@@TheBrothers759 yeah, assuming they print some good 7+ mana eldrazi things, which seems like a shoe-in for the theme of the set, this thing is bound to end up busted. it's not even card disadvantage for your sol land, real crazy.
the "other red permanent" rider on ajani is how a mono-white card has access to a red ability. it's actually a pretty clever way to gate access to a burn effect without requiring red mana.
I'm still kind of amazed they worded the black Goyf's escape cost like that. Escaping a dead Goyf as early as turn 3 while keeping your graveyard reasonably stacked will be so easy.
Phelia does also interesting things with Containment Priest. Basically turns it into 2 mana 2/2 that can exile one of your opponent's creatures per attack. Both pieces are fetchable off a Recruiter, so there's potential.
For the nethergoyf (correct me if I’m wrong), it doesn’t have to be four different cards. The cards have to encompass 4 types but not necessarily 4 distinct cards.
Oh geez, I didn't even think about Scion of Draco with Ugin's Labyrinth in, like, Leyline Tron. "I'll start with a Leyline of the Guildpact on the battlefield. Then I'll play Ugin's Labyrinth imprinting this Scion of Draco. Then I'll cast this other Scion of Draco. Your turn!" Also, lol at "Ugin's Playhouse" at 23:50.
@@GeorgieZaccour that doesn't work if they cast a spell while Subtlety is on the stack though, your opp would have to wait for Subtlety to resolve and then with the ability on the stack, cast another spell. Can't think of many situations where that would come up
@@TheGingervit1s it's not uncommon that people try to interact with the subtlety etb trigger rather than the spell itself, for example with tidebinder, in which case you'd have a window to counter their tidebinder while subtlety is temporarily on the battlefield
notible about chthonian nightmare is that they have a moment to react when the energy gain abbility goef of. unlike recuring nightmare where its really hard to interact with because ur opponent doesnt have a prio to react
This card seems to be one of the best we know yet. it's pretty much psycatog+shadowmage infiltrator but for 1 less mana. And it also pairs with the Nethergoyf like a charm.
Awesome and entertaining breakdown Spike! Thank you for expediting this content and sharing it the same day most of these were spoiled. Definitely an exciting time to be a Modern player, and I'm looking forward to more power points and of course all the sick brews. Also reaaaaaallllly interested to hear your take on the true "Blue Moon" Merfolk that was leaked, assuming it's real ;-)
Chthonian Nightmare seems to synergize well with all the Esper Ephermerate stuff. Satoru, the Infiltrator draws a card every time you use the Nightmare. Insidious Roots creating a plant every time would also be possible. Both Roots and Satoru are pitchable to Grief.
Winter Moon is definitely not just restricting the player to Basics; it's asymmetric if you're on Eldrazi Temple/Ugin's Labyrinth/Tron Lands. Think Tangle Wire in Vintage Mishra's Workshop decks, this is probably the most likely application of Winter Moon. eg. in Eldrazi T1 Ugin's Labyrinth into Eldrazi Mimic into T2 Winter Moon and you've set your opponent back 1-2 mana and you're untapping 2 mana worth per land a turn.
I'm hyped for Herigast because it has redundancy with bedlam reveler AND its emerge cost is the same as bedlam's casting cost. seems like some interesting shenanigans in the future
My first thought when I saw Ugin's Labyrinth was Affinity. For turn one saga and you can get back your 7 drop later which is insane! Strangely enough I don't think Green Tron would play this, I may be wrong. Edit: with Ugin's Labyrinth you can turn 1 scion of draco "If you have the leyline"
big downside to chtonian nightmare - it can be blown up before you can activate it because of the trigger whereas recurring nightmare can't, and that was part of the reason it was good
I wonder if there's a way to slot Ugin's Labyrinth in the Cottage blast shell to get a palantir of orthanc out on turn 2. You're already running a bunch of high mana stuff, the only problem I see with it is how you make cuts in an already tight landbase that wants domain, lots of swamps for cottage, white for leyline binding, and red for blast itself. I'm also interested in seeing how Nethergoyf plays into a waste not shell. You already utilize most types of spells (enchantment, land, creature, sorcery, instant), which you will be discarding with burning inquiry, so it could be a great way to introduce an early threat along with ragavan, bringing the manacost of the deck down to a maximum of 2 mana if you build it right, though a sheoldred might be better for winning the late game. Looking forward to seeing more spoilers as they are leaked or as they are spoiled!
