Bye Bye Cycling

Aeroplane
Aeroplane Posts: 314 Mover and Shaker
in MtGPQ General Discussion
The new standard will remove the key cards for cycling. Never use it anyways , but not sad to see Cruel Reality go.
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  • DBJones
    DBJones Posts: 803 Critical Contributor
    I wonder if the cycling Nissa will be any good with just the HOU cycling cards? I also hope they adjust the objectives that are nasty even with cycling once we lose it.
  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    DBJones said:
    I wonder if the cycling Nissa will be any good with just the HOU cycling cards? I also hope they adjust the objectives that are nasty even with cycling once we lose it.
    There are some cycling cards in HOU, so Nissa 3 should still be viable.  Cycling in general just won't be nearly as broken.  Personally, I'm going to miss the cheap mana ramp spells much more than the cycling itself
  • Firinmahlazer
    Firinmahlazer Posts: 417 Mover and Shaker
    edited April 2018
    Curious about the fate of standard. KLD/AER was supposed to stay in. I guess they aren't following paper format exactly. 

    http://whatsinstandard.com/
  • andrewvanmarle
    andrewvanmarle Posts: 978 Critical Contributor
    I'll 'miss pull from tomorrow, the embalm cards, cartouche of ambition, the converter lands,manglehorn and pyramid of the pantheon.the rest I dont care much about


  • Aeroplane
    Aeroplane Posts: 314 Mover and Shaker
    andrewvanmarle said:
    I'll 'miss pull from tomorrow, the embalm cards, cartouche of ambition, the converter lands,manglehorn and pyramid of the pantheon.the rest I dont care much about


    yeah , cartouche cards are good filler cards ,especially ambition for those long battles with the need of life gain. pull of tomorrow was a staple in a lot of my decks.
  • IM_CARLOS
    IM_CARLOS Posts: 640 Critical Contributor
    Cycling was a staple from the first booster of the relase day (get NP right away). But everything has it's time and today are also sime interesting decks around, that will get some sun when the shadow of cycling leaves the meta. 
  • hawkyh1
    hawkyh1 Posts: 780 Critical Contributor
    I'll miss the cheap support destruction.

    HH
  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    I think I'm going to miss Cast Out the most.  That card has saved my bacon too many times to count
  • ArielSira
    ArielSira Posts: 579 Critical Contributor
    Cast Out, black cartouche, Sandwurm Convergence, cyclesupportkill and Shefet Monitor were great cards. And for a lot of the bossfights in PVE I'd use Kiora or Bolas cycling, wonder how to efficiently kill those 400+ life bosses within a reasonable amount of time after rotation.
  • Aeroplane
    Aeroplane Posts: 314 Mover and Shaker
    Mburn7 said:
    I think I'm going to miss Cast Out the most.  That card has saved my bacon too many times to count
    Bread and butter card to handcuff the AI in those long matches until you get your combo set up. Fragile Hixus and one off cards like Settle the Wreckage will have to do. Sandwurm Convergence  will be sorely missed ,too as mentioned above. Hopefully, they don't amp up the challenges too much in events if they're balancing the cards down. There are some nasty challenges in the Battle of the 4 tribes that those cards helped me out.
  • Aeroplane
    Aeroplane Posts: 314 Mover and Shaker
    edited April 2018
    Mburn7 said:
    Aeroplane said:
    Hopefully, they don't amp up the challenges too much in events if they're balancing the cards down. There are some nasty challenges in the Battle of the 4 tribes that those cards helped me out.
    Remember, we aren't losing cards in a vacuum.  Dominaria has some sweet cards in paper, its definitely possible that we get some good stuff back in standard.  We'll just need to wait and see
    For sure, They did a good job with the last 2 sets , just a few too many bugs still floating about. They should thoroughly test Dominaria this time even if it delays the release. I wonder if Dinos and Pirates are a one off as merfolk and vampires seem to have their card pool increased in each new set. update- saw one green dino only ,no pirates. lots of vamps and merfolk.
  • TomB
    TomB Posts: 269 Mover and Shaker
    Mburn7 said:
    Aeroplane said:
    Hopefully, they don't amp up the challenges too much in events if they're balancing the cards down. There are some nasty challenges in the Battle of the 4 tribes that those cards helped me out.
    Remember, we aren't losing cards in a vacuum.  Dominaria has some sweet cards in paper, its definitely possible that we get some good stuff back in standard.  We'll just need to wait and see
    For me it'll likely feel like a vacuum though, as my Crystal reserve is as entirely depleted as my Runage from purchasing the last 3 worthwhile PW's (Angrath, H2, and Vraska).

