Current Review On Notable Spolers From Kaladesh
Spoilers, Rumors, and Speculation forum
Posted on Sept. 11, 2016, 10:55 p.m. by TeePee
So Far I have With The Current Cards Spoiled Have Been Building some decks to get an idea of what I think is worth having and my current value and rating before the cards are out. I won't be doing every card only cards i think are note-able Some Mythics , Rares, Uncommon's,commons.This Is All Strictly Rated On For Standard And Limited Play Currently.
Lets Start With The Rares :Lathnu Hellion Its a 3 mana 4/4 haste with the ability of when it enters you gain 2 energy and choice of Having to Pay two to keep it alive Every Turn From Then on so not based on any other cards with it a red 4/4 haste that has 2 attacks if not killed I see no reason to not run it in an aggro deck it seems very solid and through testing it has been a valued clock. I give it as of right now as far as a rare goes 9 out of 10 . For what type of deck this would be in it just does everything you want .
Skyship Stalker now a 4 mana 3/3 flier as far as stats is mediocre at best but what stands out is all of its abilities. as it sticks or just a late game draw with a bunch of mana a haste, first strike, fire-breather is just all around solid to the extent that you have the mana . it also fits in the red play style and gives them a value draw late game. In limited i can see this being a snap pick in draft if your in red .Now for standard i do expect to this to see play how much only time and deck creativity will tell I rate this a 7/10 only because the body is so weak and you need the mana to make it a real threat.
Fleetwheel Cruiser Unlike most of the other new artifact Vehicles With The Crew Mechanic I think This at the Rare Spot is the best One Because of the fact that it enters as the creature until the end of the turn and you Don't have to immediately crew it which may save valuable resources and its a 5/3 Haste Trample For Aggro I also Really Like This Card. For What It Does As Abilities You can't ask for much more i still give it a 7/10 it would be a 10 if only it stayed a creature you still have to crew every turn after so it could be rendered useless for a time.
Panharmonicon Now For This Artifact That Has Got Everyone Going Crazy Way More For Standard Than I personally Would have expected . So People Are Gonna load Decks or try to with Etb Creatures and such to get maximum Value which i agree is cool and can be powerful with many old and new cards the problem is it sets you behind a turn or as a late game draw it does nothing for the most part . As it's a non legendary it will "trap" people into running maybe even 4 in a deck i think that would be too many personally and may make people's deck's end up being less consistent and the fact people will get greedy and hold all the cards that go with it not all the time but more often for hope of better value . This is one of those cards that can go many way's I may be completely wrong but I don't think it will be a staple in any of the Tier 1 standard decks . The Power Of The Card For it's Mana Cost Could Be Strong Which Is Why I Give it a 6/10 .
Kambal, Consul of Allocation So a 3 Drop Human That Goes in a humans list or many other things that are Orzhov Color's . This Card Say's Aggro / No To Control. It will Immediately See Play In Any Deck's In Those Color's in some way i think it's very solid 2/3 which with it's effect is acceptable but with the possibility of all the pumps in human deck's I think they will become t1 again . With Languish Gone And No 4 mana Wipe in sight it get's Much Stronger. I give this Card a 8/10 I'm glad it's legendary .
Lost Legacy So Infinite Obliteration Rotates And They Give Us A Worse And Better Version Worse In The Fact That If Your Opponent Has Any Number Of the Named Card in hand they will draw that many , But Better in the fact That It's Not Just Creatures anymore it's anything Besides Artifact's Or Lands. I find this still to be better because of that flexibility It will be in Almost every Black sideboard Or Should be . 8/10.
Paradoxical Outcome I bet A lot Of You Are Wondering Why I have included this on the list over other rare's I see This As More Of A situational Strategic Card but Playable . One You Can Dodge Board Wipes or removal or combat With Anything And Get Profit By Drawing Additional Cards if your saving a dear creature or Even a Planeswalker or 2 I see the possibilities Endless with it but at the same time It Might Not See A lot Of Play at the very least i think it should be in any sideboard in this current color. I give it a 7/10. It Has Potential And Will Find It's time in standard.
Ceremonious Rejection Keep It Simple 1 Mana Counter An artifact , or any devoid spell and Eldrazi . Just A Great Card As an eldrazi player this annoys me . 9/10
Speedway Fanatic 2 mana 2/1 Haste. Okay so far It's Alright Now In A Crew Vehicle Deck that is where the potential Value is at. Making any Crew Vehicle Have Haste can Be Powerful. Downside It's weak on it's own And Can't Do Any Real Attacking Itself or blocking unless your willing to trade and most times not even that. 5/10 I have tested it and seems to be singularly built for that one type of deck .
Voltaic Brawler A Gruul Human . 3/2 For Two With Average stats. But gives you two energy and a motive to attack as a 4/3 trample potentially multiple Times. Very Solid Limited a deck may appear in standard with it. for an uncommon no downside 8/10.
