[CS] cards from FAQ

[bradleyjx]

Coldsnap FAQ in full can be found here.

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Phobian Phantasm
Creature -- Illusion

Flying, fear
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

3/3

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Balduvian Rage
Instant

Target attacking creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

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Balduvian Frostwaker
Creature -- Human Wizard

, : Target snow land becomes a 2/2 blue Elemental creature with flying. It's still a land.

1/1

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Balduvian Warlord
Creature -- Human Barbarian

: Remove target blocking creature from combat. Creatures it blocked that no other creature blocked this combat become unblocked, then it blocks an attacking creature of your choice. Play this ability only during the declare blockers step.

3/2

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Brooding Saurian
Creature -- Lizard

At the end of each turn, each player gains control of all nontoken permanents he or she owns.

4/4

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Deepfire Elemental
Creature -- Elemental

: Destroy target artifact or creature with converted mana cost X.

4/4

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Frostweb Spider
Snow Creature -- Spider

Frostweb Spider can block as though it had flying.
Whenever Frostweb Spider blocks a creature with flying, put a +1/+1 counter on Frostweb Spider at end of combat.

1/3

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Gelid Shackles
Snow Enchantment -- Aura

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't block and its activated abilities can't be played.
: Enchanted creature gains defender until end of turn. ( can be paid with one mana from a snow permanent.)

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Goblin Furrier
Creature -- Goblin Warrior

Prevent all damage that Goblin Furrier would deal to snow creatures.

2/2

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Greater Stone Spirit
Creature -- Elemental Spirit

Greater Stone Spirit can't be blocked by creatures with flying.
: Until end of turn, target creature gets +0/+2 and gains ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

4/4

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Herald of Leshrac
Creature -- Avatar

Flying
Cumulative upkeep--Gain control of a land you don't control.
Herald of Leshrac gets +1/+1 for each land you control but don't own.
When Herald of Leshrac leaves play, each player gains control of each land he or she owns that you control.

2/4

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Juniper Order Ranger
Creature -- Human Knight

Whenever another creature comes into play under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on Juniper Order Ranger.

2/4

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Magmatic Core
Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the end of your turn, Magmatic Core deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures, where X is the number of age counters on it.

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Rimefeather Owl
Snow Creature -- Bird

Flying
Rimefeather Owl's power and toughness are each equal to the number of snow permanents in play.
: Put an ice counter on target permanent.
Permanents with ice counters on them are snow.

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Rimehorn Aurochs
Snow Creature -- Aurochs

Trample
Whenever Rimehorn Aurochs attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Aurochs.
: Target creature blocks target creature this turn if able. ( can be paid with one mana from a snow permanent.)

3/3

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Rimescale Dragon
Snow Creature -- Dragon

Flying
: Tap target creature and put an ice counter on it. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow permanent.)
Creatures with ice counters on them don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

5/5

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Ronom Hulk
Creature -- Beast

Protection from snow
Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

5/6

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Thermal Flux
Instant

Choose one -- Target nonsnow permanent becomes snow until end of turn; or target snow permanent isn't snow until end of turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

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Tresserhorn Skyknight
Creature -- Zombie Knight

Flying
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Tresserhorn Skyknight by creatures with first strike.

5/3

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Vanish into Memory
Instant

Remove target creature from the game. You draw cards equal to that creature's power. At the beginning of your next upkeep, return that card to play under its owner's control. If you do, discard cards equal to its toughness.

In here because it looks like the text has changed from the last known version.

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Void Maw
Creature -- Horror

Trample
If another creature would be put into a graveyard from play, remove it from the game instead.
Put a card removed from the game with Void Maw into its owner's graveyard: Void Maw gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

4/5

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Wall of Shards
Snow Creature -- Wall

Defender, flying
Cumulative upkeep--An opponent gains 1 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

1/8

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Woolly Razorback
Creature -- Beast

Woolly Razorback comes into play with three ice counters on it.
As long as Woolly Razorback has an ice counter on it, it has defender and any combat damage it would deal is prevented.
Whenever Woolly Razorback blocks, remove an ice counter from it.

7/7

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Zombie Musher
Snow Creature -- Zombie

Snow landwalk
: Regenerate Zombie Musher. ( can be paid with one mana from a snow permanent.)

2/3

[Shade]

Originally Posted by coppro

Interesting that such cards are in the Dissension FAQ.

Linky?

He obviously meant Coldsnap.

Interesting cards, but nothing that really stands out to me. The Rimescale Dragon may make a good finisher.

The Magmatic Core has perfect synergy with Braid of Fire, btw.

