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Rinkles posted:That's what I was thinking. Latest prevaling opinion (but not a full consensus) is that yes, if the really large Theropod dinosaurs had feathers there probably weren't too too many of them. Like maybe a big flamboyant crest of feathers and on some joints, but scaly or smooth-skinned otherwise. How we imagine T-Rex is still likely completely wrong, though, because very few artistic depictions of it fail to take into account things like body fat. It coulda been a giant scaly pigeon, as far as we know.
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ThePeavstenator posted:Abrupt Decay is a card that exists, and having the type Merfolk in a Merfolk deck is incredibly relevant. 1-mana removal is multiple cards, each existing in larger numbers than abrupt decay. I also don't give a poo poo that it's a merfolk because I can just ignore it and kill your lords. I understand it maybe as a hedge against uninteractive decks where you just want the extra damage, but the card is much worse than kira in the matchups where you actually want it
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Autism Sneaks posted:e: lol if loving smoothbrain TheKingofSprings thinks he can dunk on someone else's card eval I know I walk the righteous path, now where's mcmagic to disagree with me too Also, who cares because EDH is the only format worth playing, and Kira's awesome in that and Merfolk are decidedly not awesome in EDH.
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OgreNoah posted:Also, who cares because EDH is the only format worth playing I said some dumb things willingly and in jest as a gimmick poster but holy poo poo this is the wrongest post I've ever seen
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I'm told from everyone that Temur is great vs Mono Red... However I playtested around 15 games of Temur vs Red and got my head smashed in.... Weird.
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Aug 30, 2017 18:23
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The only thing worse than EDH is fog effects. Draft is the only true format.
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Aug 30, 2017 18:24
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I've won more than a handful of games against affinity on the fact that Kira was able to block the Lethal/2 ornithopter. Flying is good. That said, being able to cast the new guy off of Cavern of Souls is pretty clutch.
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Aug 30, 2017 18:29
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I feel like this is a card that requires playing and testing before totally dismissing it. 
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Aug 30, 2017 18:39
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Tainen posted:The only thing worse than EDH is fog effects. I'm about to trigger
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Aug 30, 2017 18:50
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Autism Sneaks posted:Hmm yes, the 2/2 legendary with no flying and worse ability, but same CMC is totally better than Kira because sometimes it's a 3/3 or even a 4/4 Can you Vapor Snag your dudes with Kira out? Is Kira unblockable 90% of the time? This guy is a good alternative.
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Any time you would want to use Kopala, the only reason you shouldn't be using Kira is because you're too poor to. This set is going to have zero worthwhile Merfolk for Modern and it's going to make me loving miserable until the next set
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Balon posted:Can you Vapor Snag your dudes with Kira out? Is Kira unblockable 90% of the time? This guy is a good alternative. While you got me on the first, I just haven't run snags in months and didn't consider it, just  to your second point. Against the majority of decks, you have to jump through hoops to bring your Islandwalk to bear, whereas Flying is more often unchallenged in Modern. Not that you usually bring Kira for the Flying, but it's there. I'm not saying that the Merfolk dude is unplayable, but it just isn't competing for spots with Kira.
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Tainen posted:The only thing worse than EDH is fog effects. Angus Mackenzie is nearly a hundo but he combines both of those into one card.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Angus Mackenzie is nearly a hundo but he combines both of those into one card. There is a guy at my LGS playing this deck every week. It's so dumb.
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Aug 30, 2017 19:29
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Tainen posted:There is a guy at my LGS playing this deck every week. It's so dumb. Why is it any dumber than any of the grognard EDH decks that rush to their infinite combo wincon on turn 6?
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Aug 30, 2017 19:47
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80s James Hetfield posted:Why is it any dumber than any of the grognard EDH decks that rush to their infinite combo wincon on turn 6? Oh don't get me wrong. EDH is a bad format for bad people.
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80s James Hetfield posted:Why is it any dumber than any of the grognard EDH decks that rush to their infinite combo wincon on turn 6? I've said it before and I'll say it again, EDH is the best format if and only if you have a dedicated play group I have 4 buddies who I've known for years and we design all our decks at once to be roughly level in power, no stupid infinite combos and heavy restrictions on tutors and extra turn shenanigans and it is extremely baller
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Aug 30, 2017 19:54
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Sickening posted:I feel like this is a card that requires playing and testing before totally dismissing it. Get out of here with your reasonable opinion.
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Aug 30, 2017 19:59
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80s James Hetfield posted:Why is it any dumber than any of the grognard EDH decks that rush to their infinite combo wincon on turn 6? Because it plays a lot of fogs, duh.
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Aug 30, 2017 19:59
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sit on my Facebook posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again, EDH is the best format if and only if you have a dedicated play group If you're relying on house rules to fix a format, it's not a good format. 
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Aug 30, 2017 19:59
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80s James Hetfield posted:Why is it any dumber than any of the grognard EDH decks that rush to their infinite combo wincon on turn 6? The alternative is often a completely stalled board state with 3 players top decking on turn 17.
