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Venuz Patrol posted:it's not at all controversial to say that a substantial portion of the collectors and speculators are going to be the people who are in charge of the printing of cards Just wanted to point out that this is 100% controversial. If that's what you believe then more power to ya I guess... but it is definitely not a widely held belief that the designers are running an investment racket to the point where it influences what they make and/or ban.
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fadam posted:I think part of the problem is this new big, slower standard is a response to them wanting to make Standard a viable competitive format again. If that's your primary motivation, banning cards that are important parts of strong, but not dominant decks because people are tired of them sends a mixed message. I've only followed things very sporadically, but wasn't there a big push in WotC to kill competitive Magic in general and downplay the idea of being a professional player? I seem to recall reading about that a couple years ago and being pretty outraged about it.
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flatluigi posted:I think the first few rounds of bans after this rotation change are going to be really important to watch. sheoldred is a dull chunk of stats that people are in general tired of but I don't even know if I'd say she's bannable, just a very good card. simultaneously I think that getting her out of standard just so that she isn't the main focus of every black deck for the next year is really defensible and I wouldn't be sad to see her go. yeah but the Stats say she's fine in standard and banning her would reduce the card's equity, so for that reason, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is Not Banned. (not saying I don't agree with your logic but it's simply never going to happen based on historical experience. Their methodology is purely based on play rates and win rates and everything else they have written off, in so many words, as players moaning and whining as they always are)
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historically she wouldn't have been banned, but I think there is a door open for bans specifically to be 'this card has been dominant for a year+ and it's time to let some other cards in that color shine' with the longer rotation. i come down about 50/50 on that actually happening, to be clear
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Okay Weeping Angel is a cool card design. Donna's my favorite companion but the card for her is kinda disappointing. A shame.
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Framboise posted:Okay Weeping Angel is a cool card design. Yeah kind of weird, she wasn't an attack dog
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someone leaked LOTR cards from the 2nd set this Nov... they're new cards (but for commander)   edit: these are for those collector display they're releasing as a new sku Strong Sauce fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Aug 29, 2023 |
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Galadriel's Dismissal is pretty great. Flexible as both protection and removal/finisher, plus flexible to single-target and an entire board. I've been waiting for a 1 CMC "target creature phases out", and this is significantly better than that. edit: I'm actually a bit sad this isn't just "Dismissal" in the same way that "Reprieve" was printed. I'd like to see the card show up as a more common reprint, it does a lot of things that more white precons should do. orangelex44 fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Aug 29, 2023 |
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Why is no one talking about Doctor creatures getting horsemanship?
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HootTheOwl posted:Why is no one talking about Doctor creatures getting horsemanship? Horsemanship has been a thing in commander sets. It's not really notable.
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Pinkertons appreciate all the extra business.
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Dr. Stab posted:Horsemanship has been a thing in commander sets. It's not really notable. Horsemanship isn't what's notable in that sentence!
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fadam posted:More Doctor Who cards: How the hell is a Weeping Angel not an Angel Horror??
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Jiro posted:How the hell is a Weeping Angel not an Angel Horror?? alien appears to be a relevant creature type to the set also they did a lot of things with weeping angels in later seasons after the original ep and it's very silly
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Jiro posted:How the hell is a Weeping Angel not an Angel Horror?? I guess they couldn't fit Alien Angel Horror Construct on the type line Typing aside, the card is super cool and flavorful! Why Donna is a stuffy doll is a question for the ages, because it makes no sense
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legolas's quick reflexes seems really good
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uggy posted:legolas's quick reflexes seems really good I'm definitely going to try it in infect in legacy along with Royal treatment from WOE vines has a lot of competition. Also it really annoys me that the weeping angel has very prominent wings and doesn't have flying. I assume they can't fly in the show but still, don't make the wings so big in the art then.
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neaden posted:I'm definitely going to try it in infect in legacy along with Royal treatment from WOE vines has a lot of competition. the weeping angels are nothing but statues (at least when another life form is looking at them). Their gimmick is they move and kill when you don't look at them, so yeah, flying never really enters the equation. Angels need wings though so you gotta have em.
