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Count Bleck posted:So basically what this means is he's going to try his hardest to make sure nothing good gets printed with madness on it. That's development's job. Other fun facts from the article: - Megamorph is the least-popular mechanic of all time - Rebound was apparently the most popular mechanic in the block despite not having a single good card (sorry Narset)
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Feb 29, 2016 16:58
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Barry Shitpeas posted:That's development's job. Other fun facts from the article: Huh? The NAME was stupid but the mechanic was awesome.
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Feb 29, 2016 16:59
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mcmagic posted:Huh? The NAME was stupid but the mechanic was awesome. It was bigger morph. That's really unexciting.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:13
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theres a few good megamorphs in terms of cost ratio, but thats mainly Den Protector and Ire Shaman and such. The rest feel clunky because their flip costs take into account the +1/+1 counter in a way Morph didnt have to. it also is just a terribly uncreative take on morph itself; at the end any good to megamorph is from it being still morph.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:14
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mcmagic posted:Huh? The NAME was stupid but the mechanic was awesome. Apparently morph itself is already fairly polarising, and I guess people thought it wasn't different enough from morph to justify a new mechanic? Personally, I think it seems kind of redundant to have creatures with turned-face-up abilities also make the creature bigger
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Feb 29, 2016 17:16
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Megamorph is the dumbest name ever.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:16
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Least popular of all time is still surprising
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Feb 29, 2016 17:17
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Like they could easily just have made the mechanic morph and then printed a bunch, but maybe not all, that got +1/+1 counters when they flipped.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:19
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quote:This mechanic would rank lower, except it was so poorly received by the players. My guess is if we ever wanted it to come back, we'd just refer to it as morph and have the +1/+1 counters spelled out. I think we might have forever burned the name "megamorph" (which was a goofy name to begin with). I think he meant "higher", but that's a pretty definitive takedown
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Feb 29, 2016 17:19
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 "Well, it's +1/+1 more, isn't it? You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing regular morphs. Where can you go from there? Where?" "I don't know." "Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?" "Put a +1/+1 counter on it." "Exactly. +1/+1 more." "Why don't you just make the morph bigger to begin with and then they'll be bigger when they flip." "... These are +1/+1 more."
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Feb 29, 2016 17:19
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Also they ran really hard into the 5-cost rule with megamorph, so there's a bunch of cheap megamorphs with 1 toughness and then a bunch of overcosted 5+s
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Feb 29, 2016 17:20
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Barry Shitpeas posted:Apparently morph itself is already fairly polarising, and I guess people thought it wasn't different enough from morph to justify a new mechanic? Anyone who doesn't like morph as a mechanic is a terrible person.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:23
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FTV Lore LOREthos Hakim, LOREweaver and I'm out.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:26
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Calciform Pools
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Feb 29, 2016 17:26
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Rimusutera posted:Like they could easily just have made the mechanic morph and then printed a bunch, but maybe not all, that got +1/+1 counters when they flipped. It was especially disappointing after Manifest did something new and unconventional (regardless of whether it worked well in limited). Barry Shitpeas posted:Also they ran really hard into the 5-cost rule with megamorph, so there's a bunch of cheap megamorphs with 1 toughness and then a bunch of overcosted 5+s The mega flip costs definitely felt more awkward.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:28
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Rinkles posted:Least popular of all time is still surprising its not of all time just of the block the least popular of all-time is prob Phasing or Echo, negative mechanics aren't especially well-received, regardless of the actual power of the cards
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Feb 29, 2016 17:33
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Gridlocked posted:Anyone remember Andrey Yanyuk? yes he owns an esports team/organization now 
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Feb 29, 2016 17:35
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mandatory lesbian posted:its not of all time just of the block There's no way it's not banding
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Feb 29, 2016 17:39
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The least interesting and least inspired mechanic of the block is the least popular? Holy Sh*t next you'll tell me Inspired polled worse than Heroic!
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Feb 29, 2016 17:40
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mandatory lesbian posted:its not of all time just of the block No, it is all time, but phasing probably predates their market research
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Feb 29, 2016 17:41
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Megamorph is probably unpopular because of its similarity to morph and stupid name. If you're looking at the actual power level/design of the cards I think it's significantly better than morph, but it's just not new. I would actually rate Ferocious pretty highly just due to how well-balanced its cards were
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Feb 29, 2016 17:43
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stinkles1112 posted:There's no way it's not banding there are a lot of terrible mechanics I didn't mention but yeah Banding is def in contention
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Feb 29, 2016 17:44
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Ferocious isn't bad, it's just really boring.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:45
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If anyone was curious about the top 8 from my modern event on the 20th, the lists are up. http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=11690&f=MO
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Feb 29, 2016 17:45
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Barry Shitpeas posted:No, it is all time, but phasing probably predates their market research Oop re-read it and yeah it is of all time, my bad i still stand by Phasing or Echo being worse but it would be interesting if they like, elucidated on when they started doing Market Research so we could know
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Feb 29, 2016 17:48
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Did that art of Sorin, Nahiri, and Ugin looking over the solidified bodies of the Eldrazi Titans ever get used on a card? If not, I bet that'll be in the new FtV. It seems quite lorish.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:50
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Pussy Snorkel posted:If anyone was curious about the top 8 from my modern event on the 20th, the lists are up. Only one Eldrazi deck in that top 8? Pretty sweet.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:54
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mandatory lesbian posted:Oop re-read it and yeah it is of all time, my bad Echo came back in TSP which was definitely in the market research era, also I think they did enough interesting things with it for it to not be hated End of Life Guy posted:Did that art of Sorin, Nahiri, and Ugin looking over the solidified bodies of the Eldrazi Titans ever get used on a card? If not, I bet that'll be in the new FtV. It seems quite lorish. They commission art for story moments that aren't going to be on cards now, like the one of Elspeth getting shanked
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Feb 29, 2016 17:55
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From the Vault: We Had Some Art Laying Around
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Feb 29, 2016 17:59
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FTV: ~LORE~
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Feb 29, 2016 17:59
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Count Bleck posted:Only one Eldrazi deck in that top 8? Pretty sweet. That looks like a fun meta.
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Feb 29, 2016 18:00
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Only 2 Eldrazi in the top 8 of the SCG Classic this weekend. And Jund won which is just amazing to me. I have no idea how that deck wins tournaments.
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Feb 29, 2016 18:01
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Ah, yes, one of Magic's greatest lore characters, Momir Vig, Simic Visiionary. What an iconic card that... he uh.... does something with +1/+1 counters probably, right?  Oh, okay. Because I'm sure everyone is clamoring for a superfoil version of this.
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Feb 29, 2016 18:01
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Feb 29, 2016 18:03
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Momir is probably one of the most popular ~casual commanders~ and was pretty much the big bad of the RAV novels. He's dogshit unplayable for any real constructed format ever, but as far as ~LORE~ people go, he's a home run.
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Feb 29, 2016 18:04
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Yea, I read the Lore.
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Feb 29, 2016 18:05
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I hope this is actually a paper printing of the Momir Vig avatar, and this is foreshadowing the replacement of the Modern Pro Tour with a Momir Basic Pro Tour.
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Feb 29, 2016 18:06
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Zoness posted:yes he owns an esports team/organization now Is he still mentally unstable (of course he is)
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GonSmithe posted:Ah, yes, one of Magic's greatest lore characters, Momir Vig, Simic Visiionary. best vanguard avatar tho
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