Ugin’s labyrinth is insane no downside at all - if you don’t exile a card still taps for 1 mana and in the late game after you’ve used the mana from the land you can just return the card to your hand. At least keep the card exiled like similar cards in the past. Feels to me like the second best land printed that tapa for two mana behind ancient tomb (others are: eldrazi temple, phyrexion tower, city of traitors, tron land, eye of ugin)
I don’t think it will be nearly as good as Ancient Tomb or City in Legacy, not even close, since having colorless big stuff to pitch is a very significant deck building requirement.
Flare of denial seems low key good in timeless dredge. It plays narcomoeba, prized amalgam and sometimes merfolk sscretkeeper. All cards you dont mind sacking. Also, if the creature was free, doesnt tempo math make the counterspell truly free?
Just realized Yawg has protection from itself, so even if you put Asmo's ability onto a non-human, Yawg could not deal 6 damage to itself So many fun interactions
I really like laelia and kappa I'm glad to see them coming to modern. If there was lotus petal and mox diamond in modern Affinity would be a T1 deck. boros initiave (pre banning), Mono red and gobbo's are some of the kinds of decks I'd like to see possible in modern but they dont have the same fast mana that legacy has.
Flare of Denial feels like they wanted RUG Delver to have more Force of Wills. Also, Leyline of the Guildpact upgrade. Flare of Cultivation pairs nicely with Veteran Explorer. I think Orim's Chant combo could be a thing again, but I think Deduce or Slick Sequence or Counterspell are better pairings for Isochron Scepter (not using it to combo just to grind value).
worth noting with chthonian nightmare that the energy trigger going on the stack lets your opponent haywire mite it or boseiju it or whatever, unlike how recurring nightmare worked
Will say the escape cost on necrogoyf doesn’t require four cards, it’s any number of cards with 4 different types. So you could exile just urza’s saga and haywire mite to escape it. Still a pretty big cost, but not quite as bad as what I think I heard you say
I mean, Sylvan Safekeepr can't directly target Yawgwi, but still cauldron can bypass that with other creatures, it doesn't sound that crazy to me? or maybe i'm trippin idk
me: YeeeY 43 min video so MH3 is not that broken and I can follow the meta Also me: What u min split video?? How many hour long parts we need to study??
Herigast just lets you win the game outright since its each creature spell not just eldrazi, you get Herigast and can emerge a secret card I will not share because its fun not to and demonstrate a loop
@@storeblaa there are MDFC lands in the set and a ton colorless relevancy so, maybe not 7 mana, but I wouldn't be that surprised if they did a MDFC Wastes in this set. (colorless land on one side, colorless spell on the other). That's a "wacky"thing that would make people talk.
Gotta sell them packs. Labyrinth is stupid in a format that lacks Wasteland. If I saw this spoiled in the initial round of spoilers, I would've though Wasteland was surely coming in the second (maybe there's still a chance). The fact that you can return the imprinted card means that you can effectively dodge Thoughtseize in Tron. I don't seeing it being used in Affinity because it doesn't Imprint Thought Monitor and you'd have to bring Enforcer back into the deck to get up to 8 imprint targets. That just doesn't seem very good to me, but I could be wrong. You'd also have to cut artifact lands which doesn't seem great.
I'm a little scared of flash bans with the power level of some of these things, but appreciate that many have enough deckbuilding restrictions to make them at least a bit beyond free to utilize effectively. Ugin's Labyrinth is definitely going to move the needle. Smallpox lookin' good. I'm curious if all the artifact hate has met critical mass yet to unban Mox Opal...
