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Speaking as a bad player who plays with borrowed cards, "nope stop playing" cards feel extra bad because it's so easy to make decks that don't do anything to begin with. But having played some other games with similar mechanics, I feel like the better approach is to include answers to them (and teaching newbies to counterplay) instead of closing that design space altogether.
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He seems to think that for every matchup to be even, decks would have to play the same, which is terrible lazy thinking and also the opposite of diversity.
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Feb 16, 2017 18:44
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If you read his past articles you'll find that he quit Magic for HS. 
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Feb 16, 2017 20:01
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I think the core reason HS and others have limited stuff like counters and spell interactions is to make the game run wihout having to consult the opponent. I reinstalled Magic Duels for a bit yesterday and sweet Jesus having to wait two seconds after every single click is awful. Lol if Wizards are actually cutting back on the good part of the game to make a paper product more online-friendly.
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Feb 17, 2017 10:38
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The Human Crouton posted:I don't even know what the current iteration of the precon is now, but I'm sure it's nonsensical.
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Feb 18, 2017 09:48
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No matter the game, turns out starter decks are always terrible. It's a bit of a pain because I'd actually like to try getting into Actual Cardboard Magic sometime, despite everything. But it seriously looks like the only newbie-friendly thing out there is... What, sealed? Good luck trying to rope me into constructed when the products are either boosters or boxes of crap. I mean, after the starter I'm apparently expected to buy the Deck Builder's Toolkit, but that's just a box of singletons. The gently caress would I buy that for? Is Peasant Highlander some kind of thing? Siivola fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Feb 18, 2017 |
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Feb 18, 2017 15:34
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Wizards just plain can't admit that you should ever buy singles, because that'd mean admitting that buying their core product is stupid. Edit: Okay, so sometimes they kinda skirt the issue, like whenever they publish budget decklists.
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Feb 18, 2017 15:55
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Getting a bit of a Stargåte vibe from the artwork. Looks neat.
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Feb 19, 2017 00:05
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2/1 flying common, it's actually just the local crocodile species.
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Feb 19, 2017 01:22
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Babylon Astronaut posted:If that's really a Nicol Bolas themed Archenemy deck, I'm pretty stoked. Archenemy Anthology should be up next anyway. What's archenemy like, anyway?
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Feb 19, 2017 10:01
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A land but it's double-sided and can be transformed into another land.
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Feb 20, 2017 08:43
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"Tap: Exile This Land, then put a Plains land token on the battlefield tapped." And then repeat for the other colour. I'm pretty sure this immediately breaks to create endless lands or whatever, but I'm sure design can unfuck it.
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Feb 20, 2017 09:25
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BizarroAzrael posted:Oh, something I missed in the preview, fat packs now have 10 boosters! Don't know if the price changes.
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Feb 20, 2017 17:59
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Dehtraen posted:That screams to me that a discussion happened in a room somewhere that went like this
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Feb 21, 2017 09:14
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Chill la Chill posted:I also look forward to the "how are her legs positioned" analyses but it won't be as fun as the Olivia Voldaren art.  
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Feb 23, 2017 20:37
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GeneX posted:I want saffronolive's whale marvel engine deck to win a gp 
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Feb 26, 2017 01:26
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JerryLee posted:Has this artist been working for them for a while? I like this, and I don't recall having seen anything else in quite this style recently. E:F;b
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Feb 27, 2017 19:00
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I'm thinking of getting into the game with Amonkhet too, what up rookie buddy. My plan's to go to the prerelease and see if I can build anything from the card pool I end up with. Starter decks are pretty bad in general, but I might buy two just to see if I can make one casual deck from them.
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Now that I look at the contents, there's under $10 worth of cards in a deck, not counting the single bad planeswalker: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/kaladesh-planeswalker-decks So a bad idea I guess, might as well buy the deck I'd build in singles.
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Feb 28, 2017 12:36
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Wait, are you saying if I wanted to go buy a copy of Aladdin or something I would not be able to do it? ). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Vault
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Sorta suspecting someone in the marketing department looked at MM17, said "wait they're reprinting all of this?!" and immediately booked a bunch of Standard events to stop people from jumping ship.
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Mar 1, 2017 23:30
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I'm curious, assuming everything else is worth nothing at all, how's the EV of a pack right now?
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Mar 2, 2017 16:53
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Does that mean I should... Buy packs?!
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Mar 2, 2017 17:00
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Well that was exciting. When's Amonkhet stuff start?
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Mar 3, 2017 17:31
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The designers started out with a theme (Nicol Bolas's horns, looks like ) instead of neat mechanics. They did the same thing with Innistrad.
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Mar 4, 2017 23:10
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Errant Gin Monks posted:Which deck is cat lady stopping that can beat GB and Vehicles? There is no reason you can't play a deck with 1 bad match up if you can crush the other T1 decks.
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Mar 12, 2017 20:25
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Unban everything, reprint Hero's Downfall and Wrath of God in Amonkhet.
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Aw, Emmy's still banned.
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https://twitter.com/SaffronOlive/status/841299656197976064 Apparently the reasoning is, in the bad old days you could throw a Copter into any old deck and get something going.
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Hellsau posted:So if we're in a three deck format (really two) and they think it's fine and standard doesn't need any bannings, why did they ban anything in the first place?
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black potus posted:*Backpedals furiously*
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Considering Maro's already working on the 2019 block, I'm not too sure he even remembers the plan.
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Entropic posted:It seems like for the last little while the only expensive standard cards have been Mythics. I think the only Standard rare over $10 right now is Walking Ballista. Is that normally, or is there more reliance on mythics in standard decks right now than usual?
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I don't get the funny. Is it that Hasbro thinks Duels is not a Magic product?
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...I can't apparently read too good.
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Mar 17, 2017 16:17
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Turns out millennials prefer user interfaces and stable software.
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It's actually having to wait for other people to okay your every play.
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suicidesteve posted:This except unironically. . Instant speed stuff is the neatest thing about Magic. It's just, it doesn't translate online very well.
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mandatory lesbian posted:it's for the better, deadbeat dads usually forsake their kids to gently caress or get high, not playing a children's card game
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