FATE REFORGED SPOILERS 12/29 (KOLAGHAN, WHISPERWOOD ELEMENTAL, SOULFLAYER, ETC)

The day has finally arrived! Specifically speaking, the hour has finally come down upon us! The mothership has just officially released more than a dozen cards from Fate Reforged.

Additionally, you might notice that the first card, a legendary dragon, has a new icon in its text card, though it is pretty similar to that of Mardu. Do take note that "in addition to the five clans, five dragon broods appear in Fate Reforged. Each brood is led by a mighty dragon, particularly revered by one of the five clans. Cards are associated with one of the clans or one of the dragon broods each have a unique icon that appears in their text boxes. These icons don't affect game play." With that out of the way, we won't delay the excitement further, so here they are:

 

Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury 3BR

Legendary Creature - Dragon [Rare]

Flying

Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Dash 3BR (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

4/5

Outpost Siege 3R
Enchantment [Rare]

As Outpost Siege enters the battlefield, choose Khans or Dragons:

• Khans - At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card.
• Dragons - Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, Outpost Siege deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Whisperwood Elemental 3GG

Creature - Elemental [Mythic Rare]

At the beginning of your end step, manifest the top card of your library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Sacrifice Whisperwood Elemental: Until end of turn, face-up nontoken creatures you control gain "When this creature dies, manifest the top card of your library."

4/4

Soulflayer 4BB
Creature - Demon [Rare]

Delve

If a creature with flying was exiled with Soulflayer's delve ability, Soulflayer has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, reach, trample, and vigilance.

4/4

Valorous Stance 1W
Instant [Uncommon]

Choose one --

• Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.

"Every choice alters the path of fate."
--Sarkhan Vol

Jeskai Sage 1U
Creature - Human Monk [Common]

Prowess

When Jeskai Sage dies, draw a card.

1/1

"The one who conquers the mind is greater than the one who conquers the world."

Gurmage Angler 6B

Creature - Zombie Fish (!) [Common]

Delve

5/5

If everything in the Gurmag Swamp hungers for human flesh, what bait could be more effective?

Goblin Heelcutter 3R

Creature - Goblin Berserker [Common]

Whenever Goblin Heelcutter attacks, target creature can't block this turn.

Dash 2R (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

3/2

Frontier Mastodon 2G

Creature - Elephant [Common]

Ferocious -- Fronteir Mastodon enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

3/2

Each bronze disk on its harness is an offering from a young Temur hunter, a sign of respect to the spirits of the wild.

Ethereal Ambush 3GU

Instant [Common]

Manifest the top two cards of your library. (To manifest a card, put it onto the battlefield as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

The energies of the Temur lands are readily unleashed upon intruders.

Hooded Assassin 2B

Creature - Human Assassin [Common]

When Hooded Assassin enters the battlefield, choose one --

• Put a +1/+1 counter on Hooded Assassin.
• Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn.

1/2

Soul Summons 1W

Sorcery [Common]

Manifest the top card of your library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if its a creature card.)

Ugin's magic reaches beyond the dragons. The clans have adapted it for war.

Honor's Reward 2W

Instant [Uncommon]

You gain 4 life. Bolster 2. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put two +1/+1 counters on it.)

It seldom rains in Abzan lands. When it does, the khan marks the occasion by honoring the families of the fallen.

Rageform 2RR

Enchantment [Uncommon]

When Rageform enters the battlefield, it becomes an Aura with enchant creature. Manifest the top card of your library and attach Rageform to it.

Enchanted creature has double strike.

Sage-Eye Avengers 4UU

Creature - Djinn Monk [Rare]

Prowess

Whenever Sage-Eye Avengers attacks, you may return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand if its power is less than Sage-Eye Avengers's power.

4/5

Flamerush Rider 4R

Creature - Human Warrior

Whenever Flamerush Rider attacks, put a token onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that's a copy of another target attacking creature. Exile the token at the end of combat.

Dash 2RR (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

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FUNNY AND LUCK MOMENTS IN HEARTHSTONE EP. 81 (UNSTABLE PORTAL EDITION)

The year isn't over, and Trolden is still out and about, collecting the best and the funniest Hearthstone plays out there. This time around, he has made a video dedicated to one special card. That's right, this four-minute video shall focus on the incredibly fun yet infuriating Unstable Portal.



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UPDATED FATE REFORGED [FRF] SPOILER (28/185)

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Fate Reforged is the second set in the Khans of Tarkir block. The official three-letter code for it is FRF, with the accompanying hashtag being #MTGFRF. The prerelease events will be from January 17-18, 2015 while the release date is January 23, 2015.

COLORLESS

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WHITE

BLUE

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RED

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MULTICOLOR

LANDS

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MTG: SHOULD YOU BUY BOOSTER PACKS/BOXES OR SINGLES?

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I have been playing Magic: The Gathering since Onslaught back in 2003. Every since then, I have learned one important thing about investing in MTG and building a deck: It's better to spend your money on directly buying the cards you need for your deck rather than buying packs or boxes in the hopes of getting them.

You'll have friends and other people telling you to go for the box (not the packs to save a couple of dollars), but it's more practical to get the singles even if your deck would cost you about $200. If you want to continue being a Magic: the Gathering player (competitive, casual, online or not) in the long run but you're not a millionaire, you've gotta use your dollars wisely. Additionally, not all booster boxes are worthy investments. Sure, let's look at the most recent successful sets (in terms of their value):

ZENDIKAR

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Let's all be clear about it. Back in my day, each booster pack of Onslaught would only go for about $2.25 each, going to about $2.50 or so when Mirrodin came out (oh, the dreaded days of broken affinity). I don't exactly know when the price increased again, but by the time I came back playing Ravnica: City of Guilds, packs were selling for about $3 each. Anyway, while it does look good to have invested in Zendikar booster boxes (especially the first ones to come out because of the "priceless treasures") as they were only at $90 or so each back then and now at about $500 each, sets like these are numbered.

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Take the next set in Zendikar. Indeed, it does have the most powerful planeswalker card yet in the form of Jace, the Mind Sculptor, but beyond that, the price of the booster box has only doubled after four years.

Recent sets such as Born of the Gods and Journey into Nyx are also not worth the investment, with prices of booster boxes falling to as low as $60. Investing on boosters are risky and rarely turn you a profit. If they ever do, it would probably take you a long time. Basically, if you don't have that much money to spend for MTG, go for the singles. Sure, you can buy the fat pack if you want the physical visual guide, the dice, the box, and that little poster included, but beyond those, they're still just boosters that could either have great, bad, or average cards. And you won't ever know because of the random distribution.

The best thing about going for the singles is that you are certain of what  you are getting. Sure, sometimes the card you just acquired might drop in value, but singles (or rather, four copies of the same card) will be easier to sell than a whole box.

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Moreover, it rewards the player because you have to think hard about which cards should be acquired immediately and which should have their prices lowered down first. Personally speaking, it's better to invest in the Onslaught/KTK fetch lands rather than boxes of Onslaught and KTK, since those cards are not going to go dirt cheap, ever.

However, I also admit to buying packs and boxes, because the thrill of pulling a great card is so addictive, though of course it's more believable to have a $0.30 rare. This is also probably why I immediately acquire a pack in Hearthstone whenever I get enough gold. But seriously speaking, go for the singles first before splurging with packs, regardless if you're building a deck or you're investing in MTG.

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