{"id":5844,"date":"2024-10-31T06:11:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T06:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/31\/blasphemous-edict-zimone-paradox-sculptor\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T06:11:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T06:11:31","slug":"blasphemous-edict-zimone-paradox-sculptor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/31\/blasphemous-edict-zimone-paradox-sculptor\/","title":{"rendered":"Blasphemous Edict, Zimone Paradox Sculptor"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tMagic: the Gathering<\/a> has unveiled two new cards from its upcoming \u201cFoundations\u201d set and Variety <\/em>has the exclusive first look at the preview images from Hasbro\u2019s Wizards of the Coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tReleasing Nov. 15, Magic: the Gathering Foundations is a set primarily intended to make the long-running tabletop card game accessible to new audiences, even as MTG continues to expand its universe of new content<\/a> through partnerships with Marvel, \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d and other popular IP, as well as in a TV series adaptation at Netflix. <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tPer Wizards\u2019 description for the new \u201cFoundations\u201d offering: \u201cYour favorite legends and Planeswalkers are here with quintessential\u00a0Magic\u00a0from across the Multiverse. This set was made for past, present, and future\u00a0Magic\u00a0players.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the first of Variety<\/em>\u2018s exclusive preview cards from Foundations, fresh off her fright on Duskmourn, everyone\u2019s favorite Simic smarty is back with Zimone, Paradox Sculptor:<\/p>\n

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Breaking from her usual landfall theming, Zimone is getting back to her Quandrix roots by focusing on counters and doubling them.<\/p>\n

\n\tZimone, Paradox Sculptor is reminiscent of Vorel of the Hull Clade<\/a>, but what you lose in having a higher mana value and its inability to double counters on lands, you gain in the immediate and repeated value its brings by distributing two +1\/+1 every combat, and getting to double the counters on two targets when you activate its ability.<\/p>\n

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\n\tNotably, although her triggered ability passes around +1\/+1 counters, her activated ability doubles any type of counters like Vorel; which makes Zimone, Paradox Sculptor poised to replace Vorel as an upgrade at the helm of a commander deck. In addition to replacing Vorel or helming a more a +1\/+1 counter focused version of the deck, Zimone, Paradox Sculptor slots well into the 99 of other +1\/+1 counter commanders as she both sets up +1\/+1 counters and is a pay off for them.<\/p>\n

\n\tVariety<\/em>\u2019s next preview card is Blasphemous Edict:<\/p>\n

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\n\tCalling back to all-star red board wipe Blasphemous Act<\/a>, and the classic instant Diabolic Edict<\/a>, which spawned the term \u201cedict\u201d being used to describe cards that force players to sacrifice a creature, Blasphemous Edict does justice to each.<\/p>\n

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\n\tLike Blasphemous Act, Blasphemous Edict can reduce its cost to a one mana board wipe if there are enough creatures around, and like all \u2018edicts\u2019 makes players sacrifice creatures. The number 13 is also a nice reference to the amount of damage dealt by Blasphemous Act.<\/p>\n

\n\tUnlike its predecessor however, Blasphemous Edict\u2019s cost reduction is all or nothing, and requires a more crowded board to be an option. However, getting to 13 creatures across all four players in a commander game is hardly impossible. In the emergency situation where there aren\u2019t 13 creatures on the board, at 5 mana value Blasphemous Edict hardly breaks the bank, and is guaranteed to be a literal wrath. Although Blasphemous Edict won\u2019t be able to clear the board against the most extreme go-wide decks (where wraths are often the most needed), being a sacrifice effect gets around annoying protection like Indestructible.<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite its drawbacks, any card that can get up to 52 creatures in a commander game for as little as one black mana is going to get attention, and it\u2019s expected Blasphemous Edict will be no different.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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