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I think I figured out why I never get better at limited. Because I like playing with fun cards and half the time I never pull any and then I get bored and want to quit. Bulk rares don't have to be constructed quality. But they can't be Rally the Ancestors. (The actual rares I got were Scroll of the Masters, Howl of the Horde, Slow Turtle)
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I mean Durdle Turtle can be fun sometimes.
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Mar 5, 2015 07:39
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Count Bleck posted:I mean Durdle Turtle can be fun sometimes. Literally the most fun thing about that turtle is saying "Durdle turtle." The card is awful and Wizards should feel bad for wasting everyone's time with a card that exists just so Maro can mentally masturbate about successfully describing a really slow turtle attacking in MTG terms. (I think its what I described plus drafting being very expensive.) Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Mar 5, 2015 |
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Mar 5, 2015 07:46
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Angry Grimace posted:Literally the most fun thing about that turtle is saying "Durdle turtle." The card is awful and Wizards should feel bad for wasting everyone's time with a card that exists just so Maro can mentally masturbate about successfully describing a really slow turtle attacking in MTG terms. Oh come on, you've never cast kin-tree invocation with the durdle turtle out? It's better than just being a 5/9 defender, also I like having rares in limited that are less than first pick quality yet still playable.
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Mar 5, 2015 07:53
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Can't wait until someone inevitably says maybe the rares aren't for you or that not all rares are so bad or some nonsense instead of just making fewer, better cards. e: welp, I was already beaten
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Mar 5, 2015 07:54
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Re: "what is megamorph?" Dragons like big things, so of course Morph in a Tarkir filled with dragons are going to be bigger. It's just common sense. I'm kinda surprised they didn't do 'dragonmorph', where the unmorphed card gains Flying and is a Dragon in addition to its other types (as well as getting a +1/+1 counter). 
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Mar 5, 2015 07:56
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Starving Autist posted:Have they explained the flavor of megamorph? I mean, in this block, morph is supposed to represent draconic "conealment magic", so is megamorph just that plus an extra bonus because they got the magic directly from the dragons? Megamorph is the most phoned-in new mechanic in recent memory, so I doubt the forethought of it went much beyond "gently caress it, the deadline is tomorrow."
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Mar 5, 2015 08:00
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Angry Grimace posted:Literally the most fun thing about that turtle is saying "Durdle turtle." The card is awful and Wizards should feel bad for wasting everyone's time with a card that exists just so Maro can mentally masturbate about successfully describing a really slow turtle attacking in MTG terms. The best part about Durdle Turtle was thinking Dragon Throne of Tarkir worked off of toughness, not power, and slapping that giant shelled sumbitch into the chair (in limited) and then realizing it didn't quite work the way you planned, but a +5/+5 overrun effect is still pretty good.
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Mar 5, 2015 08:16
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Chill la Chill posted:Can't wait until someone inevitably says maybe the rares aren't for you or that not all rares are so bad or some nonsense instead of just making fewer, better cards. That card is for one guy.
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Mar 5, 2015 08:24
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the turtle is actually really insanely good against blue because it's an evasive creature in a color that doesn't get them and evasion is really good in ktk. welp see ya
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Mar 5, 2015 08:27
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Meandering Towershell is at least funny (if you're not the one who opened it), which is more than you can say for a lot of rares.
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Mar 5, 2015 08:27
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Meandering Towershell is at least funny (if you're not the one who opened it), which is more than you can say for a lot of rares. I think the problem is that a lot of cards simply don't do anything good, but they manage to be bad in a complex way, which necessitates putting them at rare.
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Mar 5, 2015 08:51
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Count Bleck posted:I mean Durdle Turtle can be fun sometimes. I like to call him Durdle the Turtle, because I grew up on Doctor Seuss.
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Mar 5, 2015 09:06
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Chamale posted:I like to call him Durdle the Turtle, because I grew up on Doctor Seuss. Oh, the places he'll go! Like the exile, then the graveyard, then the bulk bin.
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Mar 5, 2015 09:08
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I just want to know what Durdle Turtle is going to do in Dragons' future, hopefully he'll exist and be better.
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Mar 5, 2015 09:11
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Elyv posted:I just want to know what Durdle Turtle is going to do in Dragons' future, hopefully he'll exist and be better. The DTK durdle turtle durdles around until the end of your next turn, and then he returns to the battlefield, confused.
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Mar 5, 2015 09:13
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Elyv posted:I just want to know what Durdle Turtle is going to do in Dragons' future, hopefully he'll exist and be better. they'll just remove all the words after the first period to represent alzheimers.
