after this period of time, the only major change on my playgroup is the new generals. some tech like Homeward Path is sporadically seen, but more or less the release had little effect.
The textbooks should be developed in an open format such that Apple does not have any propriety control over them.
this is the greatest limiting factor i see with this idea. with the passing of jobs, i hope apple's proprietary nature will subside and eventually cease to exist.
these will never go away, they are designed well and are necessary.
while i agree, i thought the core sets existed to provide these generic staples. block is obviously a different story, but the blocks become formulaic with so many "necessary reprints".
while i agree with you from a creativity and flavor standpoint, wizards makes cycles for a variety of reasons.
using design templates gets increased use out of ideas (i.e. titans, etc)
while not every cycle can be perfectly balanced, giving every color (or color combination) a version of the card in question at least gives everyone something
they do not want to give a single color/color combination something the rest don't have and see imbalance caused at the lack of options
essentially, they trade uniqueness for fairness and innovation for ease-of-design.
Me: Activate Jace's Archivist, everyone ditch and draw 7.
Friend: Aww man, you made me ditch my Jace, the Mind Sculptor.
Other Friend: *reads Jace's Archivist and starts laughing*
Me: What is so amusing?
Other Friend: *pointing to flavor text* "Master Beleren's trust has bought an eternity of my loyalty."
Table: *laughing*
i love cards like this, off the wall with unique abilities. whether or not its effective depends on the creativity of players to find strong-enough interactions.
it could be worse, it could be a card that does things AND is standard-legal.
overall, a decent promo that should have been released sooner
but people still will, lol.
overall, the set seems fairly well constructed.
the fact that you can wipe out opposing creatures while leaving your own in tact is noteworthy. Mark of Asylum could be useful with it
this was my first impression when i first saw the panorama cycle. i doubt additional budget fetches are needed beyond expanse/wilds in most decks.
Æther Vial can work if you can protect it.
Belbe's Portal if you name dragon.
Cryptic Gateway if you are running heavy tribal and horde/tokens.
Dragon Arch is fun with multicolor creatures (and it fits a dragon-themed deck.
Zirilan of the Claw both tutors and cheats dragons into play. Combine with a sac effect to keep it available (i.e. not exiled).
this is the greatest limiting factor i see with this idea. with the passing of jobs, i hope apple's proprietary nature will subside and eventually cease to exist.
while i agree, i thought the core sets existed to provide these generic staples. block is obviously a different story, but the blocks become formulaic with so many "necessary reprints".
the new Mikaeus also seems like an interesting general.
as far as poison counters in EDH, there are very times i have seen infect cause more grief than any combo deck.
- using design templates gets increased use out of ideas (i.e. titans, etc)
- while not every cycle can be perfectly balanced, giving every color (or color combination) a version of the card in question at least gives everyone something
- they do not want to give a single color/color combination something the rest don't have and see imbalance caused at the lack of options
essentially, they trade uniqueness for fairness and innovation for ease-of-design.to be fair, wizards could surprise everyone and not make goyf a mythic (i.e. a box seller)
as far as the "whole set spoiled" issue, i think its fine. it just allows the people who would study them the day before more time to do so.
Friend: Aww man, you made me ditch my Jace, the Mind Sculptor.
Other Friend: *reads Jace's Archivist and starts laughing*
Me: What is so amusing?
Other Friend: *pointing to flavor text* "Master Beleren's trust has bought an eternity of my loyalty."
Table: *laughing*
fairly amusing to us
Carnation Instant Breakfast (only thing I can choke-down in the morning)
Lunch:
Salads
Sandwiches
Fast food occasionally (weekly)
Dinner:
Depends on what I feel like cooking. personal favorites include sirloin-steak soup and chicken alfredo