Not really a good comparison. Gemstone caverns only provides mana acelleration if you open with it while being on the draw. A very situational effect that's not worth building around. Plus it's legendary so if you want to play 4 to maximize your odds, you might end up screwing yourself by drawing multiples. This card on the other hand will more consistently ramp you as long as you build around it, can be drawn at any point in the game, even in multiples, and you can actually get the imprinted card back late in the game. There's just no contest Ugin's labirinth is a far more impactful card than Gemstone Caverns could ever hope to be. Only question is how good a deck that needs to play a number of expensive colorless spells can be. Of course Tron comes to mind, but I actually don't think that's the answer since tron would rather spend their land drops trying to assemble the combo rather than just a 1 mana boost.
Eh, it’s like Caverns in that you pitch to it, but the fact that it’s not legendary and works on the play is a massive difference in how it will be played.
In affinity, path for synthesizer and ugin land is slow, affinity would be good if they print urza bauble in mh3, 8 draw rocks that give u mana for cannoneer, patchwork triggers then sac them
Flare of cultivation would be sick in yawg if it weren't for the mana stipulation- I don't think yawg can realistically run enough basics to fully take advantage of it, maybe as a 1 of?
I like Ajani in some sort of Boros legends deck with Mox Amber and there are some lotr payoffs and there are Ragavans and good creatures, you can also play Laelia it just seems powerful
Herigast scares me just a bit. Emerge is sort of balanced around the fact its not placed upon cheap cards and doesn't have color less costs. I worry that with the advent of nulldrifter, we may see dragon get up to some unforeseen shenanigans
herigast does goofy shit for sure but getting dragon in play in the first place is the hard part. 6RR emerge or 9 isnt exactly easy and using a very expensive card to make your cheap cards broken only does so much
"Most Modern decks play spells in them"
Big if true.
My boy Spike cracked the format wide open.
Shadow Wizard Modern Gang
"We love casting spells"
Ugin's labirinth is the kind of card that comes with an expiration date
You mean for a ban?
@@TheBrothers759 yeah, assuming they print some good 7+ mana eldrazi things, which seems like a shoe-in for the theme of the set, this thing is bound to end up busted. it's not even card disadvantage for your sol land, real crazy.
Might be true, but remember how much talk there was about an Urza’s Saga ban too
@@stanislav328 why would they print a bunch of stuff to upgrade Tron then ban the best card out of it while the set is still on sale?
Ancient Tomb/City of Traitor effect in modern will either be a new main staple or get banned.
When they advertised the set as Eldrazi Summer, they weren’t lying
american bruv
spike saying "Ugin's Playhouse" and "Titania, Protector of Yawgmoth" accidentally had me chuckling
Sylvan safekeeper refusing to protect Yawgmoth is such huge flavor win.
Yawgmoth having protection from Humans continues to be hilarious
Like, it's so unnecessary! It just feels so petty!
But now it's a downside
The text on Nethergoyf actually only requires you to meet the 4 card types requirement. It could be 2 cards like Urzas Saga + Esper Sentinel
You still have to pay 3 mana
@patrickmcathey7081 just saying that when people say it's a steep cost to exile 4 cards, it isn't 4 cards
This is a really good point
Still the point of the card is that escaping it makes it smaller, ofc if u have redundant spell types in your graveyard its rly sweet
@@paupanades9957 this was my reaction too, in most cases exiling 4 card types will be a lot more punishing than exiling 4 cards
Ok, I hear you Spike, but also this is the best way Wizards is gonna give you a preview! 😆 Give this man a preview card Wizards!
Ugins Labyrinth actually keeps your big payoff thoughtseize proof
Feature not a bug
But once you get your threat back it taps for 1
@dang.9125 well the land is already tapped that turn anyways so kinda tapping for 0
I think I look forward to Spike powerpoint videos more than any other videos on TH-cam.
the "other red permanent" rider on ajani is how a mono-white card has access to a red ability. it's actually a pretty clever way to gate access to a burn effect without requiring red mana.
Yeah. Even if mono white you can turn it on with Figure of Destiny, but that's mostly just a cube thing anwyays.
