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This is LONG. You have been warned
IMHO, Invasion is vastly the best set since the fantastic Tempest. It's a little above Masques, and massively ahead of Saga (ie. the set which made almost everyone forget that you are playing with ANOTHER PLAYER) But I digress...
I'll do the card highlights and analyze them in the system I always use.
The set's coolest beatdown creature:
KAVU TITAN
Rare
1G
Creature - Kavu
Kicker 2G
Kicker = +3/+3 and Trample
2/2
Mana Curve Efficiency = Positive
2/2 base = 2G
Green Creature = -1
Kicker = +1
Kicker result = +3G
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Normal CC WOULD be: 5GG
Artwork = Excellent
Name = Excellent
Foil = Incredible
Power: Draft ***** Constructed ***** Multiplayer ****
Comments:
Damn is this guy COOL. There's nothing NOT cool about him. This is a guy you can love whether you play tournaments, multiplayers, or just collect. Undercosted, FANTASTICALLY balanced Kicker cost, this is what the rest of the Kicker guys should be modeled on. All hail KAVUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU TIIIIIIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
The Legend I'm most likely to use his name as an alias:
MOLIMO, MARO-SORCERER
Rare
4GGG
Creature - Legend
Trample
Molimo has P/T each equal to the number of lands you control.
*/*
Mana Curve Efficiency = Neutral
DB base 7
Green Creature -1
Trample + G
GG -3
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Normal CC WOULD be 4GGG
Artwork = Incredible
Name = Excellent
Foil = Incredible
Power: Draft ***** Constructed **** Multiplayer *****
Comments:
This fellow is BROKEN in draft. He's nigh invulnerable with his trampling fun. In constructed he only has to worry about Armageddon or targeted removal. He's freakin' huge late game, and compares well to his pal Multani. Multani is for a fast game, Molimo is for a slow game. They're both well suited to their environment. Molimo just trades untragetability with trample (not a bad trade in the new environment)
The weenie of the set:
LLANOWAR ELITE
Common
G
Creature - Elf
Kicker 8
Kicker = +5/+5
Trample
1/1
Mana Curve Efficiency: Positive
1/1 Base 1G
Green Creature -1
Trample +1
Kicker +1
Kicker Effect +G
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Normal CC WOULD be 2GG
Artwork = Fair
Name = Excellent
Foil = Very Cool
Power = Draft **** Constructed ***** Multiplayer ***
Comments:
Don't laugh at a 1/1 trample. Green has a tendency to make things...BIGGER...
Anyways, there'll be more of this later if anyone cares
IMHO, Invasion is vastly the best set since the fantastic Tempest. It's a little above Masques, and massively ahead of Saga (ie. the set which made almost everyone forget that you are playing with ANOTHER PLAYER) But I digress...
I'll do the card highlights and analyze them in the system I always use.
The set's coolest beatdown creature:
KAVU TITAN
Rare
1G
Creature - Kavu
Kicker 2G
Kicker = +3/+3 and Trample
2/2
Mana Curve Efficiency = Positive
2/2 base = 2G
Green Creature = -1
Kicker = +1
Kicker result = +3G
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Normal CC WOULD be: 5GG
Artwork = Excellent
Name = Excellent
Foil = Incredible
Power: Draft ***** Constructed ***** Multiplayer ****
Comments:
Damn is this guy COOL. There's nothing NOT cool about him. This is a guy you can love whether you play tournaments, multiplayers, or just collect. Undercosted, FANTASTICALLY balanced Kicker cost, this is what the rest of the Kicker guys should be modeled on. All hail KAVUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU TIIIIIIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
The Legend I'm most likely to use his name as an alias:
MOLIMO, MARO-SORCERER
Rare
4GGG
Creature - Legend
Trample
Molimo has P/T each equal to the number of lands you control.
*/*
Mana Curve Efficiency = Neutral
DB base 7
Green Creature -1
Trample + G
GG -3
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Normal CC WOULD be 4GGG
Artwork = Incredible
Name = Excellent
Foil = Incredible
Power: Draft ***** Constructed **** Multiplayer *****
Comments:
This fellow is BROKEN in draft. He's nigh invulnerable with his trampling fun. In constructed he only has to worry about Armageddon or targeted removal. He's freakin' huge late game, and compares well to his pal Multani. Multani is for a fast game, Molimo is for a slow game. They're both well suited to their environment. Molimo just trades untragetability with trample (not a bad trade in the new environment)
The weenie of the set:
LLANOWAR ELITE
Common
G
Creature - Elf
Kicker 8
Kicker = +5/+5
Trample
1/1
Mana Curve Efficiency: Positive
1/1 Base 1G
Green Creature -1
Trample +1
Kicker +1
Kicker Effect +G
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Normal CC WOULD be 2GG
Artwork = Fair
Name = Excellent
Foil = Very Cool
Power = Draft **** Constructed ***** Multiplayer ***
Comments:
Don't laugh at a 1/1 trample. Green has a tendency to make things...BIGGER...
Anyways, there'll be more of this later if anyone cares