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I call first comment.

I want this so bad.

I've seen people give it more crap than it actually deserves. At worst it's a three mana faithless looting, which isn't the best but i'd run it. His minus two is awesome, especially if you have Memnarch EDH decks in your playgroup, or Arcum Dagsson decks that explode artifacts out the bunghole. Muzzio, Visionary Architect is also a card to reckon with in terms of that ability, just not as combo-tastic as the others.
His ultimate is meh? I mean, if you're in izzet, you'd likely be burning their creatures or bouncing them or something like that. Haze of Rage is a thing but there's not much else for his ultimate in his colors that aren't too good for that. I guess auras are a thing too?

You: Island, go

Opponent: Island, Sol Ring

You: Mountain, go

Opponent: Island, Show and Tell, Blightsteel Colossus

You: Island.

Opponent: Go

You: Dack Fayden

This is something I expect to see in vintage.

This fits perfectly with my "give me control of your cards" deck for artifacts or if you manage to use him for his ultimate.

This card matches his thieving personality perfectly. One extra mana, the Dack's first ability beats Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded like no tomorrow, not to mention it's immediate artifact control ability as it comes into battlefield. (by comparison, Steal Artifact costs 2UU)

It looks like Dack Fayden was

*sunglasses*

Caught red handed

*gets beaten with sticks*

I love this incarnation of Dack Fayden so much; it fits so well with his character and abilities (that we know of so far).

I think my only interest comes with his ultimate: I'm not completely sure how many viable cards I run that will target an opponent's permanent that isn't a bounce/removal spell. :P Guess we'll find out soon though.

I know it's not generally realistic to think of planeswalkers in terms of their ult, but put him in a good control shell, ult off, and play Battlefield Thaumaturge + Gridlock. Stealing everyone's non-land permanents for {U}? And he can work as a Faithless Looting over the turns until then. Sold!

Gigadrowse

Ouch!

@EvilDarkVod: If we're being honest? The Mind Sculptor thinks you're pretty cute.

He'd love to take you back to his place, bend you over and show you what a 'walker can do.

His ultimate turns Smelt into... Uh... never mind.

+1: Loot
-2: Steal
-6: STEAL EVERYTHING

hopefully this means wizards is still willing to make legacy-level planeswalkers.

Overloaded Electrikery + the -4 = massive military coup.

when I read his 2nd ability I was thinking dark steel colossus, and the more I think about it the more my thought goes:
dark steel colossus
dack steel colossus
dack steal colossus

I anticipate him in a life from the loam shell, where his +1 is effectively, "draw 4 cards" if he has to steal some stuff too, then so be it.

Hidden strings for the ultimate

Dack Fayden, you're the man!
+1 A really good ability. Despite the discard it's not the Jace stuff because you could mill an opponent late game or find some threats in your deck.
-2 Deadly against some decks, not so much against others, though I'm guessing that all the people that run artifact decks will quit playing
-6 Holy Crap! In vintage just fire ball for 0 and take everything!

This guy is going to be a beast in EDH and Vintage, I am sure. In this format, I am just as sure that he will not live to see ultimate. Maybe he wil steal an artifact, but with 2-3 opponents, he will almost certainly not live that long. If he does, wrap in flames (i think it is called), is an excellent card. The one where you can tasrget 3 dudes, they get dealt 1 dmg and cannot block. Heck, it is even on color!

2 lucky dudes got this in my local store's first draft of the set. Luckily 2 seperate pods. "Why yes, I would like a $50 draft cards, thank you very much".

Cannot wait to open (by drafting, obv) the 4 boxes I have ordered.....

Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind players should rejoice at the opportunity to bolster their deck with a second, quite synergistic Red-Blue planeswalker released within the past two years.

Ral Zarek was already great for Niv because his +1 ability could untap Niv and enable an additional 1 card to be drawn and an additional 1 damage to be dealt; one would have expected that Ral would have synergy with Niv because of his alignment with the Izzet in the storyline.

Dack also is great for Niv because his +1, in conjunction with Niv's triggered ability, enables a virtual Shock to be emitted each turn.

Combo Ral + Dack + Niv and you can deal at least five damage via Niv's triggered ability each turn (1 for normal draw, 1 for Niv's first activation, 1 for the activation after Niv is untapped with Ral, 2 for the cards drawn and then discarded with Dack). Recurring five damage each turn can provide considerable Commander board advantage if you manage to have all three cards on the board somewhat early in the game.

Use the above with Keranos, God of Storms and if you reveal a nonland with Keranos, you can extend the recurring damage per turn to 8 because of Keranos' ability.

Also note that these four cards fit on a mana curve: Dack is 3CMC; Ral is at 4; Keranos is at 5: Niv is at 6.

I know this isn't true, but you guys should look at the sets and legality page.

Going to be an amazing EDH staple. Everyone uses artifacts, this takes one permanently without giving it back if they have a Naturalize, then Faithless Lootings a few times (can go from being solid filtering to downright broken depending on the deck) then goes it again. Also seems pretty powerful in Vintage, what with all those powerful artifacts and graveyard manipulation, for the whole 5 people who play it. Could also see some Legacy play in Dredge or Reanimator but that's not as likely.

Overall, still an amazing card. Probably one of the strongest walkers out there if we're being honest.

@TopRomen: one of the strongest walkers. We know he can't really compare to Storm Crow, but that's not Dack's fault.

Yoink.