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Dominaria United Spoilers Part 2 - Color Cycles

Now for the color cycles of Dominaria United. First the “Defiler” cycle which turns colored mana into Phyrexian mana. I think it’s a cool concept and I can definitely see them being played in different formats, especially commander. I like how they all have keyword abilities associated with their color and have abilities that trigger whenever you cast a spell of the same color. I got Defiler of Vigor as a candidate for my Yisan deck which might not make the cut since it’s so good at generating green mana anyway so the cost reduction wouldn’t really be necessary.

We knew we were getting a cycle of rare lords in this set but this completely blew away my expectations, especially the Merfolk one. I got myself a playset with an extra for my Kumena EDH deck. I saw someone post a combo with Lullmage Mentor where you basically keep sacrificing merfolk tokens to counter noncreature spells and get them back with Lullmage Mentor. Shadow-Rite Priest is absolutely overpowered with its ability to tutor up any black creature by paying 3BB and sacrificing another cleric. I can definitely see it being abused in formats like modern to tutor up cards like Griselbrand.

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jeskaim · 2 years

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Dominaria United Spoilers Part 1

With most of the set spoiled at this point I feel it’s time for me to share my thoughts. All I can say is this is going to be HUGE. When I saw the initial livestream with the release schedule for next year I was in shock. Ever since I built Modern Affinity five years ago when it was still tier one I got super into the lore for Mirrodin and New Phyrexia so when they announced Phyrexia: All Will Be One and March of the Machines I could barely contain my excitement. I’ve had suspicions that we were going back to New Phyrexia since Kaldheim with the war against the Phyrexians being the next major event in the story and it turns out I was right. I made the decision a couple years ago if we were going back to New Phyrexia I was going to get a custom hat from Etsy to wear to prerelease and I ordered it a couple weeks ago. Once I get it I plan to get the Mirran and Phyrexian symbols embroidered on the side and wear it to prerelease. I’ll definitely post a pic when I get it.

First of all the reprint a lot of players are excited for. Back when I built GDS I got an original Innistrad one for about $100 on a trip to Colorado with my father to see one of my favorite bands at Red Rocks so it has more sentimental value so I’m not as excited for this reprint but I know a lot of players are because it’s practically a modern staple.

Next we have the Praetor for this set. Starting with Vorinclex in Kaldheim we knew the Praetors of New Phyrexia were up to something and in most core sets we’ve seen one show up on different planes so it’s no surprise we’re getting Sheoldred in this set. I like the effect where it gives you an upside and your opponent an opposite downside like the original Praetor cards in New Phyrexia. Needless to say I preordered the Phyrexian-text variant in both foil and non-foil for my collection. I’m super pumped to get them.

Now onto the Ajani we all knew was coming since the artbook leak on Amazon. When I first heard it had been leaked and Ajani had become the second planeswalker to become compleated and killed Jaya Ballard I was a little shocked because he was always a source of justice in the Multiverse. I haven’t read the stories since War of the Spark so I had to find out how he became compleated and when I found out he was a Phyrexian sleeper agent I was pretty shocked. Then I read how he destroyed the Golgothian Cylex that Karn excavated in the previous Dominaria story (but Saheeli Rai was able to make an exact copy using plans Karn dug up because of course she would) with the purpose of detonating it on New Phyrexia so there’s still hope. My prediction is that in March of the Machines the Phyrexians will finally be defeated due to the “aftermath” set coming afterwards. I was right about the next big event being a war against the Phyrexians so let’s see if I’m right this time.

Now onto the new Lotus. When Mark Rosewater announced in his teaser that we would be getting an new “Lotus” artifact I didn’t know what to expect but now that we know all I can say is this was practically made for commander. With a CMC of five and coming in tapped I doubt it’ll see much play in constructed formats like modern or pioneer but it’ll be killer in commander.

FINALLY The Raven Man, Liliana’s mortal enemy, is getting a card. Pretty much since her inception people have been wanting him as a card and in Dominaria United it’s finally happening. His effect suits him well with the discarding and the bird tokens. Supposedly even on Strixhaven Liliana/Professor Onyx hears his voice in her head and that’s what causes her to go back to Dominaria so it’s fitting he’s in this set.

It’s always fun to see Squee in a standard set. I love how he has his little toy in his right hand in the artwork like even though he’s this important person he’s still the same old Squee we’ve grown to love. Before upgrading my Aurelia deck I had a copy of his Dominaria version because I thought it was a good fit.

And last but not least a green version of Gifts Ungiven. As a storm player I’m a huge fan of Gifts because of its ability to find combo pieces but this one I’m not too sure about. The only decks I can see this being used in are reanimator decks.

That’s all for now. I’ll do part two later today where I talk about the color cycles.

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