Hey folks!
Today I’m here to talk about this week’s new arrivals to the game!
First, I’m proud to introduce a new Planeswalker - Ajani Vengeant! Ajani, like Tezzeret and Koth, is a legacy Planeswalker, and he comes to us from a slightly older set. We really liked what Ajani could bring to the table, as well as bringing the 2nd dual-colored Planeswalker to the game.
Ajani is Red and White, which is a pretty potent combination of colors. Being able to use Red’s massive direct damage and White’s control makes Ajani very strong.
Ajani’s mana gain is different from what you might have seen from Kiora initially - at level 60, he gains +1 to blue, +3 to White, +2 to Red and +2 to Green. As for his deck slots, at level 60 he can use 9 creatures, 6 spells and 5 supports, which is pretty average for an offensive Planeswalker.
His abilities are also pretty unique to him. His first ability, Sundering Slash, disables a creature. It’s a perfect match with White’s disable destruction, and will also combo very well with disabling your opponent’s Defenders and let your creatures through. Ranks 1 to 3 cost 6, and go up in power. At rank 1, it will disable a creature with Defender, Reach or Vigilance until the end of your turn. At rank 2, it’s until the beginning of your next turn, and at rank 3 it’s any creature until the beginning of your next turn. Rank 4 keeps the utility of rank 3 but lowers the cost to 3, so you can use it much more often.
His second ability, Lightning Helix, deals damage to a creature and Ajani gains life equal to the amount of damage he dealt. Every rank costs 9, and the damage and healing go from 3 to 6. Overall it’s a pretty powerful ability and combines the effects of White and Red beautifully to form a deadly combo.
His third ability, Reprisal, is devastating. At the cost of 18, it destroys gems on the board, starting with your opponent’s color. It goes from 5 gems to a whopping 20 gems! The way the ability works is as follows: Let’s say your opponent is Green and there are 15 Green gems on the board. Using Ajani’s ability at rank 4 will destroy all 15 of those Green gems and an extra 5 gems of other colors. Removing a color from the board is a surefire way to generate cascades! Another bonus to this is that it is especially tailored against dual-colored Planeswalkers, as you will destroy more than 1 color, reducing the color spread on the board quite a bit.
Ajani is available now through special offers, and will be available until May 27th. He will then become unavailable until June. The offer comes with one Fat Pack that includes only Red and White cards and 10000 Mana Runes.
Also now available is the Legendary Spells pack, which is available in three varieties - Booster, Fat Pack and Big Box. You can only loot Spells in these packs, so if there’s spells you have been really wanting, this is the time! The Fat Pack comes with a guaranteed Rare, while the Big Box comes with a guaranteed Mythic.
Also new today is the addition of both Koth of the Hammer and Garruk Wildspeaker in the Vault. Both are available for 250 Mana Crystals and will remain in the Vault indefinitely.
Last but not least I will also unveil the reward for this weekend’s Quick Battle - Oblivion Sower!
Oblivion Sower is another powerful Eldrazi card. With a 6/9 stat line, he’s quite dangerous on the battlefield (9 health is nothing to sneeze at!). He has a very powerful ability when entering the battlefield - he Ingests 10, then Processes 5 for yourself. What this means is you will convert 10 gems of your opponent’s color to Void, then convert 5 of those Void gems to your color. It’s an incredibly big swing, as this can create massive cascades where none existed before, and is tremendously powerful.
Oblivion Sower is the reward for the top 10 in the Ob Nixilis’ Minions Quick Battle this weekend. It will then be added to the BFZ packs at a later date.