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Soul Glo posted:What would going back to Dominaria mean for the actual cards? Anything cool? SLIVERS
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Soul Glo posted:What would going back to Dominaria mean for the actual cards? Anything cool? Homarids  not that Wizards would actually make Homarids, but it would be neat
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Jan 14, 2017 06:03
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Soul Glo posted:What would going back to Dominaria mean for the actual cards? Anything cool? I mean I assume at this point everyone interesting is dead. Other than Jhiora and Teferi. There's still slivers and other stuff.
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Jan 14, 2017 07:39
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All the cool stuff about Dominaria was in the weird storylines and hosed up characters, which they will never bring back. As a setting Dominaria is just bog standard fantasy fare. I hope they don't go back there.
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Jan 14, 2017 07:50
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Sailor Viy posted:All the cool stuff about Dominaria was in the weird storylines and hosed up characters, which they will never bring back. As a setting Dominaria is just bog standard fantasy fare. I hope they don't go back there. Counterpoint: TS block was great.
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Jan 14, 2017 08:29
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akulanization posted:Counterpoint: TS block was great. The best part of Time Spiral was them going "eh gently caress it" and making everything all the way hosed up. Time broken? Check. Alternate universe? Check. Callback to goddamn Fallen Empires as a major tribe? Check. Random old border cards? Yep. New borders? Yes. Way, way too many keyword mechanics? Of course. Literally hundreds of references? I linked it so of course. The set rooted in the past used old Magic artists, and the set rooted in the future used never-before-seen but soon prolific artists like Raymond "Orange Spikes" Swanland. Each set had a cycle of creatures that had the ability of an old, powerful card. Future Sight did so much crazy poo poo that they still haven't caught up to it in "normal" magic, ten years later, and they still try to find excuses to print cards from it in new sets. It even reprinted a card from Unglued in black border! With a different name, but still. God, I love that block. And we'll never get anything approaching that level of cool again, because TSP block shat the bed financially. Oh, well. I have the distinct feeling that any Return to Dominaria will be full of stuff like the Magic Origins callbacks: that card we liked, but really bad.
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Jan 14, 2017 09:24
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Sailor Viy posted:All the cool stuff about Dominaria was in the weird storylines and hosed up characters, which they will never bring back. As a setting Dominaria is just bog standard fantasy fare. I hope they don't go back there. Given the tease at the end of the Kaladesh storyline, it's almost certain they're doing it for the 25th anniversary or whatever.
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Jan 14, 2017 09:56
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Soul Glo posted:What would going back to Dominaria mean for the actual cards? Anything cool? Given how Dominaria was when we left? Colorless-as-a-color; outside the scope of the Eldrazi. Most of the plane is one gigantic Wastes, anything that's left and thriving is at least partially living off of colorless mana.
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Jan 14, 2017 10:11
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Angry Grimace posted:I mean I assume at this point everyone interesting is dead. Other than Jhiora and Teferi. And Squee. He's immortal. EDIT: Fuzzy Mammal posted:Depends what you're marvelling my friend How the gently caress are you casting all those red and white spells? I don't think Aether Hub, Oath of Nissa, and Servant of the Conduit will get you there. Zemyla fucked around with this message at 10:25 on Jan 14, 2017 |
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Jan 14, 2017 10:21
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Zemyla posted:And Squee. He's immortal. I imagine there's a mountain to fetch off the Evolving Wilds that isn't visible.
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Jan 14, 2017 10:39
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Went 2-2 at my prerelease playing RB artifact aggro. I was playing WB the first two rounds because I thought my white removal was better, but I kept getting destroyed. After that I went all in on Scrap Trawler and a Metallic Mimic, with 4 of the 2 drop creatures that can make servos. Pia's Revolution did some work as well because I would get alot of things back. Revolt is the real deal.
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Jan 14, 2017 10:41
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Here have a pic of me looking like an idiot showing off my Masterpiece went 0-2 in mine. Deck was poo poo.
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Jan 14, 2017 10:56
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Minority Deport posted:The best part of Time Spiral was them going "eh gently caress it" and making everything all the way hosed up. Time broken? Check. Alternate universe? Check. Callback to goddamn Fallen Empires as a major tribe? Check. Random old border cards? Yep. New borders? Yes. Way, way too many keyword mechanics? Of course. Literally hundreds of references? I linked it so of course. This is a great post. Time Spiral was my favorite block, though I'm biased because I was just returning from a six or seven year break. Wizards could do it again if they were careful: don't flood it with returning mechanics, just make allusions to them. For example, instead of bringing back flanking, just make one creature that gives creatures blocking it -1/-1. Veterans will enjoy catching the reference, new players will just think it's a neat ability. There are more reasons than that why TSP didn't resonate with newer players, and while I'm sure it's possible to do a Time Spiral type of set correctly, I fear Wizards is going to play it too conservative and make Dominaria boring.
