• Tynan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    2 个月前

    Yet another subtype with no support to dilute the spellslinger concept. At least Warlocks got batched into Outlaws so it got a tiny bit of support. Also sorcerer might be too linguistically similar to Sorcery but that one is probably just me speculating a bit too hard.

  • Andrew@mtgzone.comOPMEnglish
    6·
    2 个月前

    This card seems like one of the strongest hate bears ever…

    Even helps in a UR deck so that your counters are uncounterable!

  • Mike@mtgzone.comEnglish
    61·
    2 个月前

    This is an absolutely insane card and just kind of obliterates a whole archetype. No clue what they’re thinking with this but I think this will push Jeskai control out of standard entirely and possibly cause a huge impact on Legacy and Vintage. Shutting off countermagic 1-way like this is just crazy strong to me.

      • Andrew@mtgzone.comOPMEnglish
        7·
        2 个月前

        If the card is targeted by a spell or ability, it gets countered unless the other player pays the ward cost (MTG Wiki).

        If I tried to Shock your Hexing Squelcher, for instance, I’d have to pay 2 life or else the Shock would get countered.

        • Tynan@lemmy.mlEnglish
          8·
          2 个月前

          Notably, because the ward ability counters spells, you can just decline to pay ward costs if your spells can’t be countered (like maybe you control your own Hexing Squelcher).

          • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
            3·
            2 个月前

            Not super easy, actually. It gives your other creatures that ward as well, so losing 10% of your life every time you target something against a red deck adds up.

            Nowhere to run is legal though, so hopefully that can counter it if it becomes a problem.

            • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
              2·
              2 个月前

              But this is going to be targeted immediately. Best case scenario, you end equal in cards and lose just 2 lifes to it. If the cost were mana, the tempo would make it harder to remove.

              • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                2 个月前

                “Opponent discards a card and loses 2 life” for 1R is not horrible. No idea if burn is anywhere near the meta but if it is this is gonna be in there.

                Worst case, against a deck with no counters and no creature interaction it’s a bear that you can side out game 2.

  • MysticKetchup@mtgzone.comEnglish
    4·
    2 个月前

    I guess this is just a strictly better Vexing Shusher? I feel like that card was already good enough, it didn’t need a better one with Ward and no need to keep mana up

  • ritsku@mtgzone.comEnglish
    2·
    2 个月前

    So I noticed this one isn’t legendary as well… Should you have 4 or god knows how many copies out, does the Ward effect stack per spell or creature?

    • Andrew@mtgzone.comOPMEnglish
      2·
      2 个月前

      Yeah each one of these gives the ability, so if you have 2 in play then all other creatures have essentially ward: pay 4 life (it’s 2 triggered abilities of 2 life each though).