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Lunsku posted:Favourite from the kiddo days of playing (Revised to Alliances): Yeah I have way different tastes now than when I started playing as a kid. Back then one of my favorite decks was five-color Slivers, and this guy was the all-star:  As for modern days, it's harder to say, I tend to just play Limited and Cube now so my time with any one card is pretty limited. Fathom Mage comes to mind as a card I really like the design, mechanics, art, and the way it captures the feel of both colors very elegantly. And the promo art is especially nice:  Oh and I guess when I was attempting to design my own cube, I came across this guy. I love how ridiculously powerful yet fragile it is, and I really just want to resolve this against someone and somehow manage to keep it alive long enough to beat down. It's the kind of card that my rational mind knows isn't very good, but I just kind of want it to be good because it's so cool. 
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Bonus posted:Just thought of an interesting card, and I was wondering, what do you think an effect like this could be costed at? You missed a crucial part. quote:Curse of Shrinkage
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ChewyLSB posted:I bought one of her signed prints of this off her website after polling my non magic friends of which of her arts from her website would look the best. It looks really spiffy on my wall framed. This post made me go look up what prints she has for sale, which reminded me that this art exists and owns and was sadly wasted on a junk card: 
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I was going to follow the theme and post Swagtusk but then I found this instead
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Feb 24, 2014 22:55
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ScarletBrother posted:What MtG podcasts do you guys find worthwhile? I listen to Limited Resources and The Eh Team. I don't care about Standard, so podcasts that focus on that will not interest me. Thanks. I've heard good things about The Eh Team, what kind of topics do they usually talk about? I'm really only interested in limited play these days so I mostly just listen to LR myself, but I wouldn't mind branching out a bit.
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Feb 28, 2014 21:02
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Dungeon Ecology posted:Can you point me to the relevant ruling? I'm looking at this ruling for split cards: That ruling talks about when another card is checking a "particular characteristic of a split card," which would be something like converted mana cost, or color. You draw Turn//Burn off of Dark Confidant, Confidant checks for its converted mana cost and gets back two answers, 3 and 2. In that case, you add the two and lose 5 life. But for anything that counts cards like Chimera, a split card is still just a single card.
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Olothreutes posted:So in looking at the list of creatures that can be abused with deadeye navigator I've come upon a question. What happens if you cast a creature with a kicker, then flicker it with the navigator? Does the creature remember that it got kicked in its previous casting? My gut says no, it's a new game object and I'm not choosing any alternate or additional costs as it comes into play, but I'd like to be sure. Your gut is correct.
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Mar 5, 2014 06:52
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Veyrall posted:Going back through the archives, it looks like there were some initial naysayers, but Thragtusk was so blatanly pushed it didn't take long for them to at least grudgingly give it a couple of sideboard slots. Maybe. Weird seeing my own evaluation from so long ago. I was definitely right on the splashability and Resto Angel interaction being big selling points on Thragtusk, but somehow still sorely underestimated his usage. I always liked the card, but I think it seemed like a hard sell at the time that a green 5-drop would be the defining creature of Standard. And thinking it couldn't hold a $5 pricetag 
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Mar 14, 2014 19:45
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Korak posted:That Nibble fellow is a smart guy. Need to get him to review every set. I'm on the case  Nehru the Damaja posted:Thragtusk wasn't a Delver killer. It looked promising as a curve top in the emerging Naya decks, but we couldn't have predicted RTR would kill tempo and add premium rare removal to make midrange so viable, or that an explosive triple color aggro deck would emerge to make that life gain so valuable. It was obviously a good card but The Year Of Midrange was all about giving Thragtusk a bunch of good homes. My worries were about whether it would find a home as a four of, and I don't think that's insane. Yeah context is huge. I don't recall, did Thragtusk even make a splash before RTR brought in Sphinx's Rev and Supreme Verdict? And what's the three-color aggro deck? The main one I remember from early in the season was monoblack or BR Zombies featuring Cackler/Ghoul/Gravecrawler and company.
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Mar 14, 2014 20:34
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I could usually care less about miscut/misprinted cards, but that Wheel of Fortune is a thing of beauty.
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frameset posted:It feels like part of my brain is missing.  What is a creature??
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Mar 18, 2014 14:01
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Death Bot posted:I'm using 40 but honestly you might be right, I'm way too tired to be doing math right now I think it's more like turn 10/11 in limited. T0/1: 33 cards in opponent's library, no Grindclock T2: 32 cards, Grindclock at 1 T3: 31 cards, Grindclock at 2 T4: 30 cards, Grindclock at 3 T5: 29 cards, Grindclock at 4 T6: 24 cards T7: 19 cards T8: 14 cards T9: 9 cards T10: 4 cards Opponent loses on turn 11's draw step. Regardless, I don't think the value of cards like Grindclock are in their potential to race, but in their inevitability. If you pick one early and then draft a deck focused on defense and gumming up the board to make games go longer, that could be a winning strategy in some formats. Never drafted SOM block though so I can't say how relevant it might have been there.