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Jan 14, 2017 11:37
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Sometimes the universe wants you to win. 3 mythics and a foil rare in my pool, including Noxious Gearhulk and the new hasty red guy (no way was I getting two attack steps) and just a glut of solid red and black removal. Only dropped 1 game all night. In my 16 prize packs, I got 5 more mythics, including an Oblivion Stone masterpiece. A friend of mine prize split the last round, and their opponent insisted on taking 8 of her 16, and giving her one of his 2 pity packs, rather than just taking 7 packs and keeping the other 2 for himself. As a result, she opened the Extraplanar Lens masterpiece in the single pack he gave her, and then a Defense Grid masterpiece in the very next pack. I expect that's the last time I'll ever see someone get back to back masterpieces from the same set.
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Jan 14, 2017 11:42
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Went 4-0 with a stupidly good B/W deck, all fliers, lifegain, and removal with 5 strong rares. Also drew pretty well and didn't lose a game all night. Didn't pull anything worth anything.
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Jan 14, 2017 14:06
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My Jeskai Copycat deck is owning on Cockatrice... Not sure if that means it's good or not though...
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Jan 14, 2017 15:45
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Niton posted:Given how Dominaria was when we left? Colorless-as-a-color; outside the scope of the Eldrazi. Most of the plane is one gigantic Wastes, anything that's left and thriving is at least partially living off of colorless mana. this is assuming they haven't retconned anything, which ya know considering how nissa is now, isn't totally out of the realm like im sure big ol' time rupture is still in the story but they might have rebuilt and stuff
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Jan 14, 2017 15:54
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mandatory lesbian posted:this is assuming they haven't retconned anything, which ya know considering how nissa is now, isn't totally out of the realm Uh they didn't rebuild the story the time rupture did. 
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Jan 14, 2017 15:56
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New MTGO arena looks terrible and holy gently caress do people really pay 12 bucks for an online draft in 2017? Magic players are loving suckers.
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Jan 14, 2017 15:57
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mandatory lesbian posted:this is assuming they haven't retconned anything, which ya know considering how nissa is now, isn't totally out of the realm Um that's just a major shift in her character. 
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Jan 14, 2017 16:04
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Has anyone here ever mailed a playmat? The tubes the post office sell are pretty expensive for one thats big enough (which is quite a bit too big) How would it be to roll the up and put them in a bubble mailer? I just don't want them getting creased.
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Jan 14, 2017 16:12
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Went 3-0 at prerelease with G/W commons and uncommons, only rare I ran was the 2/2 doublestrike that grows with revolt. Also pulled this as the last card in the last pack. Never tried to sell a card before, whats the best way to move this thing? 
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Jan 14, 2017 16:21
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Firebatgyro posted:Went 3-0 at prerelease with G/W commons and uncommons, only rare I ran was the 2/2 doublestrike that grows with revolt. haha you don't actually sell cards, you keep them for years as an investment real answer: if you go through a store you're gonna take some kind of hit but you will get cash at least, otherwise i guess tcgplayer?
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Jan 14, 2017 16:29
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Firebatgyro posted:Went 3-0 at prerelease with G/W commons and uncommons, only rare I ran was the 2/2 doublestrike that grows with revolt. That is a sweet pull. Try the SA Mart Magic Buy/Sell thread.
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Jan 14, 2017 16:33
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BizarroAzrael posted:Has anyone here ever mailed a playmat? The tubes the post office sell are pretty expensive for one thats big enough (which is quite a bit too big) How would it be to roll the up and put them in a bubble mailer? I just don't want them getting creased. Just fold it. The creases don't last long
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Jan 14, 2017 16:35
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BizarroAzrael posted:Has anyone here ever mailed a playmat? The tubes the post office sell are pretty expensive for one thats big enough (which is quite a bit too big) How would it be to roll the up and put them in a bubble mailer? I just don't want them getting creased. You could probably fold it over a few times and fit it into a Fedex Medium box without actually creasing it.
