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Post about the latest MTGO update and first month post official release: http://magic.wizards.com/en/MTGO/articles/archive/magic-online-updates-first-month-2014-08-20 I, for one, am ecstatic to see Set & Collector Number sorting fixed. This also shows that they can actually start to get more fixes in now that they have folded the v3 and v4 teams together. Doesn't excuse much about v4's development so far, but does shine a tiny ray of hope.
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The best basic land arts of every type are Fifth Edition lands but the lack of black borders and having text instead of the giant mana symbol kills them imo
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Aug 21, 2014 04:13
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^^^ Bite your tongue; it was much better when basic lands had rules text written out and I won't hear otherwise  I'm not going to try picking just one block for each basic land type, but I will say that Mirage and Tempest are awesome across the entire spectrum. Urza and Masques almost as much so. Heh, the blocks when I liked the rest of the art better are also my favorite land arts, what a surprise.  Lorwyn gets points as well for being so nice and cheerful. When it comes to more selective land types, I think I've gotta give a special shout out to the Portal forests, whichever one(s) it was that had all the neat treehouses and poo poo. I love that.  And the Alara lands that were set on Esper and Grixis were great, both being so alien. In fact, I bought a bunch of Grixis-art lands for use in my Thraximundar EDH deck, the only time I've ever actually bought specific basic lands from a dealer.In most of the latter-day sets, I can really respect what they accomplished as far as having a cohesive, imaginative art design, but the arts themselves don't actually appeal to me on that sort of visceral level. Both Mirrodins, both Ravnicas, Kamigawa, Time Spiral, Zendikar, Theros etc. all fall into this catagory.
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Aug 21, 2014 04:20
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Kamigawa mountains are probably my favourite art-wise (John Avon  ), but the ones I actually use are the modern-frame Ice Age mountains from Coldsnap precons.They even have the Ice Age set symbol and everything.
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Aug 21, 2014 04:30
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After watching the Vintage Rotisserie videos the Shotgun Lotus guys did, I really want to try that format out. If other people are interested, it shouldn't be too tough to set up a Google doc and play matches on Cockatrice.
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Aug 21, 2014 04:34
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GottaPayDaTrollToll posted:After watching the Vintage Rotisserie videos the Shotgun Lotus guys did, I really want to try that format out. If other people are interested, it shouldn't be too tough to set up a Google doc and play matches on Cockatrice. I'd be up for that. It's definitely been one of those things I've wanted to try but haven't had anyone to play with.
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Aug 21, 2014 04:36
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C-Euro posted:I just want my Urza block Plains back, is that so much to ask? I've been playing Nic Fit for a little while now and so feel qualified to rebut a few of your choices: Chippy's Alara Plains and Swamp the Zendikar rainbow skyforest and ring Mountain Your Island choice is spot-on though.
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Aug 21, 2014 04:53
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Niton posted:I love Kamigawa's mountains. They're so cold and foreboding.
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Aug 21, 2014 04:59
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a dozen swans posted:I've been playing Nic Fit for a little while now and so feel qualified to rebut a few of your choices: I mean, I love those individual lands (I have a foil copy of that Swamp, it's really pretty) but as far as overall aesthetic those blocks are my favorite for their respective lands.
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Aug 21, 2014 05:48
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C-Euro posted:I just want my Urza block Plains back, is that so much to ask? Plains: Return to Ravnica Island: Zendikar Swamp: Avacyn Restored Mountain: Shards of Alara Forest: Zendikar
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Aug 21, 2014 05:48
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Where's this meant to be? Ravnica? e: nvm, it is. Turn out original Ravnica had some baller Plains. Alris fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Aug 21, 2014 |
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Aug 21, 2014 06:13
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http://magiccards.info/rav/en/287.html Original Ravnica.
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Aug 21, 2014 06:15
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I would think so, but with the release of Conspiracy it could also conceivably be some place in Paliano, the High City. Edit; e:fb Also, I love Mountains in Magic. They are just so much more impressive than every other land, with a couple exceptions. I mean, do you want to rule some dingy swamp, or some mighty and magestic Mountain?
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Aug 21, 2014 06:15
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Are the John Avon islands from Archenemy reprints?
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Aug 21, 2014 06:25
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Babylon Astronaut posted:Are the John Avon islands from Archenemy reprints? Portal 2.
