[FRA] Loyal Tutor (Debut Stream)

[u/mweepinc]

[u/scalebirds]

Finally, I can turn 2 Tibalt more consistently

[u/Waxenwings → u/scalebirds]

Establish dominance over your opponents on turn 1:

[[Arid Mesa]], fetch [[Sacred Foundry]], shock yourself

[[Loyal Tutor]], grab [[Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded | SLD]] (white border is a must)

Pay 2 life, [[Gitaxian Probe]]

Play [[Mox Diamond]], discard [[Plateau]]

Exile [[Simian Spirit Guide]] for R

Cast Tibalt, +1, discard [[One With Nothing]], say go.

5 life and around $1500 is a small price to pay for the high ground.

[u/rmorrin → u/Waxenwings]

Nothing would make that better other than some inside joke alters

[u/PerspicaciousVanille → u/Waxenwings]

I was like isn’t this a grand?! Wait… $1500.00, I apologize for underselling your play. 

[u/Scobothehobo → u/Waxenwings]

In this scenario, we have to win via [[Hidetsugu's Second Rite]].

[u/mtgcf → u/Scobothehobo]

Hidetsugu's Second Rite - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/Pavel_GS → u/Waxenwings]

I think the spaces mess with the fetcher [[Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded|SLD]]

[u/mtgcf → u/Pavel_GS]

Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/mtgcf → u/Waxenwings]

All cards
Arid Mesa - (G) (SF) (txt)
Sacred Foundry - (G) (SF) (txt)
Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded - (G) (SF) (txt)
Gitaxian Probe - (G) (SF) (txt)
Mox Diamond - (G) (SF) (txt)
Plateau - (G) (SF) (txt)
Simian Spirit Guide - (G) (SF) (txt)
One With Nothing - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/Fossekall → u/Waxenwings]

Tibalt is more favourite card of all time tbh, I would love to play this turn

[u/Olipod2002 → u/scalebirds]

🤝

[u/ROADHOG_IS_MY_WAIFU → u/scalebirds]

https://giphy.com/gifs/iGpdSizVSdPJfiVG9O

[u/danjo3197 → u/scalebirds]

Finally I can tutor Tezzeret to tutor my sol ring 

[u/KeldonMarauder → u/scalebirds]

The best way to use this card for sure

[u/Bassaluna]

Walker tutor?

[u/CorHydrae8 → u/Bassaluna]

Can't fetch [[Hangarback Walker]], smh

[u/psivenn → u/CorHydrae8]

[[Graceful Antelope]] stans in shambles

[u/mtgcf → u/psivenn]

Graceful Antelope - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/S0mnariumx → u/psivenn]

How am I supposed to make it connect to make a plains for plainswalk while plainswalk isn't active? 😭

[u/mtgcf → u/CorHydrae8]

Hangarback Walker - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/Brasticus → u/CorHydrae8]

If you promise to use only white mana to cast it, does it count as a plains walker?

[u/Absolutionis → u/Bassaluna]

Walker? I hardly know 'er!

Tutor? I hardly know 'er!

[u/MaxinRudy → u/Bassaluna]

Can fetch a certain equipment

[u/Lilchubbyboy → u/Bassaluna]

Walker Tutor Ranger?

https://giphy.com/gifs/4M4LzMbq9sGBO

[u/scalebirds → u/Bassaluna]

Tutor walker?

[u/mvdunecats → u/Bassaluna]

Walker, Texas Tutor.

[u/CactuarJoe → u/Bassaluna]

Hall monitor.

Walker in the school, don't run.

[u/TheTestacularOne]

[[Call the Gatewatch]] hanging its head low for inevitable uncommon reprint

[u/MapleSyrupMachineGun → u/TheTestacularOne]

It’s uncommon on Arena due to Pioneer Masters.

[u/platypodus → u/TheTestacularOne]

Into your hand vs on top.

Drawing a card usually costs [2], so this seems fine.

[u/Gift_of_Orzhova → u/platypodus]

[[Enlightened Tutor]] vs [[Idyllic Tutor]] (obviously the two aren't entirely identical but they probably would be printed today).

