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Cardboard Intervention: TCG/CCG Thread Redux 2
commandercool:
I have a really hard time evaluating Dreadhorde Invasion. I play a lot of Bitterblossom in Modern so it's easy to compare the two, but I still don't really know what to think. I mean, Dreadhorde is obviously worse, just not sure how much worse. I got one in my pool and splashed for it, but of my four shitty games the only one I got to cast it in was one where I got completely flattened by Liliana so I didn't get to see much of it.
Good luck at your first paper prerelease. If you've already played sealed online then I'm sure you know what to do. Prerelease promos are fun, they're my preferred version of a card if I can get them, so hopefully you get good ones.
hyorinryu:
I decided to get a box for the heck of it. I'm surprised at who's in what rarity. I didn't expect the demon guy at uncommon, or Kiora. I guess when you have all these walkers, there are only so many mythic/rare slots.
commandercool:
Yeah, and most of the rare and mythic slots are earmarked for Gatewatch characters and Ravnica characters. Everyone else kind of gets pushed aside, but not necessarily in power level. Many of the uncommons are very solid cards that I like a lot.
Tamer Anode/Cathode:
Honestly I feel like a lot of the uncommon planeswalkers (Tibalt and Wanderer in particular) have good homes in sideboard matchups for competitive decks, but what I'm really impressed by is the fact that some of the regular rare planeswalkers like Narset and Karn are having a massive impact in older formats in Vintage right now.
commandercool:
Meanwhile I don't anticipate the mythic ones being too too impactful outside Standard. Liliana seems great in Commander, Bolas might be good when his static ability matters, and some Death And Taxes list somewhere might test Gideon, but I don't expect any of them to see anywhere near as much play as Saheeli or Ashiok.
Meanwhile meanwhile, I don't know how to evaluate Tezzeret and he kind of scares me. His combo in Standard is gross and I feel like he's going to break something at some point and risk being the new Nexus of Fate. His design isn't necessarily pushed, but I feel like it's not conservative enough for a buy-a-box