some left for dead 2 things have been revealed.
30 weapons (so far silenced smg, chrome shotgun, axe, guitar, frying pan, chainsaw, katana, bat, pistol, sniper rifle, pipe bomb, molotov, gunmetal shotgun (not sure the difference), ak-47,
8 new infected (5 exclusive to thier campaign) plus the old ones. (charger-tank like infected put slightly weaker and faster; spitter-smoker like infected but spits acid instead of strangling you. also explodes into acid when killed; jockey-pounces on your head and requires you to move around erratically to get it off; hazmat common infected-wears a hazmat suit and resistant to fire;
Monday, September 14, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Nissa was made wrong
Let's make this clear ahead of time: I love elves.
I've had an elf deck as long as I can remember playing magic. i still have it and it's one of my best decks.
i was excited when they announced an elf planeswalker was coming out in zendikar. i had high expectations as elves already are a great tribe.
however Nissa Revane has no place in my elf deck.
for those who don't know, she was previewed today on magicthegathering.com
here's her text.
Nissa Revane [2GG]
Planeswalker-Nissa {M}
+1: Search your library for a card named Nissa's Chosen and put it onto the battlefield. then shuffle your library.
+1: You gain 2 life for each Elf you control.
-7: Search your library for any number of Elf creature cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
{2}
Nissa's Chosen [GG]
Creature-Elf Warrior {C}
When Nissa's Chosen would be put into the graveyard from the battlefield, put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead.
2/3
my problems with Nissa?
1. She's not an Elf. Hey, I think if it has pointy ears, it should make me gain 1 more life with Wellwisher, and bounce too Wirewood Symbiote. (I have this problem with Sorin, Nicol, and Ajani also)
2. She's too damn fragile. She has the lowest starting loyalty of any other planeswalker. And she doesn't even have a +2 ability too compensate for it like Jace! Also guess what they just reprinted. A little card called LIGHTNING BOLT. I don't want too wait 2 turns, praying that my opponent doesn't have any burn. And also it's hard to prevent damage to her. She can't be bounced with a Symbiote. She can't be pumped with a Timberwatch. Those two methods are how Elf decks stop things from dying.
3. Specific card search. Granted the card she searches for isn't half bad. An Elvish Warrior that is endlessly searched for is awesome. However if it was any Elf that costs 2 or less I'd be happier then an Atog in a Scrapyard. Beggars can't be choosers though.
4. Gaining 2 life for each elf you own. Great. An ability that encourages everyone at the table too bash my head in. Still its pretty good. Oh wait. You control. Wellwisher was awesome because it also counted your opponent's Elves, was cheap, common, counted itself in it's own ability, could have more then one in play at a time, and you could play it's ability multiple times if you could untap it. Nissa can't do any of these things. sorry but i'll stick with the card i already have 2 playsets of.
5. The ultimate ability. If by some miracle Nissa receives no damage, the quickest you can use her ability is 5 turns later, or around turn 8 in an elf deck. Now my Elf deck can play the entire library, gains infinite life, attacks with infinite overkill/overkill Creatures, and Hurricanes for lethal all by turn 5 (perfect draw). Nissa is too slow for my deck. even with Doubling Season. Oh and you know what sucks after using her final ability? MASS REMOVAL. this ability could have been so much more. hell i would have taken a "Coat of Elves" effect (if it costed less loyalty) over this. And I hate Coat of Arms!
Move over Liliana, Nissa is now the weakest planeswalker printed too date.
I've had an elf deck as long as I can remember playing magic. i still have it and it's one of my best decks.
i was excited when they announced an elf planeswalker was coming out in zendikar. i had high expectations as elves already are a great tribe.
however Nissa Revane has no place in my elf deck.
for those who don't know, she was previewed today on magicthegathering.com
here's her text.
Nissa Revane [2GG]
Planeswalker-Nissa {M}
+1: Search your library for a card named Nissa's Chosen and put it onto the battlefield. then shuffle your library.
+1: You gain 2 life for each Elf you control.
-7: Search your library for any number of Elf creature cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
{2}
Nissa's Chosen [GG]
Creature-Elf Warrior {C}
When Nissa's Chosen would be put into the graveyard from the battlefield, put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead.
2/3
my problems with Nissa?
1. She's not an Elf. Hey, I think if it has pointy ears, it should make me gain 1 more life with Wellwisher, and bounce too Wirewood Symbiote. (I have this problem with Sorin, Nicol, and Ajani also)
2. She's too damn fragile. She has the lowest starting loyalty of any other planeswalker. And she doesn't even have a +2 ability too compensate for it like Jace! Also guess what they just reprinted. A little card called LIGHTNING BOLT. I don't want too wait 2 turns, praying that my opponent doesn't have any burn. And also it's hard to prevent damage to her. She can't be bounced with a Symbiote. She can't be pumped with a Timberwatch. Those two methods are how Elf decks stop things from dying.
3. Specific card search. Granted the card she searches for isn't half bad. An Elvish Warrior that is endlessly searched for is awesome. However if it was any Elf that costs 2 or less I'd be happier then an Atog in a Scrapyard. Beggars can't be choosers though.
4. Gaining 2 life for each elf you own. Great. An ability that encourages everyone at the table too bash my head in. Still its pretty good. Oh wait. You control. Wellwisher was awesome because it also counted your opponent's Elves, was cheap, common, counted itself in it's own ability, could have more then one in play at a time, and you could play it's ability multiple times if you could untap it. Nissa can't do any of these things. sorry but i'll stick with the card i already have 2 playsets of.
5. The ultimate ability. If by some miracle Nissa receives no damage, the quickest you can use her ability is 5 turns later, or around turn 8 in an elf deck. Now my Elf deck can play the entire library, gains infinite life, attacks with infinite overkill/overkill Creatures, and Hurricanes for lethal all by turn 5 (perfect draw). Nissa is too slow for my deck. even with Doubling Season. Oh and you know what sucks after using her final ability? MASS REMOVAL. this ability could have been so much more. hell i would have taken a "Coat of Elves" effect (if it costed less loyalty) over this. And I hate Coat of Arms!
Move over Liliana, Nissa is now the weakest planeswalker printed too date.
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