Also, assembling 2 card combos without tutors is fun. Protecting them from the overabundance of mass removal is even more fun.

Aggro walks on you, too. You can control with Unsummon and such, but when you fill your hand again, you fill theirs too. Pretty sure 4-5 damage swings to your dome races mill 7.

Drakewing Krasis 1GU
Creature - Lizard Drake [C]
Flying, trample
3/1

Burning-Tree Emissary {R/G}{R/G}
Creature - Human Shaman [U]
When Burning-Tree Emissary enters the battlefield, add RG to your mana pool.
2/2

Basilica Guards 2W
Creature - Human Soldier [C]
Defender
Extort
1/4

Call of the Nightwing 2UB
Sorcery [U]
Put a 1/1 blue and black Horror creature token with flying onto the battlefield.
Cipher

Zhur-Taa Swine 3RG
Creature - Boar [C]
Bloodrush -- 1RG, Discard ~: Target attacking creature gets +5/+4 until EOT.
5/4

Viashino Shanktail 3R
Creature - Viashino Warrior [U]
First strike
Bloodrush -- 2R, Discard ~: Target attacking creature gets +3/+1 and gains first strike until EOT.
3/1

Boros Elite W
Creature - Human Soldier [U]
Battalion -- Whenever ~ and at least two other creatures attack, ~ gets +2/+2 until EOT.
1/1

Cloudfin Raptor U
Creature - Bird Mutant [C]
Flying; evolve
0/1

Gateway Shade 2B
Creature - Shade [U]
B: ~ gets +1/+1 until EOT.
Tap an untapped Gate you control: ~ gets +2/+2 until EOT.
1/1

Experiment One G
Creature - Human Ooze [U]
Evolve
Remove two +1/+1 counters from ~: Regenerate ~.
1/1

Illusionist's Bracers 2
Artifact - Equipment [R]
Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Equip {3}

Deathpact Angel 3WBB
Creature - Angel [M]
When ~ dies, put a 1/1 white and black Cleric creature token onto the battlefield. It has "3WBB, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Return a card named Deathpact Angel from your graveyard to the battlefield."
5/5

Tin Street Market 4R
Enchantment - Aura [C]
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "{T}, Discard a card: Draw a card."

Gridlock XU
Instant [U]
Tap X target nonland permanents.

Murder Investigation 1W
Enchantment - Aura [U]
Enchant creature you control
When enchanted creature dies, put X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is its power.

Turn 1: Temple Garden, Champion of the Parish
Turn 2: Rootbound Crag, BTE, Lightning Mauler (pair to BTE), attack for 7.

On turn 2, you have a 3/3, 2/2, and a 2/2 on the board.

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Originally posted by Bugger:
Tin street market and murder investigation <3

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I love the flavor and utility of murder investigation.

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Originally posted by Pail42:
I love the flavor and utility of murder investigation.

Tin street market seems like it needs a reduction of casting cost or the discard needs to be moved to the right side of the colon.

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Originally posted by daner:
The art on the shocks in RTR were not nearly as good in comparasion to the originals....but now, after looking at the new art for the shocks in GC, I have to say that the new art is WAY better on these.

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Godless Shrine and Stomping Ground are sick.

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Originally posted by Zakman86:
Red doesn't get looting like blue does, red has to discard first.

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"Tap: discard a card. Draw a card." is much stronger than "Tap, discard a card: draw a card" and both fit the red flavor of discarding first in hope of something better. The advantage of putting it on the right of the colon is the ability to draw when your hand is empty.

All I was really getting at is that the ability on the card seems really weak for costing 4R and essentially also costing 1 to activate. It's more expensive than the existing looting creatures, and the primary advantage is that it is harder to kill a land than a creature.

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Originally posted by Pail42:
"Tap: discard a card. Draw a card." is much stronger than "Tap, discard a card: draw a card" and both fit the red flavor of discarding first in hope of something better. The advantage of putting it on the right of the colon is the ability to draw when your hand is empty.

