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Paying 2 mana to draw a card at sorcery speed is not a good rate. When the upside is scry 3 and the downside is potentially not drawing a card, it gets worse, not better.
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I saw that WotC has officially classified the "Timmy" player type as someone who wants big flashy plays, but I'm like 99% sure when I was a dumb kid in 8th grade playing magic we called players "Timmy" because they were doing big dumb stompy decks and we were referencing the mentally-handicapped character from South Park. Was my group the only group where that was the origin/reference of the "Timmy" and we were just especially problematic kids, or are they doing some serious white-washing of the origin of the term?
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Jun 16, 2020 16:39
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The sorcery version of this was a fine card, this looks incredible for limited.
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Reik posted:I saw that WotC has officially classified the "Timmy" player type as someone who wants big flashy plays, but I'm like 99% sure when I was a dumb kid in 8th grade playing magic we called players "Timmy" because they were doing big dumb stompy decks and we were referencing the mentally-handicapped character from South Park. Was my group the only group where that was the origin/reference of the "Timmy" and we were just especially problematic kids, or are they doing some serious white-washing of the origin of the term? Timmy/Johnny/Spike have been part of Magic lingo since MaRo wrote his first article on them a billion years ago.
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Jun 16, 2020 16:42
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Aranan posted:Timmy/Johnny/Spike have been part of Magic lingo since MaRo wrote his first article on them a billion years ago. Do you have a link to the article by chance?
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Jun 16, 2020 16:43
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The article where they first published the names is here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/timmy-johnny-and-spike-2002-03-08 quote:Timmy
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Jun 16, 2020 16:43
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Reik posted:I saw that WotC has officially classified the "Timmy" player type as someone who wants big flashy plays, but I'm like 99% sure when I was a dumb kid in 8th grade playing magic we called players "Timmy" because they were doing big dumb stompy decks and we were referencing the mentally-handicapped character from South Park. Was my group the only group where that was the origin/reference of the "Timmy" and we were just especially problematic kids, or are they doing some serious white-washing of the origin of the term? "Timmy" as a player type predates South Park by quite a bit. They came up with it during Tempest's design which would have been 1996 at the latest. The South Park character didn't appear until 2000, from what I Googled.
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Jun 16, 2020 16:45
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LifeLynx posted:"Timmy" as a player type predates South Park by quite a bit. They came up with it during Tempest's design which would have been 1996 at the latest. The South Park character didn't appear until 2000, from what I Googled. Irony Be My Shield posted:The article where they first published the names is here: Thanks for the info, it seems like we were just ascribing the player type to the south park character because we were dumb kids that thought south park was the pinnacle of comedy.
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Jun 16, 2020 16:50
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"Timmy, Power Gamer" is a 1998 card.
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Jun 16, 2020 17:15
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fadam posted:I saw some talk by Forsythe gave on a Magic cruise where he basically said that part of the reason why they consider the set a failure is because while the set had all sorts of references and deep cuts to Japanese mythology the average dummy (American) was clueless about all that and was confused the whole set wasn’t just Ninjas and Samurai. Don’t be surprised if Erwin’s racist Naruto plane becomes a reality lol I miss Arcane spells, their triggers, and Splice. I miss Kamigawa's flavor. But, Ravnica came after the block and was amazing, so it wasn't great to be any less than outstanding and stuck between those sets.
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Jun 16, 2020 17:25
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gently caress. This is going in all my decks. Not because I want it there, but because it's what I'll undoubtedly end up typing into to Scryfall before correcting to Witch's Oven.
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Jun 16, 2020 17:43
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Would have preferred Immolating Glare but I guess this is fine
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Jun 16, 2020 17:48
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Witch's Kitchen.dec
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Jun 16, 2020 17:49
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When I was your age Timmy was the guy that pinged you for 1 dagnabbit.
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Jun 16, 2020 17:49
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MisterZimbu posted:When I was your age Timmy was the guy that pinged you for 1 dagnabbit. I remember when he got a functional reprint in Ice Age so you could run 8 and we thought that was just busted AF.
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Jun 16, 2020 17:49
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Tainen posted:Yep, I would say pay attention to creature types that sound like they might be part of a D&D party... I am extremely hyped to assemble a party of goblin adventurers, I tell you what. Before the Eldraine reveal I was convinced that it was going to be the D&D set. It came later than normal and I thought they were delaying it to coincide with another product line's announcements. Crossing my fingers that this is the year I get my wish.
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Jun 16, 2020 17:55
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There is, once again, a heaven for a G
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Jun 16, 2020 17:58
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Solid finisher for Abzan Vito cat oven.
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Jun 16, 2020 18:00
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AlphaKeny1 posted:I guess ninjas and samurai in warring states period (?) isn't too bad of a take on Fantasy Japan but I'd rather see folktale inspired stuff with woodblock print on premium cards. I'm talking tanuki planeswalker with giant loving balls. Cmon wotc, you cowards. It's a minor wording difference with a very loaded term. You're thinking of the 'Age of Warring States' not the 'Warring States Period'. Warring States Period is Three Kingdoms era China. Due to the fraught history between the two countries, mixing anything between the two generates a lot of bad blood.
