Fate Reforged Reviews Part 2

It's time for some more Fate Reforged! I'm going to review and look at some awesome new cards from Fate Reforged.

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Alesha, who smiles at death is the khan for the mardu clan. Alesha is a 3/2 legnedary human warrior that casts for two colorless and one red. She has first strike and whenever Alesha attacks,  you may pay two hybrid white black. If you do, return target creature with power two or less from your graveyard onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Although Alesha is already a 3/2 for three with first strike, its that second ability that really makes her amazing. Being able to bring back creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield is already good. Making them attack on the turn that they are brought back is stupid good! Also, this ability is only two mana, so you can bring back almost all of your creatures straight to the battlefield! The obvious downside to this card it that the creature you bring back has to have two or less power. This can prevent you from bringing back a huge amount of creatures. A very good card overall.

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The next card on my list is hilarious. Ghastly Conscription is a sorcery that casts for five colorless and two black and exiles all creatures from target player's graveyard in a face-down pile. You shuffle that pile and then manifest those cards. You pretty much take all of your opponent's dead creatures ( or your dead creatures) and put them all face down as 2/2 creatures on your side of the board. This card is very silly but also good. It gives you insane board presence right away. Also, all of the creatures can be turned face up at any time, if you have the mana. You get to use all of your opponents creatures against them! A very funny and good card.

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Next up we have
Shaman of the Great Hunt. Shaman of the Great Hunt is a 4/2 orc shaman that casts for three colorless and one red. He has haste, whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it, and a ferocious ability that allows you to pay two colorless and two hybrid green blue to draw a card for each creature you control with power 4 or greater. This card screams Temur. First off it has 4 power, giving you that fercious trigger. It also has a way to get your other creatures to 4 power for even more ferocious triggers. His last ability is just gravy. Green never gets card draw so this really helps you to fill up your hand. This card belongs in Temur decks.

Well, there are some cards that I love from Fate Reforged. I'll be doing some more reviews on cards when the set comes out. I'll see you guys next time and have fun at the prerelease!

Fate Reforged Review Part 1

It's finally here. After waiting day and night its finally her. FATE REFORGED! All the cards have been spoiled and they're all awesome! I'm going to pick some cards to show you and see how good this set really is.

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Ugin, the Spirit Dragon is the only planeswalker in Fate Reforged. Ugin casts for eight colorless mana and starts out with 7 loyalty. Ugin has a +2 that can deal three damage to target creature or player. He has a -X that exiles each permanent with converted mana cost X or less that is one or more colors (No colorless permanents get exiled). Ugin's last ability is a -10 that gains you 7 life, draws you 7 cards and allows you to put seven permanents from your hand onto the battlefield. Ugin has some awesome abilities. If a lightning strike on a stick and a board wipe isn't enough, his ult is absolutely absurd. It can stabilize you from almost any position by getting your health up, getting card draw and securing your board state. Although he casts for a high eight mana, he starts our with 7 loyalty making it easier to get his ult off, and harder for your opponents to kill him. The best part is that his ult is the exact opposite of Nicol Bolas' ult.

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This next card is my favorite card in the whole set. Warden of the First Tree is a 1/1 human that casts for one green . He has three abilities that upgrade him. His first ability costs one colorless and one hybrid white black and turns him into a 3/3 human warrior. His second ability costs two colorless and two hybrid white black. If he is a warrior he becomes a human spirit warrior and gets trample and lifelink. His third ability costs three colorless and three hybrid white black mana. If he is a spirit, you put five +1/+1 counters on him. Warden of the First Tree is a lot like Figure of Destiny, he is able to upgrade himself into a bigger creature with new abilities. One reason Warden of the First Tree is better than Figure of Destiny is that you can continue to upgrade him after he's has become a spirit. Another bonus is that he is a warrior so he can get buffs from Chief of the Scale and Chief of the Edge.

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Last but defiantly not least is Soulfire Grand Master. Soulfire Grand Master is a 2/2 Human Monk with lifelink that casts for one colorless and one white. If you pay two colorless and two hybrid blue and red, the next spell you cast will go to your hand instead of going to the graveyard. She also has instant and sorcery spells you control have lifelink... WHAT! Okay everyone it looks like Jeskai burn is going to destroy everything. But really though, this card is insane. Even if you don't like her abilities she is a 2/2 liflink for 2! That's Insane! This card could very well see standard play.

That's our first part for Fate Reforged reviews. I hope you guys enjoyed and I'll see you guys next time!

Review the Pulls, Ep. 1

Happy New Years Everyone! I hope you all had a good holiday season. Today I am going to be starting a little series called Review the Pulls. I'm going to open some packs and then review random cards from the packs. Today I opened some Journey Into Nyx packs. Lets see what I got!

Eagle of the Watch is my first card. Eagle of the Watch is a 2/1 bird with flying and vigilance that casts for two colorless and one white. Eagle of the Watch in a basic flyer with some cool abilities. Any flyer that has vigilance is good in my book. You can swing from the sky but also have a blocker just in case. One problem with eagle of the watch is that he only has one toughness, so if you do end up blocking with him he will probably trade. Eagle of the Watch is good but vigilance is much more suited for creatures with a bit higher toughness.

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The next card is Nyx-Fleece Ram. Nyx-Fleece Ram is a 0/5 sheep with "at the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life." that casts for one colorless and one white. Nyx-Fleece ram is just a big defender. Like all defenders, Nyx-Fleece Ram just sits there and prevents a lot of early game agro. Unlike other defenders, Nyx-Fleece Ram gains you as he blocks those ealry game creatures. Another bonus is that he does not have defender, so if you buff him he has the option to attack.

Next up we have Nature's Panoply. Nature's Panoply is an instant that casts for one green and has strive for two colorless and one green. Nature's Panoply puts a +1/+1 counter on any number of target creatures. Natures Panoply is a great way to buff up all of your creatures. Even if you don't have a lot of mana for the strive cost, you can still buff up one creature for only one mana. This card also works very well with heroic and outlast.

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For our fourth card we have Returned Reveler. Returned Reveler is a 1/3 zombie satyr with "When Returned Reveler dies, each player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyards." that casts for one colorless and one black. This is card is... meh. Although a 1/3 for two is decent, its ability really brings its power level down, One upside is you could use this card to your advantage if your playing Sultai or a graveyard oriented strategy but other than that, not the best card.

And last but not least we have Triton Shorestalker. Triton Shorestalker is a 1/1 merfolk rouge that can't be blocked and casts for one blue. Triton Shorestalker is an amazing one drop, especially for blue. Any creature that can't be blocked is already amazing, especially if you can get it out early. Triton Shorestalker is one of the best one drops in Journey into Nyx by far. GO MERFOLK!

Well that was our first episode of Review the Pulls. I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you guys next time!