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Gatecrash Preview: Crowned Ceratok

crownedceratokTrample your Evolve guys, Rhino Style!

A great beefy creature in both limited and low budget constructed, the Ceratok can provide a nice late game push to your team of beefy trampleless creatures. The quote is a bit funny too.

It can combo well with older casual Ally decks from Zendikar block or Spikes from Tempest block if you just need a low cost finisher for those kinds of decks. In limited I would for sure put him in any of the green-based decks as his stats and random benefit + built-in trample make him playable.

 

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Gatecrash Preview: Crocanura

crocanura

Giant Spider is back! with a growing vengeance!

It’s quite apparent this will be mostly relegated to Limited play. It’s a more aggressively costed Giant Spider(aka. the Core Set sole -Surviror)

 

giant spider survivor

 

He sadly never saw M13

It turns into a Giant Spider if you drop a 2-power or greater creature and just has the potential do block bigger and better creatures with flying after that.

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Gatecrash Preview: Crackling Perimeter

cracklingperimeterGuildgates Assemble!

I don’t care to analyse the Standard possibilities for this card, just that it must be a blast to play with in a Casual deck. Play it with green for Gatecreeper Vine and maybe Urban Evolution for lots of laughs. Pinging your opponent has never been so ‘odd’.

gatecreeper vince

“Yay! I found a home!”

I suppose if you really want to stretch it in Standard it can ping away a few planeswalkers, eventually. But don’t hold your breath.

 

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Gatecrash Preview: Corpse Blockade

corpseblockadeZombies blocking your way? Sucks to be you!

The quote is kinda funny. Another sacrifice outlet, but more for limited. A great way to hinder Boros decks and force them to play a removal on this wall or waste one of their guys on it. It can also allow you to make use of a creature that is already on its way to the graveyard by giving this deathtouch and daring your opponent to expend a creature.

 

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Gatecrash Preview: Contaminated Ground

contaminatedgroundI feel icky just touching the card

Yes, it’s bad. I would not consider packing it in my 40-card deck, even as a 22-23d card. If I got stuck with some multiples I MIGHT consider siding them in versus opponents that seem to get color/mana screwed. That’s a stretch even at that. if your opponent is playing black, you might end up helping them.

Ew!

 

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Gatecrash Preview: Coerced Confession

coerced confessionCute, but inefficient

Flavour is there. Lazav approves. I just don’t like it. You’re paying 5 for something that should have Cipher, but doesn’t.

Some grindy casual low budget mill decks will run it and have fun though.

I would hesitate to play it even in Draft and 100% not playing it in Sealed.

 

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Gatecrash Preview: Cloudfin Raptor

cloudfinraptor

Having a bad ‘Birds’ flashback!

If there is one ‘Evolve’ creature that is expected to see Constructed play, this is it. It gets dropped on turn 1 and continues to deliver the beatdown as long as you can curve out. Dropping a second one on turn 2 followed by a 1 power creature like Delver of Secrets (for example) can be big. Next turn, flip Delver, play a 2 power guy and attack for 7 in the air!

delver of secrets 1 delver of secrets 2

Standard Delver ressurgence? Maybe …

I know it sounds a little sketchy, but trust me. You will see this across from you in a Standard event. Maybe even something like Red/Blue Weenie burn. Who knows?

Just like a Sweepstakes: many will enter, few will win.

Now go evolve your new Standard decks with Gatecrash!

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Gatecrash Preview: Cinder Elemental

cinderelementalWe’ve met before, no?

old cinder

Yeah, I remember now …

Just kidding! It’s not exactly  creature you would remember much unless you did some Mercadian Masques block limited events. It was even better back then since combat damage went on the stack and stuff.

You 100% want this in any red draft/sealed deck as it splashes well and doubles as a removal/potential win condition. If you are playing Red/White/Black, attack with Treasury Thrull and get this guy back to keep Blazing your opponent or his creatures. Not ‘blazingly fast’ though, more like ‘blazingly slow’ but it’s fine, we’re in a limited format.

He can obviously just chump a creature then tap, shoot and kill another one. Not bad at all for a little uncommon!