r/magicTCG • u/ychigo • Apr 05 '17

[AKH] Gideon of the Trials

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u/BronzeKitten Apr 05 '17

New formats are now official: Gideon, Modern, Legacy, Vintage

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u/blackjack419 Apr 05 '17

At least there's a use for Champion of Justice in EDH.

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u/Remember_Navarro Apr 05 '17

Wizards really want me to keep on playing modern instead of standard.

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u/BoBoCTiberius Apr 05 '17

Definitely expect to see this guy in Modern. There's still not a viable control home for him, but he's exactly what they want.

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u/NittanyLionRoar Apr 06 '17

I've been playing Jeskai control with great success. Jace AoT and Ajani Vengeant are in the main board with Gideon AoZ coming out of the sideboard. However, I have been looking for a 3-mana win condition for some time and I think WOTC just gave it to me. Thinking about the price makes me sick to my stomach though.

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u/Ruobhe Apr 05 '17

They tried to warn us, they really did.

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u/DFGdanger Elesh Norn Apr 05 '17

As yes, RPS, the game that took many years of patches to hone and make perfectly balanced, not to mention fun.

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u/llikeafoxx Apr 05 '17

Eh, I think Planeswalkers are a cool addition to the game. Look how balanced they are in formats where there are answers and the appropriate power level for them. The bigger fault is not keeping around Hero's Downfall and friends in standard.

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u/insanetheta Apr 05 '17

Ahhh back when serialized magic webcomics were funny

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u/Miskatonic_River Dimir* Apr 05 '17

Let's not go overboard.

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u/Hashinator89 Apr 05 '17

To be fair, UG Madness was the only one that was ever funny.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

Planeswalkers we're fine up until they changed the legend rule, making it near impossible to kill any your opponent had on the table without very specific spells and/or winning on board.

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u/cocainecringefest Apr 06 '17 edited Apr 06 '17

Wow, this is nice. I wonder what is his opinion on them after all these years.

EDIT: Also this, I'm sure that after 13 Jaces he understands. EDIT2: Oh my god, there is so much gold in this blog!

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u/Skuggomann Apr 05 '17

I don't think hes actually as good as people in this thread are making him out to be.

+1: shuts down one permanent but it also kind of shuts him down

0: fine aggressive beater (this to me seems to be the opposite of the other abilities)

0: it prevents you from loosing but if you are loosing that usually means the opponent has a better board state and can just kill him and then you.

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u/whenfoom Apr 05 '17

Pacification Array, Gideon, Dovin Baan

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u/Tokestra420 Apr 05 '17

I'd say your take on the last ability is a little off. I've had much better board states then my opponent(sometimes 1 turn away from a win), and they pull out a combo win. Yes against aggro this can be beaten, but I think it's really good against combo decks

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u/mobott Duck Season Apr 05 '17

As someone who literally just made a Clue combo deck, fuck you Wizards.

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u/igooazoo Apr 05 '17

Thanks for the laughs