Combo Breaker Fact Sheet

Way back when we first started playing the D20 Modern game in Wen’s campaign, my first character was a tough hero, named Combo Bracher, pronounced Combo Breaker. He was in his late 40’s to early 50’s, military-type, pretty tough and fit, so a nice, sorta skinny build. I pictured him sort of like Solid Snake, except shaven, and taller, with white hair. I pictured his face to be a long skinny version of one of the main guys in Ghost in the Shell, I guess the one with the white hair.

You know who else looks like that?






And that, is the inspiration for the set logo. I thought of complicated designs, but in the end, something nice and simple felt right.


Set: Combo Breaker
Street Date: May 26, 2006
Composition: 91 commons, 75 uncommons, 50 rares, and 4 orphan commons
Draft Date: Planned for May 27, 2006, but will move if needed
Draft Format: Either 5 boosters or 6 boosters, 4 or 5 which are from Combo Bracher, and 1 booster from one of: Champions of Kamigawa, Betrayers of Kamigawa, Saviors of Kamigawa, 9th Edition, Ravnica, Guildpact, and Dissension. You will choose boosters before you open. There may be limited number of each booster available. There will most likely be enough boosters for a few of us to do three-pack or two-pack drafts afterwards or on later dates. I may partake in those.

Secret Preview Cards Locations

preview week started around May 8th;
secret preview cards didn't start before may 8th.
First of all, if you're reading, this, congratulations. If you read everything since about May 8th on this blog, you can see a few secret-preview hints, sorta.

Bao Boards
Yes, previews exist on the Bao boards. The Bao Boards are pretty dead, so it shouldn't be hard to find them.
Remember, previews started May 8th; also, nobody posted after me, in that thread. So from the main page, there are probably only about 6 things you should consider clicking on.

Other Places
Well, other places are other bao-related places. What do I have, that, if you read my blog, you guys would know about?

Well, I have a LiveJournal... I have a website... I have the BaoBoards... and the list goes on...

And then, there's one more preview card which I think was biased toward someone... I don't know if this would give it away, so I'll scramble it, bwahahaha:

itincimi anelo foat

Card Trivia

Okay, now that David's frantically looking for the other secret previews, he'll probably come here, so people will read this blog just as often as the other blog.

Let's have a trivia game. I will give you details about a red uncommon, and if you guess the right answer, you win... umm... a preview card? Maybe, I dunno.

So, before I knew about Hellbent and the other Dissension mechanics, I made up a red uncommon card. I look at "Invoke the Firemind" and thought how one ability obsoletes the other ability, if you control Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind. Obviously, Draw X cards will also allow you to deal X damage (and better too), if you control Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind. Without it, then you can use either ability, but with it, then almost obviously you'll draw the X cards.

And thus, I made a red enchantment, uncommon, mana cost just R, which is obsoleted if you had Niv-Mizzet the Firemind.

Well... maybe not. This was before I knew about Hellbent.

So what is the card?

::edit:: oh wait, I edited the card - so try to guess what the card was before I edited it ::/end edit::

Magic Arcana

Enjoy this week's Magic Arcana wallpaper, of an upcoming card in Bao's Set.

http://www.baomon.com/blog/wallpaper-may18-2006.jpg

Green Memories

What's the most memorable green card? When you think of green, what do you think of? Do you think of Sakura-Tribe Elder? Kodama's Reach? Meloku? Birds of Paradise? Llanowar Elves?

It might be the elves, or it might be one other card... the ever so famous, ever always obsoleted...

Craw Wurm.

Do you think of the Craw Wurm when you think of Green? Does the Craw Wurm bring memories of playing Green?

Bao-Set: Orb of Insight, sorta

This is the orb of insight! It's a non-interactive orb though. I just tell you how much of there is of some of the most important pieces of text.

This list isn't finalized; card names aren't finalized, the text isn't finalized, but most of it looks okay. (flavourtext has been removed for this orb)

Dragon: 3
Spirit: 26

9/9: 0
8/8: 2
*/*: 2
5/5: 8

Radiance: 2
Convoke: 12
Transmute: 2
Dredge: 11
Replicate: 9
Haunt: 9
Bloodthirst: 6
Hellbent: 4
Graft: 3
Forecast: 1

Buyback: 1
Flashback: 2
Threshold: 2
Energize: 22

flying: 18
trample: 13
vigilance: 5
double: 6

ninjutsu: 3
Equipment: 1

+1/+1: 16

lose the game: 7
from the game: 15

counter target: 6
discards: 7
damage to target: 20
token: 21

Hunted Wumpus