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Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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TheKingofSprings posted:

This title is bad because I can't imagine a magic player ever getting a clue

Hahahaha, holy poo poo. :allears:

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Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Bulky Bartokomous posted:

As I said, I was pretty anal about my cards.




:stare: HOLY. poo poo.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Star Man posted:

Someone enlighten me: was Troll Ascetic a mother fucker of a card to be up against when it was in Standard?

Not really, because it was in Standard with Affinity, so it didn't really get the limelight until way later.

That said, Troll was really annoying with Blanchwood Armor and Swords and Jitte.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Sickening posted:

I don't understand why they would gently caress up a balanced mechanic like shroud.

"Wait, why can't I put my stuff on my creatures?"

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Chill la Chill posted:

Did they try to gotcha their opponent while doing so? If they did that definitely is the best self-own.

Someone did that against Cedric and he called a judge to force the guy to discard 2.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Tainen posted:

Haha this looks like it was filmed at that fake stonehenge tourist trap in Washington.

Wait, what? How did I not know about this?

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Bulky Bartokomous posted:

I just played a dude who only had 2 lands in play (Bazaar of Baghdad, and some legendary swamp) and he seemed to be able to cast (?) nearly limitless amounts of creatures and tokens by discarding them into his graveyard. :psyduck:

Dredge is a really weird deck that plays on a completely different axis than almost any other deck in Magic.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Tales of Woe posted:

Yes, if you resolve New Perspectives and it draws you to 7+, you can immediately win the game by cycling through your whole deck, using Shefet Monitor and Vizier of Tumbling Sands to generate mana to cast Shadow of the Grave and then eventually 2x Approach of the Second Sun.

The way New Perspectives is worded, you should actually get to keep the cycling card in hand.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Lone Goat posted:

Its not actually worded that way, but a bunch of dumb pendants can't let it go.

Tales of Woe posted:

We've been over this like a million pages ago, the 'cycling cost' is the cost you pay in addition to discarding the card when you cycle. You still have to discard it even if the cycling cost is 0.

I'm aware of that, I was explaining what Count Bleck was talking about.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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mandatory lesbian posted:

who cares, you clearly knew what he meant

loving linguistic prescriptivist scum

As a linguist and a descriptivist, there are objectively incorrect ways to pronounce things, just like there are constructions that grammatical work don't.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Grab the Reins is one of the best Ray of Command variants.

Next to Spinal Embrace, maybe.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Sickening posted:

Zombies is going to win the pro tour.

gently caress all the haters.

I'm okay with this.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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80s James Hetfield posted:

:smug: Can't wait to beat the piss out of this Zombie deck at FNM for the next month with TurboFog :smug:

How much is your TurboFog list if I have literally no cards? I'm toying with the idea of going to troll FNM.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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80s James Hetfield posted:

Very cheap.....your most expensive cards are the 5-8 dollar lands

List?

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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GeneX posted:

He is also pretty drat good at game design, and is blamed for a lot of things that people should actually be shouting at Aaron Forsythe or Chris Cocks for.

Actually, I'm going to keep blaming Infect on him, if it's all the same to you?

And we blame a lot of things on Ken Nagle, rightfully so.

MaRo gets a lot of flak because for a long time he was by far the most vocal member of R&D and he still takes player questions and answers them on his blog - including the infamous "you may not care, but other people do."

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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That's an interesting manabase.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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It seems like the win condition is residual damage from Fevered Visions along with ramping up Tower with all the Fogs?

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Wasn't Helene one of the only reasonable and intelligent people in WotC?

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Play Design: "This card is going to kill Standard. We need to power it down."
MaRo: "We can't have the flagship mythic of the set not be insane. Overruled."

Three Years Later

Forsythe: "No one could have predicted that this card would warp standard, but unfortunately, we'll need to ban it."
Play Design: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! BUT WE -"
Forsythe: "NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED IT. NO. ONE."

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Dr. Angela Ziegler posted:

Card Kingdom wrote about my IRL Momir Vig deck!

I love this thing, it's goofy and fun as hell.

I need to know when you're going to be at CK because I need to play with this.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Dr. Angela Ziegler posted:

I'll be there tonight and tomorrow night, though not for Magic either time. I'm usually there with Momir set up on Mondays before Legacy starts.

Ugggh, I work until 8 on Mondays.

I'm thinking of going to X-Wing night tomorrow though...

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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80s James Hetfield posted:

I watched a couple of guys play "Mental Magic" 2 weeks ago. It was probably the stupidest thing I've ever seen beside EDH
Mental Magic is actually amazing, but you need a nearly encyclopedic Magic knowledge to not suck at it.

I love it.

Mezzanon posted:

Why is there no GP Seattle ?
Because it's always in loving Tacoma.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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I remember at some point, someone asked about my CU Multicolor Cube and I totally blanked on posting it. I haven't updated it for Kaladash or later, but here's (I think?) the most recent list.

Multicolor CUbe

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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I convinced my friend to run this in a Rav-TS standard deck and it was solid. It either hit something relevant or was a two mana Peek that set up his Persecutes.

It wasn't as good as the Fall half of Rise//Fall, but it complemented it fine.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:

Because yeti aren't ogrewelming enough.

:frogout:

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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gif Probst posted:

he pulled the force of will and rhonas. he wanted to take his packs and just drop then and there, TO said he cant drop, but he can buy and replace his pack and purchase an additional pack to add to the prize pool. he didnt want to do this, TO said that those were his options, and dropping during a draft would ruin the draft experience for everyone else.

And forcing someone to draft when they don't want to is a good draft experience?

Doesn't sound like it!

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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little munchkin posted:

Gonna be great for limited, I don't think a format has ever been improved by adding an additional set.

Triple Ravnica was okay, but full block is much more interesting.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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That's exactly the point! One's lightning, the other's fire! They're different!

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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More instant speed Bolts is only good for Burn.

You could easily replace Lava Spike or Rift Bolt or Chain Lightning with Bolt 5-8

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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WotC's track record with artifact sets forcing multiple Standard bannings remains intact!

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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gif Probst posted:

Maybe Eternalize is something like, You get an emblem that says "All creatures you control get (creature stats+abilities)"

This is honestly the mostly like thing I think.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Sengir Nosferatu is 100% a "transforming" card.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Hot take: The Unglued lands look better than Unhinged, because the frame is better.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Star Man posted:

After the Dominaria set, let's go back to Lorwyn/Shadowmoor and stay there. Forever.

Unironically, gently caress YES.

Shadowmoor was a goddamn amazing set. I still want to make a Shadowmoor Cube, because that limited format was amazing.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Holy poo poo, someone is going to get in a shitload of trouble for this. This is the biggest leak since the Godbook, right?

As in, the biggest deal.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Angry Grimace posted:

In Oath of the Gatewatch someone leaked Kozilek mega-early and every other relevant mythic well before spoiler season.

This is hugely far ahead though.

That's what I mean. This feels way further in advance than the Oath spoilers and much closer to the god book.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Vraska's Command 2BB
Instant
Exile target creature or 'walker.
You gain 2 life.

Yeah right, like WotC would print that. :rolleyes:

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Entropic posted:

It looked like Vraska's Corruption or something to me.

I think you might be right.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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2WW, Path all attackers seems pretty strong?

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Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

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Elyv posted:

Play Design intro

They're going to take Cheon, some people you've never heard of, and some other people in R&D

Hey, I'll have you know that I've met Andrew Veen on several occasions. :colbert:

I've played multiple board games and some Kaijudo with the guy.

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