First Thoughts on Journey into Nyx

So Journey into Nyx finally started being spoiled and it's looking pretty awesome right now...

Rule of thumb nowadays -after Return to Ravnica- I make sure that I at least get my hands on a case of the new set. Whether it ends up bad or not -splitting with 1 to 3 people lessens the burden quite a bit-.

But with the spoils right now, I might go for a second... might being a key word since it all depends on the remaining spoiler list.

Constellation: we already knew Enchantress effects were going to be present in the block. Whether it be a new Enchantress card, reprinted Enchantress cards, or whatever, we honestly didn't know. Instead, Wizards of the Coast throws us a new mechanic entitled constellation that triggers upon the arrivals of enchantments on the battlefield.

As you can see, Eidolon of Blossoms gives us our long awaited Enchantress effect and this set gives us more things other than draw cards. So it looks like my Domain Enchantment Gods EDH is happening!

Strive: so with all these Heroic stuff going on, I always felt that something was missing. Sure Aura's are great and all and stuff like God's Willing do great things, but it just didn't feel complete to me.

There were great many a times where I wished I could have triggered different Heroic effects with one spell, but that was an impossibility... Until this set comes out that is! Strive gives us a Multikicker like ability where you can pay the additional cost multiple times for each different target.

This looks pretty niffy. 4 mana, you get to save two guys and trigger two Heroic abilities -provided the targets have Heroic-... Still waiting on more Strive to show up. Then and only then will I be making my Hero-nanigans EDH I came up with...

Les pièces de résistance! I've been waiting for my Izzet God for a while now and I really am not disappointed. The amount of times I just draw lands and not answers in my EDH group far surpasses the amount of times I combo out... Yep, those top deck lands are a pain in the ass! And what the hell is up with Godsend!

Godsend is a smack into the face in the current standard format. It passes through and he hits one of your favorite spells? Then you're pretty much screwed until you get rid of it. That is if the one doing the banishing permits you in the first place. Spending resources on getting rid of one card is never a good thing and in a good deck it looks like you will have to...

What's your first impressions on Journey into Nyx? Think of picking up a few boxes? A case? Don't give a flying fudge?