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We're going off topic but I'm mostly hoping _Capenna _keeps Demons in black, or at least avoid green and white ones without black. (Angels could make up the non-black shard/wedge factions.)

DemonDragonJ: while I expect there to be some more Demons in Crimson Vow, I think they're leaving room for other creature types since Streets of New Capenna will probably have your hellish needs covered

GrimlockVIII: Also Larder Zombie, Titans' Nest, and Eat to Extinction

Took me forever but Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth is an actual Surveil commander, so you can now reliably run Disinformation Campaign

golgarigirl: While I don't believe I'm "upset", I think they should have asked people about it beforehand rather than keeping it to themselves for almost a year. What's the point of a "community created format" if the default is ultimitely decided by the the shadowy council of some opaque ivory tower?

Whoops wrong thread ._.

Yeah the Golos ban just feels bizzare, and that's from someone who's never built him. Kenrith, Najeela, Jodah, Ramos are all perfectly functional alternatives for open-ended 5-color strategies. I don't see him being all that oppresively unfun as most other cards on the banlist either. Now you're just limiting people from doing fun stuff, Dungeon Descent as a secret commander.

Yeah the Golos ban just feels bizzare, and that's from someone who's never built him. Kenrith, Najeela, Jodah, Ramos are all perfectly functional alternatives for open-ended 5-color strategies. I don't see him being all that oppresively unfun as most other cards on the banlist either. Now you're just limiting people from doing fun stuff, Dungeon Descent as a secret commander.

Commander product time

Elouise, Nephalia Sleuth: Meh, I feel it's a bit overcosted. But sure, you can probably fill your graveyard quite rapidly with misc. token sacrifice

Cleaver Skaab: Anyone read Pact?

Crowded Crypt: no boring nontoken clause here! Not a bad finisher for aristocrats decks.

Hordewing Skaab: Curse of the Restless Dead: kinda situational but more anti-landfall is nice

Curse of Unbinding: I was excited until I saw the mana cost. Oh well, at least it's funny against those Polymorph/Proteus Staff decks

Prowling Geistcatcher: extra funny with Gisa, Glorious Resurrector and other thieves

Kyler, Sigardian Emissary: Sigarda is hope. Sigarda is love. Memes aside, people-elfball is getting more viable

Somberwald: I'm dissapointed that this is the only Wolf token maker in the product. Overcosted too.

Curse of Clinging Webs: I'm just glad Spider tribal is getting something, even if this feels more black

Celebrate the Harvest: I feel Harvest Season is way easier to abuse

Wall of Mourning: Not Bob but not bad either. Gogo flicker.

Stalwart Pathlighter: meh, there's already Frontline Medic

Moorland Rescuer: Not too bad even if black can do this way more efficiently. Gogo pumping

Oh but I'll give her props for having a voodoo doll of the Unluckies Planeswalker

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor is just weird; there's currently not a whole lot of options for grixis to sac enchantments to make the recursion & card draw happen with regularity, and a random Cleansing Nova or something could turn really nasty. Not sure about the color identity either, it feels limiting. For my own idea for a Curse commander I just made it mono-black with partner.

seshiro_of_the_orochi: Seeing as it requires a 6-drop, can only be done once per rotation (or four with a flash enabler), and doesn't work with the Shuffeldrazi or Blightsteel Colossus I think it's OK

By my count there's 20 Werewolves in the set, including Arlinn. Meanwhile, it also has 15 Vampires (plus Hungry for More). That's just a 25% difference, and I doubt Crimson Vow will have a similar ratio. Oh well, less whining, more commenting:

Cathat Commando: Kinda neat to include flash with the Seal of Cleansing design, although 3 power on a 2-drop is already pretty impressive.

Falcon Abomination: Man that face is goofy. Where did they even get a head that big? Also, bird zombie token.

Memory Deluge: Wow, did we really need to include the optical nerves? One of the grossest pieces of MtG art I've seen in a while.

Otherwordly Gaze: Surveil is sufferince in silence. ANyway, really neat art, I like the details on the eyes. I dunno if that makes my last comment weird.

Unblinking Ovserver: So is the joke that Yzlkpk is kinda stupid and doesn't know what a mirror is?

Morkrut Behemoth: I guess that answers my question on Falcon Abomination. But how did it get so big in the first place? Important musings.

Olivia's Midnight Ambush: I wanted to whine less but now the Vampires are even hijacking the Werewolve's story! Jokes aside, I feel like the story epidoes not keeping up with the card spoilers leads to awkward moments, like seeing In Bolas's Clutches long before the final Ravnica chapter was released.

Rotten Reunion: Meh, this particular parody has been done a lot.

Stolen Vitality: This is unintentionally goofy.

Bramble Armor: Who else though this was an Aura at a glance?

Brood Weaver: Hold on, is this the only Spider in the set? Man, I hope VOW rectifies that.

