Hour of Devastation Spoilers
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Posted on June 14, 2017, 1:43 a.m. by Zaueski
Number of Cards: 184
Prerelease: July 8-9
Release: July 14
Cards released thus far Show
You may yet have some hope. Bolt itself isn't coming back into Standard any time soon, but Wizards has openly acknowledged that the balance of power between creatures and removal has shifted too far in the favor of creatures for a while now, and that they're trying to fix the mistake with the sets they're currently working on. Lightning Strike probably qualifies as removal.
Damn, I'd have never thought I would one day hope for a reprint of Lightning Strike, because reverse power creep deeply annoys me. And it better not be an uncommon.
July 10, 2017 6:30 a.m.
GeminiSpartanX says... #4
I attended 2 prereleases on Saturday, and won BOTH OF THEM!!
The 1st one had 18 players, (4 rounds) and I opened an insane RB deck. 2 Dreamstealers (one was my prerelease promo), Neheb, the Eternal, Sand Strangler, and 5+ great red removal spells. I paired it with black for curve reasons, even though I had some decent green cards and 2 of my removal spells were Struggle / Survive. I went 4-0 and didn't even drop a game until the last round.
The 2nd one was much smaller with only 9 players, and was only 3 rounds. I played a BW deck that was headed up by Crested Sunmare and Liliana, Death's Majesty. My promo was Wildfire Eternal which I opted not to use. Again, I had lots of removal and finally found a reason to play 2 copies of Trespasser's Curse in limited -> The HORSE! In the 3 matches I played, I never saw Lily but the horse straight up won me the game every time it hit the field. I played deserts with solitary camels and Sacred Cat just for the lifelink in addition to the curses and an aven of enduring hope . 5/5 indestructible horses are the real deal in limited.
No Bolas's for me in the 32 total packs I opened, but I did manage to get a pack foil Ramunap Excavator
and 2 non-foil copies, which was nice :)
July 10, 2017 8:15 a.m. Edited.
AgentGreen says... #5
I scored packs in both my events; but I flamed out in both
Yesterday's 3rd round Game two I had the unfortunate event where my opponent played T2 Rhonas's Last Stand; me missing a land drop on T3, and him playing his second Last stand on T4. 10 power on his side of the board vs. my empty board state....yeah, I scooped at that point. Even he declared it was quite disgusting that happened
July 10, 2017 9:24 a.m.
I won the prerelease that I went to yesterday! I played W/G aggro with a splash of red for Blur of Blades, Magma Spray, and Chaos Maw. Chaos Maw won me every game that I played it. I won 7 prize packs and didn't get any mythic rares between them and my prerelease pack. But I did pull a promo Endless Sands (which looks awesome when it is foil) a pack foil Imminent Doom, a Rhonas's Last Stand, a Bontu's Last Reckoning, and a Kefnet's Last Word. Overall it was a very fun!
July 10, 2017 10:26 a.m.
landofMordor says... #8
Anybody seen the new SDCC promos for planeswalkers? Anybody have a clue what the Bolas art is doing? I can't figure that one out, though I think the others are really neat.
July 10, 2017 3:39 p.m.
Homura_Akemi says... #11
landofMordor Notice how Chandra is looking back at Nissa? #Nissa x Chandra relationship confirmed (jk)
July 10, 2017 8:44 p.m.
The only thing which bailed out the artwork on the promos is the fact that they are foils, in my opinion. It probably looks decent in paper.
July 11, 2017 5:17 a.m.
I like that they look like hieroglyphics, giving them an Egyptian theme.
It's something a bit different.
July 11, 2017 7:46 a.m.
Also Chandra is looking in a different direction from everybody else because she doesn't give a fuck.
July 11, 2017 8:15 a.m.
That's what hieroglyphics are SUPPOSED to look like.
I like 'em better than an almost completely black card where you can hardly read the text.
July 11, 2017 10:29 a.m.
Oloro_Magic says... #17
I agree with Argy, I love the promos in fact they may be the first ones I actually pick up, there are some great cards in there and I love the art.
Argy says... #1
Wow.
July 10, 2017 4:14 a.m.