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vandalism posted:They used to have books that corresponded to sets. I liked the ones I read. They do that anymore? No, it's all online now: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/columns/magic-story-archive
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vandalism posted:They used to have books that corresponded to sets. I liked the ones I read. They do that anymore? Mostly it's fanfic quality fiction published online now. Maro once wrote for Roseanne therefore it makes sense for internal WotC people to write Magic Fiction
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Apr 4, 2016 14:10
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vandalism posted:They used to have books that corresponded to sets. I liked the ones I read. They do that anymore? you liked the old ravnica block books 
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Apr 4, 2016 14:16
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Apr 4, 2016 14:17
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The Real Foogla posted:you liked the old ravnica block books The books truly put the "fat" in fat pack 
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Apr 4, 2016 14:19
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Henron posted:unban ponder This but unironically and only once I buy 1000 Ponders.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:25
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GimmickMan posted:Something else happened between Sorin and Nahiri to make things worse during the timeskip. She was missing for hundreds of years, including the Zendikar and BfZ storylines, and turned into an insane cultist in the meantime. It can't just be the Eldrazi thing since Sorin has demonstrated more initiative in stopping the Eldrazi after RoE (even though he didn't do much more than contact Ugin and tell him 'we should find Nahiri, btw she hates me now') than Nahiri herself. Well she is running around with Red mana now along with her regular white. Which is exactly how Avacyn works now going from a White Angel to a Red one. Related? Coincidental? It might be about the Vampires that were on Zendikar, since Zendikar hadn't seen Vampires since forever until those ones showed up.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:26
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I played around 2001 and read the Urza stuff. There was one about a guy called Kerrick who got stuck in a big time rift and built up an army. I seem to remember also reading one from the invasion cycle with Gerard and the weather light getting owned. Rip magic books.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:26
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I gotta say I liked the previous sealed format better. This one feels super swingy. Hopefully draft is better.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:27
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mcmagic posted:I gotta say I liked the previous sealed format better. This one feels super swingy. Hopefully draft is better. Can you think of a set where the sealed format was better than the draft format?
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Apr 4, 2016 14:28
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Attorney at Funk posted:Can you think of a set where the sealed format was better than the draft format? M15. But the same things that make the sealed format swingy here are going to also be in draft like Heir into Youths and you just die.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:29
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It seems like a very synergy-based set, which will inherently make sealed boring / disappointing and draft likely to be a blast. Core sets are probably the only sets that lend themselves to being decent sealed environments thanks to the pure vanilla stand-alone quality of the cards.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:35
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MiddleEastBeast posted:It seems like a very synergy-based set, which will inherently make sealed boring / disappointing and draft likely to be a blast. Core sets are probably the only sets that lend themselves to being decent sealed environments thanks to the pure vanilla stand-alone quality of the cards. Right but the thing that made the last set fun was that there was so much play to it because there wasn't really any good beatdown decks. That isn't the case here.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:36
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Friendly reminder that very shortly the B&R lists get updated. I'm expecting to be disappointed.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:49
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The Real Foogla posted:you liked the old ravnica block books
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Apr 4, 2016 14:53
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I hear they are doing a B&R update today. This is just a reminder. It is weird that nobody else is talking about this.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:02
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Yawgmoth posted:Agrus Kos was the best main character of any mtg book because he was so rightfully pissed off at everyone else on the plane being a complete moron. I thought that book series was good enough. Fantasy setting buddy cop story
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Apr 4, 2016 15:06
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I expect that modern will be ruined/saved/kept the same due to spite. People will bitch about it no matter what.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:06
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Yawgmoth posted:Agrus Kos was the best main character of any mtg book because he was so rightfully pissed off at everyone else on the plane being a complete moron. And all he got for trying to fix it was dead.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:11
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I predict that my beloved Fish will remain untouched and continue to be tier 1.5 because It Is Known.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:11
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Sickening posted:I hear they are doing a B&R update today. This is just a reminder. It is weird that nobody else is talking about this. Because everyone already knows eldrazi is dead.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:13
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GoutPatrol posted:Because everyone already knows eldrazi is dead. Well yeah Chandra burned them.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:14
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Molybdenum posted:I thought that book series was good enough. Fantasy setting buddy cop story They were basically just knockoff Discworld books, which means they were all right, really.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:14
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Sickening posted:I hear they are doing a B&R update today. This is just a reminder. It is weird that nobody else is talking about this. There's not really anything to say beforehand.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:18
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mehall posted:I will be very surprised if there is a banning for a card that is premier in a non-Eldrazi deck.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:19
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clamiam45 posted:There's not really anything to say beforehand. I thought the sarcasm was obvious but goons say things like this. 
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Apr 4, 2016 15:25
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I can't wait until they finally fix modern!
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Apr 4, 2016 15:27
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Logicblade posted:I can't wait until they finally fix modern! This is what people actually believe.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:30
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Salvor_Hardin posted:I predict that my beloved Fish will remain untouched and continue to be tier 1.5 because It Is Known. Playing decks in modern that aren't tier 1 is the best way to play modern imo
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Apr 4, 2016 15:30
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Count Bleck posted:And all he got for trying to fix it was dead. I hope he comes back just to hang around Jace, constantly telling him he sucks.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:31
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Yawgmoth posted:And they couldn't even get that right because he stuck around as a ghost! He's like a vengeful spirit except he's just grumpy instead. Agrus Kos: Grumpy Ghost.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:35
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Yawgmoth posted:Agrus Kos was the best main character of any mtg book because he was so rightfully pissed off at everyone else on the plane being a complete moron. I like the concept behind Tibor And Lumia well enough but the main takeaway from those books for me was that Wiz had a strong plot justification for making a legendary UR cyborg goblin lady card and deliberately chose not to. Though we did get a card of a significantly less important character from the same book in 2015, so I guess there's still a chance.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:39
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Eye of Ugin is banned. Ancestral Vision is unbanned. Sword of the Meek is unbanned.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:41
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Sickening posted:Eye of Ugin is banned. Source? It's not up on the mothership.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:44
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Silver2195 posted:Source? It's not up on the mothership. http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/banned-and-restricted-announcement-2016-04-04
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Silver2195 posted:Source? It's not up on the mothership. http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/banned-and-restricted-announcement-2016-04-04
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Sickening posted:Eye of Ugin is banned. That is a very aggressive format shift if true, two never-before-seen cards into the pool at the same time? We still haven't even seen what Modern would've been like without Twin.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:45
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...Okay I did not see the Ancestral Visions unban. I mean, it makes sense - the card doesn't do anything, since you're probably dead by the time you get to cast it, but still.
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Jenx posted:...Okay I did not see the Ancestral Visions unban. I mean, it makes sense - the card doesn't do anything, since you're probably dead by the time you get to cast it, but still. It's probably mutually-exclusive with Bloodbraid Elf, when you can't cast it for free it's a lot less powerful. This also means that if the unbanning works out for them, BBE is gone for good.  Edit: I actually kind of hope this jacks up the price of Vision so Shardless becomes less popular and I can pick up judge foil Agents. I shouldn't be thinking that! #mtgfinance
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Holy poo poo let's make Thopter Sword real again. The Visions unban might bring about some more blue decks. Hopefully. Edit: lol SCG is already sold out of Sword of the Meek.
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