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Mar 18, 2014 22:20
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Niton posted:Even then, your G/W deck is going to have one hell of a time beating him, so he's a strong consideration to just cack off so nobody else gets him. In a standard 3-round draft, not really. You'll face 3 of the 7 other drafters, so there's only a 43% chance you'll even face whoever picks it, not to mention the games you could play against them where they don't draw it and/or can't cast it, and even the games where they might resolve it but you still win. Using that first pick on a good card for your deck that will be there in 100% of your matchups is much more likely to positively impact your number of games won. Team draft is a different story, since if the guy next to you drafts that Dragon, it's going to be used against you or your teammates every round.
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FreelanceSocialist posted:So basically Tymaret is a bully with a snowball and once the snowball is in the air you're not stopping it (outside of a stifle)? The traditional example used is a hand grenade, but yes, exactly.
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Mar 21, 2014 21:00
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Tharizdun posted:I noticed Serendib Efreet has been printed three times and never had art re-used. What is the most a card has been reprinted with new art each time? Conversely, what card has been printed the most with the fewest unique arts? If you don't count special promo versions, Fireball has like 16-18 printings with only two arts. The text has changed far more often than the art 
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Mar 22, 2014 22:27
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revengeanceful posted:They've actually learned a bit from last year, so the biggest events they'll be running this year cap out at 64 players and 5 rounds, with no cut to top 4 or 8, so it shouldn't take all night. The only thing weird about that is you could go undefeated and still get 2nd, but yeah it sounds way better than not having a cap.
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Mar 28, 2014 16:43
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Zoness posted:Actually spirits played pretty well with spirits in Ravnica since Ravnica had a subtheme about spooky ghosts. Arcane didn't play well outside of block though. Without looking them up: Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo. Something something Defender something? Isao, Enlightened Bushi. Might have been a flip card? Konda, Lord of Eiganjo. 3/3 indestructible Bushido 5, and maybe another ability. Also the main plot antagonist from what I understand. Takeno, Oathkeeper's Daisho. Wait no, that's the equipment. I have no idea who Takeno is. Nagao, Bound by Honor. No clue. Kenzo the Hardhearted. Might have also been a flip card. Is he red? Kentaro, the Smiling Cat. I think he's like a 2/1 for 1W with some ability and creepy art. Apparently I'm good at remembering the full names but awful at remembering anything more.
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Elyv posted:In addition, if you play an X spell and copy it, the value of X stays the the same. Another one: for spells that divide damage, you can choose new targets for your copy, but you can't change the number of targets or division of damage. If you cast Flames of the Firebrand dealing 2 damage to one creature and 1 damage to another, when you copy it you can choose two new targets to deal 2 and 1 to, but you can't have the copy do 1 damage to 3 different targets. Nibble fucked around with this message at 14:15 on Apr 4, 2014 |
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Fish Of Doom posted:Evolve is such a good mechanic, I wouldn't mind them revisiting it in future core sets like they did with exalted and bloodthirst. Would seem quite fitting on Muraganda.
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Apr 5, 2014 15:23
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The lifegain ult feels like it's going to be redundant in a lot of situations. If your opponent couldn't push any damage through for 4 whole turns while you were building up Ajani, it seems really unlikely they were going to kill you with damage at that point anyway.
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Apr 9, 2014 15:10
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mango sentinel posted:I'm not gonna assess whether new Ajani is a good card overall. I am gonna say his ultimate is garbage. PW ults should be giving you a huge push to end the game. Gaining 100 life in most circumstances is either a pointless win more or reads "end this game with in draw." I'm sure all the Johnnys out there with their Felidar Sovereign decks are excited, but that's a pretty awful ult. Yeah. Gaining life is great when you're in danger of losing the game by damage. If you're taking enough damage that you really want to gain that life, it's unlikely Ajani ever gets to 8 in the first place. I guess your opponent could be ignoring Ajani while trying to burn you down, and you somehow stop them short enough to get the -8 off, but that seems like it'd be fairly rare (and a bad play from your opponent). If you're not taking damage in the first place, then just using one of his +1s gives you more value and a better chance of maintaining control of the board than gaining an unnecessary amount of extra life.
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Devor posted:Post your favorite rules-feelbads Opponent cast a Krasis Incubation on my Kingpin's Pet and tried to stop me when I Extorted on my next turn. Apparently someone previously did the same thing in reverse to him and claimed it worked.
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Apr 17, 2014 15:47
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Loving Life Partner posted:So someone can cast a counter even if the target spell is uncounterable? At least in paper magic? (I mostly play MTGO where I don't think the client would let you, because why would you?) Right, the ability isn't "can't be targeted by counterspells", so you can cast and aim a counterspell at it just fine. But when the counterspell resolves, "counter that spell" is overridden by "can't be countered" and that part of the resolution doesn't happen.
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Procrastinator posted:(5 + 2 = 7) - 3 = 4. If his opponent was at 3 he wins with 1 life. And he said they were both at 5, so something doesn't add up.
