M11 Pooled Spoilers!

Welcome everyone, to the first proper spoiler post for Gwafa’s Bazaar. We’re bringing you our views on the three cards you’re bound to see all over the place today – Scroll Thief, Bloodcrazed Goblin, and War Priest of Thune! It is a bit hard to comment on the financial significance of commons and uncommons and every other man and his blog is going to be discussing their uses in limited or constructed play, so I am just going to jot down some musings on these three brand new cards. Without further ado, let’s get to it.

‘Nothing puts me in a worse mood when I’m trying to enjoy a quiet night off from walking the planes than finding a freaking fish person rummaging through my scrolls. There used to be a snake that hassled me in the same way, but at least it didn’t kick me on the way through! Fortunately if I catch him in time I can fry that blasted merman with a bolt of lightning and it’s no real skin off my nose if my foe gleans some knowledge from my missing scrolls – it’s the cleaning up I have to do afterwards.’

It will be fun to play with Ophidian in limited for sure. It doesn’t have inbuilt evasion like Thieving Magpie or Looter il-Kor, but if there is good enough bounce or removal around it shouldn’t be too hard to get in for a couple of extra cards – and in a controlling limited deck, that advantage can make all the difference. I don’t see me picking this over Sea-Gate Oracle for constructed any time soon, but stranger things have happened! Mostly I want to see how @Norbert88 responds to this card. Will he be pleased/disappointed by this magpie wannabe?

Bloodcrazed Goblin

Life isn’t easy being a one drop goblin. Wizards have to keep finding new ways for you to be wacky and questionably playable, but somehow they keep doing it. This goblin is dependent entirely on the cards around him – if there is something like Sulfuric Vortex to pair him with, he’s – well, he’s still pretty bad. Sorry little buddy, but even at 3/3 we would have to try pretty hard to make you worthwhile.

The flavour text on this card could be describing R&D’s approach to the game over the last few years – keep your spells out of our good honest creature battles, you durned planeswalkers! Really though, this guy is perfectly playable. His level of play will be determined by the questions that he answers – will there be enchantments that need to be blown up in M11 limited? In standard? He is like a much easier to cast Gatekeeper of Malakir, if we assume that killing an enchantment is as good as Edicting your opponent. It isn’t. Except when it is! This kills Spreading Seas and Oblivion Ring which are the major standard worries I can think of, which could be enough. Elspeth can launch him as well, which is pretty nice.

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