See Spike you say that 1 video would be way too long but I would spend hours watching analysis content from you. Love these videos!
I'm still kind of amazed they worded the black Goyf's escape cost like that. Escaping a dead Goyf as early as turn 3 while keeping your graveyard reasonably stacked will be so easy.
Phelia does also interesting things with Containment Priest. Basically turns it into 2 mana 2/2 that can exile one of your opponent's creatures per attack. Both pieces are fetchable off a Recruiter, so there's potential.
Thanks man! If it wasn't for this video I would have no idea there were any spoilers.
For the nethergoyf (correct me if I’m wrong), it doesn’t have to be four different cards. The cards have to encompass 4 types but not necessarily 4 distinct cards.
Cough Urza’s Saga cough cough
Oh geez, I didn't even think about Scion of Draco with Ugin's Labyrinth in, like, Leyline Tron.
"I'll start with a Leyline of the Guildpact on the battlefield. Then I'll play Ugin's Labyrinth imprinting this Scion of Draco. Then I'll cast this other Scion of Draco. Your turn!"
Also, lol at "Ugin's Playhouse" at 23:50.
Flare of denial saccing an evoked subtlety in a stack war sounds sick
pitch 3 cards to counter a spell.. lmao
@@Lunamowon no like once you've already evoked a subtlety and they add to the stack in response lol
@@GeorgieZaccour that doesn't work if they cast a spell while Subtlety is on the stack though, your opp would have to wait for Subtlety to resolve and then with the ability on the stack, cast another spell. Can't think of many situations where that would come up
Like really blue gets another kinda free counter spell?! So does white get a sac creature swords?
@@TheGingervit1s it's not uncommon that people try to interact with the subtlety etb trigger rather than the spell itself, for example with tidebinder, in which case you'd have a window to counter their tidebinder while subtlety is temporarily on the battlefield
Psychic frog seems fun in a grixis maddness shell mayhaps hollow one🤷♂️. Lots of sick stuff in the set already.
notible about chthonian nightmare is that they have a moment to react when the energy gain abbility goef of. unlike recuring nightmare where its really hard to interact with because ur opponent doesnt have a prio to react
Always look out for legends that are good in multiples. Ajani can legend rule himself and flip. Pretty neat
excited to try to use psychic frog to put hollow ones and vengevines into play
This card seems to be one of the best we know yet. it's pretty much psycatog+shadowmage infiltrator but for 1 less mana.
And it also pairs with the Nethergoyf like a charm.
My first thought with Flare of Denial is Crab Vine. Crab, Secretkeeper, Narcomoeba, Prozed Amalgam
while the flares are fucking crazy, i do like that they give more of a reason to play more fair mono decks in modern and other formats.
Multicolored cards exist.
I don't think this is true tbh
Excellent point. Cast triggers feel better than etbs. Harder to play around, but aren't easily abused.
"If Wight of the Reliquary can't power up Crypt of Agadeem, nothing can" xD
Enjoyed the content, Spike!
Khalni Garden with that Wight of the Reliquary looks dope
Awesome and entertaining breakdown Spike! Thank you for expediting this content and sharing it the same day most of these were spoiled. Definitely an exciting time to be a Modern player, and I'm looking forward to more power points and of course all the sick brews. Also reaaaaaallllly interested to hear your take on the true "Blue Moon" Merfolk that was leaked, assuming it's real ;-)
Chthonian Nightmare seems to synergize well with all the Esper Ephermerate stuff. Satoru, the Infiltrator draws a card every time you use the Nightmare. Insidious Roots creating a plant every time would also be possible. Both Roots and Satoru are pitchable to Grief.
hmmm flare of cultivation in Nic Fit.....
>:3
we're so back
And Wight in nic fit too
The new recurring nightmare could find a nice home in the blink dog/soulherder shell, possibly
Saying this is an Obsidian Charmaw / Break the Ice format is like saying Chrome Mox is ok cause Embereth Shieldbreaker exists
*love* the flavor justification you give on sylvan safekeeper not protecting the evil yawgmoth
That opening slide is the best clickbait tease... I clikced on it just because I was afraid they printed all those cards for Modern.
