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I don't really like Landfall much, the vast majority of it seems to amount to "Don't ever block with this creature" and "Play these overpowered lands you were going to play anyway".
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I enjoy landfall because it helps answer one of the feel bad moments in magic: getting mana flooded. Drawing land late game is usually terrible. Landfall makes it somewhat relevant.
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Apr 1, 2016 13:03
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That is true. At the same time it makes screw doubly painful. 
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Apr 1, 2016 13:04
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Shadow225 posted:I started at World wake, and I hated original Zendikar block. If not for Jace, Stone Forge, the fetches, the man lands, and the Eldrazi legends, no one would care. By "Parasitic" do you mean "Only works with itself and has no worth in other decks"?
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Apr 1, 2016 13:09
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Not really, that's more just linear mechanics in general. What parasitic means is that the cards don't work with anything from other blocks because what it cares about is specific to its current block. Allies are parasitic because they only ever print them within Zendikar blocks, another classic example is "splice onto arcane" because "arcane" spells only appear on Kamigawa. For contrast, a mechanic like Madness isn't parasitic even though it likely demands a dedicated deck because there are plenty of random cards printed throughout the history of magic that let you discard. Parasitic mechanics can be fun (eg the "clues matter" stuff in SoI should be fun in draft) but I think they try to avoid making it too big a part of their expansions.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Not really, that's more just linear mechanics in general. What parasitic means is that the cards don't work with anything from other blocks because what it cares about is specific to its current block. Allies are parasitic because they only ever print them within Zendikar blocks, another classic example is "splice onto arcane" because "arcane" spells only appear on Kamigawa. For contrast, a mechanic like Madness isn't parasitic even though it likely demands a dedicated deck because there are plenty of random cards printed throughout the history of magic that let you discard. Yeah that's what I was figuring, it makes sense. I enjoy the Ally mechanic as an idea, but I can see why you'd not like something that's only going to appear in a specific block. Like I started playing when DTK came out? and the mechanics of that block, Prowess, Dash, Raid, Ferocious. Even if the mechanics aren't particularly good, at least their qualifiers aren't block limited.
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Apr 1, 2016 13:28
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Dash was kind of a weird mechanic but at least it didn't actively sabotage a non-linear strategy. I don't think Dash.dec ever worked well in practice anyway.
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Dash doesn't really "care" about anything in and of itself, so it's a bit different. There's kindof a split between mechanics that ask you to do something (like Madness or Delirium or Exploit) and ones that are just inherent upside that may or may not have cards that care about them (eg Bolster, Dash, Investigate). I do think Dash led to interesting decisions and gave aggro decks a way to play around the strong sweepers from Theros though, which is cool.
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alansmithee posted:I also have a feeling that SoI is gonna be disappointing to play. A lot of the things that seem pushed aren't proving to be all that effective in practice (admittedly, in early testing) and I don't think any of the mechanics will have much impact. I really wish they would've put in a better madness enabler (Wild Mongrel I have a feeling that alot of the pushed things are gonna get a poo poo ton better when it's just Zendikar and Innistrad. Like Black Red Vampires right now, the closest playable build is an aggro rush build that falls on it's face as soon as a Languish drops. But once Origins rotates (gently caress you baby Jace) and Languish is out, I think that deck will get alot better, plus it's guaranteede it will get some more (maybe not better) Vampires in Eldritch Moon, and we might get some higher quality madness enablers. I mean Eldrazi wasn't really a huge deck till Oath, so I'm assuming it's gonna work out similarly.
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anglachel posted:I have a feeling that alot of the pushed things are gonna get a poo poo ton better when it's just Zendikar and Innistrad. Like Black Red Vampires right now, the closest playable build is an aggro rush build that falls on it's face as soon as a Languish drops. But once Origins rotates (gently caress you baby Jace) and Languish is out, I think that deck will get alot better, plus it's guaranteede it will get some more (maybe not better) Vampires in Eldritch Moon, and we might get some higher quality madness enablers. I mean Eldrazi wasn't really a huge deck till Oath, so I'm assuming it's gonna work out similarly. Origins rotates with Khans 3 when the set after eldrich moon comes in right?
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So now that the opening of Zendikar is over, what was everyone's expedition count? I got three total, all from BFZ. 2 Catacombs and a Foothills. At least I got the expensive ones.