[bradleyjx]

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showt...71#post1218371

It explains where the information came from.

EDIT: So I got the set name wrong. Maybe I don't care for the set enough to get it's name right. (well, that isn't the reason...)

[Elvish_ruler]

The first card has a cumelative upkeep cost of not

Link: http://66.253.188.188/cspfaq.txt

Edit: Magmatic core with braid of fire?

[sleeping Villain]

Holy jesus nice find! Ummmm all of these cards are good. I like the no untap ice counter giving dragon. That's verrrrry nice.

[Mortal Wombat]

You mean "Coldsnap FAQ," right?

Individual analyses:

Phobian Phantasm: Good in Limited, but outside the cumulative upkeep will hurt. Good finisher.
Martyr of Ashes: Old news.
Balduvian Rage: Who uses Enrage outside of attacking, anyway? That's what makes this strictly better.
Balduvian Frostwaker: Crap.
Balduvian Warlord: Confusing....
Brooding Saurian: If Emminent Domain was still viable, this would be quite the hoser. As it is, it's a solid 4-cost fatty.
Deepfire Elemental: Excellent in Limited, and not too shabby outside of it since it can kill Moxen and cheap creatures. Won't replace Gorilla Shaman in that regard, though. Clever combination of Plaguebearer and Shaman.
Frostweb Spider: I don't really like it.
Gelid Shackles: Won't replace Faith's Fetters, but in Limited it's a bomb.
Greater Stone Spirit: Another good Limited beater.
Herald of Leshrac: And you thought Limited Resources was annoying in multiplayer....
Juniper Order Ranger: Works well with Selesnya decks.
Magmatic Core: Good in Limited, pretty good outside of it. Again, cumulative upkeep isn't a good ability.
Rimefeather Owl: I like this in Limited, and outside it could very well be a hoser. Not going to replace Meloku in my blue deck, though.
Rimehorn Aurochs: Good in Aurochs decks, and the ability is handy too.
Rimescale Dragon: This really isn't a red ability, but it's welcome in that color.
Ronom Hulk: No.
Thermal Flux: Good for a cantrip but nothing else, really.
Tresserhorn Skyknight: Pretty good black flyer. Great in Limited.
Vanish into Memory: I don't really see any major changes to the wording.
Void Maw: Not a good replacement for Leyline of the Void, but a nice finisher.
Wall of Shards: Yes! A Wall! Thank you!!!! But it still sucks.
Woolly Razorback: Seems costed correctly. Balanced, if nothing else.
Zombie Musher: Great in Limited.

Good catches!

[qki]

the wall of shards is interesting. rain of gore anyone?

[Baron Sengir]

*Goes to make a / deck with the Saurian and Sky Swallower*

I definately like most of these cards. I can't wait for Coldsnap.

The Deepfire Elemental reminds me of Plaguebearer. My very first rare out of a booster...

[urzassedatives]

MY PRAYERS ARE FINALLY ANSWERED.
Sorrow's Path on a stick!
(Adding these all to the spoiler as we speak)

[Stupid3494]

interesting cards, does that black creature have protection from first strikes

[bog frog]

Very, very nice. Thank you so much, bradleyjx.

Although not all of them may be five-star cards, I especially like Rimescale Dragon (which is a 5/5 btw) as a control deck's finisher. The only problem is that if your opponent nukes him, (s)he gets to untap his/her creatures.

However, some of the cards just ooze with flavour!

Edit: I propose Rimescale Dragon be called Winterfresh! Anyone with me?

[tragedy]

Ew, I hate the "becomes snow" wording. It sounds so dumb and wrong.

Balduvian Warlord sounds like an Unglued card, along the lines of The Ultimate Nightmare of WotC Customer Service and Ambiguity.

[Gallo]

Uhm... I don't like this new cards... the magmatic core could be good with braid of fire. well we got the last two knights... I'm disappointed. The ranger might be good in a selsesnya deck but the black flyer it's waaaay too costly, the other cards just don't tickle my fantasy in anyways (the martyr could be good in a mono red deck)

[pandafarmer]

i really think Coldsnap is REALLY fun. it's so differant than Kamigawa and Ravnica that it really feels refreshing. my only worry is that Time Spiral will feel very similar to this, and it will drive people away who get bored with 4 sets of "old skool."

some neat cards, once Kami rotates, we'll see some VERY fun and creative decks i think.

[Darth Dial-Up]

Originally Posted by qki

the wall of shards is interesting. rain of gore anyone?

No dice, rain of gore only affects spells and abilities that that the life gaining player controls. If it was the case that you were thinking, then beacon of immortality and rain of gore would combo for a 20 life point railing.