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Magic Origins Spoilers: Woodland Bellower, Demonic Pact, Painlands, and a Crazy New Burn Spell!

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Channel: Strictly Better MtG · 2015 · Gaming

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MORE Magic Origins Spoilers today, and the pace is really picking up! We got some goodies and some weird stuff today! Here they are:
Woodland Bellower 4GG 6/5 Beast
When enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put it onto the battlefield. Shuffle your library.
Demonic Pact 2BB Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one that hasn't already been chosen -
-Deal 4 damage to target creature or player and you gain 4 life; 
-Target opponent discards 2 cards;
-You draw 2 cards;
-You lose the game.
Helm of the Gods 1 Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control.
Equip 1
Alhammaret's Archive 5 Artifact
If you would gain life, gain twice that much life instead.
If you would draw a card except for the first card you draw during your draw step, draw 2 cards instead.
Exquisite Firecraft 1RR Sorcery
Deal 4 damage to target creature or player.
Spell Mastery - Can't be countered.
Also, Painlands are getting reprinted (Shivan Reef, Caves of Koilos, Yavimaya Coast, Battlefield Forge, and Llanowar Wastes).
These are some fairly hard-to-judge cards today! I think Woodland Bellower might be one mana too expensive (I'd have rather had a 5-mana 4/5, but that might be too good), but I also think it's 2 bodies, one of which is a 6/5, and another which is basically anything you want under 4 mana (Deathmist Raptor, Courser of Kruphix, Goblin Rabblemaster, Savage Knuckleblade, There are many, MANY good creatures to bring into play with this). It's also good to point out it's insane interaction with See the Unwritten.
Demonic Pact is a really tough nut to crack. It seems like it might be good if you know you're going to win, but then why would you need it anyway? It's very risky, but maybe in something that can sacrifice or otherwise get rid of its own enchantments (or blink them, that would be VERY good), this might find a home. Overall, though, I can't say I'm a huge fan, although (as I've said a lot this set) I do appreciate the design.
Helm of the Gods and Alhammaret's Archive are both strange artifacts, and as far as Archive goes, I have literally no idea what to do with this.
Exquisite Firecraft is very good burn. Of course it sucks that it isn't an instant, but I'm pretty sure we'll still get along fine. Mono-red burn is shaping up to be quite the viable archetype in the coming standard! This kills Ojutai the turn after he swings in, deals 4 to the face, kills Courser of Kruphix, and does a whole lot of other stuff we want to do. Love it.
Thanks for watching, my wizards.
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