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GoutPatrol posted:So now that the opening of Zendikar is over, what was everyone's expedition count? I got three total, all from BFZ. 2 Catacombs and a Foothills. At least I got the expensive ones. I probably ended up opening an more than an entire case of sealed product from each set in prizes and my count was 0. 2 of those were win a box from mocs, but the rest was simply prize backs from the store. I either got really unlucky or more stores broke out their scales than I assumed would. Sickening fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Apr 1, 2016 |
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Apr 1, 2016 15:47
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GoutPatrol posted:So now that the opening of Zendikar is over, what was everyone's expedition count? I got three total, all from BFZ. 2 Catacombs and a Foothills. At least I got the expensive ones. 2 prereleases + prize out=38 packs 7 drafts + prize out = 49 packs GPDC= 12packs total packs opened=99 total expeditions opened=0
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GoutPatrol posted:So now that the opening of Zendikar is over, what was everyone's expedition count? I got three total, all from BFZ. 2 Catacombs and a Foothills. At least I got the expensive ones. Bought a box of each, went to a pre-release for each and drafted pretty much once a week with somewhere between 1-2 boxes of prize support from all that. Got a Stomping Grounds (draft) and a Mana Confluence (box).
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Apr 1, 2016 16:01
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I think almost 3 boxes total opened after prizes. I think 5 or 6 total? Maybe 7? I have 25 now and can't remember which ones I specifically traded for and don't care enough to look through my post history. I do remember getting scalding tarn and wasteland though.
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Apr 1, 2016 16:01
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Got a Sacred Foundry at the BfZ prerelease and a Prairie Stream in my Fat Pack. Nothing from Oath packs but I didn't open so many.
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Apr 1, 2016 16:03
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Stormgale posted:Origins rotates with Khans 3 when the set after eldrich moon comes in right? Right. Khans and Fate rotate out as Shadows comes in, Dragons and Origins rotate out with the following block.
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Apr 1, 2016 16:07
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Got a Cinder Glade and a Sacred Foundry.
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Sickening posted:I figured you guys would love this. it's kind of sickening that people would love this really
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Apr 1, 2016 16:11
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GoutPatrol posted:So now that the opening of Zendikar is over, what was everyone's expedition count? I got three total, all from BFZ. 2 Catacombs and a Foothills. At least I got the expensive ones. 4 pre-releases (counting my brothers) + 6 prize packs (4 for placing barely + 2 door prizes) = 30 packs 2 release day sealed events = 12 packs (no placing here  )5 drafts = 15 packs (I'm bad at draft. Except Chaos draft when I get passed foil Spider Spawning.  )Various constructed winnings opened because I am a sucker = we'll call it 10 since I can't remember the exact count and it's at least 10 A fat pack (bought on a whim) = 9 packs Total packs opened: ~76 Expeditions opened: 0 Meanwhile it seems like everyone else at my LGS has opened at least one.  In writing this out I realize I played far more lotto than I thought I did. 
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Apr 1, 2016 16:18
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I got an Eye of Ugin out of a prerelease OGW pity pack for going 1-2. I think overall I opened one fat pack, 1 release, 1 pre-release and I got a couple of those gift sets and a set of the BFZ intro packs so that's maybe less than a whole box worth of packs. I also got a foil Gideon so that's probably worth more than the expedition after Eye gets banned.
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Apr 1, 2016 16:20
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Cernunnos posted:4 pre-releases (counting my brothers) + 6 prize packs (4 for placing barely + 2 door prizes) = 30 packs Pre-Release: 1 Event, Sacred Foundry. First FNM Release Weekend, Place top 4 split, 12 packs, Misty Rainforest, first pack.
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Apr 1, 2016 16:21
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Cernunnos posted:In writing this out I realize I played far more lotto than I thought I did. Please do not play the wizard poker lottery. Wizards aren't very fair, as you'd know if you have ever played popular wizard game, Dungeons and Dragons.
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Apr 1, 2016 16:21
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Zoness posted:it's kind of sickening that people would love this really They didn't, he was (rightfully) ripped to pieces on Twitter. Asking for money to quit MTG, instead of just doing what everyone else does and selling their collection, is a level of out-of-touchness no one had any patience for.
