[SHM] WoTC Previews - 4/3: Fulminator Mage, Sunken Ruins ++

[The Boss]

http://shutter7.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/13068/normal_Fulminator_Mage.jpg

http://shutter7.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/13068/normal_Sunken_Ruins.jpg

[The Boss]

http://shutter7.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/13068/Kinscaer_Harpoonist.jpg

http://shutter7.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/13068/Woodfall_Primus.jpg

[The Boss]

http://shutter7.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/13068/Grief_Tyrant.jpg

http://shutter7.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/13068/Scuzzback_Marauders.jpg

Additional Comment:

I'd say the highlights of this update are Fulminator Mage, which looks fun, but not really great, and Sunken Ruins.

[fireproof]

Suken Ruins really cool I think, good that it doesn't come into play tapped
Greif tyrant could be pretty cool, with the right cards to support it

this update is not as exciting as past updates

[The Boss]

Not really, but its nice to see that it is true that the Graven Cairns cycle is actually happening. Mana fixing ftw.

[Dunjohn]

I don't really like Grief Tyrant. It's similar to Firemaw Kavu. The main downside is that it's not as massively destructive, but at least it doesn't have the Kavu's nutty Echo cost. That said, Firemaw Kavu sees no play and I don't really expect to see this guy on tables either. Good in draft but not an auto-first pick.

Woodfall Primus is probably first-pick in draft, first pack anyway. If I see this in pack 3 and I'm not heavily green, he's not really worth hating out. The land and the Fulminator Mage are really the only two constructed-worthy cards here, ah rekin, we'll see how right I am in the end. Fulminator would have been terrific if he could hit basics, but as it is he's still a kill against colour fixers, manlands and all the other staple nonbasics and can be hitting for 2 while you wait for a good target. Chances are he'll never leave the Constructed table without taking something with him.

The land, not much to be said, if it's needed it'll see play, if it's not it won't same as any good dual. I'll play Underground River ahead of it any day so its real competition is River of Tears, which I have to say I've never used in Standard.