Chtonian nightmare with the cooker (Asmo), keep the energy for big use in futur.
That dog is gonna pop off in d and t that you can tutor it and karakas it haha. Nice.
Winter Moon is definitely not just restricting the player to Basics; it's asymmetric if you're on Eldrazi Temple/Ugin's Labyrinth/Tron Lands. Think Tangle Wire in Vintage Mishra's Workshop decks, this is probably the most likely application of Winter Moon. eg. in Eldrazi T1 Ugin's Labyrinth into Eldrazi Mimic into T2 Winter Moon and you've set your opponent back 1-2 mana and you're untapping 2 mana worth per land a turn.
Meltdown seems amazing against Urza's Saga. R to destroy all Constructs is much better than Shattering Spree in that context
The comment "and then lategame or you know... turn 4" kills me 😂
Orim's chant target /: with one ring on every deck, the protection is relevant against Orim's chant
I'm hyped for Herigast because it has redundancy with bedlam reveler AND its emerge cost is the same as bedlam's casting cost. seems like some interesting shenanigans in the future
omg bedlam reveler. i loved that card so much back when it was playable. it's been so long since i cast it, i forgot it existed
Ugin’s labryinth makes me want to build a tooth and nail list
Sac Veteran Explorer and that is 3 mana with 1 in hand and helps break the symmetry of Veteran Explorer.
Also Orim's Chant is not a strict upgrade to Silence since you can Silence your opponent through Ring protection
Flare of denial seems like dredge's new toy
My first thought when I saw Ugin's Labyrinth was Affinity. For turn one saga and you can get back your 7 drop later which is insane! Strangely enough I don't think Green Tron would play this, I may be wrong.
Edit: with Ugin's Labyrinth you can turn 1 scion of draco "If you have the leyline"
I figured the commons and uncomms would go crazy
big downside to chtonian nightmare - it can be blown up before you can activate it because of the trigger whereas recurring nightmare can't, and that was part of the reason it was good
Flare of Denial is probably the best Cancel ever printed which is nice
I wonder if there's a way to slot Ugin's Labyrinth in the Cottage blast shell to get a palantir of orthanc out on turn 2. You're already running a bunch of high mana stuff, the only problem I see with it is how you make cuts in an already tight landbase that wants domain, lots of swamps for cottage, white for leyline binding, and red for blast itself.
I'm also interested in seeing how Nethergoyf plays into a waste not shell. You already utilize most types of spells (enchantment, land, creature, sorcery, instant), which you will be discarding with burning inquiry, so it could be a great way to introduce an early threat along with ragavan, bringing the manacost of the deck down to a maximum of 2 mana if you build it right, though a sheoldred might be better for winning the late game.
Looking forward to seeing more spoilers as they are leaked or as they are spoiled!
Ugin’s labyrinth is insane no downside at all - if you don’t exile a card still taps for 1 mana and in the late game after you’ve used the mana from the land you can just return the card to your hand. At least keep the card exiled like similar cards in the past. Feels to me like the second best land printed that tapa for two mana behind ancient tomb (others are: eldrazi temple, phyrexion tower, city of traitors, tron land, eye of ugin)
I don’t think it will be nearly as good as Ancient Tomb or City in Legacy, not even close, since having colorless big stuff to pitch is a very significant deck building requirement.
Nethergoyf seems like it might go in decks with Death's Shadow, just because both go well with fetches and Street Wraith
It deffinitely feels like they're trying to make affinity good again, but as Spike pointed out--too many hate cards that are too effective
I for one am extremely excited for Ajani for my cat tribal deck
Late to the party but thanks for the video I love these
40:42, not quite strict, as you can't target a ring protected opponent to protect your own combo if that’s what you're doing with silence
spike joking about brainstorm in the thumbnail, not knowing it is coming ( unconfirmed)
They confirmed on today's weekly stream that Brainstorm is not getting printed into modern
Flare of denial seems low key good in timeless dredge. It plays narcomoeba, prized amalgam and sometimes merfolk sscretkeeper. All cards you dont mind sacking. Also, if the creature was free, doesnt tempo math make the counterspell truly free?