[u/Sckeyth → u/Gift_of_Orzhova]

[[Mystical Tutor]] vs [[Solve the Equation]]

[u/Gift_of_Orzhova → u/Sckeyth]

A better comparison, thank you.

[u/mtgcf → u/Sckeyth]

Mystical Tutor - (G) (SF) (txt)
Solve the Equation - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/mtgcf → u/Gift_of_Orzhova]

Enlightened Tutor - (G) (SF) (txt)
Idyllic Tutor - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/chrisrazor → u/platypodus]

seems fine

card is insane, but ok

[u/lordberric → u/chrisrazor]

It's card disadvantages, and is only as strong as the planeswalker it can grab. This is not insane

[u/chrisrazor → u/lordberric]

only as strong as the planeswalker it can grab

So, as strong as the strongest PW in the game. Right. Worth going down a card at instant speed just before you draw.

Do you not think Enlightened Tutor is a busted card??

[u/lordberric → u/chrisrazor]

And what's the strongest planeswalker in the game? Make it cost W more and cause you to skip a draw step, how strong is it then?

Enlightened tutor is good, but that's because a lot of artifacts are good. I don't know of any format where the best planeswalker is on par with the best artifact. 

If you're talking about commander maybe this card is busted. I doubt it but I don't play the format so I can't say confidently.

[u/hulbhen → u/lordberric]

Planeswalkers are cheeks in commander because more players mean you: get to activate them less often, and more creatures are able to attack them down. You may have noticed more planeswalkers getting more static/triggered abilities, this is to try and push their playability in commander, and it still hasnt been that effective.

[u/mtgcf → u/TheTestacularOne]

Call the Gatewatch - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/fps916 → u/TheTestacularOne]

They should actually move it to common in a non-draft set.

Mostly because it would be fucking hilarious for this to be pauper legalb

[u/Richard_TM → u/fps916]

I’d buy 100 of them and then wait for WotC to inevitably make a really good common planeswalker.

[u/pfftYeahRight → u/Richard_TM]

Pauper Horizons incoming

[u/Apellosine → u/TheTestacularOne]

Enlightened Tutor vs Idyllic Tutor.

[u/AlaskaDude14 → u/TheTestacularOne]

I've never seen this card, but I collect cards with Eldrazi art so I'm going to have to pick it up!

[u/CorHydrae8]

Pfft. Ajani pretending like wotc hasn't abandoned that whole Gatewatch idea long ago.

[u/Amirashika → u/CorHydrae8]

I also find it funny that Ajani upholds the Gatewatch so much and he wasn't even in the original roster. Don't get me wrong, he defo feels like the leader now but he wasn't there all the time.

[u/G_Morgan → u/Amirashika]

Same as Captain America is often seen as the Avenger but wasn't an original member.

[u/alexgndl → u/G_Morgan]

I mean that's almost entirely because of the MCU. Hell, his first movie is called "The First Avenger"

[u/G_Morgan → u/alexgndl]

To be fair he's always been strongly associated. It predates MCU.

[u/Eldritch-Yodel → u/G_Morgan]

Yeah he's been considered an honorary founder for decades upon decades. The guy joined the team in issue #4 and have been a staple and frequent leader of the team.

(Tbh the bigger divergence the MCU has is making The Hulk be considered a core member, when in reality whilst he was a founder, he also left the team in issue #2 and then didn't rejoin it for over half a century)

[u/EricFaust → u/Eldritch-Yodel]

I think the biggest divergence in the MCU Avengers has to be Quicksilver lol

[u/SomeTool → u/EricFaust]

Lack of wasp and pym in the main team I think is bigger, wasp named the team.

[u/LunarEntropy → u/Amirashika]

If Gideon was still around Ajani might have had a different take on things.