Cloudblazer The More I Look at this card the better it gets in my mind. okay a 5 mana 2/2 flier sounds weak ...But It does Gain you 2 life and draw you two cards and its a HUMAN . UW humans is already a thing this being at the top end surely wouldn't be bad imagine blinking it or Double enter effects seems cool for an uncommon and could actually very well see standard play 8/10 .
Now Time For The Time Most People Have been Waiting For..Mythic Reviews.
Verdurous Gearhulk When I Seen This Spoiled I Just Said WOW. A 5 mana 8/8 Trample.That's the Simplest Way To Put it Althought The 4 Counters Could Go To Anything I see No Downside to this card . Simply Powerful Will See Alot Of Standard Play and For That I give it a 9/10.
Torrential Gearhulk 6 mana 5/6 flash seem's like a decent body and can be played at any time nothing special though until you add the effect to play an instant from your graveyard for free . It could be a counter or kill spell or many other things at first i was like this isn't special but i take that back. Think of it as I counter your spell and Get a 5/6 Or Any Of your instant effects and get a big body I think this among all of the new Hulk Mythics Are Very Playable This Could Be In a Plethora Of Decks But Only Time Will Tell I give this a 8/10.
Noxious Gearhulk Another 6 mana Hulk. 5/4 body which is underwhelming Has menace which is nice . So far Below Par But where this card Shines is its ETB Effect . Destroy Any Other Creature and Gain That Creatures Toughness now that is strong in so many way's It Changes The Tempo And I like that I feel Like Black Needed This It Does Everything You Want At The Potential 6 Drop Top Curve Slot in your Deck. 8/10.
Cataclysmic Gearhulk Alright So at the 5 mana slot you have a 4/5 vigilance that alone is almost playable . It Has An Almost Tragic Arrogance Effect When It enters just a little worse but as a temple play against deck's that go wide or walkers and many other things it seems just alright. You keep him as an artifact your walker and another threat this will see play i think in a noticeable Amount . Blinking It over and over could be where it shines but even without that it lock's some deck's out of the game which that makes it good. 9/10.
Metallurgic Summonings This Card Is...In the standard Format Very Mediocre sure after you stick it and start casting all kind of spells you get these creatures. but its a turn after kind of card and sometimes not even that you have to have the instants and sorcery's people are going to try building around this card in standard which is wrong to me . It's gonna get outclassed by so many other cards and decks and will fall far behind. It's a casual fun card for that i give it 5/10 We needed a bad mythic in the set.
Demon of Dark Schemes 6 mana 5/5 flier that costs triple black first off its gonna usually be hard to run this in any deck more than two color's although it has a lot of potential because it gives everything else -2 -2 until end of turn resembles Massacre Wurm in that sense but it does hit your creatures which is worrisome potentially. BUT it uses the new energy Mechanic and whenever any creature dies you get an energy okay that seems alright especially with it's activated ability. You pay 2B and 4 energy and you get any creature from any graveyard put tapped under your control with this already being a late game card the target value of this card goes up. I Could See Some Of The Decks Running 1-2 of this and doing just fine i think it will see moderate play and as time goes by it's play-ability will improve. I was gonna rate this card pretty low but after talking about it and its potential I do like it more and give it a 7/10 solely for the BBB mana makes it harder to cast.
Angel of Invention First thoughts when I see this seems playable nothing special....now after a lot of play-testing in many lists I think This is One Of The Better Cards in the set.For example top end curve in any aggro lists this gives you a decent life-link, Vigilance,Flying Creature Or A very Small Flying Creature but Adds Two More Bodies To The Field Oh And It's An Anthem Which is what makes it so much more playable . It's only real Downfall Is How Weak Of A creature it is and will end up dying to virtually any removal Spell Which Doesn't cripple but hurts it. That is what will hurt it's Rating For Me Nonetheless Still a Good Card . 7.5/10
Rashmi, Eternities Crafter UG Elf ..So it is a 4 mana 2/3 body which is bad but the card is for it's triggered Ability . It reward's you for playing spells which is always nice. You Either Play an Extra Card Or Draw A Card I Can see this being played in some decks in standard who knows with coco rotating this could be a 4 drop replacement and be just fine. because of the fact it's body is so weak and it's legendary 7/10 still a solid card I like.
Nissa, Vital Force Now For A New Walker Always exciting she is a 5 mana 5 loyalty that +1 gives you a big blocker for a turn or a beat down land . Combined With The Man Lands Could Be Even Better a solid +1 . Now it's -3 is a Eternal Witness Which Is Always a good thing Those two abilities alone are really solid now with it's ultimate which Costs 6 loyalty (keep in mind the 2nd turn its out you can ultimate it) it makes it where every time a land enters the battlefield under your control you draw a card a really solid ultimate keeping you finding what you need to win the game. Overall This Is A good playable walker and will be seen as a 1-2 of in many decks i give it a rating of 8/10.
