|
BBD wrote a good article: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/2-ways-to-fix-standard/ I like the part where the comments of course feature people exclaiming that the problem is that people aren't brewing hard enough and if they just did that then somehow the giant 13/13 mythic would be answerable.
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 21:25
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 21:35 |
|
|
Keranos, He Who is Rarely a Creature
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 21:25
|
|
|
Here's a hot take: banning cards in standard is not a bad thing and gives an immediate solution to a problem instead of "change your development philosophy for the set that comes out in two years". Emrakul should be banned because it is an unfun and overpowered magic card, and it will not rotate for a year.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 21:33
|
|
|
But if we ban a card in standard it means we *gulp* made a mistake. Which obviously can't happen when we're doing such a good job.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 21:34
|
|
|
suicidesteve posted:But if we ban a card in standard it means we *gulp* made a mistake. Which obviously can't happen when we're doing such a good job. Also our market research shows that new players (who cannot afford to compete at even an FNM level) would be negatively impacted by this because of [complete BS reason].
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 21:38
|
|
|
Smashing Link posted:What's everyone's favorite 5 mana creature? Mine is Thrashing Wumpus. Won three FNMs in a row with that bad boy back in the day. Swagtusk da gawd
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 21:47
|
|
|
I'd be all for banning Emmy but then people would complain that Marvel'ing in a 10/10 Indestructible Exile 2 Permanents and 20 cards of your library is now unfun. I guess they could also use something stupid like Void Winnower
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 21:48
|
|
|
Meanwhile, there's [url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/oral-history-first-pro-tour-2016-02-02]an article[/url on the WotC website with a quote from Richard Garfield: "I don't remember if we knew exactly how powerful that card [Necropotence] was, but I knew it didn't surprise me. My design philosophy in those days was that if you didn't make a few banned cards, you weren't being aggressive enough. You had to be taking chances. My philosophy was give the players lots of interesting tools and let them play with those tools."
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 21:50
|
|
|
80s James Hetfield posted:I'd be all for banning Emmy but then people would complain that Marvel'ing in a 10/10 Indestructible Exile 2 Permanents and 20 cards of your library is now unfun. I guess they could also use something stupid like Void Winnower At least then they'd actually need to marvel it in rather than casting it for 6-7 mana after you answer marvel.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 21:59
|
|
|
Wow no mulldrifter mentions? Shameful. Deranged hermit is also acceptable.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 22:05
|
|
|
80s James Hetfield posted:I'd be all for banning Emmy but then people would complain that Marvel'ing in a 10/10 Indestructible Exile 2 Permanents and 20 cards of your library is now unfun. I guess they could also use something stupid like Void Winnower Sure, but it's not a 13/13 that the deck can cast two turns later if the "combo" fails. Marvel is a dumb card and not rotating BFZ is pretty asinine, but forcing Marvel into either ramp or midrange instead of both at once is good. Plus it hurts the BG delerium decks. Maybe ban Avacyn, too, so that wraths work again and WU is also harmed. It's just...bans aren't inherently bad. Certain bans are overzealous, sure, but bans are basically the only tool wotc has to fix their current mistakes (as opposed to future mistakes.) I'd be all for immediate reprinting of standard legal relic of progenitus, like in a fake set composed only of fixer cards, but since wotc scrapped core sets and will never make a card legal just because, bans are about it.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 22:07
|
|
|
uPen posted:At least then they'd actually need to marvel it in rather than casting it for 6-7 mana after you answer marvel. Exactly. Emrakul has to go.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 22:10
|
|
|
it'd be funny if they reprinted grafdiggers cage and then pointed to it whenever people asked them to print graveyard hate
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 22:11
|
|
|
Pontius Pilate posted:Wow no mulldrifter mentions? Shameful. I feel more and more like Standard Silverback is the fun rotating format.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 22:25
|
|
|
my favorite 5cmc creature is Kumano, Master Yamabushi.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 22:30
|
|
|
Pontius Pilate posted:Wow no mulldrifter mentions? Shameful. That was legit my second choice, and it was a hard decision. And don't forget his BFF Phyrexian Plaguelord, also 5 mana.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 22:33
|
|
|
Smashing Link posted:What's everyone's favorite 5 mana creature? Mine is Thrashing Wumpus. Won three FNMs in a row with that bad boy back in the day. Thragtusk no contest
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 23:06
|
|
|
Pontius Pilate posted:Wow no mulldrifter mentions? Shameful. Mulldrifter is #2 for me, but IRL I'm Jaji, Magmaw Worshiper.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 23:12
|
|
|
Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Mulldrifter is #2 for me, but IRL I'm Jaji, Magmaw Worshiper. Yet another example of how BFZ block is bad: somehow we got Ayli as the random legendary that had a few lines in zendikar block and not that dude
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 23:17
|
|
|
This is pure nostalgia, but Serra Angel.
