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Froghammer posted:I'd like to see them try Soulbound again in a set that isn't dogshit That's gonna be hard because soulbond was a big part of why that limited format was miserable.
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Actually I don't think it can be transform because they would put mdfc and dfc in the same standard and I think they would want to avoid that. Plus they said werewolves will work differently this set. Oh but the preview said a curse that transforms so it has to be transform. Well in going to go agonize over this until tomorrow, see ya!
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Aug 30, 2021 18:38
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Froghammer posted:Greeeeeeeeeeat. Coolcoolcoolcool. It's not a problematic design in high-powered formats at all. Wonderful. Ehhhh it seems fineish so far. Brainstorm was the real bugaboo from the Mystical Archive.
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Aug 30, 2021 18:38
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Devor posted:Alpha Hive templating, except opponent may choose to eat the token when it leaves play. When Fifth Dawn was out we'd use Skittles for the sunburst counters and if you killed your opponent's permanent you'd get to eat them. Mmmm taste the rainbow.
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Aug 30, 2021 18:39
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flatluigi posted:i think it's already been pinned down as faithless looting
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Aug 30, 2021 19:12
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flatluigi posted:i think it's already been pinned down as faithless looting Should be unbanned in Modern.
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Aug 30, 2021 19:15
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Some friends wanted to split a case of MH2 draft boosters so I picked up one box through them. I got very little value out of it and I was wondering if this was the norm or if i got really unlucky. In order of value 1. Verdant catacombs retro border 2. Mirari’s Wake borderless foil 3. Marsh flats 4. Grief 5. Yavimaya, cradle of growth 6. Dragon’s rage channeler Everything else was less than $4. 5 mythics and 2 fetches in total.
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Aug 30, 2021 19:19
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Sounds about right. They put the good stuff in the set and collector boosters.
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Aug 30, 2021 19:23
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You got pretty unlucky but also if you wanted a box to crack you should’ve gotten set boosters.
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Aug 30, 2021 19:29
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I'm aware set and collector boosters are better for cracking, but all the evidence I've seen is that draft booster EV still usually exceeds the cost of a box. I didn't even make back half. Edit: You could add a Ragavan to my box and it still would have been garbage
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Aug 30, 2021 19:32
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th3t00t posted:Some friends wanted to split a case of MH2 draft boosters so I picked up one box through them. I got very little value out of it and I was wondering if this was the norm or if i got really unlucky. More importantly, show us the 12 decks you drafted.
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Aug 30, 2021 19:32
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resistentialism posted:here's my ww homebrew: it's a 22 land deck, and usually i board down to 21 on the draw i like the idea of playing ranger captain but i dont like the idea of playing non humans in the deck, though maybe it matters more in my build where i have additional synergies with kudro and unclaimed territory. savior and alseid are very good cards though, especially since the human one drop slot is pretty weak beyond sentinel. fwiw ive tested silverquill silencer and it seems like a very real card, i replaced the aspirants but i think i might want to replace the glint sleeve instead. the three power matters a decent amount and it just helps bury the opponent in more taxes. one thing ive ran into a bunch recently is indomitable creativity with serras emissary which may mean more giant killer is needed in the board
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Aug 30, 2021 19:41
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fadam posted:• A popular tournament card in multiple formats gets reprinted with its fifth piece of art. The list of cards with four pieces of art is actually pretty stacked. The remotely plausible candidates include Aether Vial, Damnation, Thoughtseize, Blood Moon, Rest in Piece, Pithing Needle, Meddling Mage, Spell Pierce, Ancient Grudge, and Horizon Canopy.
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Aug 30, 2021 19:43
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fadam posted:https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/660959944480342016/maros-midnight-hunt-teaser Past in Flames is back baybeeee Also the returning mechanics are gonna be flashback, madness and transform
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Aug 30, 2021 19:47
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Tulul posted:The list of cards with four pieces of art is actually pretty stacked. Could see rip given the graveyard shenanigans running around, but are those sets rotating?