Just realized Yawg has protection from itself, so even if you put Asmo's ability onto a non-human, Yawg could not deal 6 damage to itself
So many fun interactions
I really like laelia and kappa I'm glad to see them coming to modern. If there was lotus petal and mox diamond in modern Affinity would be a T1 deck. boros initiave (pre banning), Mono red and gobbo's are some of the kinds of decks I'd like to see possible in modern but they dont have the same fast mana that legacy has.
Flare of Denial feels like they wanted RUG Delver to have more Force of Wills. Also, Leyline of the Guildpact upgrade. Flare of Cultivation pairs nicely with Veteran Explorer. I think Orim's Chant combo could be a thing again, but I think Deduce or Slick Sequence or Counterspell are better pairings for Isochron Scepter (not using it to combo just to grind value).
4:30 Solitude *itself* can't deal with Emrakul, but an Ephemerated Solitude *can*
Flare of Cultivation looks pretty disgusting btw.
If Tangle Wire gets reprinted into Modern, winter moon may be extra spicy in red prison.
Putting the safekeeper inder cauldron is the way it'll probably be played
worth noting with chthonian nightmare that the energy trigger going on the stack lets your opponent haywire mite it or boseiju it or whatever, unlike how recurring nightmare worked
I will try one or 2 copies ofThe new chtonian nightmare in yawgmoth the fact that you can bring back grist is huge
Gonna wait for that one mad lad, who uses Tyvar, Wight and 2 Bloodghasts to put all their lands into play.
Will say the escape cost on necrogoyf doesn’t require four cards, it’s any number of cards with 4 different types. So you could exile just urza’s saga and haywire mite to escape it. Still a pretty big cost, but not quite as bad as what I think I heard you say
Hope Winter Moon punishes those 4/5 color decks as Back to Basics did in Legacy
I mean, Sylvan Safekeepr can't directly target Yawgwi, but still cauldron can bypass that with other creatures, it doesn't sound that crazy to me? or maybe i'm trippin idk
Cthonian Nightmare can reanimate Grist. Don't even need to build around it, the card is bananas strong in Yawgmoth.
ITS TIME ITS TIME SPIKE U ROCK
me: YeeeY 43 min video so MH3 is not that broken and I can follow the meta
Also me: What u min split video?? How many hour long parts we need to study??
Bro... Flare of cultivation in a Valakut deck sounds insane.... 🤔
yeah, play an arboreal grazer and there you go, 4 lands T1 like its nothing.
@@rocktop-games it doesnt seem fair haha
@@meumeunome I mean, amulet is barely playable, it needed T2 Primeval titans...
Herigast just lets you win the game outright since its each creature spell not just eldrazi, you get Herigast and can emerge a secret card I will not share because its fun not to and demonstrate a loop
First thing I thought of with Ugin's Labyrinth was the 7 mana MDFC lands.
You have to imprint a colorless card
@@dismasthepenitent569 And that's why I suck at this.
ROFL, we've all been there.
But hey if the print 7 mana colorless mdfc tho itll be sick!!
@@storeblaa there are MDFC lands in the set and a ton colorless relevancy so, maybe not 7 mana, but I wouldn't be that surprised if they did a MDFC Wastes in this set. (colorless land on one side, colorless spell on the other). That's a "wacky"thing that would make people talk.
Wright of the reliquary+ bloodghast+ retreat to coralhelm equals every land in your deck in play and a huge knight
Im soooo hyyyyyped, eldrazis actually looking niiiice
Urza's real estate portfolio 😂😂😂
He owns half Dominaria. That's why we are going mostly to other planes now.
