So, here comes another quick reply game! What you have to do is give a reason why a card named by the previous poster is underpowered or overpowered. It doesn't have to be 100% logical, but it should make sense. That person then names another card and asks the next poster to tell why it is _____. For example:
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"Tell me why Tarmogoyf is underpowered."
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"Tarmogoyf is underpowered because it's only a 0/1 to start, and it's not going to kill anything from there.
Tell me why One With Nothing is overpowered."
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"One With Nothing is overpowered because it is a really quick way to enable hellbent.
Duh, Masticore is underpowered because it is both an artifact and a creature meanings like 85% of kill spells will kill it. Now if it was indestructible is might see some constructed play.
You're simply losing life every turn. Everyone knows that the Faerie isn't going to do anything when the opponent has that Blazing Archon is out there, because the Archon says "Flying Creatures can't attack you"...
Pffft! A simple Shock kills the creature that you spent a whole 3 (and of different colors!) mana to pay for... never worth it. And since every red deck has 4 Schocks, the Atog's never a good creature to play. If only his abilities had the clause "can be played as an Instant"...
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TWO toughness for TWO mana?!:o That alone is great. And it has ONE power!!! Almost imbalanced. You can ATTACK AND DEFEND. That card is nutsss!!!1! Plus, it has the Canterbury Tales in it.;) How can you go wrong with Chaucer?!
That card is so broken that it survives to Scorching Spear, one of the most powerful burn spells ever printed. I don't know what they were thinking when it came out... tell me why it's so goddamn broken.
Oh Scortching Spear is totally the nutz l33t tech. 80% of the time you will need that last 1 damage to kill your opponent 100% of the time or to nerf those pesky dude with 1 toughness. What makes this card over the top is that it can't be stopped by blues best counter; Flash Counter.
Duh, don't you see it also kills YOUR creatures? It's never worth it! For example Plague Wind is MUCH better by all accounts. And they're both in the same set (Xth) at the same rarity!:o Wrath is just strictly worse.
This guy Mike Lopez mentioned Serra Angel to me, and it's VERY powerful. Tell me what makes it so insanely good?
Well this is pretty simple, Umezawa's Jitte is legendary. No mattar how good a card is (and this one is not) it will always suck if it's legendary since you can never have more than one in play. If you draw another one it'll just be a dead card in you hand. Pure crap.
Boldwyr Heavyweights is a freaking 8/8 for 4 with trample!. I mean most competitive decks don't even play creatures so like in half your matchups they won't get anything and even if they did it would probably be some lame 2/2 the flys and draws two cards.
Now tell me why they made charcoal diamond soo overpowered good.
Well, if you can pay the measly price of 7 mana on one turn, you can play it, then use its sacrifice ability immediately to destroy one of those pesky tokens from Bitterblossom! That's why it's extremely broken.
This is obvious for competitive players: the Instant speed provides a nice surprise. You're opponent won't see it coming! Plus, it draws you a card. To begin with, almost nothing survives it, and if it does, you may draw another one or an even better spell, which is hard to believe in the first place (see, it makes sense;)). And who cares about the mana cost?:rolleyes:
I heard some people include cards like Silhana Ledgewalker in their maindeck!:o I don't see why anyone would do that. The card sucks, tell me why...
Silhana Ledgewalker is just horrible because of one glaring flaw: it only has half-shroud. The ability to only be blocked by flyers and reachers doesn't save it from being bullied around by Spiteful Bully, now does it?
I see Black Lotus cards selling on Ebay for tons of cash and can't understand why. Can someone tell me why Black Lotus is so horrible?
God, you're so stupid that you don't see it! It takes 3 life if you dont use the mana! And You can only get three of ONE color? God, I'd run One with nothing over that any Day!
Speaking of cards, Why aren't people Maindecking like 19 Levelers? It's like, So Good!
I know, right! A 10/10 for just 5 mana!:o There must be a mistake in the printing. I get a 10/5 or a 5/10. But getting to HIT and RECEIVE ten... that's just too good! Who cares about your library... give that baby haste and you've owned the game!
On the other hand, there are some sucky artifacts out there. Lotus Petal seems to suck hard. Anyone care to tell me why it's so bad?
