Shadows of innistrad (baseless speculation and spoilers)

[redwolv]

Garruk, Vieled Demon
Planeswalker - Garruk
{2}{B}{U}{G}
+1 Sacrifice a creature, Draw two cards
-1 destroy target planeswalker, add x loyalty counters to garruk where x is equal to the number of loyalty counters on that planeswalker
-3 Sacrifice a creature, creatures you control gain +X/+X until end of turn where x is equal to that creatures power
-X Destroy each creature with power X or less
Starting Loyalty: 4









Totally a llama creation

Gimme! I want!

[Remillo]

Lightning Axe, instant speed... makes you discard. Does that mean you can flash in creatures with madness?? Cuz like, flashing in vampires seems good.

Yup.  Madness bypasses normal timing restrictions.  Good thing, too, because there will almost never be a time when you would have to discard where the stack is empty.

[MarduArrow]

SIGARDA!! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE GREEN?!?! She would be such a good addition to my Kaalia deck 😭😭

[DirtyMustachio]

2 new lands

[DirtyMustachio]

Sorin is 6...

[DirtyMustachio]

And his art is sooo baddddd

[Johng4490]

Not into the new Sorin. We have cooler cards this set.

[DirtyMustachio]

Lots of people Are saying he's busted so I wonder why I'm so depressed, for 6 I thought elspeth was a little better both protect abilities

[redwolv]

You need to consider the meta during theros and now. Theros was a fast set, aggro decks could kill turn 4-5 reliably, and mana ramping was not as good as currently. getting to 6 mana took awhile but the trade off was a potent walker, who could hit an empty board and keep herself safe.
6 mana is not the hugest strench now, we got 8-10 drops now creeping onto the battlefield.

First off his starting loyality is 6 which is rather good, elspeth started with 4.
Sorin gives you card draw and possible damage. Which can be great for recovering steam or finishing an enemy in the mid-late game. His -x lets him come out and clip a walker or creature which while not the strongest is still effective. And that -9 could be decent in standard, and pretty sweet in edh.

I will say I wish the art was better, his armor looks derpy and whats with that background?

Edit: thank you kaylesh.

[Kaylesh]

Ehm,Red, Sorin's +1 is reveal top, put in hand, opponent loses life equal to CMC.

His -X gains you life.

[redwolv]

Ehm,Red, Sorin's +1 is reveal top, put in hand, opponent loses life equal to CMC.

His -X gains you life.

Woops! I had just woke up so my bleary eyes misread.

[Kaylesh]

Ehm,Red, Sorin's +1 is reveal top, put in hand, opponent loses life equal to CMC.

His -X gains you life.

Woops! I had just woke up so my bleary eyes misread.

NP.

I really like the nice little innocent colorless land that becomes a demon.
Not very playable because of the steep cast (land drop + {5} + 5 creatures), but very nicely done.

[DirtyMustachio]

I'm playing devils advocate because I really want to play sorin I just need the confidence

[General Kiwi]

Wow this set looks amazing. I will have to bite the bullet and buy a box

[redwolv]

I really do like some of the cards but we have only seen like 1/3 of the total cards. And of them we have seen alot of the mythics, sure there have been some great single cards but where is the theme, the flavor? Our first time to innistrad was home of 5, 2 colored groups. Humans/angels, spirits, zombies, vampires, werewolfs. And the last few sets were people V eldrazi, 5 dragon/khans. You could pick a side.

So far SOI seems to me like its evil avacyn vs sorin but we know how that has ended. I don't get the feel of werewolf packs, evil spirits, and zombie hoards. I really hope this feeling changes as the next 2/3's is shown.