Oath of the Gatewatch - Spoilers and speculations

[Kaylesh]

The reason why they have that reminder text is that cards of this type...adding extra mana and whatnot almost always say "add one of that color" and sick colorless is now an option I believe they want to sort of distinguish what they mean by "of that type" I could be wrong though

{dictate of Karametra} (for reference) also mentions type, as does {extra planar lens}.
Never was a big fan of reminder text, yet I could see the appeal to new players as well.

[Kaylesh]

Captains claws:  2 mana. Equip 1. When equipped attacks. Put a 1/1 Kor ally on the battlefield tapped and attacking. Super super super awesome for getting those "allies gain lifelink and indestructible" type of bonus. Awesome


Also, Cohort sucks. Tapping down two creatures for borderline playable abilities is just never fun

The claws are definitely gonna help in reliably getting those Rally abilities. Just too late for the vigilance one to matter, but for the rest it's awesome.

Edit: also unstickied, as full set has been spoilt.

[Kaylesh]

The claws are less for the {W} ally decks than they are for the {G} ones that get bigger

Or get indestructible and first strike, or drain people in the case of {B}. And that's even before considering Ally EDH. All those triggers every turn.

[mickeven]

Oath of Jace but no new Jace? what gives?

[redwolv]

Oath of Jace but no new Jace? what gives?

There are already so many jaces? But honestly look at the current meta. Ori-jace is dominant. And blue is a very strong color right now. And another "good" jace would make blue that much better and if they made a rather lame one, everyone would complain.

[DirtyMustachio]

Dude that captains claws

[MuggyWuggy]

Cuz it don't kill rhino

[Mattao19]

Cuz it don't kill rhino

but it kills every other freaking thing. I'm so sick of hearing about that stupid rhino. It's going to be gone in a couple months....

{Tasigur, the Golden Fang}
{Gurmag Angler}
{Silumgar the Drifting Death}
{Dragonlord Atarka}

lol

[Mr_Fahrenheit]

{Grasp of darkness} reprint confuses me. They printed {lash of the whip} because grasp of darkness was too powerful for a 2 drop in standard only to reprint it like 2 years later :S

[Mattao19]

2 years ago this card called {Pack Rat} was legal and giving that Mono B deck Grasp might've made it even more OP

[Kaylesh]

Actually, rotation isn't until Inistrad releases in April. This is set two of block 3, with block 1 being KTK/FRF and block 2 being DTK/ORI.
Once block 4 set 1 (Shadows Over Inistrad) releases, block 1 rotates.

EDIT: I missed a post. Carry on.

[Johng4490]

What is the seal on the ground in this card? Kinda looks like the seal for the Klingon Empire...

https://twitter.com/mtgsalvation/status/685128631593615360

It's Nissa's Oath Seal.

[Kaylesh]

MTGphilosopher originally brought this to my attention, but the flavor win is so great, I have to share it here as well. Check the background on {world breaker}...

[Mattao19]

MTGphilosopher originally brought this to my attention, but the flavor win is so great, I have to share it here as well. Check the background on {world breaker}...

Well I'm shocked...

What's the flavor win? Isn't it just a {Hallowed Fountain} in the back?

[Nohcus]

Selesnya got the new Nissa.