 AM »

Champion of ronas holy shit!

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7119 on:** April 11, 2017, 03:15:09 PM »

It does look good!

Also, the minotaur legend that should have been in Theros!

Minotaur tribal deck incoming.

Do I want to play this with Teferi?

A third instant X-draw after blue sun and stroke of genius.

X-spell planeswalker! Unusual.

The green god:

This one seems really strong.

Finlay · « **Reply #7120 on:** April 11, 2017, 03:55:41 PM »

probably wants to go in my trample deck!

the white god seems ok too.

I hate the "one or fewer card in hand" cost. way too steep! fuck that mechanic. poor red god and minotaur champion.

I'm still feeling overall pretty underwhelmed.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7121 on:** April 11, 2017, 04:03:30 PM »

The green god's drawback is so easy to overcome: any 2 power creature + his activated ability! I can imagine playing him in all sorts of decks.

The white one is similar to Heliod, but probably not as good.

Minotaur guy plays well with reanimation and madness.

Finlay · « **Reply #7122 on:** April 11, 2017, 05:21:53 PM »

Quote from: rufus sparkfire on April 11, 2017, 04:03:30 PM

The green god's drawback is so easy to overcome: any 2 power creature + his activated ability! I can imagine playing him in all sorts of decks.

The white one is similar to Heliod, but probably not as good.

Minotaur guy plays well with reanimation and madness.

right, he overcomes it on his own with 0 deck building change as literally all decks have some 2+power creatures.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #7123 on:** April 12, 2017, 08:35:45 AM »

Parallel Lives reprint... as a white card!

This guy wrecks vehicles:

Finlay · « **Reply #7124 on:** April 12, 2017, 10:07:25 AM »

the first card I know i'm definitely buying!
I think that will probably see standard play though, so in 2 years I guess.
That and parallel lives in marath or ghave :O

Not sure about Harsh Mentor for EDH. Wrecks certain decks completely, but building for vs specific decks is pretty lame. Are activated abilities prevalent enough he's really worth using?
in a multiplayer pod he might just annoy your opponents without actually doing consequential damage.

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