Gotta sell them packs. Labyrinth is stupid in a format that lacks Wasteland. If I saw this spoiled in the initial round of spoilers, I would've though Wasteland was surely coming in the second (maybe there's still a chance). The fact that you can return the imprinted card means that you can effectively dodge Thoughtseize in Tron. I don't seeing it being used in Affinity because it doesn't Imprint Thought Monitor and you'd have to bring Enforcer back into the deck to get up to 8 imprint targets. That just doesn't seem very good to me, but I could be wrong. You'd also have to cut artifact lands which doesn't seem great.
I'm a little scared of flash bans with the power level of some of these things, but appreciate that many have enough deckbuilding restrictions to make them at least a bit beyond free to utilize effectively. Ugin's Labyrinth is definitely going to move the needle. Smallpox lookin' good. I'm curious if all the artifact hate has met critical mass yet to unban Mox Opal...
Phelps deals well with tokens too
I think the best comparison for the imprint land is Gemstone Caverns, which has been generally good but also of an appropriate power level for Modern.
Not really a good comparison. Gemstone caverns only provides mana acelleration if you open with it while being on the draw. A very situational effect that's not worth building around. Plus it's legendary so if you want to play 4 to maximize your odds, you might end up screwing yourself by drawing multiples.
This card on the other hand will more consistently ramp you as long as you build around it, can be drawn at any point in the game, even in multiples, and you can actually get the imprinted card back late in the game.
There's just no contest Ugin's labirinth is a far more impactful card than Gemstone Caverns could ever hope to be. Only question is how good a deck that needs to play a number of expensive colorless spells can be. Of course Tron comes to mind, but I actually don't think that's the answer since tron would rather spend their land drops trying to assemble the combo rather than just a 1 mana boost.
Eh, it’s like Caverns in that you pitch to it, but the fact that it’s not legendary and works on the play is a massive difference in how it will be played.
Ugin's Labyrinth works in 8-cast Affinity, just putting it out there.
Also Wight of the Reliquary is insane with Bloodghast!
Thought Monitor isn't colourless, you'd have to have Sojourners Companion or Myr Enforcer for it.
In affinity, path for synthesizer and ugin land is slow, affinity would be good if they print urza bauble in mh3, 8 draw rocks that give u mana for cannoneer, patchwork triggers then sac them
To correct Spike here, you don't need to exile 4 cards for Nethergoyf, just 4 card types. So Urza's Saga and an artifact creature will get you there
Flare of cultivation would be sick in yawg if it weren't for the mana stipulation- I don't think yawg can realistically run enough basics to fully take advantage of it, maybe as a 1 of?
Subtlety feels like a great card to sacrifice in response to an evoke trigger
Im fairly sure i've seen Wirewood Symbiote in one of the spoiler pics. Big if true for Elves
I like Ajani in some sort of Boros legends deck with Mox Amber and there are some lotr payoffs and there are Ragavans and good creatures, you can also play Laelia it just seems powerful
Orim's isn't ALWAYS better silence. Orims target, but Silence doesn't - it's important in this 1% MU, when you play vs white leyline (for example)
You can in response bolt. Snap. Bolt then counterspell.
"Flare of Cultivation would love another grazer to be good"
Arena: "I have just the thing" *slides a Kami of Bamboo Groves on the field*
Flare of denial is really good in Mill decks
I think it’s interesting how they printed fast mana that avoids being playable in cEDH but is still playable I modern
Based on the flavor text of Winter Moon, we might be getting Veteran Explorer in modern.
The EMA winter orb quotes the same character, I wouldn't put any stock in it
(But yes I would love to see nic fit ported to modern)
Herigast scares me just a bit. Emerge is sort of balanced around the fact its not placed upon cheap cards and doesn't have color less costs. I worry that with the advent of nulldrifter, we may see dragon get up to some unforeseen shenanigans
herigast does goofy shit for sure but getting dragon in play in the first place is the hard part. 6RR emerge or 9 isnt exactly easy and using a very expensive card to make your cheap cards broken only does so much
The new emrakul is basically Norin, the Weary with more tentacles
14:46 interestingly if you legend rule your ajaini you get to flip the first one
Wait flare of denial merfolk seems sick
When I first read labyrinth I assumed it was legendary but it’s not? I know exiling multiple big spells is hefty but could happen