M11 Core Set Thoughts and Spoilers thus far

So we all know M11 the next core set is due out in less then a month for those who play magic quite often, but what we do not know yet is some of the cards in the set in general espically some which have just been spoiled as of recently let's go over a few of these cards for those who are unsure as to what i am talking about

Let us begin with the Mythic Rares known thus far espically ones not even known about till now

Sun Titan-Vigilance

Whenever Sun Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, you may return target permanent card with converted mana cost 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. 6/6, This only a 6 drop in general, i foresee this being the new Reveillark As seen below

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=152716

Except this badboy can produce 3 mana creatures from the grave when it attacks or comes into play, this is very crucial for white decks i think as this can bring some hefty cards back into play when it is on the field and i see this being a instrumental part of any White/Blue control deck. The only flaw i have with this card is there is no real way to keep it on the field unless of course your going to make it have shroud, but it would be too much like a new baneslayer angel which is of course which i will be discussing next.

Baneslayer Angel- Creature — Angel

Flying, first strike, lifelink, protection from Demons and from Dragons, 5/5, She's back, the 50 dollar mythic has returned to the core set, meaning players will have to dish out another 200 just to get her again, i see this again being abused in FNM's, PTQ's and of course the pro tour setting itself, as expected this was one of the first 30 cards spoiled in general, it's not a surprise though when you get this nasty little angel on the field, preventing black/red decks from doing some serious harm to it, of course it's not without it's flaws either, removal loves to target this, as well as counter magic, again if it was broken, it would have shroud on it or can't be countered by spells, but thankfully wizards decided to leave it as it is good for you wizards.

You can also expect the base color planeswalkers to make their glorious return in this year's coreset since they were in the last one and most decks i know of managed to have either Garruk wildspeaker or Ajani Goldmane in them if you were running white or green in general, i also do wanna see Time Warp return, as that was really instrumental for making decks suffer, Blue/White control loves this card and well most of the time there is nothing really to stop it, Let's take a minute though and discuss time warp in general it being a reprint of a card way back from tempest and starter 1999 it isn't that broken i find it's actually a ability of another recent card called Lighthouse Chronologist as it's last ability states and i quote At the beginning of each end step, if it's not your turn, take an extra turn after this one, so this means basically it gives you extra turns, putting you, 2 maybe 3 turns ahead of your opponent quite literally, which is awesome in the long run, the only downside though is it takes 3 or 4 turns to get to that ability due to the 1 Blue mana cost for the level up ability, but that's ok it is not terrible by any means. This card was actually used rather well by a player at the Pro tour named Guillaume Matignon who used it in his White/Blue Level control deck in the most recent Top 8 Finals Draft in Round 2 against his opponent Andrea Giarola.

Now in the most recent spoiler update on MTG Salvation and MTG News, there is something intruging in terms of the lands in this set there is 10 total fixer lands it would seem, 5 of which come from the last set M10 which are, Dragonsukll Summit Red/Black, Rootbound Crag Red/Green, Sunpetal Grove Green/White, Drowned Catacomb Blue/Black and of course Glacial Fortress Blue/White each of these particular lands of course will see play in standard as mana fixing in general for various dual and even tri color decks. However the other 5 so far have not been spoiled but i will make my thoughts known on those 5 when they come out to be spoiled which is sure to be soon, so stay tuned on that part.

The amount of spoiled cards at this point is 117/249 which means this is a 249 card set which will also allow M10 cards to be played with it for the first 2/3 months this set is released in the middle of July this year, thankfully i am glad this set is coming out, we need a change of pace i feel from the current Mind Sculptor/Jund decks in the current metagame, as 90% of the current decks are using some variant of those.

Till next time Magic fans alike, this is vergil signing off.