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Aug 30, 2021 19:55
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I don’t see madness coming back since that was tied to the cosmic horror Eldrazi stuff and we’ve reset back to gothic horror for the moment. I think the returning mechanics will be flashback, transform, and undying.
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Aug 30, 2021 20:41
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ilmucche posted:Could see rip given the graveyard shenanigans running around, but are those sets rotating? The Escape cards in Theros Beyond Death are rotating, yes. Skyclave Shade in Zendikar is not rotating, no. What other graveyard shenanigans are you thinking of?
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whydirt posted:I don’t see madness coming back since that was tied to the cosmic horror Eldrazi stuff and we’ve reset back to gothic horror for the moment. Madness originated in Odyssey block and was brought back in original Innistrad block. You're thinking of Delirium.
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Aug 30, 2021 21:08
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Silhouette posted:Madness originated in Odyssey block and was brought back in original Innistrad block. Madness was brought back in Shadows over Innistrad block because the Eldrazi were making everyone go nuts. Delirium was also in SOI block, but neither was in Innistrad classic block.
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Aug 30, 2021 21:17
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Lone Goat posted:The Escape cards in Theros Beyond Death are rotating, yes. The escape cards mostly. Haven't followed the releases too closely for standard because I'm not on arena though.
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Aug 30, 2021 21:19
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I just started playing Magic about a month ago with my friend and since we can only meet up to play about once a week, I downloaded Arena so I could get some practice in and learn more about different types of decks. The experience so far has been...pretty rough. I was able to earn my first dual-colored deck "Savage Lands" over a week ago and that really helped make me competitive in Regular Play and Ranked Standard games. But my "earn a new deck" quest timer has been stuck on 0:00:00 now for at least 4 days so I am stuck playing this one deck unless I spend a bunch of money on packs, which is pretty frustrating. As far a paper cards, my friend and I bought a couple 2021 challenger decks just so we could jump right in and learn the game and those seem to be a pretty solid investment. I have also bought some packs just to start building a collection and figuring out what kind of a deck I want to put together for my first standard constructed deck. Overall, I am having a blast and kinda surprised it took me this long to get into the hobby.
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Aug 30, 2021 21:24
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whydirt posted:I don’t see madness coming back since that was tied to the cosmic horror Eldrazi stuff and we’ve reset back to gothic horror for the moment. Counterpoint: they just added Madness (and Delirium) into Arena
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MrSargent posted:I just started playing Magic about a month ago with my friend and since we can only meet up to play about once a week, I downloaded Arena so I could get some practice in and learn more about different types of decks. The experience so far has been...pretty rough. I was able to earn my first dual-colored deck "Savage Lands" over a week ago and that really helped make me competitive in Regular Play and Ranked Standard games. But my "earn a new deck" quest timer has been stuck on 0:00:00 now for at least 4 days so I am stuck playing this one deck unless I spend a bunch of money on packs, which is pretty frustrating. Welcome! I'm pretty sure there is or at least used to be a setting somewhere that let you bypass the tutorial and jump forward with all the free decks unlocked.
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MrSargent posted:I just started playing Magic about a month ago with my friend and since we can only meet up to play about once a week, I downloaded Arena so I could get some practice in and learn more about different types of decks. The experience so far has been...pretty rough. I was able to earn my first dual-colored deck "Savage Lands" over a week ago and that really helped make me competitive in Regular Play and Ranked Standard games. But my "earn a new deck" quest timer has been stuck on 0:00:00 now for at least 4 days so I am stuck playing this one deck unless I spend a bunch of money on packs, which is pretty frustrating. If you haven't already get your free arena stuff: https://mtgazone.com/codes/
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th3t00t posted:Some friends wanted to split a case of MH2 draft boosters so I picked up one box through them. I got very little value out of it and I was wondering if this was the norm or if i got really unlucky. It's not much consolation, but those fetches will be worth more later (unless WotC starts printing them more regularly, and if so, win/win.)
