First we have the Peace and Pierce Strider that were part of Scars of Mirroden Game Day promos for those who were affiliated. The fact that you only needed 10 cards to be affiliated proved how bad of a constructed set Scars is, and the badness of the Striders really gave no incentive to even play an affiliated deck. But that's old news.
While it is technically now old news, I never brought up the Crusaders that were spoiled during Worlds. Check these bad boys out!
As expected, we are seeing spoilers in pairs (I immediatly thought of White Knight - Black Knight when I saw these), but at least these 2 are awesome! Despite my natural Phyrexian affiliation, I still think the Phyrexian Crusader is more powerful than the Mirran one, and will definitely see constructed play. Why? The 3 colors with the best removal is White, Red, and Black. This guy has pro White and Red, which makes him impervious to those 2, and he is Black, which means that Doom Blade is inefective. Also, first strike and wither is always a great combo =D. Also, every infect deck will probably be running this guy if they are playing back. By the way, equip this guy with a Sword of Body and Mind as soon as you get the chance for epic pwning.
Even though the Phyrexian one is better, the Mirran one is pretty good too. I think it's funny how this has double strike, probably just so it can be the same 5-turn clock the Phyrexian one is. Protection from black is good to save it from Doom Blade, but protection from green is basically just evasion. This card is the buy-a-box promo card for Beseiged, so you don't need to preorder him if you want one and are getting a box anyways.
Recently, the Pre-Release and Release cards were leaked, and here is what we have to work with:
The 2 cards up top are the Pre-Release (remember you get different promos depending on your affiliation) and the bottom image is for the release.
Unfortunately we can't see the Mirran promo (although the keyword "Battle Cry" sounds cool), and the release promo is a bulk rare, so I have the Phyrexian Mythic to talk about. The first thing I noticed about this card is that it's multi-colored. I love multi-colored cards, and I'm sad that there are only 4 multi-colored cards in standard right now, which are all Mythics (Novablast Wurm, Wrexial the Risen Deep, Sarkhan the Mad, Venser the Sojouner). Obviously this is a Mythic too, but now there are more multi-colored cards! The next thing I noticed was its name (notice how I read these cards?), which shoots strait back to original Mirroden block. Glissa Sunseeker was the protagonist in the Mirroden story who journeyed to the center of Mirroden's Core, battled Memnarch, and ultimately allowed the green sun to break free. Apparently since then, she has been tainted by the Phyrexians. An important bit of info about this card is that it DOES NOT have infect. It's just a first strike deathtoucher that provides nice card advantage.
Oh, JUST a first strike deathtoucher?
Yeah, I should build that up more... This is the first time that a card has ever been printed with First Strike and Deathtouch unconditially together. The only other 3 cards that could have both are Cairn Wanderer, Nirkana Cutthroat, and Pestilant Kathari, which required certain cards in your graveyard, 3 level counters, and a mana investment respectively. Not only does Glissa have both deathtouch and first strike unconditionally, but she is also less expensive than all the aformentioned cards. Glissa costs 3. Cairn Wanderer costs 4, Cutthroat costs 3 + 3 level counters at 3 mana each = 12, and Kathari costs 3 + 3 to gain first strike for a total of 6. I expect Glissa to be making splashes in this new Standard as she is incredibly powerful for her mana, and she gives you major card advantage.
So that is all for now, until next time, stay classy!
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