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They just said that if they would do a 6th basic land, the big problem is that a 6th basic land type messes up old cards. So lacking a new subtype of any sort is actually more reasonable. Plus, it doesn't need one if it would be the only card with the subtype anyway. Cautiously interested. I think the colorless basic is pretty plausible, but it's the Kozilek that I'm dubious of.
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As for the rules issue with how this thing could tap for mana, I would speculate that the rule they would go with is just 'If a basic land loses all basic land types, it taps for colorless instead'. As far as I'm aware, there isn't any existing way to cause a basic land to not have a basic land type, so that doesn't break anything.
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Nov 18, 2015 03:15
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:But a parasitic mechanic that by virtue of being in the 2nd set can't have much support isn't how you add something big splashy and cool. It's not parasitic, because any number of lands exist that produce colorless mana.
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Nov 18, 2015 03:26
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Dr. Clockwork posted:Basic lands have a "L" next to the collector number, they are not commons. http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=121130
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Nov 18, 2015 04:10
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Since the M15 frame change. Mythics didn't have an M next to the number before then either. Well, what I was observing was that their rarity was listed as Common. I didn't play during Coldsnap, but is that correct or is Gatherer lying?
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Nov 18, 2015 04:14
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Kabanaw posted:Urborg doesn't remove any ability from any cards, basic or nonbasic, typed or untyped. Blood moon does it to nonbasics by turning them into Mountains, but Urborg says "in addition to its other types", which means they gain the ability to tap for {B} but don't lose anything. Also important to note, wastes have no type, so you can't give cards the ability to tap for {C} by giving them some Waste type. Wastes tap for {C} the same way Fertile Thicket taps for {G}. I don't know for certain that the new rules are that Wastes produce {C} because basic lands without a land type just automatically produce {C}. However, if they are, then Urborg does shut it off. Wastes doesn't have a type or any text at all, so just making it a Swamp means it no longer qualifies as a basic land without a land type and cannot tap for {C}. They could just make it so Wastes taps for {C} as rules text though.
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Dec 12, 2015 16:26
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Serperoth posted:That isn't the rule. Waste is just a Basic Land, without a type, and the text "T: Add C to your mana pool." No new rule about basic lands without a type. If you have Urborg, it just has "T: Add C to your mana pool." and "T: Add B to your mana pool." (or just "T: Add C or B to your mana pool.") Okay, that's fine then. I saw a post earlier saying that the rules got changed and couldn't find a conclusive statement one way or the other.
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Dec 12, 2015 16:35
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Angry Grimace posted:Goddamn 8th Edition Draft is some poo poo right there Yesterday I drafted it for the first time, and my opponent played two Crossbow Infantry, an Aven Flock, and a Razorfoot Griffin vs my Air Elemental, two Angelic Pages, and a couple of 2/2 fliers. Every turn I just stared at the board and faced the dawning realization that I would never be able to attack or block for the rest of the game, and then he killed me with a 2/2 fear. Tap creatures that do annoying things in combat are probably the worst part of older Limited formats.
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Jan 2, 2016 02:04
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Maybe this will be a 4 card cycle and then Liliana's Oath will get surprise printed in Innistrad after she joins the avengers.
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Jan 2, 2016 03:17
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Count Bleck posted:Fatespinner was not designed with limited in mind. I suppose this is an improvement to the bug where Fatespinner was the best card in all formats because its trigger would cause the choosing player to time out, but not by a lot.
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Jan 11, 2016 03:21
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I don't think taking advantage of the rules in a competitive, high stakes environment makes you a scumbag. However, I agree that the rules could be improved when it comes to abbreviating a card's name. There have been a lot of instances throughout Magic where players try to use shortcuts of various sorts and get punished for doing it wrong, but the rules have mostly moved in the direction of not punishing people for understandable miscommunications. I think that is a good trend and this is another instance where it could be applied.
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Jan 11, 2016 23:29
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PleasantDirge posted:I really enjoy the lack of fucks given after spoiler gate. Well, it's just a couple of commons and uncommons and one rare. I think this is the kind of leak Wizards might even be happy for. It gets people interested in the new set and upcoming mechanics without spoiling anything they really cared about. Of course, it might be concerning on a systemic level. Anyway Madness is an awesome mechanic and I would enjoy having some new cards with the mechanic.
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Feb 6, 2016 14:51
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Irony Be My Shield posted:I think this format may be built around discarding from your hand, in the same way Innistrad was largely built around milling from your deck. That would be very interesting. That was a major theme in Odyssey which resulted in it being one of the most abstruse draft formats ever.
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Feb 6, 2016 18:01
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Tom vs Efro on VSL has reached peak absurdity. They're both under Standstill and Crucible-Waste locked. My favorite part is that their plays are slightly changing every turn, but the board state itself isn't altering in any relevant way. We are at turn 37 with no spells having been cast for about 33 of those. And then it finally gets broken.
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Feb 17, 2016 06:08
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MisterOblivious posted:You should probably use the CK banlist despite my earlier post. Tyrant's Choice (the black Conspiracy you reference) is 1B for 4 damage nontargeting, so it is at least a good rate for burn decks that want to play black.