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Aug 30, 2017 20:02
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TVsVeryOwn posted:If you're relying on house rules to fix a format, it's not a good format. Counterpoint- if you're not relying on house rules to craft a finely tuned "sit around drinking beer and bullshitting while playing a game with the boxes full of cards you haven't touched in a decade" format, you're doing it wrong no rules no masters
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Aug 30, 2017 20:06
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sit on my Facebook posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again, EDH is the best format if and only if you have a dedicated play group But then you should just be cubing.
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Aug 30, 2017 20:11
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My group I play edh with sometimes all play pretty high power levels and no one gets upset when someone combos and wins so maybe the problem is the people you're playing with. If someone shows a combo we just scoop em up and start another game, and it's still somehow fun and a good excuse to sit around chatting with friends?
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Aug 30, 2017 20:13
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Aug 30, 2017 20:36
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I guess I shouldn't be shocked I ended up on Twin and my opponent literally doesn't know what Twin is, so I have to manually combo off.
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Aug 30, 2017 20:41
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TVsVeryOwn posted:If you're relying on house rules to fix a format, it's not a good format. True, but bad format + house rules is a format in itself that can be good. Fingers McLongDong posted:My group I play edh with sometimes all play pretty high power levels and no one gets upset when someone combos and wins so maybe the problem is the people you're playing with. My experience with playing edh at a store is that edh players is that they want to have their cake and eat it to. They want to play their casual home brew deck with a bunch of fun cards in it and they also want to win and get upset when they lose. Disrupting my combo is "anti-fun". Going off with your own combo first is "non-interactive." One of the problems with edh is that its players are generally people who tried to play standard and fell out, and decided that the issue was that people are too "competitive." Except "competitive" means "the deck which is presently beating me" and "casual" means "my deck," so they're constantly on the lookout for competitive players infiltrating their casual game and blame them for why they're not having fun anymore. The best way to play edh with a stranger is to borrow their deck. That way, they either win, or see their own deck win. They can't get salty that way.
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Aug 30, 2017 20:42
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My opinion of EDH is "just play a board game"
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Aug 30, 2017 20:43
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Dr. Stab posted:True, but bad format + house rules is a format in itself that can be good. Yeah I rarely play with random people. I will sometimes but usually only if at least one other person playing is someone I'm friends with. I've had mixed experiences playing with random people for the reasons you listed, someone always wants to complain about something. As a format to play with friends who all understand where each other is at in terms of expectations though, it's a lot of fun.
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Aug 30, 2017 20:44
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Sorry you fools don't like the best constructed format
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ZeroCount posted:Sorry you fools don't like the best constructed format None of them mentioned Mental Magic.
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Lone Goat posted:None of them mentioned Mental Magic. There's ways to play mental magic other than "stack of random cards"?
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Aug 30, 2017 21:23
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Momir Basic or bust
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Aug 30, 2017 21:27
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Dr. Stab posted:True, but bad format + house rules is a format in itself that can be good. House rules are never, ever, ever good. They are always something that people think makes the game better but actually completely ruin it because they have no idea how game design works. The reason everyone hates playing Monopoly is because no one plays it right and makes up house rules like Free Parking which keeps all of the money in the game and it never ends.
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GonSmithe posted:House rules are never, ever, ever good. They are always something that people think makes the game better but actually completely ruin it because they have no idea how game design works. The reason everyone hates playing Monopoly is because no one plays it right and makes up house rules like Free Parking which keeps all of the money in the game and it never ends. Monopoly is bad even if you play by the actual rules, it just ends faster
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80s James Hetfield posted:Why is it any dumber than any of the grognard EDH decks that rush to their infinite combo wincon on turn 6? Six? Why not two? EDH is a good palette cleanser to play in between heavy euro games, since it perfectly fits in the 15-30min time slot, but many other tiny games also fill that role. The really confusing thing is that many of the complaints of EDH players wanting to build their multiplayer-solitaire engine with nobody attacking them and win can easily be alleviated by playing something like Caverna.
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GonSmithe posted:House rules are never, ever, ever good. They are always something that people think makes the game better but actually completely ruin it because they have no idea how game design works. The reason everyone hates playing Monopoly is because no one plays it right and makes up house rules like Free Parking which keeps all of the money in the game and it never ends. House rules can be good if the motivation isn't "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if-", but "This game is great except this one aspect of the game is really broken, if we put a rules band-aid on that then the game works perfectly."
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Chill la Chill posted:Six? Why not two? EDH is a good palette cleanser to play in between heavy euro games, since it perfectly fits in the 15-30min time slot, but many other tiny games also fill that role. Caverna's the loving worst. I'd rather play standard than Caverna ever again, and I really don't want to play standard. House Rules can be good. I've got no EDH house rules, but we play Splendor to 21 instead of 15, which makes it was more interesting and makes people actually buy top row properties. That's the only house rule I can think of.
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sit on my Facebook posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again, EDH is the best format if and only if you have a dedicated play group This sounds awesome and I'm jealous and I can't believe people are giving you poo poo for having fun playing magic, as if it's against the rules or something.
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OgreNoah posted:Caverna's the loving worst. I'd rather play standard than Caverna ever again, and I really don't want to play standard. It is what it is and it's basically what group hug EDH players want. I love Caverna which is weird because all the other WP games I have are vicious things like Caylus and Argent.
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My favorite way to play Magic is reminiscing about my life when Magic wasn't a part of it.
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