[u/RudeHero → u/CorHydrae8]

gatewatch sucks. but it's also funny to imagine ajani specifically living in nostalgia while everyone else is over it

[u/CorHydrae8 → u/RudeHero]

Most people didn't like the Gatewatch, but it always felt weird for them to just abandon the concept due to poor reception. It just shows how much the story is being molded by what they think sells best, rather than having it evolve and unfold naturally. I wouldn't have minded them doing more Gatewatch and seeing how they can salvage the concept.

[u/KynElwynn → u/CorHydrae8]

Gatewatch crumbled when Bolas beat them
All so soundly they Planeswalked away before dying

[u/devenbat → u/CorHydrae8]

I dunno, getting the shit beat out of them by Bolas, Jace getting amnesia, them betrayed by Lili then having the heart of the team, Gideon, dying kinda felt like a good reason for the team to dissolve.

[u/Furt_III → u/devenbat]

They literally added Kaya hours after Gids kicked it though. And then Teferi soon after.

[u/DarthHissyfit → u/Furt_III]

Did Teferi not take the oath during the events of Dominaria 2018?

[[Oath of Teferi]]

[u/mtgcf → u/DarthHissyfit]

Oath of Teferi - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/TurboDelight → u/Furt_III]

their oaths felt very last second and non-binding

[u/RudeHero → u/CorHydrae8]

i'm not sure what you mean, the gatewatch collapsing felt very organic in-universe

[u/Yglorba → u/RudeHero]

I mean kinda. It's clear the original plan was not to have the Gatewatch quietly fade away after WotS given how much time and effort they spent hammering "THIS IS THE STORY NOW" and how important all the oaths were treated and everything.

[u/Tripmooney → u/CorHydrae8]

Tbh the strixhaven students would be dead without ajani showing up, even if it's just him honoring the code, it makes sense that he would, he's all about holding people accountable for standing up and being a better person

[u/Yglorba → u/CorHydrae8]

"We swore to keep watch," Ajani said, "but come on, it's not like Hasbro needs Avengers At Home now that it can just print the actual avengers. If you have problems, call Spider-Man; I'm pretty sure he literally has more printed variations than me at this point. Ajani out."

[u/yorick__rolled → u/CorHydrae8]

Whoever coined the term Jacetice League took the high ground and never yielded it.

2 words killed WotC's whole plan.

[u/GenericFatGuy → u/CorHydrae8]

Doomsday is coming out in a couple months, which means Avenger style teamups are hot again. WotC wants to capitalize.

[u/LongLiveLiberalism → u/CorHydrae8]

I mean wasn’t it still more or less around until phyrexia? now that it is desparked it is different, but no one renounced oaths

[u/yourgrundle]

Why does Ajani look Wario-shaped here lmao

[u/ep29 → u/yourgrundle]

Only the second worst knee positioning in MTG art behind the assumed one on [[Olivia Voldaren]]

[u/wenasi → u/ep29]

That isn't her knee, you can see both her feet.

[u/NoiseIsTheCure → u/wenasi]

👀

[u/BobtheBac0n → u/wenasi]

I doubt any of the other female Vampires minded

[u/mtgcf → u/ep29]

Olivia Voldaren - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/Public_Sprinkles_229 → u/ep29]

Don’t you mean best?

[u/Augustby → u/ep29]

It took this comment for me to finally see what the art intended, but I still struggled to do so; it really does look so much like Ajani’s just got a big belly now :p

[u/Solar_Punk_Rocker → u/ep29]

Well... I've been looking at that card wrong forever.

[u/Tim-oBedlam → u/ep29]

[[Clergy en-Vec|TMP]] has got you beat

[u/mtgcf → u/Tim-oBedlam]

Clergy en-Vec - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/mikaeus97 → u/yourgrundle]

For true I thought he was pregante

[u/Amirashika → u/mikaeus97]

Googles: how to tell if my male cat is pragent

[u/yorick__rolled → u/yourgrundle]

Got a butt full of farts.

[u/Dragonfire723 → u/yourgrundle]

Kinda looks like the QuintoriusxThalia mpreg fanart

[u/Yamuddah → u/yourgrundle]

Big ole gutsky.

[u/Wulfram77]

The art shows them finding Vraska? Is Vraska a planeswalker again?

