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That is, except for Elf Dragons. I never settled on one. If there's enough entries with soulbond that give me a good reason to make it that, though, let's see what y'all got.
Vehicles and protection are also perfectly acceptable. But anything else might need to be tweaked for reconsideration.
Made for either Abzan forest spirits/Sultai Horros, really works either way (Similar to Winterflame or Secret Plans in KTK).
Works well in legacy and commander, what with all the land destruction. Wasteland? Now your opponent is down a land! Fetches? This card is a mana accelerant. Creature lands? Get some extra value out of them!
As someone who lived original Innistrad in my heyday of playing Magic, and loved the set dripping in flavor and cool card design, Tree of Redemption at mythic felt like a huge punch to the balls. It doesn't convey anything about one of my favorite limited formats ever.
I could easily create my own list of cards that accurately represent Magic's history, and balance needed reprints at correct rarities with fun draft archetypes. I might just start a thread to do so, too.
Also, for the love of god, they should have put Storm Crow in this product. Jeeeez.
But yes, there is a lot to be desired. I'm hopeful though; they still have a lot to reveal.
Stormbreath Dragon saw extensive standard play, comes from Theros, and is mythic. Not even that valuable, but heck, at least it brings back memories. Lol, at least Tibalt would've been FUNNY.
Gary's one of my favorite cards from a block I otherwise disliked (personal opinion, mostly; I was riding the Return to Ravnica high), I better see it reprinted seeing as monoblack devotion has a lot of support in this limited.
It looks like Masters25 is, from a financial viewpoint, highly variable. The value of a box can vary from 400$ (if you pull even a few JtMS and other chase rares/mythics) or 40$ (if your box is full of the aforementioned Tree of Redemption and friends). Can either be really rewarding or really frustrating.
Also, I feel the very nature of Masters 25 makes it a poor draft environment. As bad as Iconic Masters was, it was at least carefully chosen to have clear limited archetypes. When you are merely choosing 'iconic' cards (or what you feel are iconic cards), it is hard to have a lot of cohesion.
The mythics are certainly disappointing. I had my hopes up when I saw Jace and later Imperial Rec, but most of the slots have been wasted on the likes of Gisela, Prossh, etc. I think some of the lands are decent, though (Port, Pendelhaven, filterlands).
@KalamMekhar that's what a cube is. All of your favorite cards bundled up in a fun-to-draft package. All WOTC needed to do to make this set a slam dunk was look at cubes and use those cards.
And please notice, not all cubes need to have Power 9 and such. Pauper and Peasant cubes are very popular and usually contain a lot of nostalgic and iconic cards. My cube contained about 30% of each rarity, plus give or take %10 Mythics. Actually, had WOTC just printed a version of my cube they would have had a more valuable set than this.
Plus, I opened a Jace, Vyrn's prodigy in my Prize packs. I felt pretty good after that.
Solid! *ThumbsUp*
funny enought both design started mush les powerful at uncomon rarity but whiole making them i just kept on adding stuff XD they ended up at rare altough i think calamity could be mythic and/or legendary (edit i actually just made it mythic)
This card works really well with waste/bog/moss counters, since you can transform Mountains and Islands into the land types that don't effect the creeper. It is also just always a 4/4 against the mirror, so that's pretty good.
I think steam-powered lands would probably be something you would have to pick up during a draft, not something you can just have an infinite number of. I think a way of producing steam-powered mana when you don't have very many of the lands is important, and this guy fits the bill. He also has an on-curve body if you do have steam lands to use, so he's never a dead card.
The eldritch horrors wanted a way to get creatures into the graveyard repeatibly. I thought milling a reward for playing Lurking creatures was a good way to tick all the boxes.
Someone needs to stop the Cultists from killing themselves, or the Cult dies! This card gives you a reward for paying pact costs (other than just keeping the permanent) while punishing your opponent in a very minor way. It allows you to keep the pact up for longer for a smaller opportunity cost.
Temur wanted a way to ramp into it's Dragons. It also wanted an elf tribal payoff. I think this card provides everything the color pair wants. It's especially good with Firebreathing.
@Austinsmith I hope you like my designs, and thanks for a cool contest!
This is meant for the Abzan faction, to cripple an opponent's creature in concert with something that turns their land into a forest.
Entry 2 for the Jeskai faction.
Not to mention the free Horde of Notions...
Oops, left my Reddit thinking cap on. How embarassing...
Good point with Wooly Thoctar and Fleecemane Lion though. I'll try and fix it soon.