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Remember when DailyMTG.com went all out for April Fools Day? It was the only April Fools day prank on the internet I really liked. Draft viewers where the draft picks were different cards from all over the place, including things not quite Magic. Fake From the Vault spoilers. Things like that. This year it's... nothing at all.
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Wasn't From the Vaults: One their prank? Except, you know, for the fact that they screwed up again and it got spoiled on Imgur a day early. So many security leaks, even their fake leaks get leaked.
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Apr 1, 2016 16:33
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GoutPatrol posted:So now that the opening of Zendikar is over, what was everyone's expedition count? I got three total, all from BFZ. 2 Catacombs and a Foothills. At least I got the expensive ones.
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PhyrexianLibrarian posted:They didn't, he was (rightfully) ripped to pieces on Twitter. Asking for money to quit MTG, instead of just doing what everyone else does and selling their collection, is a level of out-of-touchness no one had any patience for. This. The guy has been the steriotypical drama queen for his entire 20 years of playing magic. He is the quintessential grognard that never leaves the LGS and is somehow always broke (maybe its from not wanting to work?). He was the guy that the judges would groan about when they see signing up for a competitive event because he is so toxic. He is basically every terrible stereotype that magic plays have and batshit crazy to boot. Having been around this person and constantly hearing stories about him from my local area it was utterly hilarious that he had a gall to ask the community he poo poo on for so long to pay him to quit magic.
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GoutPatrol posted:So now that the opening of Zendikar is over, what was everyone's expedition count? I got three total, all from BFZ. 2 Catacombs and a Foothills. At least I got the expensive ones. Over the course of the format I drafted quite a bit, so no idea how many packs I opened: Canopy Vista (my first one, in a BFZ draft. Guy at the next table over opened Tarn, but I still felt good) Flooded Strand (BFZ house draft) Blood Crypt (OGW prerelease) Cascade Bluffs (OGW draft) And I'm pretty sure there was one more, but I can't remember what it was.
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I've been considering getting rid of my Expedition Sacred Foundry but I don't know if I should sell it now or if I should wait until BFZ leaves print. Thoughts?
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Apr 1, 2016 16:53
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Opened a Steam Vents, traded it and a few other cards for a Wooded Foothills, Godless Shrine, Blood Crypt, Temple Garden, Canopy Vista, and Cinder Glade. Hoping to get an Ancient Tomb next.
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Apr 1, 2016 17:02
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So June's FNM Promo has been shown now.  The art's not bad (imo) but Nissa continues to be the tree-hugging-est tree-hugger ever and it's sad.
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Apr 1, 2016 17:04
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I pulled: 3 flooded grove, one eye, one forbidden orchard, one fire-lit thicket, a windswept Heath, a scalding tarn, a bloodstained mire and a smoldering marsh.
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Cernunnos posted:So June's FNM Promo has been shown now. I am okay with planeswalkers being ridiculous caricatures of a kind of idea rather than relatable characters to be honest. Urza was cool because of how unrealistic he was.
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Apr 1, 2016 17:07
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Cernunnos posted:
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GoutPatrol posted:So now that the opening of Zendikar is over, what was everyone's expedition count? I got three total, all from BFZ. 2 Catacombs and a Foothills. At least I got the expensive ones. 2 Tectonic Edge 1 Rugged Prairie 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Blood Crypt I put them all on eBay because I don't give a gently caress about special snowflake foils.
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Apr 1, 2016 17:19
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I opened a Polluted Delta out of a friend's prize packs once.
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GoutPatrol posted:So now that the opening of Zendikar is over, what was everyone's expedition count? I got three total, all from BFZ. 2 Catacombs and a Foothills. At least I got the expensive ones. 0. rear end in a top hat. ☺️
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PhyrexianLibrarian posted:Wasn't From the Vaults: One their prank? Except, you know, for the fact that they screwed up again and it got spoiled on Imgur a day early. Pretty sure the fact that it was leaked was part of the joke. Hence the color coding and templating as if they were stolen scans of proofs rather than just a mockup.
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I could be wrong, but I feel like someone else created and leaked the fake FTV One set, someone who's not associated with Wizards. I don't imagine Wizards is in a joking mood about their long history of leaks, or that Hasbro wants to make light of their corporate security flaws.
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