TSG
TSG has been involved in Magic for the better part of his life. While only sporting 1 Pro Tour appearance on his resume he does have an extensive knowledge of the game and its history. Financial eye for Channelfireball.com and co-host of Magic TV means split duties already along with trying to find time to play Magic for himself.
He looks like he’s straight out of the Elder Scrolls.
..oh, and he’s a awesome card.
It’s Coastal Piracy with legs!
Oh man – a new group hug commander! Awesome political slant to this card.
Finally a non-combo U/G GENERAL! POlitics to the MAXimum
I’m pretty damn sure this card is an amazing card. I’m not too familiar with commander unfortunately but it sure seems like you can win a very long game with this one.
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well well. a card i actually like… although i will probably lose to it a lot in the future. 😉
with this guy out, no one is attacking you, that’s for sure.
and the symmetrical card draw effect makes for a pretty powerful engine.
i don’t know if it’s really breakable, but it’s certainly interesting.
it’s one of these cards that help collusion (i.e. ganging up on 1 player) better, which seems to be a trend with some of these new commander cards.
2.5
Will these commander cards be playable in other formats?
Playable in legacy/vintage, I believe was what the original announcement said.
He could possibly see some Legacy play.
Turning any Tarmogoyf’s, Vendillion Cliques or Dark Confidants into Ophidians just seems really, really good.
Could be a 1-of in some legacy decks running Green Sun’s Zenith.
@Spicay: these cards are only specially for commander; they are not standard/extended/legacy legal!
As a printed magic card it is vintage and legacy playable
This will almost certainly see play in Noble Fish in vintage.
Elves in legacy will love this guy. I mean elves are already running blue for intuition so this guy will fit in nicely
@Marc
Let them have this… I’ll gladly take a free match to an opponent who wants to use an illegal card in Legacy.
Commander cards will be legal in Legacy.
“The 51 new cards will be legal in Eternal formats (that’s Vintage and Legacy)”
http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/productarticle.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/commander/productinfo
Will there be a promo of this guy?
@Marc and @Nick:
Reading is FUNdamental!
(Read the rules, you goobers.)
This is a complete card. Even the flavor text is sweet!
unlike the last general leaked, this one is actually pretty solid.