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Creature - Human Rogue 2B
1, Sacrifice a creature: Target player reveals the top card of his or her library until he or she reveals a land card, then puts those cards into his or her graveyard.
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I could see some potential there in Breakfast-type builds (maybe even Dredge, but it already has plenty of enablers as it is).

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Originally posted by Lord Crovax:
Eviction will see play, prob only be a 1-2 of but still.

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Originally posted by marlo213:
unplayable

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Originally posted by marlo213:
unplayable

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lol you keep saying that, and inevitably you will be wrong.

Already know people planing on using it, and no not scrubs playing bad decks either.

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Originally posted by thror:
just because it's in your bad deck doesnt mean it's playable.

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Are you listening carefully?

Every magic card is playable. That's what they're built for. If the only place you could ever use Magic cards was at sanctioned Standard Constructed tournaments, then why yes it would be unplayable.

But Magic is a game much much bigger than that. I will admit that I intentionally sidestepped absolute clarity in my statement and played off marlo's (and yours as well) assumptions that "playable" = "playable in sanctioned standard constructed tournaments" to make the point that if you can't see a reason to use it, it wasn't designed for you.

I am going to put it in the Orzhov guild deck I'm building because the purpose of that deck is to make the person piloting it feel like the effing Obzedat - tithing spells, board wipes, extortion effects and swiping of creatures from other people's graveyards abounding. What could be better than a card designed exactly to evoke the idea of the Ghost Council using their power to terrifying effect, that has the added benefit of suiting some real gameplay needs my deck might run into?

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Originally posted by Bugger:

Are you listening carefully?

Every magic card is playable. That's what they're built for. If the only place you could ever use Magic cards was at sanctioned Standard Constructed tournaments, then why yes it would be unplayable.

But Magic is a game much much bigger than that. I will admit that I intentionally sidestepped absolute clarity in my statement and played off marlo's (and yours as well) assumptions that "playable" = "playable in sanctioned standard constructed tournaments" to make the point that if you can't see a reason to use it, it wasn't designed for you.

I am going to put it in the Orzhov guild deck I'm building because the purpose of that deck is to make the person piloting it feel like the effing Obzedat - tithing spells, board wipes, extortion effects and swiping of creatures from other people's graveyards abounding. What could be better than a card designed exactly to evoke the idea of the Ghost Council using their power to terrifying effect, that has the added benefit of suiting some real gameplay needs my deck might run into?

I'm bringing this up not to try to say that you're wrong (I don't play competitive magic. I'm not going to delude myself that my opinion is overly valuable on evaluating cards for competitive magic), but to point out that there are a thousand different kinds of players looking at every card that's been spoiled, and each one of them is looking at it for different reasons. Your unplayable is another man's perfection. Your format changer may be someone else's frightfully boring crap.

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Originally posted by marlo213:
We obviously mean constructed. Eviction is casual gold

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Originally posted by junichi:
I could use a foil Thespian's Stage for my Karn EDH as a 4th locus.

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I think nearly every EDH could make use of a Foil Thespian's Stage

Such a good card, and I can easily see hit hitting high prices.

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Every magic card is playable. That's what they're built for. If the only place you could ever use Magic cards was at sanctioned Standard Constructed tournaments, then why yes it would be unplayable.

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It's fine to make an argument as to why something is playable or not, but jesus christ, I'm not sure why anyone feels the need to make a big deal out of such comments that more than half of this page has been spent on arguing over people's differing opinions of playable based on what they look for in Magic. It's quite obvious that nearly every card is "playable" in some format or another, and it's also quite obvious that when certain people claim that cards are unplayable, they're talking about a certain format or another. I don't see why people need to start identifying which format they're talking about when they say something is playable or not.

I don't see many uses for Eviction other than as a sideboard card or something (in standard constructed play). I also think Blind Obedience is an incredible card (in standard constructed play) and that Extort isn't overhyped like Zeckk thinks (in standard constructed play). I'm not going to debate here though.

I'm curious what people think about Orzhov Charm (in standard constructed play). I think it fails at life, personally, but I could be missing something.

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Originally posted by Goaswerfraiejen:
Huh. This looks kinda like Hermit Druid, only without summoning sickness:

Undercity Informer

Creature - Human Rogue 2B
1, Sacrifice a creature: Target player reveals the top card of his or her library until he or she reveals a land card, then puts those cards into his or her graveyard.
"Scandal and slander are never welcome news. That's why I'm never the messenger."
Illus. Raymand Swanland #82/249
2/3

I could see some potential there in Breakfast-type builds (maybe even Dredge, but it already has plenty of enablers as it is).

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I like it, but Hermit druid was Basic Land, so you could build all non-basics and mil your whole deck. This guy is any land, so you would have to go a no land/land light build, like dredge or Belcher.

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Originally posted by Bagbokk:
I'm curious what people think about Orzhov Charm (in standard constructed play). I think it fails at life, personally, but I could be missing something.

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An enchantment-based weenie deck had two top 8 finishes including the win at the last GP (I think they both played WUG though). Other than black in the cost I think those decks might enjoy this charm.

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Originally posted by Pail42:
An enchantment-based weenie deck had two top 8 finishes including the win at the last GP (I think they both played WUG though). Other than black in the cost I think those decks might enjoy this charm.

I think it will see play in tournaments for the second and third abilities - much of that will depend on how many good 1CC creatures we see in the remaining cards.

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Already have a few B/W 1 drops worth using, so charm will probably see play for Unearth alone.

Also SOOO called Unearth being a mode!!!

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Originally posted by Lord Crovax:
Already have a few B/W 1 drops worth using, so charm will probably see play for Unearth alone.

Also SOOO called Unearth being a mode!!!

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Originally posted by skizzikmonger:
Spark Trooper
1RRW
Creature - Elemental Soldier
Trample, lifelink, haste
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice
Spark Trooper.
6/1

Duskmantle Seer
2UB
Creature - Vampire Wizard
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player
reveals the top card of his or her library, loses
life equal to that card's converted mana cost,
then puts it into his or her hand.
4/4

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Originally posted by marlo213:
Is there really only one mythic left to spoil? I feel like they really need something cool to push this set

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