[GTC] – 12/27 Mothership Holiday Preview: Treasury Thrull

[Magus of the Whatever]

I literaly giggled with joy when I saw this. Teneb got a new friend for the holidays!

[Valyon]

Big question is:

Does this stack? Do you pay for each instance, or if you have 5 extort creatures out, do you just pay one and they lose 5 life?

Either way, it's a supremely cunning mechanic.

[PlasticineGuy]

This could get really out of hand really fast. I like it.
If you can't see the image:
Treasury Thrull 4WB
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay W/B. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Whenever CARDNAME attacks, you may return target artifact, creature, or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

[ApocryphaEffect]

I thought the Thrulls were once people... That doesn't look like it was once a people...

[The Dead Weatherman]

Extort is complete garbage.

Worst guild keyword by a ridiculous margin.

[LnGrrrR]

Very Orzhov, but not really my style. It does make me want to bust out my Blood Artist deck though...

[skorchdnite]

This big ole guy's just asking to be in my Tariel EDH deck...

Extort's interesting. Definitely good for later on in the game when you've got a lot of mana to burn, and it can really make for shenanigans in any sort of multiplayer. I really like it. It's like playing Exsanguinate with every spell.

[Scarap]

Seems like a pretty basic mechanic, but interesting. This one is certainly the least easy to figure out, except for the "lose life/gain life" part of it. Will the cost be different each time or the life gain be different? Who knows at this point.

[Lully]

extort is fine in limited and rewards getting a bunch of them, but it will end up leading to the worst creatures: 2WB 2/2 extort. That's basically what these cards will be. This preview is the worst yet. 6 mana needs to just do more than this. It's unacceptably weak in this era of magic regardless of whether any of us like it or not.

[Izzet Experiment]

Can you stack the ability? Like play one spell and tap three mana to deal 3 and gain 3?

[Geaux]

I already enjoyed Orzohv but between the art, the card and the mechanic I think I may have jut found "my guild" for the block. Also, does the card feel like a fixed Sun Titan to anyone else?

[Marelt Ekiran]

Now they just need to print a few Orzhovian cards that do nice stuff when triggering off of lifegain and I'll be as happy as a cleric in a treasury.

[GNP]

Extort seems good. I mean its basically a kicker on every spell you cast that drains your opponent and that seems decent. Hopefully they put it onto low costed beaters b/c at 6 cc, this dude is too much.

[Karmakin]

Flavor wise it's great. But playability wise..it's not just the worst guild keyword/ability, I'll go as far as to say it's the most boring keyword/ability we've seen in a LONG time.

[SoulSalvage]

Originally Posted by GuildCaster

I'm liking the mechanic. I might have to break out my vault of the archangels again.

I wonder if its always 1 for 1 or if there will be cards that have different costs but steal more life.

Always 1 for 1. Keywords never change from being on different cards.