{"id":786,"date":"2023-07-13T06:30:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T10:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabrec.gg\/articles\/?p=786"},"modified":"2023-07-10T18:26:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T22:26:46","slug":"dusk-till-dawn-set-review-classic-constructed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabrec.gg\/articles\/dusk-till-dawn-set-review-classic-constructed\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusk Till Dawn Set Review – Classic Constructed First Impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dawn has finally come for lovers of Light Illusionist and Shadow Runeblade, because Dusk Till Dawn<\/em> is right around the corner! This is Rhys, and today I’m reviewing the new cards in this supplemental set, particularly the ones that look to impact the Classic Constructed format (CC for short).<\/p>\n

Illusionist<\/h2>\n
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The return of Prism, in the form of Prism, Awakener of Sol<\/a><\/span><\/span>, brings Light Illusionist back into the format, much to the chagrin of Rangers and Guardians, but Light Illusionists having representation again feels good. Her hero ability focuses on a new card type, Figments, and can fetch them out of the deck. Since card economy in Flesh and Blood<\/em> is built on thin margins, any hero with a “tutor” ability is automatically worth looking into. The balancing factor is that the Figments have no block value, and Prism, Awakener of Sol<\/a><\/span><\/span> has a meek 32 life to start, so choosing which of the eight Figments you play will be a decision tree before each game starts.<\/p>\n

Dedicated Herald and Figment builds will get a new chest armor in Empyrean Rapture<\/a><\/span><\/span> as well, meaning Prism could also have multiple free Figment transformations per game. At least Luminaris, Celestial Fury<\/a><\/span><\/span> is a bit more balanced than its predecessor in Luminaris<\/a><\/span><\/span>, meaning Iris of Reality<\/a><\/span><\/span> is likely to shine once more, giving Auras space to attack alongside a transformed Figment.<\/p>\n

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It’s worth noting that even the least powerful of the Figments are impactful, as they’re yellow pitches, so getting them back into the deck to be found by Prism later has a low opportunity cost. Figment of Erudition<\/a><\/span><\/span> stands out to me as the strongest Figment, devoid of context in-game. A Ponder<\/a><\/span><\/span> token means you can always have a five-card hand set up, and the Archangel it transforms into gives you the ability to simply draw two cards by banishing a card from soul, an absolutely massive upside that can mean transforming more figments as a snowball effect.<\/p>\n

Generating extra action points with card effects like Timesnap Potion<\/a><\/span><\/span> or the upcoming Angelic Descent<\/a><\/span><\/span> jump out to me as cards to watch out for, as it will mean multiple attacks from the transformed Figments. Figment of Protection<\/a><\/span><\/span> and its transformed counterpart generate Spectral Shield<\/a><\/span><\/span> tokens, which can serve as sources of protection for the archangels themselves, since the Ward keyword is not optional. Unpreventable damage will remove everything with ward from a board in a single swing, so expect to see things like Tiger Stripe Shuko<\/a><\/span><\/span> and Vynnset, Iron Maiden<\/a><\/span><\/span> using her hero ability to act as a balancing factor in overall metagame performance.<\/p>\n