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Originally posted by Bugger:
Instant speed makes it brutal. EoT, clear your entire board and swing.
Obviously nuts in EDH. It'd be hilarious against tokens if it were a bit cheaper.

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I can still see it being a really playable standard card. It bounces anything.

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Originally posted by hilikuS:
I can still see it being a really playable standard card. It bounces anything.

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Originally posted by AGO:
I can too. It should be a strong tempo card. Its got 3 things going for it. Instant speed, bounces everything except lands, late game bomb. This is epic. I shall play this.

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Originally posted by hilikuS:
I can still see it being a really playable standard card. It bounces anything.

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Originally posted by Bugger:
Compares favorably to upheaval, considering you don't have to leave Tog (or tog-equivalent) mana up, and you can pass with fully untapped lands after you swing in case it's not enough for lethal.

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Only difference is you can't use all of your permanents as tog fodder, but yeah.

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Originally posted by skizzikmonger:
Epic Experiment
XUR
Sorcery
Exile the top X cards of your library. For each
instant or sorcery with converted mana cost X
or less among them, you may cast that card
without paying its mana cost. Then put all cards
exiled this way that weren't cast into your graveyard.

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Genesis Wave for spells, eh? Could be neat to run out.

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Angel of Serenity
4WWW Mythic
Creature - Angel
Flying
When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, you may exile up to three other target creatures from the battlefield and/or creature cards from graveyards.
When CARDNAME leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owners' hands.
5/6

Eh, this feels like an AVR reject. It's definitely doing something different, and it certainly is powerful. Just not sure what kind of effect she will have.

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Originally posted by skizzikmonger:
Epic Experiment
XUR
Sorcery
Exile the top X cards of your library. For each
instant or sorcery with converted mana cost X
or less among them, you may cast that card
without paying its mana cost. Then put all cards
exiled this way that weren't cast into your graveyard.

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Originally posted by stab107:
Genesis Wave for spells, eh? Could be neat to run out.

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Angel of Serenity
4WWW Mythic
Creature - Angel
Flying
When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, you may exile up to three other target creatures from the battlefield and/or creature cards from graveyards.
When CARDNAME leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owners' hands.
5/6

Eh, this feels like an AVR reject. It's definitely doing something different, and it certainly is powerful. Just not sure what kind of effect she will have.

Some serious fat available in this set, almost Eldrazi level fat. Wondering if there will be adequate ramp or this will be a very slow environment? Rakdos and Azorious are set up to be pretty aggressive it seems, so not sure about that.

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ken Nagle is the lead designer. I'm not surprised.

I'm not happy about it at all, but Im also not surprised.

I liked it more when ridiculous creatures were powerful and splashy but didnt end the game in one or one and a half hits.

Obviously you can remove 3 threats. Remove 2 threats and one of your own cards from the GY. If they blow it up, you at least bounce their dudes to their hand, and get a creature back (possibly another angel).

Enchantment

When Detention Sphere enters the battlefield, you may exile target nonland permanent not named Detention Sphere and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent. When Detention Sphere leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

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Detention Sphere
1WU
Enchantment

When Detention Sphere enters the battlefield, you may exile target nonland permanent not named Detention Sphere and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent. When Detention Sphere leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

O-ring sheds a tear......

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Counteflux can't be countered by spells or abilities.
Counter target spell you don't control.
Overload 1UUR (If you cast for Overload cost, replace "Target" with "Each".)

Um... yeah...

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Originally posted by MAB_Rapper:
Counterflux
Cost: UUR
Instant

Counteflux can't be countered by spells or abilities.
Counter target spell you don't control.
Overload 1UUR (If you cast for Overload cost, replace "Target" with "Each".)

Um... yeah...

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Originally posted by WeedIan:
Lul Storm Lul

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Is the hard counter aspect enough to put it above Flusterstorm as Mindbreak Traps 5-8?

if storm goes off turn two, you can fluster even on the draw. Not with this.

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Originally posted by choco man:
o-ring is a rare now?

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It's a slightly better o-ring, and WoTC probably don't want these to show up that often in limited, especially you can't really target one with another.

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Originally posted by Bugger:
Is the hard counter aspect enough to put it above Flusterstorm as Mindbreak Traps 5-8?

if storm goes off turn two, you can fluster even on the draw. Not with this.

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I see fluster being the better card in most situations. Leaving four mana up against storm combo sucks.

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Originally posted by Bugger:
anyone else kinda perturbed by the presence of staple removal at rare (and pretty much no other rarity)?

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Not really. Pillar of flame and trajic slip still exist. Auger Spree is uncommon, and we may yet see a doom blade equivalent, considering less than half the set is spoiled.

CTRL-C+CTRL-V my response from another thread:

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yakusoku:

Sphinx's Revelation is neat conceptually, but true control in Standard has been really weak for awhile and with Cavern of Souls, playing with lots of counters, removal, and instant card draw hasn't been a sound strategy. Think Twice and Forbidden Alchemy are good card drawing, but neither has been nearly as good as Ponder and Gitaxian Probe. This might be a 1 or 2-of in some decks, but early and even mid-game, it seems a bit weak.

For four, five, and even six mana, you're still at the point where you probably are better off playing something to stabilize the board, rather than strengthen your hand. We've had Blue (and White) Sun's Zenith in Standard for quite awhile, and they're both strong late game cards, but they just don't have a home. Even after rotation, Zombies will remain as a strong aggro deck, and there will no doubt be some other green aggressive decks, especially with Strangleroot Geist and Rancor still legal.

SR seems like a truly Mythic Rare card, with a huge effect, but I don't think this is the next Bonfire. Detention Sphere and Supreme Verdict were bigger boons for Blue/White decks than this card.

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Originally posted by ryan2754:
Between Necropolis Regent, Death's Presence, Abrupt Decay, Corpsejack Menace, and Vraska, I REALLY REALLY REALLY wish I still had my BG Skullbriar EDH - the deck had a bunch of creatures utilizing +1/+1 counters...

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i have a skullbriar walking grave (in german!) so i'm drooling at all these b/g vards coming out...

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