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Jan 14, 2017 17:40
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Sickening posted:New MTGO arena looks terrible and holy gently caress do people really pay 12 bucks for an online draft in 2017? Magic players are loving suckers. Yeah, what the hell, people spending money on an enjoyable good time! (and it's usually more like 10-11 after buying boosters from bots).
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Jan 14, 2017 17:45
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mandatory lesbian posted:this is assuming they haven't retconned anything, which ya know considering how nissa is now, isn't totally out of the realm It's loving Magic. They can use whatever the hell excuse they need if they want to. "For some that day time began moving backwards". "Subtly at first, the ripples of Sarkhaan's temporal escapade touched more than his plane of dragons". "The space-time continuum is still a poorly understood aspect of the multiverse". "With Karn's tear, a morsel of his soul fell onto this dead world. Part of him died that day, and with it part of Dominaria was quietly being reborn."
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Jan 14, 2017 17:47
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MiddleEastBeast posted:Yeah, what the hell, people spending money on an enjoyable good time! (and it's usually more like 10-11 after buying boosters from bots). The substitutes are just so much better and cheaper. 
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Jan 14, 2017 17:52
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Rinkles posted:It's loving Magic. They can use whatever the hell excuse they need if they want to. "For some that day time began moving backwards". "Subtly at first, the ripples of Sarkhaan's temporal escapade touched more than his plane of dragons". "The space-time continuum is still a poorly understood aspect of the multiverse". "With Karn's tear, a morsel of his soul fell onto this dead world. Part of him died that day, and with it part of Dominaria was quietly being reborn." "nobody gives a gently caress about the story so we're just going to go back in time and have different planeswalkers in the set instead of the power rangers"
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Jan 14, 2017 17:55
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Power Rangers planeswalkers would actually be cool and good if they had a Megazord. Look at how many people here still fondly remember the bigass flying ship with a memorable crew. e: I suppose the faulty bit could be the "memorable" part.
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Jan 14, 2017 18:00
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evilweasel posted:"nobody gives a gently caress about the story so we're just going to go back in time and have different planeswalkers in the set instead of the power rangers" Please be respectful of the story. You may not care, but many many neckbeards love the wish fulfillment Jace gives them.
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Jan 14, 2017 18:00
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evilweasel posted:"nobody gives a gently caress about the story so we're just going to go back in time and have different planeswalkers in the set instead of the power rangers" Not that I would mind, but returning to dominaria was specifically brought up by Ajani.
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Jan 14, 2017 18:01
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Chill la Chill posted:The substitutes are just so much better and cheaper. Agree to degree
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Jan 14, 2017 18:07
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Yeah the unfortunate fact of the matter is that Magic is just a way richer and deeper game than it's competitors. I would love to cash out of WotCs terrible software and dumbass design decisions in favor of Hearthstone etc, but they simply aren't as fun for me.
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Jan 14, 2017 18:10
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Terrible Horse posted:Yeah the unfortunate fact of the matter is that Magic is just a way richer and deeper game than it's competitors. I would love to cash out of WotCs terrible software and dumbass design decisions in favor of Hearthstone etc, but they simply aren't as fun for me. Eternal scratched that itch for me, even though I haven't proper played it in a week or two due to other stuff going on.
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Jan 14, 2017 18:15
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Every deckbuilding card game that isn't magic is just magic with simpler rules, fewer cards, and brighter colors. No thanks.
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Jan 14, 2017 18:18
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Serperoth posted:Eternal scratched that itch for me, even though I haven't proper played it in a week or two due to other stuff going on. I tried Eternal and remember it being pretty good, but it didn't get its hooks in me for whatever reason. Also, even if the mechanics are on par with Magic, the flavor and art of these games never are. They all have really bland generic rendered looking art and names like "Gunslinger Zombie" and "Healer Elf"
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Jan 14, 2017 18:21
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Terrible Horse posted:I tried Eternal and remember it being pretty good, but it didn't get its hooks in me for whatever reason. Also, even if the mechanics are on par with Magic, the flavor and art of these games never are. They all have really bland generic rendered looking art and names like "Gunslinger Zombie" and "Healer Elf" Yeah and poo poo like "soaring" instead of "flying" or whatever lol
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Terrible Horse posted:I tried Eternal and remember it being pretty good, but it didn't get its hooks in me for whatever reason. Also, even if the mechanics are on par with Magic, the flavor and art of these games never are. They all have really bland generic rendered looking art and names like "Gunslinger Zombie" and "Healer Elf" Wotc dedicates a lot of money towards the creative aspect of magic, and that's before the millions(?) they spend on art commissions.
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