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the three returning mechanics are flashback, curse and transform. we know about flashback from the spoiler, and curse and transform are both back according to Maro's teaser. The fact that madness, delirium and investigate are already programmed in arena thanks to HH doesn't necessarily indicate their return in innistrad 3, because SOI remastered is also coming in the near futureMrSargent posted:I was able to earn my first dual-colored deck "Savage Lands" over a week ago and that really helped make me competitive in Regular Play and Ranked Standard games. But my "earn a new deck" quest timer has been stuck on 0:00:00 now for at least 4 days so I am stuck playing this one deck unless I spend a bunch of money on packs, which is pretty frustrating. sounds like a bug. you might be able to fix it by disabling tutorial mode, or you can visit arena tech support, login with your arena credentials and submit a support request
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Aug 30, 2021 22:34
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Devor posted:Alpha Hive templating, except opponent may choose to eat the token when it leaves play. I think it will just give tokens the Phantasmal wording "targeted must be sacrificed"
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Aug 30, 2021 22:43
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fadam posted:“Creature tokens you control lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 3/3.”
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Aug 30, 2021 23:19
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HootTheOwl posted:Oko is on Innistrad. This is his Fixed that for you.
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Maro's spoilers mentions part of the keywords of "Past in Flames", I think...Maro posted:“Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has” Woo my prediction was maybe right! Although this card says "gains flashback" not "has flashback".  edit: may be wrong~ Opinionated fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Aug 31, 2021 |
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HootTheOwl posted:Oko is on Innistrad. This is his ult. A white enchantment named Steerility.
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Aug 31, 2021 00:07
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Snapcaster Mage reprint hype train!
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Madness is really bad on the Storm Scale, 8 or 9 IIRC.
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Opinionated posted:Maro's spoilers mentions part of the keywords of "Past in Flames", I think... Yeah this isn’t past in flames. My guess is it’s an overpriced red enchantment that just gives flashback as a persistent effect
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TipTow posted:Ehhhh it seems fineish so far. Brainstorm was the real bugaboo from the Mystical Archive. That's kinda where I am on Faithless Looting. It isn't quite on that level, but it's close. If it shows up in Standard, whatever the best deck in Standard is will be a deck running 4 Faithless Lootings.
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Gynovore posted:Madness is really bad on the Storm Scale, 8 or 9 IIRC. they literally brought back storm once like maro isnt the only designer the storm scale is just his opinion, not the whole teams
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Froghammer posted:I've been listening a lot to the Resleevables podcast, and during their Lorwyn episode they decided that Ponder won the set, if for no reason other than people thought it was bad at the time. Now? Now people know better. If Ponder showed up in Standard, every single tier 1 deck would run 4 Ponder, because in a format with Ponder, if you're not running 4 Ponder, then you're not playing a tier 1 deck. It's that good at what it does. Ponder and faithless looting are on different levels in my mind, ponder is good enough to include in a deck based on what it does by itself, faithless looting is also a very good card but it needs something enabled by it to really make it worth the initial card disadvantage.
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Gynovore posted:Madness is really bad on the Storm Scale, 8 or 9 IIRC. Really? There hasn't been a really broken madness deck in like what? 15 years? Cactrot posted:Ponder and faithless looting are on different levels in my mind, ponder is good enough to include in a deck based on what it does by itself, faithless looting is also a very good card but it needs something enabled by it to really make it worth the initial card disadvantage. Faithless looting enables decks that have fun gameplay and they clearly showed that they can control those decks by banning stuff like Gorgari grave Troll when it became too much. You can already get delirium on T2 pretty easily with stuff that is legal in modern. I don't see looting being all that much more broken and it might enable some cool stuff. mcmagic fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Aug 31, 2021 |
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I mean yeah, if you're running a spellslinging or reanimator deck then it turns on your poo poo while helping you find all your best cards. It's just not a fair card. It shines best in decks that want to minimize interaction with their opponents as much as possible and that's not fun to play against or healthy to be in the game.
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Yeah I don't think there is much danger to Madness being brought back provided they don't go overboard with 0 costed Madness cards that do very powerful stuff I think it's a great mechanic and its a lot of fun and gratifying when you can make it work!
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