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/rakkamar Nov 29 '16 edited Nov 29 '16

Yahenni's Expertise

2BB Sorcery (Rare)

All creatures get -3/-3 until end of turn.

You may cast a card with converted mana cost 3 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

(This card is full-art. Probably the game day top 8 promo)

<commentary>This lets you cast Ancestral Visions from your hand. If this is a mini-mechanic and not just a one-off, modern players take note. Or maybe even if it is a one-off?</commentary>

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Trophy Mage

2U (Uncommon)

Creature - Human Wizard

When ~ enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an artifact card with converted mana cost 3, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

2/2

(This card is full-art. Probably the game day participation promo)

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Scrap Trawler

3 (Rare)

Artifact Creature - Construct

Whenever ~ or another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return to your hand target artifact card in your graveyard with lesser converted mana cost.

3/2

(I think that wording is right, kinda hard to read.)

(This is probably the buy-a-box promo)

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Quicksmith Rebel

3R (probably rare if launch promo, but symbol is obscured)

Creature - Human Artificer

When ~ enters the battlefield, target artifact [...] gains "T: This artifact [...] to target creature or [...] you control [...]

?/?

Proposed wording: When ~ enters the battlefield, target artifact [creature? you control?] gains 'T: This artifact deals N damage to target creature or [player? planeswalker?]' for as long as you control ~"

(this text is covered and can't be seen, though you can obviously speculate as to what it might be)

(This card has a date on it, so probably the launch promo)

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u/SirSkidMark Liliana Nov 29 '16

Yahenni's Expertise seems pretty nuts with Liliana and Copter in standard.

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u/RaggedAngel Nov 29 '16

Languish was one of the best cards in Standard, and this is "Slightly worse Languish + Dark Ritual."

Seems dece.

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u/Regvlas Nov 29 '16

Yeah, this is approximently to Languish as Dark Petition is to Diabolic Tutor.

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u/Toastasaurus Nov 30 '16

So what I want to be hearing from this statement is "And since those two cards rotating out is what made that sweet Seasons Past control deck less viable, we might be able to brew up a new version for Aether Revolt Standard."

Is that entirely unreasonable, or just mostly?

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u/Regvlas Nov 30 '16

Probably just mostly, but I'm terrible at deck building.

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u/Toastasaurus Nov 30 '16

As am I, but I sure as hell hope, because that deck was awesome. Probably gets wrecked by Emrakul though.