Wow, Reality Fracture is a powerful set. I wasn’t initially impressed with the “make a little Jace” mechanic, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized endless surveils really streamline any deck’s plans. I also really like how the whole set feels cohesive; lots of cards can be used from the graveyard or like it when you surveil. In fact, there were so many good cards in this set that I had over thirty possible options for Standard.
I’ve actually read the book, so it’s surprising to me that I’m not more excited for The Hobbit. I even get some of the general references, like the thing with the very overpowered arrow (in the story, the card isn’t good). I guess it’s that I was more a fan of fantasy stories set in our world, like Percy Jackson, when I was a kid.
Initially, while making this list for Marvel Super Heroes, I was worried. The monocolored cards were rough pickings for top ten options. Lots of characters I like, but all but a few cards were unimpressive for Standard play. When I went over it all, I only had half a list. But with the multicolored cards, the list rounded itself out easily.
Thank God for Secrets of Strixhaven. Standard needed a shakeup, and I needed an Izzet (fine, Prismari) deck to play that actually focuses on casting lots of spells and drawing lots of cards.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Has Big Interactions Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a weak set, all told. As I went through the cards (and yes, I read every main-set card) I was only really impressed by the synergies, not the individual pieces. And while synergies are great for Magic, they don’t work well for a…
I remember playing the original Lorwyn; it was one of the first sets I ever played. After so much time, it’s kind of surreal to return to the plane.
Hello, and welcome to the massive—and final—Avatar: The Last Airbender card review. We’ll be finishing up the list today by going over so many of the multicolor cards, and a few other standouts. If you haven’t already, go back and find our lists for white and blue, red and black, and green to see what other cards are my picks for the best in the set. If you have read all of those already, well, thank you! I hope you agree with my final picks.
The amount of good Avatar: The Last Airbender cards left me in a little bit of a bind. I wasn’t sure how to arrange the lists so that they would feel like each article covered a good amount of cards. But the multicolor list turned out to be huge—so huge that combining green with it would be too big an article.
Thankfully, a solution presented itself. That solution being the green cards themselves.
It’s always fun for me when I review a set, partially because, over time, I start to see intended interactions. How, at least in a closed environment, these cards are supposed to function. And the Avatar: The Last Airbender set is a great lesson in how deep and complex that process can be. Though there are too many variables with the standard card pool included to be sure, I’m already thinking of decks and combos that might show up in competitive play.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (the Magic: The Gathering set) is a powerhouse, a game changer, and a strangely designed set. Lots of little choices made I find extremely odd. The four bending styles are all represented through unique abilities, but they seem incredibly unbalanced. Airbending is brutal, disruptive, and multifaceted. While firebending is often terrible, and waterbending feels very under considered. Of the four, only earthbending really captures my imagination.
The final part of our Marvel’s Spider-Man list is quite varied in what the cards do. The only thing—besides the obvious—tying the whole thing together is that they all feel like core pieces in different combo/synergy decks. Some may even see crossover uses.
We’re back at it! After a small break to start getting into some spooky media, we’ve got two more lists of Marvel’s Spider-Man cards to get through. This time, we’re getting into the multicolor cards—and there are some weird, but fun, options here.
