Ixalan: Open Discussion-Long Term Card Value
First I'd like to throw out some new mechanics:
Raid- (if you attacked trigger)-multiple different scenarios such as draw a card/discard a card or opponent discards a card, or draw a card and lose life equal to its CMC.
Enrage- (whenever this creature is dealt damage trigger)-multiple outcomes such as opponent loses 3 life or put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.
Explore-(different triggers)-reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.
These triggers, it appears, are designed for moderate interaction, but you can see that there is little consistency in triggers. I guess this is to prevent a "system wide" catastrophe. For example, if a mechanic is found to have an interaction that dominates the format, then it is a small thing to ban a single card, but if the mechanic is the same for all cards in the set...then you have a problem.
Enough about that. The next topic I'd like to bring up is long-life card value. I've pulled the current highest costing modern cards and categorized them by their 'power move'.
Now I'll reorganize them to reveal which cards (typically) earn the highest values in Magic (supply issues not withstanding).
Not a big surprise, but the winners are Mana Fixers and Removal. Here's what we can conclude from this list: since the only card that costs 4 mana is Thought-Knot Seer, the preferred cost for these cards is either free (land) or no more than 2.
Now let's see if any of the cards spoiled from Ixalan match up with these cards. If it costs 3, it has to have an overwhelming power (Liliana and Blood Moon). Destroying more is better than destroying less (for removal). And multiple abilities are better. So far...only ones to make the cut:
Walk the Plank is good cheap removal. Ashes of the Abhorrent is kind of like Rest in Peace (Return to Ravnica).
It has some pretty sweeping actions that can pretty much kill any grave play. It's not as good, but I can see it holding some value for quite some time.
Keep in mind, this is my LONG TERM VALUE assessment. I'm not saying that the Ixalan cards that have been revealed won't be awesome in standard or be valuable. I'm just assessing what I've seen so far by the metric I've outlined here.
Raid- (if you attacked trigger)-multiple different scenarios such as draw a card/discard a card or opponent discards a card, or draw a card and lose life equal to its CMC.
Enrage- (whenever this creature is dealt damage trigger)-multiple outcomes such as opponent loses 3 life or put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.
Explore-(different triggers)-reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.
These triggers, it appears, are designed for moderate interaction, but you can see that there is little consistency in triggers. I guess this is to prevent a "system wide" catastrophe. For example, if a mechanic is found to have an interaction that dominates the format, then it is a small thing to ban a single card, but if the mechanic is the same for all cards in the set...then you have a problem.
Enough about that. The next topic I'd like to bring up is long-life card value. I've pulled the current highest costing modern cards and categorized them by their 'power move'.
Now I'll reorganize them to reveal which cards (typically) earn the highest values in Magic (supply issues not withstanding).
Not a big surprise, but the winners are Mana Fixers and Removal. Here's what we can conclude from this list: since the only card that costs 4 mana is Thought-Knot Seer, the preferred cost for these cards is either free (land) or no more than 2.
Now let's see if any of the cards spoiled from Ixalan match up with these cards. If it costs 3, it has to have an overwhelming power (Liliana and Blood Moon). Destroying more is better than destroying less (for removal). And multiple abilities are better. So far...only ones to make the cut:
Walk the Plank is good cheap removal. Ashes of the Abhorrent is kind of like Rest in Peace (Return to Ravnica).
Keep in mind, this is my LONG TERM VALUE assessment. I'm not saying that the Ixalan cards that have been revealed won't be awesome in standard or be valuable. I'm just assessing what I've seen so far by the metric I've outlined here.
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