Late game lotus petal is a dead card. 1 extra mana? That sucks real hard and you have to sac it so this is strickly worse than an island. I mean 99% of the time you're going to name blue anyway.
Now Political Trickery, there is a card that's just too good not to use 5 in a deck. But tell me why.
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Crawling Filth is broken because it's unblockable against most decks. Most decks can't stand to 2 damage each turn. If they spend removal on it, you can get that Horizon Seed back from your graveyard to your hand.
Because by the time you play it, you already HAVE a bunch of artifacts in play. If you don't you still get 3 life AND get a 4/4 flier. Your opponent might was well just concede. Plus, it's an artifact, which means it's very hard to get rid of. No Terror will ever work on it. It's pure tech!;)
There's this card in the same set that really sucks. I think the name is Bloodbraid Elf, and it's very forgettable and narrow. Tell me why it sucks so hard...
Oh my!:o That thing could trigger an infinite number of combos! It's a 2/2 for only 2 mana, and only one of that mana is colored... it's a bargain! I seriously don't know why all Pro decks have 4 of those... the possibilities to abuse!!!
There's this card that's always bugged me. I think it's called Lion's Eye Diamond... it just sucks. Tell me why.
OH Lion's Eye Diamond just blows. I seriously have no idea why anyone would use it. Sure you can get 3 mana, but you have to discard your hand to activate it. What good is that? Now you got 3 mana and nothing to play it with. Total jank.
But you know what card is surprisingly good? Orcish Oriflamme, just tell me why.
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"Tell me why Tarmogoyf is underpowered."
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"Tarmogoyf is underpowered because it's only a 0/1 to start, and it's not going to kill anything from there.
Tell me why One With Nothing is overpowered."
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"One With Nothing is overpowered because it is a really quick way to enable hellbent.
Tell me why Masticore is underpowered."
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And that's the rules. Next poster, explain why Masticore is underpowered.
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Bitterblossom sucks... I know why, but I just wish to see some support...:rolleyes:
I like 4/4s for 7.
Now why is Psychatog underpowered?
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RAPER KING is too broken!!! Tell me why!
I like 4/4s for 7.
Can some1 tell me why Squire is just so freaking broken?
Romeo, O Romeo, can i haz romeo?
That card is so broken that it survives to Scorching Spear, one of the most powerful burn spells ever printed. I don't know what they were thinking when it came out... tell me why it's so goddamn broken.
I like 4/4s for 7.
Why oh why is Wrath of God soooo underpowered?
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This guy Mike Lopez mentioned Serra Angel to me, and it's VERY powerful. Tell me what makes it so insanely good?
I like 4/4s for 7.
Enlighten me as to why Umezawa's Jitte is such a terribly underpowered card.
Well this is pretty simple, Umezawa's Jitte is legendary. No mattar how good a card is (and this one is not) it will always suck if it's legendary since you can never have more than one in play. If you draw another one it'll just be a dead card in you hand. Pure crap.Boldwyr Heavyweights is a freaking 8/8 for 4 with trample!. I mean most competitive decks don't even play creatures so like in half your matchups they won't get anything and even if they did it would probably be some lame 2/2 the flys and draws two cards.
Now tell me why they made charcoal diamond soo overpowered good.
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I heard some people include cards like Silhana Ledgewalker in their maindeck!:o I don't see why anyone would do that. The card sucks, tell me why...
I like 4/4s for 7.
I see Black Lotus cards selling on Ebay for tons of cash and can't understand why. Can someone tell me why Black Lotus is so horrible?
Speaking of cards, Why aren't people Maindecking like 19 Levelers? It's like, So Good!
On the other hand, there are some sucky artifacts out there. Lotus Petal seems to suck hard. Anyone care to tell me why it's so bad?
I like 4/4s for 7.
Now Political Trickery, there is a card that's just too good not to use 5 in a deck. But tell me why.
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There's this card in the same set that really sucks. I think the name is Bloodbraid Elf, and it's very forgettable and narrow. Tell me why it sucks so hard...
I like 4/4s for 7.
There's this card that's always bugged me. I think it's called Lion's Eye Diamond... it just sucks. Tell me why.
I like 4/4s for 7.
But you know what card is surprisingly good? Orcish Oriflamme, just tell me why.
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