The Casual Planeswalker

Tag: the Mind Sculptor

  • M12 Planeswalkers – Jace Has Been Spoiled!

    M12 Planeswalkers – Jace Has Been Spoiled!

    Last week we brought you what we think/hope will be the new Garruk.

    Along with that mock-up, we showed you the “confirmed” artwork for the new Jace and Chandra incarnations.

    Now, we have absolute assurance that the art we showed you was indeed a spoiler of what you’ll get in M12, but we also have confirmation of Jace 3.0, or as you’ll call him henceforth, Jace, Memory Adept.

    Here is the picture that we have, along with a text rendering of his abilities:

    Jace, Memory Adept – 3UU
    Planeswalker – Jace (Mythic Rare)
    +1 Loyalty – Draw a card. Target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
    0 Loyalty – Target player puts the top ten cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
    -7 Loyalty – Any number of target players each draw twenty cards.

    Loyalty 4

    There he is! What do you think? Is this a more fair replacement for Jace, The Mind Sculptor? Does it seem strange to print a third Jace when Wizards just banned the second? Leave us a comment and let us know your reaction to this announcement.

  • Just for Fun – Storm Crow

    Just for Fun – Storm Crow

    Storm CrowOne of the things I love about Magic: The Gathering is the fact that the fan base is big enough to allow for not only a fully-developed subculture and a universal sense of camaraderie, but it’s also big enough to produce it’s own internet memes.

    If you haven’t already looked up Storm Crow on Gatherer, then you need to do so now.

    Here are some highlights from the discussion:

    “I know that there are a lot of haters out there who think, “This card sucks.” I have a question for you. Actually, three: Does Vengevine
    Vengevine     have flying? Can you attack for one every turn with your Jace, the Mind Sculptor
    Jace, the Mind Sculptor    ? Does Bloodbraid Elf
    Bloodbraid Elf     cost two mana? It doesn’t. It’s fine by me if you all want to blow your money on forty-dollar Baneslayer Angels
    Baneslayer Angel     (which, by the way, die to doom blade just the same). I’m sticking with this bad boy here.”

    – mrd8888

    “So last night a friend and I were playing some hot, consensual Magic: The Gathering, and I had just laid down my second island. Of course, you all know what that means. I smiled maniacally and played a Storm Crow…My opponent then proceeded to die. Like, I’m not talking about life points, here. He actually physically died. He took one look at my Storm Crow and all of his skin melted off like that one scene from Indiana Jones. It was pretty awesome, except now my entire playset of Storm Crows is sitting in the county jail, awaiting a trial for first-degree murder. My lawyers are optimistic though that we can lower the penalty to manslaughter, since Storm Crow doesn’t mean to be the ridiculously broken card it is, it was just born that way when Jace, the Mind Sculptor
    Jace, the Mind Sculptor     and Black Lotus
    Black Lotus     had a power-baby in the center of the Blind Eternities. So technically, it’s not its fault.”

    – DysprosiumJudas

    Credit for this creation goes to Thomas Lockwood

    Wow. No wonder this wasn’t reprinted in Tenth Edition, he’s so broken. Maybe now that we’ve got mythic rarity he’ll get printed in m12. One can only hope though.

    – boldlygonowhere

    And if all that isn’t enough. Check out this sweet, post-NPH, Storm Crow update: Infected Storm Crow.