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ShaneB posted:This is NOT to be read as support of WOTC in any fashion, but this is not an isolated practice by WOTC. This is a symptom of the deeply systemic issues in the USA (and other countries, of course) that become visible in hiring and HR practices, workplace social environments, and so on. Yeah that was my take on it. Sounds like the typical sort of institutional racism you find in any corporate environment, combined with the overwhelming whiteness of the PNW and gaming culture. Extremely lovely but not surprising. They'll do the usual performative woke stuff to cover their asses but not much else. The lack of Black artists though... that surprised me. Seems like there's a hashtag promoting Black artists and artists of color with phenomenal talent every week on Twitter, so you'd have to be deliberately trying not to recruit some. Same for Black writers on the fiction side. I wonder what the official response will be if that post gets enough traction.
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Bust Rodd posted:Actually just MULCHING planeswalkers is what every 5 drop from here on out should do. They are simply too big a share of the meta game precisely because dealing with them is harder. More design space in telling planeswalkers to get fragged. jesus, that's loving terrible
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I HOPE EVERYONE'S READY FOR THE FOUR CARD STANDARD COMBO
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Irony Be My Shield posted:I HOPE EVERYONE'S READY FOR THE I'm literally listening to the FF7R One Winged Angel as you posted this, I'm ready, bring on the 4 horsemen of the Gobocalypse
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I think they are 1 loyalty counter off on this one.
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Sickening posted:I think they are 1 loyalty counter off on this one. Or it seems like it would've been fine to do both effects   instant additional cost sac a creature, draw two cards
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Link is dead. What was this supposed to be?
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Drewjitsu posted:Link is dead. What was this supposed to be? 
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Drewjitsu posted:Link is dead. What was this supposed to be? I see it? 1BB sorcery Choose one: all creatures get -2/-2 until EOT OR remove 2 loyalty counters from each PW
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Tainen posted:Or it seems like it would've been fine to do both effects I feel like its going to be rare to go against deck with a lot of targets of the -2 and that also run planeswalkers. I don't think you side this in against planeswalkers specifically with it only hitting 2 loyalty.
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I really want a creature with that dragon's ability, just so I can do a stupid OTK with the Sultai Ultimatum. Grab the Dragon, Titanoth Rex, Spark Double. If they nerf the dragon so that it doesn't trigger its own ability, that's still 23 damage to the face
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Tainen posted:Or it seems like it would've been fine to do both effects Another pretty great sac outlet for Claim the Firstborn decks. Just lol if you play creatures edit: Oh poo poo it's instant as well for the "protection" of your own creatures from exile effects as well. AngryBooch fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Jun 8, 2020 |
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Tainen posted:Or it seems like it would've been fine to do both effects Strictly better Altar's Reap.
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Tainen posted:Or it seems like it would've been fine to do both effects This seems extremely good at a 1 mana instant
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BizarroAzrael posted:Strictly better Altar's Reap. ancient tomb, chalice on 1, go 
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Unfortunate card name. Good card.
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 Bust Rodd posted:Anyways, anybody see this? I'm not shocked but this is still super disappointing.
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Some Numbers posted:Unfortunate card name. Could you explain?
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Sickening posted:I feel like its going to be rare to go against deck with a lot of targets of the -2 and that also run planeswalkers. I don't think you side this in against planeswalkers specifically with it only hitting 2 loyalty. it seems more like a general answer card that's not completely dead if you go up against a creatureless deck rather than aimed to be slotted in against specific decks
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In the alternate timeline where Teferi, Time Raveler and Wilderness Reclamation were banned instead of Fires and Agent, this is getting me hyped for my Gruul Fires deck.
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Rinkles posted:Could you explain? people are determined to go nuts whenever anything is remotely tangentially corona related see: people getting mad about Gloom Pangolin (I don't have problems with Void Beckoner's Godzilla name getting changed, that's a bit too on the nose)
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Bust Rodd posted:
Yeah I've met some people from Seattle who aren't hatefully racist, but it's obvious that they've never interacted with people of different races because their opinions seem completely driven by mainstream media representation. So I wouldn't be surprised if WOTC managers are unconsciously prejudiced in how they hire. https://www.seattlemag.com/article/reflection-racism-seattle
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Lone Goat posted:(I don't have problems with Void Beckoner's Godzilla name getting changed, that's a bit too on the nose) Honestly it's just another example of how we're a dumb loving species and the compulsive need to draw patterns and associations sometimes works against us to me, personally
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Lone Goat posted:people are determined to go nuts whenever anything is remotely tangentially corona related "Pestilent Haze" is corona related now? And most I saw was some snickering/side-eye of how Bushmeat Poacher and Gloom Pangolin were an odd parallel to reality.
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Lone Goat posted:people are determined to go nuts whenever anything is remotely tangentially corona related mad no, thinking it was funny when paired with "death corona" yes
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Huxley posted:It's a Bo1 card. I wonder if they're going to have to start making sets bigger. If they feel like they have to include cards for every format, doesn't that leave less room for cards that are designed to be good in Standard? And if they make fewer of those, doesn't that lead to the meta decks getting more uniform because they have fewer good cards to pick from? This wasn't a problem not too long ago, they never really purposefully made cards for modern, legacy or vintage in Standard sets on purpose. But now they're making cards for Brawl, Commander, Historic, Pioneer, Bo1 Standard AND standard? The funny part is that if they make 1 card that gets played in too many formats, people complain that its warping every format, so they can't have 1 card be the Standard/Bo1 Standard, Historic, and Pioneer green mythic rare plant for example. A Moose fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Jun 8, 2020 |
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I'd completely missed that they did a 7/11 card in the Indian block. And this kicker, woof.
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Winota suspended in Historic.
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A "one last thing before you go" worthy of Columbo.
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I like that they waited a few days for people to craft her, and then suspended her so nobody gets wildcards back. How is Winota different from dredge/reanimator strategies in other formats anyway? They're good when nobody packs hate for them, but completely unplayable versus any amount of hate cards, they just fold instantly. A Moose fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Jun 8, 2020 |
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I'd love to see Winota's numbers in Historic. They must have been truly bananas in the past week. And they want to move quick since there's ... a Historic PT in a month or something like that? If you know it's going to have to go, don't flirt with people over it as quickly as possible.
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A Moose posted:I like that they waited a few days for people to craft her, and then suspended her so nobody gets wildcards back. On the other hand, maybe the suspension will result in more variety.
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 instant exile creature or planeswalker, its controller creates a 4/4 angel with flying interesting removal. Can use it on your own creature/walkers
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Tainen posted:
Wow, very versatile and cool. Surprise pseudo haste 4/4 and more protection from targeted removal. Can imagine casting this on my own creature to prevent it from being Claimed or prevent the life gain from Oath of Kaya.
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A Moose posted:I like that they waited a few days for people to craft her, and then suspended her so nobody gets wildcards back. What are the hate cards for Winota?
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