Saheeli Rai 3 mana Izzet Walker Oh How a lot of people are drooling . Hate to Break It to you Though she has the same exact loyalty Count Overall Of Liliana but way worse She doesn't protect itself, And is really bad when you're behind, and doesn't really generate card advantage. Her +1 is very weak, and her -2 requires you to have a target before it does anything. I Think She Will Be played but usually You Will Want Her Later in the game for more value in my opinion and i consider her the worst planeswalker in the set and One Of The Worse Mythic's Her being 3 mana does open up Quick Value But Might only get one use or you would rather have removal. I give her a 6/10 .
Chandra, Torch of Defiance New Chandra Came as a Surprise to Most being A 4 mana 4 ability planeswalker which some are already comparing it to Jace, the Mind Sculptor please don't. Although it is good its not as good. 4 mana 4 loyalty with 2 different +1 effects one making another card potentially playable from the top of your deck this turn and if you don't cast the card no problem Your Opponent's Take 2 Damage . It's other +1 add's RR to your mana pool which is also good and can help cast other spells.It Also Has a -3 that deals 4 damage to a creature . And If you Get to An Ultimate I wouldn't say you just win but it's close..Whenever you would cast a spell You Deal 5 damage to a creature or player which is detrimental. Overall Good Abilities For a good cost easily the priciest card in the set and well worth it. I Give Her a 10/10 She Provides acceleration , Defense , And Card Advantage.
I would love to hear feedback about your thoughts on this . These are just my personal opinions and would love to hear why you agree and disagree with me and why you may like certain cards or your deck ideas! I Didn't Cover a lot of the cards but if you wanna hear my thoughts on any other cards just let me know.
Formatting is a real problem here, as well as the capitalization reminiscent of Jaden Smith. While I appreciate the in-depth review of cards, this is nigh impossible to read and kinda makes my eyes hurt just trying.
Sorry!
September 11, 2016 11:16 p.m.
ducttapedeckbox says... #4
I appreciate the time and effort that you have put into this post, but as said above, your presentation and formatting could use some work. To me, the main issue is the capitalization of random words - if you have access to Microsoft Word, copy and paste what you wrote and give it a grammar check (F7 key on a PC). Google docs or similar programs should also work. These changes would be a quick fix and infinitely increase the appeal of reading your post.
While this isn't a site where grammar necessarily matters, creating a readable post is crucial to foster a meaningful discussion. This is especially important when you devote a large chunk of time to writing an extensive review, only to have others unable to comfortably read it.
September 11, 2016 11:49 p.m. Edited.
I think your ratings are WAY too generous a 10 should be EXTREMELY rare like liliana and collected company in current standard are the only 10s I would say currently. I know that you can make whatever scale you want but slapping a ten on everything just makes it seem like you aren't evaluating the cards harshly enough and anything that is playable is a 10 and that's just a poor evaluation in my opinion.
September 12, 2016 12:17 a.m.
Onion_duck says... #6
Nice review, enjoyed the read. If I may offer my 2-cents I think Panharmonicon shouldn't be looked at like a standard or limited card. This one has EDH written all over it for me. There are already plenty of Blink decks taking advantage of ETB effects that I see this being added to all of them.
The more I see of Torrential Gearhulk the more I like it. Shame it ONLY affects instants and not sorceries but I can see it possibly being played as the beater in a Control deck. It really is just a fatter Snapcaster Mage.
Also I'm so happy they finally made a Chandra that may actually be playable.
September 12, 2016 12:54 a.m.
Onion_duck thank you for the feedback I appreciate it and I agree about it being an edh card I just was reviewing on standard and limited for the set currently because I've heard a lot of talk about this and standard and had to get my thoughts out there on a more realistic look . I love edh this is snap stamped in my decks . As for Chandra it will be played in many lists I've done testing online with it already and it's been good it hasn't been overpowered like when they emergency banned jace when it was in standard . Chandra is one of those that has a lot of potential I won't personally be playing her but I can't wait to see the results .
September 12, 2016 4:22 a.m.
A 4 mana 3/3 flier with firebreathing is not "mediocre at best" in terma of its body.
September 12, 2016 8:59 a.m.
TeePee holy run-on sentences Batman. Here's a little trick for you when writing: see if you feel out of breath while doing so. While reading, the brain tends to "follow the motions" of saying the words to an extent. Try using this trick to make your comments flow better and to allow readers to understand what you're saying better.
September 12, 2016 10:30 a.m.
HairyManBack says... #10
I'd say I'm about 0.5 away from your average assessment. :)
Definitely agree with the big hulks. But not Cloudblazer at all.
September 12, 2016 10:36 p.m.
HairyManBack I realized on most I didn't verify it, but I meant for that card as a limited Rating Not Standard Play ability . And That's cool To Hear Your Evaluation also :)
McKz says... #2
angel.. <3. chandra.. did i hear money with a side of money?
September 11, 2016 11 p.m.