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Jun 16, 2020 18:03
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Warring States Period is Three Kingdoms era China. It was hundreds of years before the Three Kingdoms.
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Jun 16, 2020 18:12
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Boco_T posted:There is, once again, a heaven for a G lol remember healing salve?
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Jun 16, 2020 18:28
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ilmucche posted:lol remember healing salve? healing salve also prevented damage.
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Jun 16, 2020 18:28
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Owlbear Camus posted:Witch's Kitchen.dec A witchen, if you will.
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Jun 16, 2020 18:32
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ilmucche posted:lol remember healing salve? Oh boy we're getting this same bad joke two sets in a row despite neither card having the best mode of Healing Salve Perhaps it is you, who does not remember healing salve?
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Jun 16, 2020 19:11
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Boco_T posted:There is, once again, a heaven for a G Aren't there a few "if a creature died" cards? Couldn't they have brought back the Morbid keyword?
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Jun 16, 2020 19:33
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MisterZimbu posted:When I was your age Timmy was the guy that pinged you for 1 dagnabbit. Wasnt that just Tim? I thought he was named after the wizard played by John Cleese in MP and the Holy Grail.
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Jun 16, 2020 19:46
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MisterZimbu posted:When I was your age Timmy was the guy that pinged you for 1 dagnabbit. That was Tim, named for Tim the Enchanter from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. BizarroAzrael posted:Aren't there a few "if a creature died" cards? Couldn't they have brought back the Morbid keyword? Morbid is an ability word, not a keyword. Ability words don't actually do anything except associate cards with each other. There are many cards that have "landfall" triggers without actually featuring the word "landfall."
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Jun 16, 2020 19:48
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Even AutoCardAnywhere agrees.
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Jun 16, 2020 20:03
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What was the card that maro teased that’s been printed a thousand times with a hundred different arts? Clearly not bolt or swords or anything like that but was it just like giant spider?
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Jun 16, 2020 20:25
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Pontius Pilate posted:What was the card that maro teased that’s been printed a thousand times with a hundred different arts? Clearly not bolt or swords or anything like that but was it just like giant spider? Shock or Opt I think?
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Jun 16, 2020 20:31
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Pontius Pilate posted:What was the card that maro teased that’s been printed a thousand times with a hundred different arts? Clearly not bolt or swords or anything like that but was it just like giant spider? Duress
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Jun 16, 2020 20:34
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ilmucche posted:lol remember healing salve? Presently in Standard, no card just gains life. The white spells that can presently, like Healing Salve, modal, like Light of Hope and Heliod's Intervention, where the versatility is the point. Most just have it as a rider, like Rally for the Throne or Aerial Assault where the life gain is a bonus that aids you in stabilizing and let's you go all in a little more safely. Cards that only gain life need wads as big at costs as low as Life Goes On or Feed the Clan to be usable, because they don't do anything to stop you from getting rolled over, and a deck on a roll can stuff ten life away easy.
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Jun 16, 2020 20:47
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I checked, Heroes' Reunion (7 for GW) sees extreme fringe play in modern glittering wish sideboards, and Chaplain's Blessing (5 for W) didn't even make it in Sealed.
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Jun 16, 2020 21:01
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Boco_T posted:There is, once again, a heaven for a G This just seems really not green. I mean I get that this is probably intended for a Golgari life/sac kind of thing in limited but straight up "you gain life" on a card seems like it ought to be white. This is much more orzhov than it is Golgari.
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Jun 16, 2020 21:12
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Did not realize that Jumpstart previews start tomorrow as well. Thats a ton of cards to cram into the rest of the week.quote:We're running previews all the way from June 5 until June 20. Core Set 2021 previews will run until June 16 (when the full set will be revealed), and then we'll switch to Jumpstart previews for June 17, 18, and 19, with the full set up on June 20.
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Jun 16, 2020 21:25
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The Klowner posted:This just seems really not green. I mean I get that this is probably intended for a Golgari life/sac kind of thing in limited but straight up "you gain life" on a card seems like it ought to be white. This is much more orzhov than it is Golgari.
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Spiderdrake posted:Lifegain is just as green as white dude. All the way back to alpha. Was about to say the same. 
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Jun 16, 2020 21:27
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The Klowner posted:but straight up "you gain life" on a card seems like it ought to be white. You'd be surprised. Stream of Life from Alpha is a green card. The two colors have it in pretty equal measure, perhaps nowhere as blatant as Dawnglow Infusion. Graveyard based life-gain is in Weatherlight and Torment as well.
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Bugsy posted:Did not realize that Jumpstart previews start tomorrow as well. Thats a ton of cards to cram into the rest of the week. There are only 37 new cards in Jumpstart. The rest are reprints/M21 cards
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