Bye Bye Cycling

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

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.

I feel your pain. I’m losing all those cards too... And more. I have 6 masterpieces from the set and only one mythic to craft (Scarab God). So.... Ouch...

Approach of the Second Sun is my main 400+ HP boss killer.

I'm not super excited to see it go away.

Machine said:

Will AKH rotate out after Dominaria hits the field? My expectation is that AKH and HOU will rotate out once Dominaria and the set after that will come in.

Edit: Never mind... I just read the Q&A session. I don't understand why it's not consistent with last rotation.

Because Oktagon mentioned in am earlier Q&A that they were hoping to maintain 5 sets in standard. While in paper both AkH and HOU rotate out at the same time. PQ cards are differemt from paper and AKH had a few cards that dramatically changed the meta. Oktagon said that changes may be made to improve the game, especially for standard. I.e. hypothetically if AKH isn't going to be dropped when Dominaria is released...  simply means that NP/drake or NP/Faith of the devoted or NP Bolas ID builds will continue to see heavy play in events. 

This way, by dropping AKH, Dominaria cards are more likely to see play in events as well as IXN and RIX. A smart move imho

Aeroplane said:

No Pirates, 1 Green Dino , but Vamps and Merfolk get more added to their pool. Poor Vraska will live in a box. Red looks a little weak , but who wouldn't want Squee the Goblin. Paper he can be cast from the hand , graveyard or exile...

What box exactly will Vraska live in?  Her abilities are completely standalone, and quite good to boot.
Not having new pirates or dinos won't hurt her at all.

Red may be quite powerful, it all depends on how they bring in the equipment dudes (they are stupid strong in paper, if a bit slow).  I have a feeling Squee will be both fun and underwhelming here, just like in paper

Angel of Sanctions, Anointed procession, APPROACH OF THE SECOND SUN, As foretold, Aven Mindcensor, The god, Bounty of the Luxa, Cartouche of Ambition, Trial of Ambition, CAST OUT, Censor, Combat celebrant, Consuming fervor, Cruel Reality, Curator of Mysteries Deem Worthy, Dissenters deliverance,  DRAKE HAVEN, dread wanderer, FAITH OF THE DEVOTED, Final reward, Floodwaters, NEW PERSPECTIVES,  Forsake the wordly, Gideon's intervention, Glory-bound initiate, Glyph keeper, Glorybringer, Hepatra, Harsh mentor, Harvest season, Hazorets fervor ....

*breathes in*

Heart-pierces manticore, Hieroglyphic illumination, Lay claim, Lilianas mastery, Manglehorn, PULL FROM TOMORROW, PYRAMID OF THE PANTHEON, SAMUT, SANDWURM CONVERGENCE, SHEFET MONITOR, stir the sands, sweltering suns, Temmet, Violent impact, Vizier of tumbling sands, vizier of the menagerie, Vizier of many faces, Wayward servant

Goodbye Amonkhet, you will be missed

Gilesclone said:

I could name a dozen I use all the time (not even talking about cycling decks) but Shefet Monitor will hurt the most.

Yes... looking through my decks, Shefet is everywhere. 

Laeuftbeidir said:

Aven Mindcensor @Thuran? Really?

*trollface*

"And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you darned kids and your dog!"

I will miss the best mythic in the game aka the most efficient burn spell in mtgpq, which is Torment of Hailfire...