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Gatecrash Preview: Aurelia, the Warleader

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Gisela’s Commander competition as general

When the foil version showed up earlier on, a lot of people were in disbelief. You thought Gisela, Blade of Goldnight was good? This
card take it to the next Boros level.

While Gisela  was good at protecting you and your team as well as giving you a substantial offence boost, this card is more true to the Boros swarm philosophy. Note: some of you may not be aware of this, but the extra combat phase will indeed cause all your Battalion effects to trigger again. This is huge for the cards like Firemane Avenger and Boros Elite.

You can setup an end of turn Aurelia’s Fury and just drop Aurelia on your main phase, enter combat step and go to town.

 

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The premiere Gatecrash mythic

Of course, there is one thing….while she is a bit cheaper than her fellow Boros legend, she is still pushing the Boros curve. Traditionally, these decks are not known for needing to hit 6 mana to win. Boros decks did not pack cards like Inferno Titan when they were Standard legal, because they are speed-based decks. Similarly to Red deck wins, but with more creatures over burn spells.

So while this card seems great on the surface, I think it will be mostly relegated to the Commander format.

 

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OR….will it?

Remember now that all 10 Ravnica Dual Lands will be available. This means that a deck like Naya (Red-Green-White) which had a sketchy manabase can now become more consistent. Naya being known for its beefier creatures and acceleration can really benefit from this Relentless Assault on a stick. I wager it will probably be seen as a two-of in these decks, so don’t dismiss it as a pure casual card just yet!

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Gatecrash Preview: Aurelia’s Fury

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Orim’s Chant meets Rolling Thunder

Wow! Where to begin?
Instant speed Rolling Thunder? Combo breaking Orim’s Chant?

Peanut butter and chocolate? Check!

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Yummy!

 

This card has rightfully received a lot of hype as soon as it was revealed. It presents the Boros player with a veritable Swiss army knife.

Burn your opponent for the win? Check

Set up an alpha strike on your turn by tapping down his team at the end of his? Check

Mess up an Epic Experiment combo deck (because you know there will be one) ? Check

It’s useful in just about any situation and will probably see a decent amounts of modern play as well, I believe. It can be HUGE in decks featuring Dark Confidant as it only makes you take 2 if flipped and does soooo much more for those decks in return. It doesn’t hit the guys with Hexproof, but there is a nifty little artifact that was recently spoiled that takes care of that little problem:

 

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Looking to deal with Invisible Stalker and Geist of Saint Traft?

Aurelia’s Fury will probably be jammed in every possible deck that can support it, kind of like Bonfire of the Damned was.
Remember how big that was? (note: and is becoming big again)

Also, I expect it to be in high demand in the very near future, what with it being a Mythic and all.

Don’t delay, get your playset today!

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Gatecrash Preview: Angelic Edict

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Punished by the Angels!

While you probably want multiples in Gatecrash Pre-releases and Releases, you can maybe squeeze just one into your constructed decks.

There aren’t many ways to get rid of cards like Assemble the Legion in gatecrash limited so this gets the maindeck nod. Also, the number of mythic creature bombs is through the roof. You will need this common solution to those. Unfortunately it does nothign against this guy:

obzFear the Council!

This card is just a pain to play against in Limited You better hope to have Rapid Hybridization or Grisly Spectacle.

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Gatecrash Preview: Alpha Authority

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Watch out! Alpha coming through!

A great way to protect your big guy in Drafts and Pre-releases but I can’t see it doing much else in other formats. Maybe some peeps will try it in casual decks with a Trample creature.

Combos really well with Madcap Skills in Limited.

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Gatecrash Preview: Agorophobia

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Scared of large crowds? You aren’t alone.

Great little pick in Limited! Drop it on an opposing creature and basically render any of its involvement in combat useless, almost.

See, if your opponent choose to chump block with the enchanted creature: simply bounce Agorophobia back to your hand. His creature will die and you will have a fresh Agorophobia to antagonize another opposing creature with. As I mentioned before with cards that bounce back to your hand, the ‘Extort’ mechanic loves them.

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Gatecrash Preview: Aetherize

aetherizeEvacuation for a Standard situation

This is one heck of an exciting card to be sure. You probably would think its applications are rather straightforward, but let me assure you they are not.

You see there is still a point AFTER you have dealt combat damage with your creatures that they are still considered attacking. I mentioned this a while back in my Maverick article. The trick was with Maze of Ith which gave your creatures pseudo-vigilance (usually to a Knight of the Reliquary)

What does this have to do with Aetherize? Well, you see…if you play a lot of  ‘enter the battlefield’ trigger creatures much like everyone does in the current Standard metagame, you might want to do this. You can get insane value off of your Thragtusk, since you get a 3/3 then recast to gain 5 life afterwards. Or it can just be a great way to play around cards like Supreme Verdict as well (by returning not all creatures, but the ones that you can recast for value while retaining a good threat and forcing the Supreme Verdict).

Gain even more value with Snapcaster Mage too! Any whacky scenarios you can conjure up are sure to be reasonably good.

 

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Gatecrash Preview: Aerial Maneuver

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Great white combat trick

This card has many applications all of which are strictly relegated to the realm of Limited magic. The one I think is most relevant is to give you a great defence against a card like Aurelia, the Warleader.

Next!

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Gatecrash Preview: Clan Defiance

clan defianceYet another Blaze/Fireball variant?

Continuing with more recenr Gatecrash previews, we have this bad boy! It seems like the lovechild of Blaze and Branching Bolt. A nice complement to the massive amounts of ramping Gruul players will be doing. It’s probably a great time to preorder these as well, because they feel a little undercosted at around 3$. A great game-ender if there was one and this one doesn’t require you to ‘miracle it to get maximum value out of it.

Pick yours up quickly, before everyone catches one!