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Aug 21, 2014 06:44
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The only basic I really like is: Island Most likely because I only own one it's shiny, and it looks awesome. I've been trying to find another 10 or so, but no such luck. Also these are pretty nice. I just got them today. Seriously, what do I do with them? They're too nice to ever play with or even open and I'm not buying another 39 sets for my cube.
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Aug 21, 2014 06:52
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If I were to use any non-regular art Zendikar basics I would have to go with some of the APAC Plains and Islands. Basic land art is probably the most important function of playing MTG.
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Aug 21, 2014 07:30
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Zorak posted:https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/status/502264543859331072 The third time he's been arrested now in the past two-three days, apparently. He ended up being interviewed on the news after a tear gas attack. Several supportive tweets from Magic and R&D figures, and his Twitter generally is kind of interesting. Martell's running a crowdfunder to get Moreno and Ferguson cash.
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Aug 21, 2014 07:47
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Land chat? Land chat! I’ve been playing Magic for an unusual timeframe (started at the release of Shards, but backtracked for Lorwyn and Ravnica during the block reveals, stopped a little after M10 due to time constraints, started back up after Journey but before M15), so I don’t really have that big of a frame of reference but have my picks anyway. Plains: 1 2 3 Plains are for paladins, jerks. Islands: 1 2 3 4 5 Swamps: 1 2 The Esper Swamp makes me sad the Ravnica swamps were undercity-focused rather than sketchy alleyways. Honorable mention to the totally out-of-control Lorwyn swamp. Mountains: Hands-down this Ravnica one because I love forge worlds/forge cities/forge districts/whatever. This M14 one is also great because of the whole mist-over-mountains thing, dunno where it was originally printed. Forests: I don’t think I’ve ever met a forest I didn’t like, and wish I liked playing green more to justify having all of them in my deck: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I can unironically say that seeing the Khans lands is going to be one of my favorite reveals come spoiler season, especially since the flavor of each clan seems like it’s going to lend itself really well to some really cool stuff, not to mention a wide variety of styles just like with Alara. e: Cut out a bunch of jibber-jabber. Rinkles posted:Have Wizards hinted at a return to an old plane in the not too distant future? Excuse you, Lorwyn/Shadowmoor still needs to be the best block for a second time.
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Aug 21, 2014 08:29
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Heavy Lobster posted:Excuse you, Lorwyn/Shadowmoor still needs to be the best block for a second time. also your taste in mountains is poo poo
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Aug 21, 2014 09:07
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neetengie posted:Sales say otherwise. L/S only sold poorly because of the convoluted block structure not working great for drafts, right? Its power level certainly wasn't too low. Guilty as charged on the mountain front, Red is my absolute least-played color so I don't know how to tell a good rock from a bad one.
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Aug 21, 2014 09:09
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Lorwyn/Morningtide just wasn't a great set by an FNM player's metrics. The overtly peaceful/non-serious atmosphere didn't score well, drafting was hosed to hell because each set was trying to get you to build completely different tribal aspects, kithkin just looked silly drawn by most artists, they didn't rein themselves in enough for the unpronouncable names, etc. SHM/EVE did better, I think, but was sort of tainted by Lorwyn. And the masses of hybrid did some quite unintuitive, if interesting, things to draft as well.
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Aug 21, 2014 09:24
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Sleep of Bronze posted:Lorwyn/Morningtide just wasn't a great set by an FNM player's metrics. The overtly peaceful/non-serious atmosphere didn't score well, drafting was hosed to hell because each set was trying to get you to build completely different tribal aspects, kithkin just looked silly drawn by most artists, they didn't rein themselves in enough for the unpronouncable names, etc. SHM/EVE did better, I think, but was sort of tainted by Lorwyn. And the masses of hybrid did some quite unintuitive, if interesting, things to draft as well. Makes sense. Honestly, all of those weirdnesses are what really appealed to me, but then again I was coming to it well after release and purely from a constructed/casual standpoint, not to mention it's where three of my four biggest money cards came from, so I wasn't exactly the target audience. That being said, I still think coming back to it with all of the knowledge Wizards got from its original run could be a whole lot of fun; I know that the elves in Lorwyn were kinda creepy and neurotic about physical appearances, so having that kind of stuff be more prominent in all the clans (each one having their own 'dark' secret, basically) might sell the flavor, too. In the interests of continued landchat, how about everyone's favorite scrylands, guildgates, and bouncelands? I'll start with Temple of Enlightenment, Simic Guildgate, and Orzhov Basilica.
