Monday, August 15, 2011

Innistrad Card Arts: What we know so far

Hello everyone and welcome to yet another innistrad article, courtesy of the emporium, today we take a look at Innistrad card arts, speculated abilites of said cards and how they may work in current standard enviroments, so let's begin with a card known as Skirsdag Cultist which is a red creature, here's the art


Ok, so what we know of this card is the following it's a 2/2 that costs 2 anything and 2 red mana to summon, has the ability tap to sacrifice a creature, Skirsdag Cultist deals 2 damage to target creature or player, it's basically an upgraded Prodigal Pyromancer that costs 2 times as much to summon, deals twice the amount of damage it does and is basically a Shock on legs so it would seem, this may seem like a good idea to give us another one of these creatures, mind you at a uncommon level, but it's not your just making it worse for a lot of other players, when Innistrad arrives on store shelves on September 30th, i'll be sure to go to the release and see how this card gets played along with everything else i'll discuss today, onto a more impressive card, which is blue called Murder of Crows 




That's a blue dude alright, it flies, isn't a vampire and does card draw when something dies, sweet, here's what is known about this murder of crows, it's a 4/4 costs 5 mana 3 and 2 blue, flies obviously at a uncommon level, it also has the ability whenever another creature dies, you may draw a card, if you do discard a card, seriously do we really need a flying Riddlesmith right now, those whom aren't aware riddlesmith does the same ability for artifacts though when they are played, is a 2/1 costs 1 and a blue, for those who don't keep up with spoilers, IE Scars, MBS, NPH etc. This is really underestimated, due to the fact it flies, is a big body too so it can easily block chumpers all day long, seriously this is good for a blue dude, nice to see Innistrad representing blue to the fullest, my next art is from a card called Bloodgift Demon let's take a look shall we.


That is one impressive piece of art for a demon, amazing job on the art for thise one wizards, now as a 4/4 that flies obviously and costs 3 regular mana and 2 black mana to summon, has the ability, at the beginning of your upkeep, target player draws 1 card and loses 1 life and is a rare to boot, so this might be a 2 dollar rare, i don't know but i will say this much, this being the first card to fly and have that ability is kinda interesting to be honest here, if he is a 2 dollar rare i'll probably expect to see him in the Intro Packs for this set, who knows, anyways let's take a look see at a card known as Spectral Rider which is a knight believe it or not.


Dude that's a cool horse, ok so let's go over the basics for this one, it costs 2 white mana to summon yes a mere 2 white mana, is a 2/2 that has Intimidate wait say what we haven't seen that keyword for a long bloody time, last time we saw something with that keyword was a while back if i am not mistaken, someone be sure to note which set had it last in the comments below because i cannot remember, but to see that ability again along with Flashback in the same set, wow seriously this is good, i like it a lot really i do, this is one of the many reasons i am falling in love with Innistrad once again due to the horror themed/returning abilites category man it's great to be a magic player these days, last card of the day, it's known as Wreath of Geists surprisingly this one is a green card, let's take a look at this final piece of art.


Seriously a fricking pirate in the art to this one, man this is good, ok so it costs 1 green mana to play, is a enchantment - aura, has the ability Enchanted creature gets +X/+X where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard, it's a uncommon, i get it it's a graveyard based enchantment that works to your advantage, seriously wow, i didn't know that was possible, this is good as a uncommon, i'm kinda anticpating the next set of spoilers, provided we don't get what happened with New Phyrexia again that was a total bust of a spoiler season if i do say so myself, anyways that is it for today, we will have to wait and see what shows up tommorow news wise and i'll probably discuss it as usual, for the Emporium this is vergil signing off.

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