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Cactrot posted:Yeah, those are from a while ago though, all except Ral Zarek and Domri Rade in the last couple years have had them. Pretty sure they tried to explain their guidelines when Kiora's card was first revealed and it wasn't named Kiora Atua. I think basically if the planeswalker has a first and last name, then the first printing of that planeswalker is just their full name. If the planeswalker has one name or has already been printed as first name + last name, then it's First Name, Title. They decided to drop Kiora's last name so she got a title instead.
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Angry Grimace posted:They changed Kiora's last name because they determined it was offensive, right? Not sure if "offensive" is the right word, more like... culturally insensitive? "Atua" is apparently a spiritual term in Polynesian cultures, which was complete coincidence, and they figured it better to just steer clear of any unintended implications that may have by just dropping the last name. Here's where it was announced: http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/73492305439/why-kiora-the-crashing-wave-and-not-kiora-atua-why
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:
This thread is strictly worse when we're not discussing spoilers.
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Ever since someone pointed it out in this thread, it seriously bothers me that Pin to the Earth doesn't make the creature lose flying.
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Korak posted:He brought up that ruling and was talking about how even if its revealed it is still in your hand and legal to be put back with brainstorm. This is correct, what I think is confusing is that on the initial description it sounded like his line of play was "Forecast Hussar, Brainstorm, put two cards back, Forecast again since you can't prove I didn't draw another Hussar off the Brainstorm  ". That play is cheaty, but it sounds like "Forecast Hussar, Brainstorm while the draw is on the stack, put Hussar back as the top card, draw off the Forecast resolving, then Forecast the 'new' Hussar" is valid. And if the quoted rule is accurate, the opponent should be able to see that Hussar is one of the cards you're putting back, but I guess the "new game object" idea applies here and you can re-Forecast since it left your hand and came back.
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Ebethron posted:As I speculated a few dozen pages ago, I am guessing that Gold will feature in the next block. Seems pretty narrow to be a major mechanic, but I'd really like to see this: Gold Mine Land Gold Mine enters the battlefield tapped with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from Gold Mine: Put a colorless artifact token named Gold onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool." If there are no mining counters on Gold Mine, sacrifice it.
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Loving Life Partner posted:Harvest Season Extended Otherworldly Vacation
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Roadie posted:Here's a question for you, unrelated to Hex chat: why is Strive written in a way that's totally backwards from how you actually use it? It seems like the templating would be a lot more intuitive if it was written in a way that added extra targets to a one-target spell instead of the existing version. I don't see how it's backwards. In the process of casting a spell, choosing targets comes before determining and paying costs. So you select any number of targets as you initially declare it, then Strive tells you how much the spell will cost you based on how many targets you selected.
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Ascendant Evincar <> Crovax, Ascendant Hero Even outside of the explicitly timeshifted cards, Time Spiral block had quite a few of these "alternate future"-style cards.
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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:I was too lazy to do the hypergeometric whatever, so I calculated roughly a 10% chance that you actually cast Jace in a six-turn game. Is that the probability of drawing Jace + Bluffs in any given game? I'd also be interested in knowing how often you'll draw Jace but not the Bluffs. It doesn't matter if you don't have the mana to cast him if he's still sitting in your deck, the risk you're taking on is that you can draw a completely dead card sometimes. Then you can look at it as "well I'm probably going to win those 1 in 10 games where I cast Jace, but x in 10 games I'll be playing at -1 card if I draw Jace first".
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Mezzanon posted:If an ætherling attacks a +1'd vraska can it flicker after dealing combat damage to avoid being destroyed by the vraska +1? Sure, you can flicker with the destroy trigger on the stack, and it'll be safe since it's a "new" Aetherling.
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rabidsquid posted:I guess someone has already opened a foil black lotus although the MTGO twitter account didn't specifically say who. Do foils even demand a premium on cards you can't do a set redemption for? They're rarer, sure, but unlike actual card foils I don't think they look any nicer than the standard version.
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whydirt posted:Does anyone know how to make a query in Magiccards.info or Gatherer to list all cards without flavor text, like the M14 Giant Growth? So, you can use this: http://magiccards.info/query?q=not+%28ft%3Aa+or+ft%3Ae+or+ft%3Ai+or+ft%3Ao+or+ft%3Au%29&v=card&s=cname Kinda janky, but it's basically "card whose flavor text contains no vowels", which should essentially mean cards without flavor text. Problem is, like half of the cards ever printed don't have flavor text, so it's not exactly a very useful search.
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Evil Badman posted:Was chatting with a friend about him. I *think* you can cast Captain turn 3, attack on 4 using him to cheat in Brimaz, but I don't know if Brimaz would then create an attacking token in that instance or not. You don't get a token. "When ~ attacks" is equivalent to "when you declare ~ as an attacker in your Declare Attackers step", which doesn't happen if he's put into play already attacking.
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Minor quibble, but I like how Jace's +1 helps your card quality by letting you dump unwanted cards in the 'yard, then his ultimate shuffles them all back in. 
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