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When're they going to do Norse mythology? Or was that ice age?
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Apr 18, 2017 17:49
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BizarroAzrael posted:Tribal themes could be fun, depending on what they pick. I guess Goblins seem like an obvious one, Finally, the Merfolk EDH Commander I've been waiting for.
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Apr 18, 2017 17:48
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whydirt posted:I'd say it's much more likely to be mesoamerica based, given the name. That's also the thing that is actually on maro's short list.
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Apr 18, 2017 17:57
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Dr. Stab posted:That's also the thing that is actually on maro's short list. It's a cool theme to base a set on, even if it does mean that we should get two sets with pyramids in a row. Excited to see what they do with it. Also Vraska is apparently/supposedly back, which is cool I guess.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:02
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Rinkles posted:It's probably this renamed It's definitely a aztec inspired block, given that the spelling on those boosters is two letters away from Aztlán, the legendary ancestral home of the Aztec peoples. Not surprised they changed it, given that Aztlán and associated spellings have some...interesting symbolic meanings for various Mesoamerican independence/reclamation movements. Molybdenum posted:When're they going to do Norse mythology? Or was that ice age? Wasn't this every block up to Jamurraa? Edit: Except for Arabian Nights, I guess. Mat Cauthon fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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Apr 18, 2017 18:07
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If we don't get new Faeries cards I promise to riot. The tribes are probably going to be Merfolk, Goblins, Zombies, and Elves, though.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:08
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Count Bleck posted:Finally, the Merfolk EDH Commander I've been waiting for. The "blue" tribe will be Wizards just to piss you off.
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C-Euro posted:The "blue" tribe will be Wizards just to piss you off. It could be Faeries. Theoretically.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:13
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Apr 18, 2017 18:14
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It'd be great if they were non-major tribes just for diversity sake. Soldiers, treefolk, werewolves, etc. Stuff that has tribal options already but not a million cards like elves and goblins.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:16
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Obviously the safe bet is in the big four tribes - goblins, merfolk, elves, and zombies. My guess is that they'll do two or three of those and then make one or two of the decks support less robust tribes, likely ones that are popular but hard to get into Standard for flavor reasons. Edit: for example I could see them passing on zombies since they've gotten a decent amount of attention in Standard recently. whydirt fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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Apr 18, 2017 18:19
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BizarroAzrael posted:Tribal themes could be fun, depending on what they pick. I guess Goblins seem like an obvious one, Can't wait for the Merfolk deck to be the most expensive because of the True-Name Nemesis reprint
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Apr 18, 2017 18:22
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Molybdenum posted:When're they going to do Norse mythology? Or was that ice age? I don't give a crap about lore, and give slightly more of a crap about flavor generally when its really well done but othrwise don't care, but vikings would be cool af
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Apr 18, 2017 18:25
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Goblin and Merfolk is a sure bet, but it'd be nice to get Clerics for B/W and Trolls or Werewolves for Green. Could even go Shaman for G/R, but that's probably a bit too niche of a tribe.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:26
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Rap Record Hoarder posted:Goblin and Merfolk is a sure bet, but it'd be nice to get Clerics for B/W and Trolls or Werewolves for Green. Could even go Shaman for G/R, but that's probably a bit too niche of a tribe. Agreed. It'd be really cool if they didn't just do Goblin / Elves / Humans, etc. Werewolves! Dwarves! Thrulls! Wizards!
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Apr 18, 2017 18:29
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If they make Vampires, Knights or Cats, I might end up buying a deck. shudder
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Apr 18, 2017 18:30
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AceClown posted:5 colour elementals fixed
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Apr 18, 2017 18:31
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TwistedNails posted:As long as I get some cool bird people I'll be happy, and a thunder god bird would be cool too. I doubt they'll go top-down with the mesoamerican theme since it doesn't have nearly as many well-known tropes as ancient Egypt or Greece. i'd expect something more like Kaladesh or Tarkir where there's obvious real-world references visually but not down to the mechanical level. Plus it would be weird to have 2 top-down ancient culture sets back to back.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:35
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Siivola posted:If they make Vampires, Knights or Cats, I might end up buying a deck. There's never enough birds in Magic. I want more birds. That said, I'd be just as happy with a masterpiece flavor Storm Crow or something. Aven Mindcensor is probably the one Masterpiece single I can even justify seeking out.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:44
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Siivola posted:If they make Vampires, Knights or Cats, I might end up buying a deck. Man I'd love to see a WBR Knights deck with some kind of lord commander
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Apr 18, 2017 18:49
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C-Euro posted:The "blue" tribe will be Wizards just to piss you off. It'll be Wizards, Druids, Clerics (W/B), and Wizards 2: Electric Boogaloo.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:55
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TheChirurgeon posted:Man I'd love to see a WBR Knights deck with some kind of lord commander Vampires really need a mardu Commander and I could see them doing that with those colors.
