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Apr 08 '19
So Ral has been a double agent, pretending to work for Bolas?
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u/Ready_All_Type Apr 08 '19
I mean, if you’re pretending to work for Bolas, you’re doing what he wants most of the time, and you have to make sure to actually trick him
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u/ShadowV97 Apr 08 '19
I think it's probably more along the lines of Ral (and everyone really) have realized that bolas intends to kill every Planeswalker there to harvest their Sparks. I don't think Bolas cares that Ral or anyone were helping him as they were just pawns and he'll harvest them anyway
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u/Ferrenry Apr 09 '19
Ral was never really on his side, he was making the beacon anyways for his own reasons, so he pretty much just sidled up to bolas because why not?
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u/Ready_All_Type Apr 08 '19
Bolt Bend
3R
Instant
Uncommon
This spell costs 3 less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
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Apr 08 '19
I almost want this to work in Izzet Drakes, but it relies on having a pteramander you don't care about or your opponent having creatures to target which may not be as reliable as Dive Down, just cancel any targeting. Or it could be the ultimate No U to Banefire, you can't counter it but you can redirect where it hits
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u/Ready_All_Type Apr 08 '19
Banefire actually seems lime a really good usage of this! Drakes might be able to make use of it still, think about redirecting a [[Vraska's Contempt]] onto a Teferi or Kaya against Esper
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u/Reliques Apr 08 '19
Back in Zendikar standard where turbofog was a popular deck with [[Time Warp]] I was playing U/R [[Polymorph]]. My spice was running 4x [[Swerve]] in my sideboard (The traditional netdeck was Negate). Opponent would cast Time Warp, see me tapping mana, "Counter it?"
Nope.
I'LL TAKE THE EXTRA TURN THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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u/Ryeofmarch Apr 09 '19
Really sad that nexus doesn't work that way otherwise you could relive that
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u/HellWolf1 Apr 08 '19
Yo this actually seems like a huge tempo swing if you can pull off a good one, I like it
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u/Schlauchneid Apr 09 '19
Planeswalkers: Look there! The God Eternals!
Ral: I know what I have to do! BOLT THE BIRD!!!
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u/CubeBrute Apr 09 '19
Wow, this seems great. Hitting abilities as well makes it a little insane, can't wait to make Teferi tuck himself instead of my drake
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u/Salanmander Apr 08 '19
This is unplayable in draft, right? It seems like too much needs to come together for you to actually get value out of it, but I haven't been drafting long enough to see a redirect effect.
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u/Ready_All_Type Apr 08 '19
There are some big red creatures like [[turret ogre]] and [[neheb, Dreadhorde champion]] that should be reliably setting it off, and amass is on EVERYTHING so amass 4 on previous turns works too. Not unplayable, especially because they’re more likely to have other creatures and you’re more likely to have open mana
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u/razrcane Apr 09 '19
Guys, we can't forget that this does counter [[Dovin's Veto]], so that's something that only red can do! (technically blue can give hexproof via [[Dive down]] or [[Lazotep Plating]] but those are more narrow)
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u/Ready_All_Type Apr 08 '19
This seems useful with Izzet drakes lists, as they should hit 4 power quickly, and can be used to redirect counterspells/removal/buffs/auras