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Mar 5, 2015 09:44
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I forced a guy to play out his Temur Ascendancy combo on MTGO. It took him literally 10 minutes to execute it (I already won game 1). He never even managed to even get his kill - he ran out of time as he was lining up a huge Nylea strike.
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Mar 5, 2015 09:45
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Angry Grimace posted:I forced a guy to play out his Temur Ascendancy combo on MTGO. It took him literally 10 minutes to execute it (I already won game 1). He never even managed to even get his kill - he ran out of time as he was lining up a huge Nylea strike. For anyone not familiar with MTGO it doesn't matter who won game 1 here, if you run out of clock you lose.
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Mar 5, 2015 10:03
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rabidsquid posted:For anyone not familiar with MTGO it doesn't matter who won game 1 here, if you run out of clock you lose. The insane thing is that he conceded game 1 in less than 30 seconds, so it actually took him 25 minutes to set up a "guaranteed" win he couldn't actually execute.
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Mar 5, 2015 10:17
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Clearly the exercise in running the combo will do him only good. I'd say you did him a favour!
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Mar 5, 2015 11:08
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Despite bad rares being awful a high density of bomb rares seems even worse ala FKK. Can we go back to limited formats with good removal at common please holy poo poo wizards. I don't want flame slash and heat ray (i mean that would own but lets be honest its not gonna happen) but if we could have even like i dunno doomblade or dark banishing hell I'll even take hideous end (but preferably without the rest of zendikar) and maybe a banishing light or journey to nowhere at common. I would even be okay with vendetta.
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Mar 5, 2015 11:14
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I still love how they did it in my opinion correctly in Innistrad: common removal was plentiful, but at the same time reasonably conditional.
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Mar 5, 2015 11:38
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Atarka's Command spoiled on Facebook RG Instant - Rare Choose two: - Your opponents can't gain life this turn - ~ deals 3 damage to each opponent - You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield - Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain reach until end of turn
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Mar 5, 2015 12:04
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In this standard I am definitely willing to splash green for Skullcrack.
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Mar 5, 2015 12:07
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Serperoth posted:Atarka's Command spoiled on Facebook Oh this is my jam. Lava Spike+ramp in one card?
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Mar 5, 2015 12:37
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I finally read Uncharted Realms, and I think Narset's and Ojutai's interaction is adorable. I expected Ojutai to erupt into a towering rage when Narset found the forbidden scrolls. Instead, he basically said, "You have snatched the pebble from my hand, grasshopper. It is time for you to leave."   
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Mar 5, 2015 13:03
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Serperoth posted:Atarka's Command spoiled on Facebook Looks like it slots straight into modern burn pretty well. Skullcrack at the bare minimum, while being 2 mana for 4+ damage if you have any attackers in play at all.
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Mar 5, 2015 13:14
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It can also usually do 4 damage if you don't need to prevent lifegain.
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Mar 5, 2015 13:15
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Perhaps most importantly, none of its modes target so its a little bit of a bonus against Leyline of Sanctity.
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Mar 5, 2015 13:19
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here's a screencap so you don't have to sit through the community manager attempt to inject inflection into his voice like a real human
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Mar 5, 2015 13:40
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I love how goofy the dragon poses are.
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Mar 5, 2015 13:45
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Irony Be My Shield posted:I love how goofy the dragon poses are. At least Ojutai and his clan can pose better for the camera. These guys are all stiff and like, "Do we really have to do this?"
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Mar 5, 2015 13:49
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it's cute, they have little horn mantles like atarka does
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Mar 5, 2015 14:07
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Atarka's Command should really be the food version of Ashnod's Coupon
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Mar 5, 2015 14:37
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Serperoth posted:Atarka's Command spoiled on Facebook This is a sick card.
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Mar 5, 2015 14:47
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Huh, so this command cycle will have some costing < 4. Very interesting.
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Mar 5, 2015 14:53
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Lancelot posted:here's a screencap so you don't have to sit through the community manager attempt to inject inflection into his voice like a real human Well, there is your new Modern-playable rare. "You mean I can ramp AND dome you for 3 on turn 2? Count me in." Jesus Christ...
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That's a really good card. Your options can be as simple as it being a Skullcrack for RG and that's actually a really good "getcha" pump, putting a land onto the battlefield at instant speed also seems like something they haven't done often outside of land having that ability themselves. I could see burn maybe running these if R/G Burn becomes more of a thing, don't they play R/W and splash Black and Green for Bump in the Night and utility?
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AlternateNu posted:Well, there is your new Modern-playable rare. "You mean I can ramp AND dome you for 3 on turn 2? Count me in." my friend plays small zoo budget. This card can easily be 5+ dmg on t3.
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