Well, there are 17 Auras, many of them common, and 12 other Enchantments, mostly rare. Contrast that to Scars of Mirrodin's 13 Enchantments, Zendikar's ... 26 (OK, there were a lot of Quests!), and M12's ... 27. Hmm.
Still, I'd like to see this with Enchanted Evening and some indestructible or suspend guys.
DarthParallax
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
5 stars because of Silver Moon art is prettiful. Worth getting in foil.
pektusman
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
cardname > card art > card ability
brunsbr103
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(13 votes)
A paraselene is a bright spot on a lunar halo caused by the refraction of light from ice crystals in clouds, in case anyone was wondering. A parhelion is the same thing but with the sun and way cooler.
Question: If you do this and there are oblivion rings on the battlefield exiling other enchantments, are the enchantments under the oblivion rings destroyed too or do they come back?
Cloudchaser.Kestrel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Astraea9 They come back :D
I'd like to point out soul sculptor as another option here.
Ange-Gardien
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
With all the Curses in DKA, I'm going to be playing this card a lot more.
Hackworthy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yeah, take that Enchantments! I bet you aren't used to getting hosed all the time!
TherealphatMatt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Finally! a card to stop all those pesky Aura decks!
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Innistrad must have incredible tides.
As mentioned by brunsbr103, paraselene are bright knots to the left and the right of the moon which can occur if you have a moon halo due to ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. The same phenomenon, parhelia, are much better known as sundogs.
Therefore, the actual paraselene in the image are to the left (just above the treetop) and to the right of the moon.
Assuming optics work the same on Innistrad as in our world, that ice halo is the 22° halo, the most commonly visible halo phenomenon after parhelia/paraselene (which are brighter). So if this halo is 22° radius... The diameter of the moon is about 1.5 times the distance between the halo and the edge of the moon, therefore each "space" is 2/7 x 2 x 22° = 12.6° and the moon diameter is 3/7 x 2 x 22 = 18.8° on the sky. On Earth, the moon diameter is a measly 0.5° and it already looks large. This moon is over 1400 times larger in the sky (by area)!! (As an aside, the halo should be much more smudged out since light is coming from a very extended source...)
Assuming it has roughly the same true size as Earth's moon, I find that this moon's center is just roughly 10500 km above the surface of Innistrad!!! If one were now to assume the plane Innistrad works like a real planet in a solar system (and is not just some kind of flat plain with weird magic moving the sun and creating the day/night cycle...), and has a similar diameter and mass to Earth, the moon whips around Innistrad in just six hours...
... leading to incredibly powerful tides.
Alternatively, the design team at Wizards has no idea about all this stuff and just wanted to show "moon dogs" and the heron pattern in the moon in one picture. :P
tibagx26
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
a good sideboard against those BW token deck
MindAblaze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@DarthParallax I agree, I have a foil and it is pretty. So pretty lol.
Morgaledh
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is my favorite foil that I own. So fine.
doomage009
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
my buddy has a deck with 4 azor's elocuters and the rest are stalling enchantments i think this might help...
RedAtrocitus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The bane of Twoo's SAFETY LOCK deck. Everyone should play 4 in their sideboards. The threat is real.
Dragonshoredreamz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Useful function if you don't mind that it's a sorcery. I personally have no issue with running this card.
Incredible artwork.
Lord_of_phyrexia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Really nice art
Curlie-Joe
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
question: does this happen as N instances of "gain 1 life," or 1 instance of "gain N life," where N is the number of enchantments?
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Well, I'm glad that this rotates out before Theros hits at least.
JanusAurelius
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Lord_of_Tresserhorn You are an amazing person and my hero now. Although I think it might just be that second part you mentioned... :P
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Contrast that to Scars of Mirrodin's 13 Enchantments, Zendikar's ... 26 (OK, there were a lot of Quests!), and M12's ... 27. Hmm.
Also, 1 life seems like such a paltry reward for playing this at Sorcery speed. Compare Tempest of Light/Back to Nature on the one hand and Multani's Decree on the other.
Still, I'd like to see this with Enchanted Evening and some indestructible or suspend guys.
This card is a tranquility with a tiny life bonus. It's simply too narrow to be of any use.
I'd like to point out soul sculptor as another option here.
As mentioned by brunsbr103, paraselene are bright knots to the left and the right of the moon which can occur if you have a moon halo due to ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. The same phenomenon, parhelia, are much better known as sundogs.
Therefore, the actual paraselene in the image are to the left (just above the treetop) and to the right of the moon.
Assuming optics work the same on Innistrad as in our world, that ice halo is the 22° halo, the most commonly visible halo phenomenon after parhelia/paraselene (which are brighter). So if this halo is 22° radius... The diameter of the moon is about 1.5 times the distance between the halo and the edge of the moon, therefore each "space" is 2/7 x 2 x 22° = 12.6° and the moon diameter is 3/7 x 2 x 22 = 18.8° on the sky. On Earth, the moon diameter is a measly 0.5° and it already looks large. This moon is over 1400 times larger in the sky (by area)!! (As an aside, the halo should be much more smudged out since light is coming from a very extended source...)
Assuming it has roughly the same true size as Earth's moon, I find that this moon's center is just roughly 10500 km above the surface of Innistrad!!! If one were now to assume the plane Innistrad works like a real planet in a solar system (and is not just some kind of flat plain with weird magic moving the sun and creating the day/night cycle...), and has a similar diameter and mass to Earth, the moon whips around Innistrad in just six hours...
... leading to incredibly powerful tides.
Alternatively, the design team at Wizards has no idea about all this stuff and just wanted to show "moon dogs" and the heron pattern in the moon in one picture. :P
I agree, I have a foil and it is pretty. So pretty lol.
Incredible artwork.