{"id":1146,"date":"2012-06-14T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T04:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2012-06-13T01:15:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T05:15:06","slug":"some-m13-cards-i-am-excited-about-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/?p=1146","title":{"rendered":"Some M13 Cards I Am Excited About (so far)"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the cards that have been shown as of 2012-06-12 here are a few that I am excited about. \u00a0Some are reprints and some are new. \u00a0Lets jump into it…<\/p>\n

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Oblivion Ring<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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I want that this card becomes a staple in the core set. \u00a0I think Wizard’s made a huge mistake by not having this around when CawBlade was running around. \u00a0It would have been an excellent answer to Jace, Stoneforge, Batterskull, Gideon, etc… \u00a0If this was around no cards would have been banned….probably. \u00a0Anyway, on to the future! \u00a0This is a nice catch all card that fits easily in a lot of decks. \u00a0Hope this time it stays around longer or just never leaves us again.<\/p>\n

Talrand’s Invocation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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This is no Lingering Souls but a blue\/flying\u00a0Moan of the Unhallowed without the Flashback, obviously. \u00a0In limited this card will be first pickable. \u00a0In constructed it probably wont see play but I\u00a0wouldn’t\u00a0be\u00a0surprised\u00a0if it happen to make it in a deck at some point. \u00a0Either way a two for one in a core set with flying is awesome. \u00a0Cant wait to draft 1 to 3 of these in a deck.<\/p>\n

Murder<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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A card that is self\u00a0explanatory, kill any creature with no drawback. \u00a0At common I know this will go into the Pauper cube and be a top pick in M13 Limited. \u00a0I like the name but I am\u00a0surprised\u00a0Wizards chose to use it.<\/p>\n

Vampire Nighthawk<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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What a house! \u00a0This guy was considered the TOP pick in Zendikar draft (along with Trusty Machete) since all the games were pretty fast, the lifelink, deathtouch, and 3 toughness were all extremely relevant. \u00a05 years ago Nighthawk would have been printed rare but since hes not, take all the ones you see in Draft and stomp your opponent. \u00a0This guy saw Constructed play as well and I am sure he will again when he gets printed. \u00a0He works well with….<\/p>\n

Vampire Nocturnus<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The Vampire King…thank you, thank you very much. \u00a0Vampire’s were a fringe Constructed deck when this card was first out and it will probably be that way again. \u00a0At first thought I was thinking that this works well with Bloodline Keeper but Danny Quinn informed me that they will probably be fighting for the same slot. \u00a0After sitting on it for a while I would say I will agree with that, although they are both very powerful but in different ways. \u00a0Vampire Nocturnus can win the game when you cast him if you have the right card on top while Bloodline Keeper can grind out an opponent in a stale mate.<\/p>\n

Chandra’s Fury<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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I like this card for two reasons. 1) Cant wait to get it a foil one in to the pauper cube and 2) I want to blow out an opponent in a draft with this card. \u00a0Wail of the Nim was really good and this is very similar in that you can attack or block and make your opponents choices just bad when you show them this. \u00a0I call this a Nate card…it has Chandra on it, costs more than 4, and takes a dump on your opponent.<\/p>\n

Smelt<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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A one mana, red, kill any artifact spell\u00a0that’s\u00a0Instant. \u00a0FINALLY, a Red Oxidize! \u00a0Should be in sideboards for most if not all formats. \u00a0Love the flavor text as well, sounds like Koth is a smart ass.<\/p>\n

Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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While Karn Liberated is better in my opinion, he wont be around forever. \u00a0This is a fair replacement as not everyone playing ramp can play it. \u00a0I never actually played this card when it was legal before but I did play\u00a0against\u00a0it and lost to it the 3 times it resolved. \u00a0I am\u00a0definitely\u00a0going to make up for lost time when it becomes legal again.<\/p>\n

Tormod’s Crypt<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The original graveyard hate card. \u00a0Glad to see them revive it since 2006 (The 2008 FNM Promo was sick looking). \u00a0I have a set of them from The Dark but I could always use a Foil set too. \u00a0After Nihil Spellbomb rotates, we will all be using this against the Reanimator decks that will be running around in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the cards that have been shown as of 2012-06-12 here are a few that I am excited about. \u00a0Some are reprints and some are new. \u00a0Lets jump into it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,10,9,14],"tags":[80,81],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ajmtg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}