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Aug 21, 2014 09:32
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I don't care that it wasn't fun to play at the time, I loved the art direction for Lorwyn. More whimsy, please.
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Aug 21, 2014 09:39
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I started playing in Ice Age, so favourite non basic art was a no brainer.
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Aug 21, 2014 09:49
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Babylon Astronaut posted:I started playing in Ice Age, so favourite non basic art was a no brainer. Phil Foglio is a treasure too good for Magic in the modern world.    
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Aug 21, 2014 10:09
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Babylon Astronaut posted:I started playing in Ice Age, so favourite non basic art was a no brainer.
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Aug 21, 2014 10:27
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Heavy Lobster posted:In the interests of continued landchat
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Aug 21, 2014 10:53
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Deviant posted:Is there a way to make Deckbox show me JUST what I'm missing for a deck? It'd be nice to make a shopping list. I can get a full deck list with 'missing' indicators, but can't seem to find a 'here's what you need' list What I usually do is go down the decklist putting the missing cards on "wishlist" status - the yellow column. You can do this with as many decks as you'd like, they'll all get aggregated in the wishlist section of your deckbox.
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Aug 21, 2014 12:59
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I can't help but laugh. Just look at that dude's face. Phil and Kaja Foglio were my favorite mtg artists when I was a kid. Phil's goblins were some of the funniest drawings of Magic, hands down.
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Aug 21, 2014 14:06
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I am really upset that mystic monastery's lore text didn't end with "count" nor end with the master hitting the pupil with a stick.
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Aug 21, 2014 14:34
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Chill la Chill posted:I am really upset that mystic monastery's lore text didn't end with "count" nor end with the master hitting the pupil with a stick. To me it makes up for it by having the card art look like a superhero hideout, which means my WUR Heroic REAL AMERICAN HEROES  deck is going to be that much more on-point come rotation.
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Aug 21, 2014 14:40
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Babylon Astronaut posted:I started playing in Ice Age, so favourite non basic art was a no brainer.
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Aug 21, 2014 14:44
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Entropic posted:99% of the reason I'm praying for allied painland reprints. I'm honestly contemplating finding and ordering a playset of those regardless of whether they rotate back in or not.
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Aug 21, 2014 14:56
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Heavy Lobster posted:To me it makes up for it by having the card art look like a superhero hideout, which means my WUR Heroic REAL AMERICAN HEROES Well, I just hope it has more neat stories like you'd read from the recordings of masters hui-neng and Hakuin. Though they probably won't distinguish between kensho/satori and pure land or even if it runs that deep. We know how well magic nerds took foreign concepts and mythology last time 
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Aug 21, 2014 14:56
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Cernunnos posted:I'm honestly contemplating finding and ordering a playset of those regardless of whether they rotate back in or not. comedy is worth a few dollars, you should do it
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Aug 21, 2014 15:02
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Chill la Chill posted:Well, I just hope it has more neat stories like you'd read from the recordings of masters hui-neng and Hakuin. Though they probably won't distinguish between kensho/satori and pure land or even if it runs that deep. We know how well magic nerds took foreign concepts and mythology last time The Jeskai cards will probably have stuff like that at least. Since it won't take up the entire Block it might be better recieved this time.
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Aug 21, 2014 15:09
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neetengie posted:John Avon is great at making art for lands. I bought 40 of those mountains too, some of the best mountains I've seen. No kidding. I really like his cycle from 10E: http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3Aavon+e%3A10e+t%3Abasic&v=scan&s=cname
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Aug 21, 2014 15:32
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Heavy Lobster posted:L/S only sold poorly because of the convoluted block structure not working great for drafts, right? Its power level certainly wasn't too low.  Nibble posted:No kidding. I really like his cycle from 10E: http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3Aavon+e%3A10e+t%3Abasic&v=scan&s=cname
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neetengie posted:John Avon is so good at making lands like that. Too bad the Unhinged lands are really expensive - probably the best lands ever, and not just because they're full art. They're around 10 bucks a land, right? Pretty expensive, yeah.
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