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Feb 28, 2016 14:41
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My favorite 2 power creature might just be Lore Seeker. I am moderately excited for CNS2.
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sarmhan posted:I'd assume it's just a joke, since Maro wasn't involved with Saviors at all. The joke being there were five Maro rares.
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Mar 23, 2016 04:54
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Irony Be My Shield posted:They didn't reject the idea out of hand, they just (completely correctly) noted that mono-black devotion was already too good in RTR-Theros. I was actually very surprised by the new Nissa. I thought that since we had only got one set with Worldwaker and that was a pretty solid card it would be a good fit for reprinting during BFZ block. But I'm sure something like that will happen in future sets.
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Mar 29, 2016 22:40
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I don't think this is well considered. Preparing for and going to a PT is a very time-consuming process. And you can't just guarantee you'll get an outstanding result. The appearance fee is supposed to soften the blow to pros, and now it's basically dead. People can't just sacrifice two weeks of work, or school, or whatever, for no recompense.
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Apr 24, 2016 13:59
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rabidsquid posted:I guess that might be true but I've never seen something to that level on an MTG stream or League of Legends I admit I haven't seen the Hearthstone stream being referenced, but I certainly see a similar phenomenon in MTGO streams. Every time a female player is on camera or doing commentary for a competitive event, the chat instantly fills with stupid leading questions insinuating that they aren't worthy of being featured. Fortunately this is usually followed by a merciful round of timeouts, but it feels like the only difference between that and the racism incident is volume.
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May 15, 2016 04:14
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DangerDongs posted:The more I draft this set the more I'm starting to realize that building a good R/G deck with simply big creatures pays off too well. I often feel like this also. I hear a lot of stories about success with interesting synergy decks, but every time I play I find that these big creatures with 4+ toughness end up deciding games rather than how quickly you can reach delirium or how much value you get off of discard outlets.
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May 21, 2016 15:59
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Walked posted:How is MTGO in terms of gameplay and longevity (e.g. Is an investment going to be worthwhile)? MTGO can be frustrating. There are game-ruining bugs and stupid decisions made by the support team. That said if local play becomes inconvenient, you aren't going to do better than MTGO. The experience is pretty close to paper. Cheaper to get into, as well. And there are more formats available at any given time than you could hope for at most stores. It's been running along for years, though I wouldn't use the word smoothly. It can definitely replace an in-person Magic experience if you need it to.
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Lets Pickle posted:As an example of what is parasitic and what is not on a scale of 1-5, lets look at the Ravnica and Return to Ravnica guild keywords, ability words (keep in mind that just because a mechanic isn't parastic doesn't make it good): I'm not sure you're using parasitic correctly. Many of these mechanics are not remotely parasitic. They might be linear, but that is not the same thing. Parasitic means that they don't function well outside of their own set because they depend on some sort of element that isn't generally available. For instance populate is extremely linear but not all that parasitic because token makers are in every set.
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Jul 29, 2016 23:06
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meanolmrcloud posted:Hey, new potentially broken card. Isn't this an auto include in vintage mud decks? It seems a little problematic to play a card that could ramp your opponent when half of your deck is dedicated to mana denial.
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Sep 4, 2016 00:56
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Hellsau posted:Vintage decks play ~14-16 lands, because Moxes, and the card draw lets you find additional mana sources without flooding out. Shops plays Wastelands and the Strip Mine, plus Spheres and Thorns to keep spells stuck in the opponent's hand. It's often true that Vintage decks play a low land count for that reason, but it's an overgeneralization to suggest all decks function like that. Just judging by the VSL there seem to be a few land-heavy decks running around like Eldrazi and Landstill. Although I suppose mana denial is already bad against those decks.
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Well, it's fairly obvious he's trying to create a loop with Whirler Virtuoso. Era of Innovation + Decoction Module + Virtuoso is 1: Make a 1/1 flier, and the other Modules do other cool combo things. Might also be playing Metalwork Colossus.
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Oct 15, 2016 21:43
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I like how Shota was first on the wrong end and then on the right end of the decking situation, and in both spots he was able to convert his position into a win. He's probably not even beatable in control mirrors at this point.
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Oct 17, 2016 03:29
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ZeroCount posted:how is it wrong to punish bribery Because the tournament guidelines are incredibly arbitrary and tend to punish people who don't know how to game the system.
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Oct 24, 2016 03:33
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Hellsau posted:Only because those guidelines are too lenient. A match where just happens to concede to the other, and the winning player just happening to give ~75% of their prize to the player that conceded in plain view of the tournament organizer, should throw up some red flags. The fact is, though, that that's fine right now, as long as both players have their stories straight and neither player admits and nobody overhears either player establishing that the prize split is contingent on one player conceding to the other. No, it has nothing to do with being too lenient and everything to do with being unenforceable nonsense.
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Oct 24, 2016 05:42
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:They already fudge things w.r.t the mana pool too, like the improvise flavour text. "Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}" . That would preclude you from getting 2 mana out of an ethereum cell. I'm confused; that's the case, isn't it? Like you couldn't get two mana out of convoking an Eldrazi Scion.
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I kind of like most of this, but the actual font on the card's text just seems awful to me. It's so blocky it really detracts from any kind of mystical feel they were going for.
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