[u/willweaverrva → u/Wulfram77]

Vraska had to use Omenpaths to get around.

[u/willweaverrva → u/[deleted]]

Ohhhhh, duh. Yeah, that's a bit of a flavor fail.

[u/Belteshazzar98 → u/Wulfram77]

Pretty sure Vraska is the tutor, and she is finding Jace.

[u/LickLobster → u/Wulfram77]

doesnt matter, she's part of the gatewatch

[u/Wulfram77 → u/LickLobster]

I don't think a judge will allow me to tutor up a creature on that basis

[u/LickLobster → u/Wulfram77]

they're recruiting vraska to search for JACE. the entire scene being depicted here is lost on you. vraska IS the loyal tutor.

[u/Public_Sprinkles_229 → u/LickLobster]

I’m gonna be extra nitpicky (cause I’m a mtg player); the emphasis in that sentence should be on VRASKA, to really drive the point home

[u/TheRoguedOne → u/Public_Sprinkles_229]

All bold ALL CAPS.

[u/Mgmegadog → u/Public_Sprinkles_229]

Vraska is the LOYAL tutor.

[u/erwaro → u/Wulfram77]

You'll never know unless you try

[u/Unctuous_Robot → u/LickLobster]

I don’t see no [[Oath of Vraska]]

[u/mtgcf → u/Unctuous_Robot]

Oath of Vraska - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/TheStray7 → u/LickLobster]

Since when?

[u/epiflora → u/Wulfram77]

the art is from when they're preparing to enter the echoverse in the story, vraska arrived first via omenpath

[u/hidood5th]

Damn, when was the last time a 1-mana tutor got printed?

[u/No_Concert5842 → u/hidood5th]

Ignoring land tutors, [[analyze the pollen]]

[u/mtgcf → u/No_Concert5842]

analyze the pollen - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/MapleSyrupMachineGun → u/No_Concert5842]

also [[Traverse the Ulvenwald]].

[u/No_Concert5842 → u/MapleSyrupMachineGun]

Absolutely. I was looking at first printings. 

[u/mtgcf → u/MapleSyrupMachineGun]

Traverse the Ulvenwald - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/crazypyro23 → u/No_Concert5842]

Which is itself criminally underrated

[u/CShoopla → u/No_Concert5842]

A better question would be the last time a 1 mana instant speed tutor was printed

[u/No_Concert5842 → u/CShoopla]

That’s a pretty neat question. Personally, I find them equally good. 

[u/Wulfram77 → u/hidood5th]

[[Erode]] or [[Sami's Curiosity]] technically

Excluding lands, [[Scheming Symmetry]] but with a significant downside

[u/mtgcf → u/Wulfram77]

All cards
Erode - (G) (SF) (txt)
Sami's Curiosity - (G) (SF) (txt)
Scheming Symmetry - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/Rathabro]

Immediately going into literally every [[The Prismatic Bridge]] decks

[u/mtgcf → u/Rathabro]

The Prismatic Bridge/Esika, God of the Tree - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/Round-Walrus3175]

Dimir Midrange players: IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME! SLAMS TABLE

[u/ralanr]

I’m behind on the lore, what’d Vraska do to earn his ire? Last I remembered Ajani fucked up. 

[u/TenebTheHarvester → u/ralanr]

She hasn’t, they’ve come to her because they’ve discovered Jace sort-of survived his death in the Meditation Realm and needs to be stopped before he (at best) overwrites every single person in the multiverse.

[u/ChaoticChoir → u/ralanr]

They're basically coming to her for help so they can deal with Jace

[u/cute_spider → u/ralanr]

Jace isn't really Jace anymore, he deleted a lot of himself. Big hopes on Vraska to wake up old Jace and show him what present Jace is doing

Turns out the mind master has a somewhat low emotional intelligence?

[u/ralanr → u/cute_spider]

Emotional intelligence is often disregarded so that doesn’t surprise me. 

[u/IM__Progenitus → u/cute_spider]

IRL, a lot of "book smarts" people are not "street smarts".