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The wings are a pretty big part of thier silhouette, and also anyone playing with these cards is gonna know they cant fly
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Silhouette posted:I guess they couldn't fit Alien Angel Horror Construct on the type line I'm pretty sure Donna's entire card is referencing her final episode, hence Soulbonding with a Doctor and harming people who harm her or the doctor. Specifically, getting electrocuted made her able to save the day due to what was happening in that episode with her becoming part Doctor. Lord_Magmar fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Aug 30, 2023 |
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Aug 30, 2023 02:59
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If you really want to know what's up with the Weeping Angels, the episode that introduced them, "Blink", stars Carey Mulligan and is 95% a standalone story that has nothing to do with Doctor Who as a character or overarching plot so it's very easy to watch as a standalone.
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And every time they came back was bad so you get to not have them ruined.
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Aphrodite posted:And every time they came back was bad Pretty sure this was the shows mission statement.
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Aphrodite posted:And every time they came back was bad so you get to not have them ruined. I'll give you The Angels Take Manhattan, but The Time of Angels/Flesh And Stone two parter is a banger Lord_Magmar posted:I'm pretty sure Donna's entire card is referencing her final episode, hence Soulbonding with a Doctor and harming people who harm her or the doctor. I think it could've been done better if they gave her something like "Donna has all abilities of Doctor creatures you control" instead, or something similar. I'm not gonna complain about another stuffy doll for firesong & sunspeaker/boros damage-based sweepers.dec though 
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Venuz Patrol posted:bans aren't issued as they should because wotc has special consideration for collectors and speculators. it's not at all controversial to say that a substantial portion of the collectors and speculators are going to be the people who are in charge of the printing of cards and managing of the market. Having had convos with wotc lawyers about employees trading or selling things: they shut this poo poo down immediately.
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born on a buy you posted:Having had convos with wotc lawyers about employees trading or selling things: they shut this poo poo down immediately. Couldn't it theoretically count as a form of insider trading scam?
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they used to send full set lists out to their friends for them to front-run any price movements that the actual spoilers would cause. they claim to have stopped doing it after one of them got leaked to the hoi polloi, but the only way i'd believe wizards actually cracks down on that stuff is a credible story of someone getting fired for doing it.
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It still gets leaked. Didn't chain of smog have a buyout before witherbloom apprentice was spoiled? I thought there was one combo card that did that at least
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Sanguinia posted:If there's not a The Last Time War saga I'm going to riot. Me, personally. There's not an episode called The Last Time War so it's unlikely
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ilmucche posted:It still gets leaked. Didn't chain of smog have a buyout before witherbloom apprentice was spoiled? I thought there was one combo card that did that at least It did, yeah, though it was close enough to the actual spoiler it could have easy been "fell off the back of the truck" physical product.
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I remember Worldy Tutor had a buy out a week or two before commander collection green was spoiled, enough that it was obvious someone got a heads up it wouldn't be in.
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Why is there not more controversy over the first AI-generated set?
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Barry Shitpeas posted:Why is there not more controversy over the first AI-generated set? If you’re a Doctor Who fan it probably makes a ton of sense.
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fadam posted:If you’re a Doctor Who fan it probably makes a ton of sense. Yep. In these episodes, Judoon are an Alien Rhino race of galactic cops, this character is introduced as a regular human who they’re after for some reason. Then the Doctor investigates what’s going on and why they are after her. Eventually they discover she is a different version of The Doctor after breaking a seal on her memory (that’s why she has Ward).
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how does that link to AI generation?
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ilmucche posted:how does that link to AI generation? It doesn't, but it reads like complete AI nonsense if you read that card without any knowledge of Dr Who
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MrL_JaKiri posted:There's not an episode called The Last Time War so it's unlikely Let's get Day of The Doctor as a saga, gimme a John Hurt War Doctor card and reset the board on chapter 3
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Since we are making GBS threads out so much product , can't we get more retro frame reprints? I don't give a poo poo about the 12x version of foils that all suck. I care modern era cards in old frames because they look, feel, and smell so goooood.
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Silhouette posted:Let's get Day of The Doctor as a saga, gimme a John Hurt War Doctor card and reset the board on chapter 3 Chapter 1 is summoning a black wolf token and a white human token.
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