    If Dom drops anytime within the next month I'll be in a bad way as far as Standard goes... :'(
  • Kinesia
    Kinesia Posts: 1,621 Chairperson of the Boards
    TomB said:
    Mburn7 said:
    Aeroplane said:
    Hopefully, they don't amp up the challenges too much in events if they're balancing the cards down. There are some nasty challenges in the Battle of the 4 tribes that those cards helped me out.
    Remember, we aren't losing cards in a vacuum.  Dominaria has some sweet cards in paper, its definitely possible that we get some good stuff back in standard.  We'll just need to wait and see
    For me it'll likely feel like a vacuum though, as my Crystal reserve is as entirely depleted as my Runage from purchasing the last 3 worthwhile PW's (Angrath, H2, and Vraska).

    If Dom drops anytime within the next month I'll be in a bad way as far as Standard goes... :'(

    Nod, will also depend on what new event they end up adding to see how accessible the cards end up being.
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,734 Chairperson of the Boards
    I am happy to see cycling go as well, and the civil war over it on these threads can finally come to an end.

    I will miss a lot of really good cards though, Sand Wurm Convergence, Gideon's Defeat, Desert of the Mindful, Zombie Tribal, some good stuff.
  • jtwood
    jtwood Posts: 1,287 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited April 2018
    Mburn7 said:
    I think I'm going to miss Cast Out the most.  That card has saved my bacon too many times to count
    Ditto to this. That card is such a staple in so many events for me. Not looking forward to figuring out how to replace it.

    Other than that, embalm offered a lot of good ways to cast less than X creatures. We'll still have eternalize for a bit, but overall, I'm wondering how I'm going to beat those objectives if I can't rely on Imminent Doom and a buttload of cheap spells.
  • ZW2007-
    ZW2007- Posts: 812 Critical Contributor
    Cards I will miss:
    Wrath of God
    Dark Ritual
    Samut
    Angel of Sanctions
    Cruel Reality
    Anointed Procession
    Pyramid of the Pantheon
    Approach of the Second SUn
    Deem Worthy (Red is running out of removal fast)
    Hazoret's Favor
    Trial of Ambition
    Black & White Cartouches
    Final Reward

    FindingHeart8 said:
    I am happy to see cycling go as well, and the civil war over it on these threads can finally come to an end.

    I will miss a lot of really good cards though, Sand Wurm Convergence, Gideon's Defeat, Desert of the Mindful, Zombie Tribal, some good stuff.
    Gideon's Defeat and the Desert are both in HOU so they aren't rotating our of Standard yet.
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,734 Chairperson of the Boards


    FindingHeart8 said:
    I am happy to see cycling go as well, and the civil war over it on these threads can finally come to an end.

    I will miss a lot of really good cards though, Sand Wurm Convergence, Gideon's Defeat, Desert of the Mindful, Zombie Tribal, some good stuff.
    Gideon's Defeat and the Desert are both in HOU so they aren't rotating our of Standard yet.
    woops!  Thought they were doing the entire block like they did with Kaladesh/AR.  I'm glad those are staying at least
  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    ZW2007- said:
    Cards I will miss:
    Wrath of God
    Dark Ritual
    Samut
    Angel of Sanctions
    Cruel Reality
    Anointed Procession
    Pyramid of the Pantheon
    Approach of the Second SUn
    Deem Worthy (Red is running out of removal fast)
    Hazoret's Favor
    Trial of Ambition
    Black & White Cartouches
    Final Reward

    Lucky for me I don't have most of those.  But the Cartouches are definitely a low-key loss, as is Final Reward.

    I will not be sad to see Samut, Angel, and Cruel Reality go, I hate facing those.

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