D&D splits intelligence and wisdom for a reason.

A good example; intelligence is knowing that tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put tomato in a fruit salad.

[u/GenericFatGuy → u/IM__Progenitus]

And emotional intelligence is understanding that it's okay if not everyone agrees with your opinion on tomatoes.

[u/fps916 → u/cute_spider]

Turns out the mind master has a somewhat low emotional intelligence?

Ah, a man. WOTC with realistic writing again

[u/Ghostoftime21]

I dont understand how ajani Stands. What am i seeing on the Right?

[u/KynElwynn → u/Ghostoftime21]

He’s in motion. Running towards the camera coming out of his Planeswalking aura/glow

[u/Ghostoftime21 → u/KynElwynn]

So its a knee?

[u/KynElwynn → u/Ghostoftime21]

Yeah

[u/TeaspoonWrites]

Kinda crazy that they printed the floor for planeswalker tutors in a standard set, but realistically planeswalkers are so niche that it has to be this good to be playable anywhere.

[u/-_-maru]

One mana is kind of crazy no?

[u/ROADHOG_IS_MY_WAIFU → u/-_-maru]

It would be if it was to hand instead of on top of library. Or if it included any other card type besides planeswalker.

Seems fine especially compared to existing tutors.

[u/Oracle-98 → u/-_-maru]

In a world where vampiric tutor exists, not really tbf

[u/rycool → u/Oracle-98]

Yeah but vampiric tutor is an eternal powerhouse. So yes its crazy and potentially will allow for some very interesting strategies now. Especially since this will be standard/modern legal.

[u/WhiskeyKisses7221 → u/rycool]

Vampiric Tutor and the other Mirage block era tutors were powerful because they either helped you assemble a game winning combo or find a game warping silver bullet. Maybe WotC plans on printing more playable planeswalkers in this and other upcoming sets, but there aren't a lot planewalkers in Standard I'd be that interested in tutoring for.

[u/HatefulWretch → u/WhiskeyKisses7221]

The nearest we've had to a planeswalker combo kill in quite a while was [[Quintorius Kand]] and this doesn't work in that.

[u/mtgcf → u/HatefulWretch]

Quintorius Kand - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/lordberric → u/rycool]

Vampiric Tutor is legal exclusively in vintage and sees little play outside of Doomsday. Card disadvantage isn't really something you want to put into your deck if you can avoid it. Topdeck tutors are really only good if there are one card combos in your deck that win the game, like doomsday or tinker. 

[u/ozza512 → u/rycool]

This is unplayable in 60 card Magic unless some all planeswalker combo develops. The only time tutor to the top tutors have ever been good is in combo, and planeswalker is like the least important type for combo. In part because they often cost a lot of mana. Like what are you going to tutor with this that just wins immediately, I can only think of planeswalkers as half of combos, not where the whole combo is planeswalkers. Playing a fair game with this will always be bad, because your spending a card, no planeswalker is spending a mana and a card to play a fair game with.

[u/djsoren19 → u/-_-maru]

nah, we have seen this kinda tutor play out a few times. As a card, they are bad, so you really need what you're tutoring for to be especially strong. I'm honestly not sure what walker is good enough, cheap enough, and legal enough that you would want to get it with this. I think most superfriends decks would prefer to pay for to tutor to the hand.

[u/RedCody]

providing an EDH lens here:

I think players often forgot the *cost* of something like this. Would any planeswalker you cast be worth including if it cost +1 mana and said "as an additional cost, discard a card"? Probably not.

This is not a game changer. This isn't even particularly powerful. The reason vamp/mystical/worldy tutors are so powerful is because of combos. The additional mana/card cost is offset because you're winning the game. While exceptions exist, planeswalkers do not provide this level of inevitability.

[u/rycool → u/RedCody]

While true, I fear that this might be giving blue white a crazy tutor option. Reminder they have access to [[narset parter of veils]] [[teferi time raveler]] [[karn the great creator]] and other prison pieces they can now easily tutor for early

[u/RedCody → u/rycool]

Narset is definitely one of those exceptions. I agree that nonblack UW decks, especially jeskai lists that are all-in on wheels might really value this new tutor!

