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Hetemti
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In search of random dictionaries for my Japenese class, I spied a lonely Onslaught tournament pack box. Two were undisturbed, but the third had seemingly been cast aside...rotated a few degrees counterclockwise. The poor thing had been rejected by someone in a fervor, perhaps, or otherwise cast off as chaff.
So for the first time in, what, a year?, I bought cards, and from it, I judge Onslaught.
Lands.
Being a R/W player, I like nice mountains. And these suck. Sorry, but they look like Portal land rejects. Plains aren't bad, but are nothing special. My favorite is 331, which harkens of ABU. The Islands are ugly, but the swamps and forests are at least hit-and-miss. Disappointing, I was hoping to rotate my terrain crop.
Commons of Note
Matt Wilson = Spiffy Angel Art. I might pick up three more Paci for a quarter some time. Not that I ever play it, but it's better than Grakk or Karn.
Forgotten Cave. (et al I assume, it reeks of cycle)
Do these see any use? I'd think Green ones might be nice, and I even considered grabbing a slab somewhere to toss in my cheap green decks. Hate getting land chocked when I need big angry amnimals.
Imagecrafter.
Shiny foil thingie. Otherwise, seems a bit lame.
Wellwisher.
They remove Llanowar from 8th, then print this. Blah. I never have more than three elves out in my green deck, anyway. That makes Braidwood Cup seem efficient since it can't be Tremored.
Yawn. Moving on.
Daru Encampment.
I might try it out in my duderanch deck. Too bad it doesn't say Knight.
Flooded Strand.
Is it just me or does this say "0, Pay 1 life: Play with 59 cards and an extra {Plateau, Volcanic Island, Tropical Island, Scrubland, etc} of your choice"? It didn't say "basic."
Jareth
A white thing. Too bad my R/W deck is a bit more offensive with Viashinos, Dragons, and Ball Lightning.
Blistering Firecat.
Did I say Ball Lightning?
Okay, this actually ticks me off a bit. Every time I decide to quit, and buy a pack of whatever later on, I always get red and white rares. I think MaRo's setting me up.
Anyway, I like the cat and I don't like the cat. The Morph thing is nice, since my deck doesn't have a mana curve. It has Burn, hole, Viashios, hole, Dragons. And of course, white defence of Swords and Wrath. Cat can block, and have the option of beating the snot out of near any attacker for RR if I play it as an Ogre. Problem is it would be the only morpher in my deck, so the element of surprise isn't really there. That, and I don't know if I have room for another expendable critter. Four balls of joy and the manahungry Viashinos are bad enough as it is.
I'm not all that impressed with the set, but at least a few of the cards aren't total crap, which I found far too much of in the past.
That was boring to read, wasn't it? I'll shut up now.
So for the first time in, what, a year?, I bought cards, and from it, I judge Onslaught.
Lands.
Being a R/W player, I like nice mountains. And these suck. Sorry, but they look like Portal land rejects. Plains aren't bad, but are nothing special. My favorite is 331, which harkens of ABU. The Islands are ugly, but the swamps and forests are at least hit-and-miss. Disappointing, I was hoping to rotate my terrain crop.
Commons of Note
Matt Wilson = Spiffy Angel Art. I might pick up three more Paci for a quarter some time. Not that I ever play it, but it's better than Grakk or Karn.
Forgotten Cave. (et al I assume, it reeks of cycle)
Do these see any use? I'd think Green ones might be nice, and I even considered grabbing a slab somewhere to toss in my cheap green decks. Hate getting land chocked when I need big angry amnimals.
Imagecrafter.
Shiny foil thingie. Otherwise, seems a bit lame.
Wellwisher.
They remove Llanowar from 8th, then print this. Blah. I never have more than three elves out in my green deck, anyway. That makes Braidwood Cup seem efficient since it can't be Tremored.
Yawn. Moving on.
Daru Encampment.
I might try it out in my duderanch deck. Too bad it doesn't say Knight.
Flooded Strand.
Is it just me or does this say "0, Pay 1 life: Play with 59 cards and an extra {Plateau, Volcanic Island, Tropical Island, Scrubland, etc} of your choice"? It didn't say "basic."
Jareth
A white thing. Too bad my R/W deck is a bit more offensive with Viashinos, Dragons, and Ball Lightning.
Blistering Firecat.
Did I say Ball Lightning?
Okay, this actually ticks me off a bit. Every time I decide to quit, and buy a pack of whatever later on, I always get red and white rares. I think MaRo's setting me up.
Anyway, I like the cat and I don't like the cat. The Morph thing is nice, since my deck doesn't have a mana curve. It has Burn, hole, Viashios, hole, Dragons. And of course, white defence of Swords and Wrath. Cat can block, and have the option of beating the snot out of near any attacker for RR if I play it as an Ogre. Problem is it would be the only morpher in my deck, so the element of surprise isn't really there. That, and I don't know if I have room for another expendable critter. Four balls of joy and the manahungry Viashinos are bad enough as it is.
I'm not all that impressed with the set, but at least a few of the cards aren't total crap, which I found far too much of in the past.
That was boring to read, wasn't it? I'll shut up now.
