Here's what I got in my box for my work this coming weekend. I put them in numerical order and left a spot where I didn't have the card, so the number crunchers can go to town.
Man, I was hoping I could draft that archetype but I needed the 1/1 for one. Hadn't heard about him yet.
EDIT: Excommunicate is planeshifted Time Ebb? I had it on this block's OTHER Pacifism variant to complement O-Ring. Cool.
EDIT: So Glaze Fiend is Vermiculos meets Nim Shrieker? Might be an archetype THERE too. I mean, obviously, shard themes, but we're talking full-blown archetype here.
EDIT: Oh look, they obsoleted Grizzly Bears with an Elf Scout. Also, I don't like the look of red at ALL. Look at its bodies at common, and how many have one toughness!
EDIT: Sigil Blessing looks interesting. Nice pump spell. That is gonna blow SO many people out.
White Time Ebb? Yeah, I was also highly interested in 'Excommunicate' when I saw the name, Seeker after Chaos. I thought, though, that it would be very special, too special for a pacifism variant, since 'excommunicate' is such a cool and white-evocative word.
Also, loving the joke on Bant Battlemage.
Why the heck can't Invincible Hymn just say "Your life total becomes (equal to) the number of cards in your library"? I mean obviously you have to count it.
ooh, cool plot info on Knight of the Skyward Eye. Also, better than spoiled.
Gustrider Exuberant is good.
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Ok, after seeing these scans (awesome work, parkmania), I'm convinced that Shards is the worst set since Champions.
Seriously. They made freaking bears. It could even have a meaningless keyword, like trample or vigilance, but noo, they made an identical copy to Grizzly Bears.
Wow, just from looking at the set the cards may not be amazing but all the art is just jaw-dropping, all of the lands are soooo good looking, *drool* I loooove the art of this set, god damn.
Especially the Esper basic lands... they are so friggin' beautiful it's ridiculous. I'm not even interested in playing with the other Esper cards.
I have to say that apart from a few cards (mostly uncommons), I'm kind of disappointed with this set so far. The only big card that really stands out for me is the G/R Planeswalker. I was also a little disappointed that Invincible Hymn says "your life total becomes" instead of "You gain life equal to". But still, awesome to see so many cards.
So does this mean that Sacellum Godspeaker is not the right name for the white creature that does something if you have a creature with a power of 5 or more?
It's in the spoiler already and is the exact same as the Sunseed Nurturer in the White/Blue pack (4th one in the first post. checked and made sure which one.)
Edit: huh... 2nd picture in part 4 has a green card named that. It probably a mistake in what we already had then...
Spell Snip is not a joke?
Holy crap, they made BEARS? WTH?
Man, I was hoping I could draft that archetype but I needed the 1/1 for one. Hadn't heard about him yet.
EDIT: Excommunicate is planeshifted Time Ebb? I had it on this block's OTHER Pacifism variant to complement O-Ring. Cool.
EDIT: So Glaze Fiend is Vermiculos meets Nim Shrieker? Might be an archetype THERE too. I mean, obviously, shard themes, but we're talking full-blown archetype here.
EDIT: Oh look, they obsoleted Grizzly Bears with an Elf Scout. Also, I don't like the look of red at ALL. Look at its bodies at common, and how many have one toughness!
EDIT: Sigil Blessing looks interesting. Nice pump spell. That is gonna blow SO many people out.
White Time Ebb? Yeah, I was also highly interested in 'Excommunicate' when I saw the name, Seeker after Chaos. I thought, though, that it would be very special, too special for a pacifism variant, since 'excommunicate' is such a cool and white-evocative word.
Also, loving the joke on Bant Battlemage.
Why the heck can't Invincible Hymn just say "Your life total becomes (equal to) the number of cards in your library"? I mean obviously you have to count it.
ooh, cool plot info on Knight of the Skyward Eye. Also, better than spoiled.
Gustrider Exuberant is good.
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Seriously. They made freaking bears. It could even have a meaningless keyword, like trample or vigilance, but noo, they made an identical copy to Grizzly Bears.
Wow, I see a lot of good white limited cards(Excommunicate, Gustrider Exuberant) and a lot of sucky blue cards(Jhessian Lookout, Protomatter Powder).
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Both seem nice to me, especially Gift which lets you dig 5 and (usually) get two cards, at the same cost as Compulsive Research
Especially the Esper basic lands... they are so friggin' beautiful it's ridiculous. I'm not even interested in playing with the other Esper cards.
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It's in the spoiler already and is the exact same as the Sunseed Nurturer in the White/Blue pack (4th one in the first post. checked and made sure which one.)
Edit: huh... 2nd picture in part 4 has a green card named that. It probably a mistake in what we already had then...