Alara Reborn Spoiler

**md22mdrx** · April 13th, 2009, 10:01 PM

MEDDLING MAGE?!? Wow. Interesting. Thoughts? Or could you see this coming when Terminate was spoiled?

**jrr** · April 13th, 2009, 10:43 PM

Thats cool, too bad its almost useless in casual highlander 5-color decks.

**(GM)2** · April 14th, 2009, 09:27 AM

i can almost picture the n00b metagame when this card comes out .... *shudders*

**anonymos** · April 14th, 2009, 05:55 PM

Here's the part we should talk about mostly for Abe's sake since he doesn't believe in anything not official from Wizards.

Alara Reborn Visual Spoiler : Wizards of the Coast

Things that have caught my attention thus far are:

Pale Recluse
Sphinx of the Steel Wing (yay for ANOTHER akroma)
Jenara
Dragon Broodmother - the prerelease card

**(GM)2** · April 14th, 2009, 11:20 PM

i think pale recluse will be pretty good. has some variety in its land fetching. the reach and 4/5 is nice for mid-late game play too.

jenara seems pretty good. wouldn't doubt if she sees some standard action

broodmother is a vforce all crack-a-fied

as far as the sphinx goes, it's kinda meh for what it is. not nearly as good as akroma. way easier to take of. still solid multiplayer though.

i think cascade could be an interesting combo ability for a casual deck. unsure about standard potential. will have to see after the rest of the set comes out.

**anonymos** · April 25th, 2009, 03:38 PM

Official Spoiler is up!

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Things I want for myself

1 of each Borderpost
Wargate
Vengeful Rebirth
1 of each landcycling guy
Sen Triplets
Sphinx of the Steel Wing (maybe)
4 Meddling Mage - like new art more
Predatory Advantage (maybe)
Qasali Pridemage
Retaliator Griffin
Intimidation Bolt
Jenara, Asura of War
Lightning Reaver
Lord of Extinction (maybe) - loses points for no abilities other than being HUGE
Maelstrom Nexus
Dragon Broodmother (prerelease card)
Dauntless Escort

**(GM)2** · April 25th, 2009, 08:16 PM

sen triplets is going to be nasty nasty nasty.

cracked a m pulse at the prerelease. couldn't play it, but it's badass aaaand its going for 17 bones already.

cascade was an AWESOME ability whenever i saw it in action. does nasty things.

also boarder posts rock. personally i think they're way better than the obelisks. they don't fuck with your tempo as much. mos def want a jenara. she's pretty shwingtastic

**TheAbe** · April 27th, 2009, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by (GM)2

also boarder posts rock. personally i think they're way better than the obelisks. they don't fuck with your tempo as much.

Then you are an idiot. They only tap for two mana, they are harder to cast and they actually do fuck with your tempo because they aren't mana acceleration when you pay the alt cost. Bouncinga land to you rhand to pay a MORE FRAGILE that taps for one is no tempo advandtage. Play an Obelist on turn three and you can rock five mana on turn four instead of three. The boarderpost's alt cost does not speed you up, and as we have all seen from Ranvica' karoo l;ands, the bounce of a land may force you to discard in order to use t on teh draw. Only taps for 2 colors. How is this better, exactly?

**md22mdrx** · April 28th, 2009, 09:14 AM

The borderposts DO suck. The ONLY thing they may have going for them is using the alt cost on your FIRST drop ... IF you're lucky enough to have one in your opening hand. EVEN THEN, it's still worse than a tri-tap.

**(GM)2** · April 29th, 2009, 10:20 PM

well for the sealed on saturday they worked quite well. pulled four for the naya deck i had and did have one 1st or 2nd turn consistently. they never got bumped off and pumped up the extra bonus for those two drop hybrids in the early game. i dunno they worked pretty good for me. wont be running them in 250 or my type 2 deck tho