This is one of my all time favorite cards and one I played the heck out of in kitchen table elves/fireball as a kid. The art is some of the best in the game too, love this addition to Modern.
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This is a great tribute to Sheldon and I'm really glad it's benefiting a cancer org. The Sheldon card is a really nice honor too, I think that put it over the top for me to get this one.
I had to look up why Greater Good was in Italian, from reddit:
It was also one of Sheldon's pet cards. And he would specifically say it in Italian every time he played it.
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This seems like such a strange idea for multiple reasons.
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Didn't they just axe Set Boosters because there was too much confusion or cannibalism between Draft and Set boosters?
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Like TFA says, March of the Machines did a 5 card booster and that flopped hard. Granted that had only 50 cards in the set and duplicates were more of an issue but they just had a failure with this.
Oh yeah I didn’t realize they have the guild symbols there! Yikes then.
Yeah wtf? I thought they were user-generated at first, they look like some old CG just pasted into a test template.
Does anyone know if these are the actual artwork from the Clue board game or something? I cannot get over how ugly these all are.
Even just considering the ETB, this feels like pretty good colorless fixing in limited. [[Environmental Sciences]] was great, though that was a lesson, but 2cmc colorless is really good for decks that don't play green.
If you're in a 5c deck too the solved state feels like awesome upside. I would expect this regardless to see play in limited just as 2cmc fixing though.
Attacking with a vanilla 3/3 on ~turn 5 depending on ramp doesn’t seem good but assuming you can, this seems like it could get kinda crazy? Most likely you’d get 6 treasures (!) and a +1/+1 counter on your whole board if everyone is still playing.
This is super cool and probably a good include for 5c EDH decks but I cannot see this actually played anywhere else. Standard 5c/ramp decks can just get more lands for 4cmc and actually affect the board. You’d need this in your starting hand and even then does it do that much?
Interestingly this enables a t1 [[Leyline Binding]] if you can drop it from your opener. The flavor!
Unfortunately nothing is going to be as versatile as [[Brotherhood's End]] if you're looking to recreate it :( It's a really unique sideboard option in that it helps again creature matchups, the artifact decks, or even to get rid of sideboard artifacts.
Instead of finding the next best replacement, I would probably try to prioritize these spots to directly address one thing you're having problems with.
- For problematic artifacts and Bowmasters, I've found [[Cast into Fire]] to be really strong.
- If it's Phoenix decks or smaller aggro decks, [[Anger of the Gods]] is a good choice if you have them.
The rest of these aren't as good:
- [[Sweltering Suns]] was a previous maindeck sweeper I ran in Jeskai historic a while ago because I could cycle it in matchups it wasn't necessary. Might not be a good option as a SB card though.
- [[Storm's Wrath]] is a pretty good red sweeper but costs 1 more and might hit more of your own creatures.
- If 5cmc is ok and you need it to hit walkers (and 5 damage isn't a problem), [[Burn Down the House]] or [[Hour of Devastation]] would be an option.
- If 3cmc is a must [[Into the Fire]] does 2 damage but has another mode.
Oddly enough, no! I thought this too a little while ago given the style similarities and same name but she’s not related according to an interview:
If there was a specific moment I would attribute to being where I am today, it would be the moment I decided to take a mentorship with Rebecca Guay (no relation). At the time I was feeling very directionless. I knew I wanted to continue with my art, but I hadn’t found the place where my art belonged, I hadn’t developed my skills, and I knew next to nothing about the business side of illustration. The experience helped me find my voice, and it introduced me to the F/SF illustration community, which has been a huge source of support for me.
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Wow yeah that’s a nice interaction and some serious ramp!
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