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Tales of Woe posted:I doubt they'll go top-down with the mesoamerican theme since it doesn't have nearly as many well-known tropes as ancient Egypt or Greece. i'd expect something more like Kaladesh or Tarkir where there's obvious real-world references visually but not down to the mechanical level. Plus it would be weird to have 2 top-down ancient culture sets back to back. Mesoamerican culture ain't exactly ancient. Hell, there are still people in the world who practice a lot of elements of traditional Mesoamerican society. Compare this to the ancient Egyptians, where the culture is completely dead. The Pyramids of Giza are more than 4000 years old. The Temple of Kukulcan (the famous pyramid from Chichen Itza) is only around a 1000 years old. It's pretty ridiculous to talk about Egyptian culture and Mesoamerican culture as being similarly ancient cultures.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:57
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JerryLee posted:I'm expecting so many bad players to not recognize/understand that the attack trigger doesn't need to have a counter to remove in order to place a counter Marshall and LSV completely got it wrong in the set review lol
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Sampatrick posted:Mesoamerican culture ain't exactly ancient. Hell, there are still people in the world who practice a lot of elements of traditional Mesoamerican society. Compare this to the ancient Egyptians, where the culture is completely dead. The Pyramids of Giza are more than 4000 years old. The Temple of Kukulcan (the famous pyramid from Chichen Itza) is only around a 1000 years old. It's pretty ridiculous to talk about Egyptian culture and Mesoamerican culture as being similarly ancient cultures. Anything that happened before the Renaissance is ancient to white people.  I'm interested in tribal commander decks, except they're going to make them dumb wide aggro decks because of course they are, and therefore they'll be terrible in actual games of Commander.
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Apr 18, 2017 19:06
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I'd be surprised if there aren't allied Commanders and tribes in these -- sticking with only a single creature type seems very limiting. I would love to see Giants and Kithkin back together again or Goblins and Orcs, Merfolk and Krakens etc.
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Apr 18, 2017 19:19
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I'm holding out for Homarids, Samurai, Treefolk and Ogres.
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Sampatrick posted:Mesoamerican culture ain't exactly ancient. Hell, there are still people in the world who practice a lot of elements of traditional Mesoamerican society. Compare this to the ancient Egyptians, where the culture is completely dead. The Pyramids of Giza are more than 4000 years old. The Temple of Kukulcan (the famous pyramid from Chichen Itza) is only around a 1000 years old. It's pretty ridiculous to talk about Egyptian culture and Mesoamerican culture as being similarly ancient cultures. It verges into ancient when you don't pidgeon-hole it, the olmecs were around 3500 years ago.
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There was a time when I would have loved a Native American-themed block.
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I honestly assumed it would be merfolk goblins elves and WB humans to hit all 5 colors, wondering if they'll make a WB deck that's both humans and zombies with some cross-tribe enablers
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Thallids, dwarves, evil eyes and kobolds.
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C-Euro posted:Seems like "Mesopotamia" would be too similar in flavor to our current Egypt world, especially for the same group of world culture rubes that didn't "get" what Kamigawa was trying to do with Japanese mythology. It would make for a cool setting if done right though. I attack with my Quetz-, uh my Q bird! Oh wait I'll attach my eheca- uh the armor thing first! Nope you already declared attackers. See you thought the joke was that the majority white kid audience of MTG wouldn't know how to pronounce the words but the joke is really that someone's attempting to gotcha a kid at a prerelease.
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TheKingofSprings posted:After 1700 pages we really should probably have a new thread with a less lovely title Magic: The Gathering - I CAST MOUTH
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TheKingofSprings posted:After 1700 pages we really should probably have a new thread with a less lovely title considering we've had posts with links to old spoiler predictions as an attempt to own people i have to agree e: also SoftNum posted:Magic: The Gathering - I CAST MOUTH ThePeavstenator fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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SoftNum posted:Magic: The Gathering - I CAST MOUTH
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ThePeavstenator posted:considering we've had posts with links to old spoiler predictions as an attempt to own people i have to agree https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3817553 New thread, where I finally remove that reference to Extended in the FNM section! How long has that been there? Dang. Edit: SoftNum posted:Magic: The Gathering - I CAST MOUTH poo poo, that is way better.
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SoftNum posted:Magic: The Gathering - I CAST MOUTH Please?
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I stopped playing in 2002-ish. Played a booster draft in 2010. Walked into a hobby shop for funsies over the weekend and bought a booster pack. Have an itch to play again. A few questions first though. Is "Standard" the old Type II? Why did they do away with Mana Burn? Aside from new creature abilities, what major game mechanics have been introduced, modified, or eliminated since 2002-ish? Is Magic Duels the cheapest/best way to be reintroduced to the game? If I were to want to buy a pre-made custom deck (not a set's starter pack), which online sellers are best? Will my 5 or 6-digit DCI number still work? I see the new ones are 2000 digits long. Anyone want to send me extra cards to get me rolling? What should I do to my brother, who evidently decided to sell my collection in 2006-ish? Laughing at the current price of dual lands, Unglued, and all the fun cards I had collected from Beta to Invasion.
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