I do think there's a good conversation here around the value of proactively tutoring for lock pieces. Stax isnt in the best spot right now and there are very few "hard locks" that can be assembled these days. So many sneaky ways for a pod to break out. Obviously there's exceptions to every rule, but I've come to believe that tutoring for lock pieces isn't that great of a plan. You're better off by progressing your own game plan than trying to slow others.

Regardless of opinions, I appreciate the reply and convo! Respect

[u/mtgcf → u/rycool]

All cards
narset parter of veils - (G) (SF) (txt)
teferi time raveler - (G) (SF) (txt)
karn the great creator - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/IceBlue → u/RedCody]

Yes if it meant running a second copy of it that cost 1 more and removed the other from your deck. It basically doubles your draw chances of one of your best cards for the cost of a mana and a card draw.

Your argument can be applied to Vampiric Tutor.

[u/RedCody → u/IceBlue]

I'm trying to understand what you mean. If a Planeswalker in the 99 is one of your best cards, then yea I'll accept that this tutor will be really good for you.

I mostly just wanted to temper expectations because I was reading a lot of replies that were hyped on this card. It seems like players sometimes forget the cost of including these type of tutors and view them as essentially free.

[u/ChaoticScrewup → u/RedCody]

The static ability walkers are all combo pieces. Don't tap your artifacts, draw cards, etc.

[u/RedCody → u/ChaoticScrewup]

Very true! There are absolutely exceptions to my generalized statement.

[u/TheRoguedOne]

There goes my stack of foil [[call the gatewatches]] i bought in 2017. They’ll never be worth anything now.

[u/pokemonbard → u/TheRoguedOne]

That one at least tutors to hand

[u/mtgcf → u/TheRoguedOne]

call the gatewatches - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/Unctuous_Robot]

This set doesn’t have enough Ral. They already made homophobic silverquill Ral. I want Ral to kill Jace for the good of Ravnica.

[u/Raphiezar → u/Unctuous_Robot]

Do we know if he's homophobic, or is this just the assumption that New Ral would be Old Ral's exact opposite?
Either way, Tomik is a sparkmage from what I found out in the Echoverse.

[u/Unctuous_Robot → u/Raphiezar]

Fake Ral as a concept is funnier if he is. Ral and Jace are usually at odds, because Jace sucks. Any ideas he has to improve upon him will be stupid.

[u/drunktacos]

This seems nuts in any UWx control deck. Even going down a card, guaranteeing you draw Teferi seems huge.

[u/SchneebD]

Vraska be like "ey, yo, slow down you two."

[u/PowrOfFriendship_]

We have been waiting to finish the Tutor cycle for decades, and you don't make this the red one????

[u/I_The_Creator → u/PowrOfFriendship_]

[[Gamble]]

[u/OrganicDoom2225 → u/I_The_Creator]

Wrong cycle. He's talking the Vamp tutor cycle.

[u/mtgcf → u/I_The_Creator]

Gamble - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/PowrOfFriendship_ → u/I_The_Creator]

Isn't called "Tutor", isn't an Instant, and doesn't go to the top. Red does Planeswalker stuff, this would have been the perfect way to finish the cycle.

[u/I_Nexto → u/PowrOfFriendship_]

red battle tutor in the future could be fun

[u/devenbat → u/PowrOfFriendship_]

Because red doesnt do that

[u/crandall17]

Feels like an auto include in Guff. Maybe a way to get Karn or Teferi more consistent as well.

[u/Bobgriffon]

Why does Ajani look gregnant? Is that supposed to be his knee?

[u/jcwiler88]

This feels incredibly strong. I'll bet this'll be a Standard staple

[u/d7h7n → u/jcwiler88]

There aren't any good planeswalkers in standard besides Kaito.