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 23:33
|
|
|
Demigod of Revenge best 5CMC creature ever get hosed
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 23:51
|
|
|
ThePeavstenator posted:BBD wrote a good article: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/2-ways-to-fix-standard/ Standard sucks because it's full of unfun cards. It has nothing to do with power level or format diversity. It's not really hard to pinpoint, its that it's hard to solve without rotating all of the existing cards or bans. Emrakul is the worst but there plenty of offenders in the "gently caress this card" contest. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Dec 24, 2016 |
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2016 23:58
|
|
|
Entropic posted:I love when control decks win the pro tour because they immediately get picked up by scrubs who don't know how to play them properly and get mad when you beat them at FNM.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 00:56
|
|
|
Angry Grimace posted:Standard sucks because it's full of unfun cards. It has nothing to do with power level or format diversity. It's not really hard to pinpoint, its that it's hard to solve without rotating all of the existing cards or bans. Actually standard is bad and has been bad for a while because the diversity is terrible. Notice how all of the good standards in the past have been really diverse, like Ravnica standards?
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 01:30
|
|
|
Pontius Pilate posted:Wow no mulldrifter mentions? Shameful. I have no own rule in any limited format to never pass a Mulldrifter. Gary is 2nd.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 03:16
|
|
|
As a filthy commander player who tries to play with everyone else's cards as much as possible, my favorite 5 drop would be Empress Galina.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 04:55
|
|
|
My favorite 5 cmc card is easily Battle of Wits, but if we're talking just creatures then Mulldrifter and Reveillark are tied for me.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 05:26
|
|
|
My Favorite 5 cmc creature is Sliver Queen.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 05:35
|
|
|
80s James Hetfield posted:I think there is a series on Youtube called Historial Standard where Randy takes old standard decks and clashes them with things that are or were recently legal. Thanks for this. I sat down last night and watched a bunch of these. Very nostalgic watching Academy and Jar doing their thing. I spent hours goldfishing these with proxies back when I was a kid. 
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 05:35
|
|
|
KillarySwank posted:Lark, although that might be a 6 drop. Alternative casting costs do not affect the CMC, friendo. My favorite 5 CMC creature is Sen Triplets. 
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 06:22
|
|
|
Oh god I just had the two best turn 1s I think I've ever had in cube after I mulliganed to oblivion game 1: Game 2: Island, Lotus, crack Lotus, play Trinket Mage fetching Mana Crypt, play Signet, play Maggot (take opponent's Rofellos) Game 3: Island, Mox Jet, Demonic Tutor for Tinker, Black Lotus, Tinker (for Myr Battlesphere) I officially can't complain about luck for a while now.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 07:36
|
|
|
What does it cost to play Holiday Cube? It sounds fun and I'm considering reinstalling modo just for that.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 10:20
|
|
|
The Shortest Path posted:What does it cost to play Holiday Cube? It sounds fun and I'm considering reinstalling modo just for that.  or 100 play points. 2-1 gets you 100 play points, 3-0 gets you 150 play points.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 10:33
|
|
|
The Shortest Path posted:What does it cost to play Holiday Cube? It sounds fun and I'm considering reinstalling modo just for that. The overall cost depends on how good you are - but it's nominally $10 a pop, or the equivalent in untradeable mtgo funny money. You get $10 worth of funny money back if you go 2-1 (and even turn a profit if you go 3-0), so you can play a lot for very little investment if you're good. It's really expensive if you lose a lot though.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 10:41
|
|
|
I was about to celebrate that autocard anywhere recongnized thragtusk as swagtusk but I forgot I had set up that shortcut...ah well. truly the best 5 cmc indeed.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 13:09
|
|
|
10 bucks for a draft where you don't even keep the cards. People deserve to get ripped off at this point.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 15:22
|
|
|
Sickening posted:10 bucks for a draft where you don't even keep the cards. People deserve to get ripped off at this point. They need some kind of reward system so I can play a few drafts a week for free. As it stands I'll go play infinite hearthstone for free on my phone and draft magic every few months.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 15:54
|
|
|
I'd argue that 10 bucks for a draft where you don't get to keep any cards is way more transparent about the actual value you're getting. 20CAD for a draft at my LGS where I get a bunch of worthless cardboard isn't really any better, value wise. Since I don't play constructed or sell my cards I just need to treat a draft like a movie or whatever.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 16:56
|
|
|
Even if you do play standard, you get at most like 1 constructed playable card per 14$ draft. I'm fine with 10$ cubes where you can actually play a goofy busted format instead of board stalls.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 18:27
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 21:35 |
|
|
Aether Revolt masterpieces are up http://magic.wizards.com/en/AERMasterpieces The list is great actually, every single card other than maybe duplicant, staff of domination, black vise, and meekstone I've seen played in legacy or modern recently. Dehtraen fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Dec 24, 2016 |
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2016 19:28
|
|