Morning Apparition: [Disturb wholesomeness intensifies]

Ecstatic Awakener: With Warlock supposedly being black's designated caster class creature type, it feels weird that Innistrad, one of the most black flavored planes, have Warlocks as green/white while leaving black with Wizard.

Gleeock: I know right? I'm holding out on the hope that Crimson Bond will feature some new Werewolves too.

Dennick, Pious Apprentice: Spirtual sucessor to Roalesk, Apex Hybrid in commiting suicide by legend rule for fun and profit. Cast one copy of his card, then later cast another copy to send it straight to the graveyard, ready to be Disturbed.

Butcher the Lineage: I like how the art makes it look like she's scratched the man on the painting bloody

Florian, Voldaren Scion: Looks like an Insolent Neonate that cleaned up his act. One weakness of impulsive draw is that you risk exiling something you can't play this turn; digging nicely reduces this risk. Has an obvious place in the 99 of Prosper, Tome-Bound.

Firmament Sage: I wonder how much this effect would have to be nerfed in order to be white. Just "Whenever night becomes day"?

Sunstreak Phoenix: Like Dragons, I don't feel Phoenixes are appropriate for this plane. At least it's a heron.

Hallowed Respite: Neat tweak off Flicker. Dunno what the deal with the nonlegendary clause is tho.

Curse of Surveillance: Yeah, one of the scarier pieces of art so far. Get some gloves!

Spellrune Painter: Not really a fan of this design; feel that there's not enough of a payoff for managing the tension between one ability that rewards you for casting multiple spells and another that rewards you for not casting.

Stuffed Bear: Haha so goofy, I love it. Kinda wish it became a 2/2 with a 1 + 1 cost tho but whatever

Sigarda's Splendor: Meh, not the hero mono-white EDH is holding out for. You've all heard the criticism of Phyrexian Arena by now, and this is both more expensive and requires you to jump trough a hoop, all while making it harder to synergize life gain with life payment.

Lier, Disciple of the Drowned: Spells, period? Were they concerned with mindless counterspelling being too efficient for card advantage? Anyway, EDH-blue got unholy abominations like Resculpt available to it, so the lack of counterspells isn't as painful as it could be. Both Dralnu and Kess have been successful in EDH, but I can't say how much Lier trading extra colors for the ability to flashback more than will hurt him. Also, the flavor text foreshadowing more lovecraftian gods feels kinda redundant with Emrakul chilling in the moon, even if it's not new.

Moonsilver Key: oof, looks like Avacyn has gone and lost her head again

Vadrix, Astral Archmage: Obviously similar to Mizzix of the Izmagnus. Similarly to Spellrune Painter, I feel the actual day/night part is kinda incidental and self-deafeating. You can use power-boosting spells as rituals. Runechanter's Pike has found a home! Also, while I mean no offense, I feel like it was a mistake to include a bald black wizard-man with a black beard, white robes and a blue jacket in the same set as Teferi. (Yes, the latter has hair on his head but it's cut very short.)

Outland Liberator: That's more like it! The front is already rubbing shoulders with Thrashing Brontodon & Caustic Caterpillar, while the back gives pretty incredible repeatable value. (Also, is the flavor of the front that she gets eaten by the wolf?)

Ludevic: Yeah I always felt that the flavor justification for Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist being red was off, the guy's so unfettered... and it looks like he's gone completly off the rails here! Despite being an absolute clusterfuck, his backside has managed to avoided Horror-typing. (And yes, Olag seems to be him and not just a new creation.) Mechanically, I feel like he's mostly a The Mimeoplasm that traded green for more self-sufficiency. He might be more useful in the 99 as a self-miller that can eventually reanimate something.

Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer: Meh, feels like a rehash of Tajic, Legion's Edge or a cheaper Firesong and Sunspeaker. But sure, go ahead with e.g. Earthquake, Price of Progress, and Arcbond.

Katilda, Dawnhart Headwitch: You leave my poor furries alone, they've suffered enough! Anyway, People-elfball goooo

Thraben Exorcism: StopShot, this is probably the closest you'll get to that whiteVictim of Night throwback

Dauntless Avenger: Quite nice payoff for aristocrats decks

Morbid Opportunist: I like this design, making sure something dies each turn sounds pretty fun. No nontoken clause either!

Hound Tamer: How is the flipside a "Pup"?

Griselbrand's Mask: I don't know why but there's something funny about the guy wearing it

Adeline, Splendid Cathar: Marisi is happy to take her in even if that color weight is a little painful. I assume Thalia and Odric are both getting their own cards.

Ant Uprising: ANTS

Delver of Secrets: oh no

I'm kinda irked that Vampires both get a red rare slot and a rare mythic slot in the designated Werewolf set. The set feels more Human-oriented than anything. But hey, still almost half to go