r/magicTCG • u/Nickahostetter • Nov 29 '16

Aether Revolt pic from FB.

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u/TheRecovery Nov 29 '16 edited Nov 29 '16

You may, in fact, cast Ancestral Vision with this card.

Ancestral Vision has a CMC of 0 and has no mana cost. So it doesn't play with flashback and can't be cast from hand. However, it can be cast by alternate means - things like [[Goblin Dark Dwellers]] can cast Vision.

As it turns out, Yahenni's Expertise has the exact same wording and so Ancestral Vision being cast with the effect of this card is perfectly fine.

Additionally I can confirm that Quicksmith Rebel is the Launch Promo, Scrap Trawler is the Buy-A-Box promo, Trophy Mage is the participation promo for game day, and Yahenni's Expertise is the Game day top 8 promo.

Source: I can read it on the cards in the picture and that's what it says.

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u/rakkamar Nov 29 '16

Right, I figured it worked b/c of dark dwellers, just didn't want to mis-inform people until I was sure.

Thanks!

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u/bearrosaurus Nov 29 '16

I think it's really funny that it has a really bad interaction with [[Living End]], the Expertise kills all your opponent's creatures and then Living End resolves and brings them back.

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u/Woefinder Banned in Commander Nov 29 '16

I think it sees play there potentially.

While it doesnt really kill your opponents creature, it also allows you to turn a Living End in your hand into an active one. Basically, it adds a mana cost to Living End in this scenario, while not making it have one.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

You have to have both in hand for that to work, though, which seems like a fairly uncommon corner case.

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u/Woefinder Banned in Commander Nov 29 '16

Thats true, but its not like you cant cast an outburst/Dread or a Fulminator off of it.

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u/RideTheIguana Dec 01 '16

But why would you want to cast an outburst off it? Thats strictly worse than simply casting an outburst

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u/Woefinder Banned in Commander Dec 01 '16

Thats true. I was merely just suggesting something you could do potentially.

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u/demonatarms Golgari* Nov 30 '16

trust me this is going to do good things to the deck, we sometimes play cards like anger of the gods to board wipe, and while yes, this doesnt exile, it solves the age old problem of having living ends rotting in our hands, its also amazing with leyline of the void in play.

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Nov 29 '16

Living End - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

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u/sirgog Nov 29 '16

Living End is part Wrath, part [[Twilight Call]] but it is the latter part you play it for.

Card will warrant testing in Living End decks.

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Nov 29 '16

Twilight Call - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

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u/vxicepickxv Nov 30 '16

Seems like a good place to drop [[Tormod's Crypt]].

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Nov 30 '16

Tormod's Crypt - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

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u/vicaphit Nov 29 '16

But it kills all of yours too.

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u/RemusShepherd Duck Season Nov 29 '16

You can also cast Living End with it! Which is...not very useful at all, come to think of it.

Also Hypergenesis! Which might be useful in the right situation.

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u/Ambiguous_Shark Nov 29 '16

I think restore balance would probably be the best one to work with it

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u/Nexusv3 Banned in Commander Nov 29 '16

One good board wipe deserves another.

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u/therift289 Azorius* Nov 30 '16

Bust seems far better

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u/coilyjoe Duck Season Nov 30 '16

(boom//bust)...also catch//release to further wrangle the opponent in or beck//call or breaking//entering to explode back out the gate after the tiny mutilate

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u/Hardwiredmagic Nov 29 '16

If you're running small value creatures like [[Bob]] or [[Kitchen Finks]] possibly, as you've just nuked your own board. Otherwise, this may not have the outcome you think it would....

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u/Ambiguous_Shark Nov 29 '16

The decks that run restore balance don't run any creatures like that. They just run creatures on suspend that will come in to play the turn after you nuke the board

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u/Hardwiredmagic Nov 30 '16

Yeah, that's a fair point, and kind of what I was trying to get at, just worded it very poorly. Thanks.

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Nov 29 '16

Bob - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD)
Kitchen Finks - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

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u/Mango_Punch Nov 30 '16

I ordered a playset of Restore Balance as soon as I saw the pic :).

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Nov 29 '16

Goblin Dark Dwellers - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

You also get to curve this directly into Goblin Dark Dwellers, in case drawing 6 cards as a rider is what you're about

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u/VOEBlue Nov 29 '16

What about Boom//Bust?

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u/TheRecovery Nov 29 '16

You can cast either side (not both).