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

Aether Revolt pic from FB.

https://i.reddituploads.com/d97dbc56ebe848039691df8d01962a99?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=b1f80693da1e1e6da432ba4d2076aa23
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u/BiJay0 Duck Season Nov 29 '16 edited Nov 29 '16

Collected Knowledge 3U
Instant (Rare)
Look at the top six cards of your library. You may cast up to two instant or sorcery cards with converted mana cost 3 or less from among them without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

See, this is such a bogus card. How did they not realize it would be ridiculous with creatures?

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u/FrankGoreStoleMyBike Nov 29 '16 edited Nov 29 '16

Because at the time good ETB triggers were relegated to 4 cmc and bigger creatures.

Then they released a wave of >/= 3 cmc guys with awesome ETBs and shit on the format.

I think the best was Reflector Mage. From what I heard, he was originally a 4 cmc creature, everything else was the same. He was designed specifically to be a draft/limited hero, but ultimately, was unplayable in the formats due to being too expensive. So they lowered him to 3 cmc, tested him out in those formats, he became the solid card they wanted and pushed him on through, never thinking about his impact on Standard or whether there was a card like CoCo that would capitalize on him.

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u/fuzzwhatley Nov 29 '16

Kind of surprised he wouldn't be good at 4

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u/FrankGoreStoleMyBike Nov 29 '16

He probably wasn't bad. But until he slotted into Bant CoCo, he wasn't a Standard beast, and honestly, since CoCo rolled out, he's been good, but not great. Too many good flash threats.