All I was really getting at is that the ability on the card seems really weak for costing 4R and essentially also costing 1 to activate. It's more expensive than the existing looting creatures, and the only advantage is that it is harder to kill a land than a creature.

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5 mana is 5 mana. I'd rather play underworld connections or an actual draw spell. Heck, M13 has that instant for 2 that reads "discard your hand. Draw 2 cards". Tin Street Market is a crappy card that I doubt even sees limited play.

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Originally posted by daner:
The art on the shocks in RTR were not nearly as good in comparasion to the originals....but now, after looking at the new art for the shocks in GC, I have to say that the new art is WAY better on these.

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Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Remove two +1/+1 counters from Experiment One: Regenerate Experiment One.

If a player has 2 on play, can one be used to regenerate the other? It doesn't specify it HAS to be the same one.

~MM

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Blah, blah, blah werewolf. Smackity-smack not a werewolf. Suspicious of this fruit loop.
My vote this round will be for Player X.

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Originally posted by MeddlingMage:
Experiment One reads:

Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Remove two +1/+1 counters from Experiment One: Regenerate Experiment One.

If a player has 2 on play, can one be used to regenerate the other? It doesn't specify it HAS to be the same one.

~MM

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Unless it specifies otherwise if a card mentions a name that matches its own name it's equivalent to "this".

Cards referencing another card with the same name on the battlefield are exceedingly rare. Some cards refer to cards of the same name in your library or graveyard or hand (Squadron Hawk, Flame Burst, and Korlash), or in the rare case of Brothers Yamazaki, refer to other cards named Brothers Yamazaki, but I don't think Wizards wants to or likes to template a card in such a way as you describe, like this:

Meddling Wizard
1U
Discard a card: target creature named Meddling Wizard gains Hexproof until end of turn.
1/1

Relentless Rats might be the closest example, but it still doesn't target another Relentless Rats card.

At the beginning of your end step you may exile Obzedat.
If you do, return it to the battlefield under it's owner's
control at the beginning of your next upkeep. It gains haste.
5/5

Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
UUBB
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter
Hexproof

Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's
graveyard from anywhere, you may have Lazav, Dimir
Mastermind become a copy of that card except it's
name is still Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, it's legendary in
addition to it's other types, and it gains hexproof and this ability.
3/3

Dimir Keyrune
3
Artifact
T: Add U or B to your mana pool.

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Originally posted by Zeckk:
That keyrune may end up as the control finisher of choice, though it's definitely lacking some of the key elements that made creeping tar pit such a good finisher (artifact vs. land, 3 vs. 2 power). Anyone know if encoding a cipher card onto an activated keyrune will work the next turn?

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Don't see any reason yet why the cipher would fall off....though I'm sure the FAQ will clear that up quick.

Gideon, Champion of Justice
2WW
Planeswalker - Gideon
+1: Put a loyalty counter on Gideon, Champion of
Justice for each creature target opponent controls.
0: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes an indestructible
Human Soldier creature with power and toughness
each equal to the number of loyalty counters on him.
He's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that
would be dealt to him this turn.
-15: Exile all other permanents.
4

Nightveil Specter
{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}
Creature - Specter
Flying
Whenever Nightveil Specter deals combat
damage to a player, that player exiles the top
card of his or her library.
You may play cards exiled with Nightveil
Specter.
2/3

Consuming Aberration
3UB
Creature - Horror
Consuming Aberration's power and toughness
are each equal to the number of cards in your
opponents' graveyards.
Whenever you cast a spell, each opponent
reveals cards from the top of his or her library
until he or she reveals a land card, then puts
those cards into his or her graveyard.
*/*

Go Dimir!

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Originally posted by choco man:
That's a really cool Gideon

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I don't know, Gideon seems really terrible. He doesn't really protect himself, he's not a guarantee size and his ultimate doesn't give you an advantage. Just seems really bad overall.