(I got this pointed out to me when I was trying to claim Blood Moon never got printed in modern frame and black border. Now I can spread the knowledge/nitpicking. :-))
Not knowing what chase rares are in Saviors, I still think it would probably generate enough interests in a Chinese card shop. I witnessed two boxes of Rise of Eldrazi flying off shelves when I went back to Beijing this winter.
If you are not short of cash and want it away soon, I'd say wait to find a player genuinely interested in Chinese boosters. Maybe not $65 interested, but as a Chinese speaker myself, I would be willing to buy it for $50 if I have that cash and can find some other Chinese speaking players to play sealed/pack war with me.
The way things have been going for LD it'll be the 5 mana with 8 mana for overload but it will blow yours up as well.
I agree. If such an Overloadable land destruction spell gets printed, it's going to be either "target land" (so it destroys all lands including yours when Overloaded) or "target non-basic land you don't control".
Looking at past examples, I don't think the English name would have slime in it. If I had to guess, it would be a one-word name ending with -morphose (c.f. Manamorphose).
To compare with, the previous high-price (more than $10 pre-reprint) cards that got reprinted in Duel Decks are Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Knight of the Reliquary, and Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, as far as I can think of. None of them is in a similar position as Life from the Loam though, regarding how much it's played, casual vs. competitive, how long it has rotated out of Standard, etc.
Soldier of the Pantheon W
Creature - Human Soldier (Rare)
Protection from multicolored
Whenever an opponent casts a multicolored spell, you gain 1 life.
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Well, maybe not in English, but it sure did in Russian.
(I got this pointed out to me when I was trying to claim Blood Moon never got printed in modern frame and black border. Now I can spread the knowledge/nitpicking. :-))
Honestly I don't see any mold-breaking about the fetchland. It was in one of the Magic 2012 event decks, when fetchlands are 3 months before rotation.
It won't surprise me at all if they start putting one-of shocklands in Theros block or Magic 2015 event decks, but not this one.
What's wrong with Psychic Strike?
I am also expecting a blue and green 3 CMC couterspell in Dragon's Maze.
If you are not short of cash and want it away soon, I'd say wait to find a player genuinely interested in Chinese boosters. Maybe not $65 interested, but as a Chinese speaker myself, I would be willing to buy it for $50 if I have that cash and can find some other Chinese speaking players to play sealed/pack war with me.
With 80 uncommons in Return to Ravnica, one only gets 1.35 sets per box now.
I don't think you can name the same color twice.
I think the wording is (partly) due to the possibility of changing a spell's color while it's on stack.
I agree. If such an Overloadable land destruction spell gets printed, it's going to be either "target land" (so it destroys all lands including yours when Overloaded) or "target non-basic land you don't control".
Looking at past examples, I don't think the English name would have slime in it. If I had to guess, it would be a one-word name ending with -morphose (c.f. Manamorphose).
Golgari feels the most fitting, both flavor and mechanic wise.
The Selesnya one is so hard to guess, as white and green overlaps a lot. I just hope the third mode is not life gain.
Not to disagree on your other points, but I think a foil replaces a common, not the basic land.
Thank you. So many people calling fake on this card doesn't even know the difference between keyword actions and keyword abilities.
This is actually not crystal clear since Preordain has the keyword action and cantrip in the same ability.
I'm also trying to find an example where the ability is separated to two sentences (with a period in between instead of comma) like Rootborn Defenses.
I don't quite know Craig Wescoe's reputation on financial matters, but he made the same prediction in his article on TCGPlayer today.