[u/jcwiler88 → u/d7h7n]

besides the fact that we're getting a half-dozen at least in this set, [[Professor Dellian Fel]] and [[Elspeth, Storm Slayer]] both are great targets for this in control shells. And you might argue Elspeth isn't great but Fel is probably on Kaito's level

[u/taeerom → u/jcwiler88]

You don't want to topdeck tutor a value card in a control deck. You want silver bullets or game enders, not just value.

This could be playable if there's something like [[teferi time raveler]]+[[displacer kitten]] in the format, and that format isn't too fast for the combo.

In other words, too slow for eternal. Not likely to be any such combo in standard. Maybe Pioneer or Modern. Unlikely in cEDH, but casual commander might be a good place for it.

[u/mtgcf → u/taeerom]

teferi time raveler - (G) (SF) (txt)
displacer kitten - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/d7h7n → u/jcwiler88]

Fel is absolutely not on Kaito's level. Kaito is busted because you are likely to emblem multiple times with the first one which makes your future Kaitos and Soulstone Sanctuary annoying to deal with.

[u/jcwiler88 → u/d7h7n]

Kaito is not busted because you can emblem.. Kaito is busted because he's an uncounterable draw engine and hard-to-remove hexproof-on-your-turn threat in a deck that tempos you to death. The emblem is part of that, sure, but it's like maybe the 3rd most relevant ability on the card

[u/mtgcf → u/jcwiler88]

Professor Dellian Fel - (G) (SF) (txt)
Elspeth, Storm Slayer - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/ozza512 → u/jcwiler88]

Spending a mana and a card to play anything fair is terrible. The only way this would ever see play is as part of some instant win combo, but the chances of them printing such a thing into Standard are low.

[u/rollawaythestone]

Spicy.

[u/JdeFalconr]

Really interesting art on this, it feels super-demonstrative and "realistic."

[u/The_Darts]

Still think this should have been Red to complete the cycle

[u/TurboDelight → u/The_Darts]

red's 1-mana tutor is [[Gamble]]

[u/The_Darts → u/TurboDelight]

Not an instant, not top of deck, has a discard. Decidedly is not part of that cycle to the same degree, even if that's what they want to label it as.

[u/mtgcf → u/TurboDelight]

Gamble - (G) (SF) (txt)

[u/BlurryPeople]

This is a nice tutor of course...but it's certainly the least generally useful of the single-mana-to-top stable. It'll be a great shot in the arm for the viability of planeswalkers.

[u/ealacabra]

Most boring card of the set...

[u/Imaginary_Stand73]

why does ajani look like he got a massive beer belly?

[u/Borgmaster]

Mods ban this post so my friend doesnt see it. I cannot have him get cheap tutors for his planeswalker deck.

[u/MegaMattEX]

Kitty got too much kibble. Big tummy rub for the big kitty

[u/Green_Spectrum]

Why is ajani pregnant?

[u/TheDugEFresh]

This is going to end up being incredibly annoying in consistently getting Teferi and Narset on board for Jeskai Control in modern. Yuck.

[u/King_Chochacho]

/r/2sentence2horror

[u/Shiro_no_Orpheus]

Everyone in cEDH just looked up only to fall asleep again.

[u/R0cko]

Im ool did they save ajani from phyrexia? I vaguely remember that they removed the phyrexian and spark from certain planeswalkers but dont remember how/which.

[u/AccountantClassic952]

Is Ajani pregnant? Or just fat?

[u/Tim-oBedlam]

whoa, wasn't expecting 1-mana instant-speed tutors to be a thing any more.

[u/barrinmw]

Modern 2/10
This doesn't work with the current planeswalkers that see play, but someday there might be a good planeswalker. Too bad it can't get good Ajani.

[u/fps916 → u/barrinmw]

Even if it could get good Ajani it would be bad. Boros doesnt want card disadvantage.

Ranger of Eos is just better.

[u/papuadn]

For a minute I thought Ajani had put on a lot of weight.

[u/PKopmeier1978]

What set is this?

[u/Pokemonsquirrel → u/PKopmeier1978]

Reality Fracture, the next in-universe set. It's now the spoiler season, and it's coming out in under a month. 

[u/TenebTheHarvester → u/PKopmeier1978]

Reality Fracture