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May 29, 2019Sephon19 posted a message on The End of an EraNOOOOOOOOOO AND ON MY BIRTHDAYPosted in: Articles
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Oct 15, 2017Sephon19 posted a message on The World of KamigawaPosted in: ArticlesQuote from silasary »The team at the time thought that if they were to print O-Kagachi, they'd need to do so before That Which Was Taken was taken. And O-Kagachi with his Divinity intact would indeed be too powerful.
When the Commander team returned to the character, they had a lot more freedom as to portrayal and timelines, and so chose to portray O-Kagachi after That Which Was Taken was taken.
Hence the 6/6.
I've heard this argument before and it just doesn't hold. The thing is the size of Progenitus - a creature that could arguably be smaller in P/T due to its ability. Why can i tbe taken down by a random Spider? I understand that Magic power scale is somewhat weird sometimes for gameplay reasons, but you just shouldn't make a world-sized creature at 6/6. Especially in a world they cannot retcon at this point, unlike Sergovia. -
Oct 14, 2017Sephon19 posted a message on The World of KamigawaHaha, indeed. Oh, I really hate that he ended up the card's size. They might as well not have printed him, to me.Posted in: Articles
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Oct 14, 2017Sephon19 posted a message on The World of Kamigawa"We can't print O-Kagachi... He's too powerful to put on a card."Posted in: Articles
(Years later)
"Here's O-Kagachi! He's a 6/6!" -
May 13, 2015Sephon19 posted a message on High Stakes Magic - A New Way to PlayOk, I think I'm going to start out with 100 cards, percentages are easier to work with that way. I'm going to do a theme of Zombies, Spirits and Infect. Death and decay.Posted in: Articles
Have you tried any of the Theros block hero cards or any utility lands? I'm personally going to use a lot of cards with activation costs so lands are actually possibly usable here. Using a mix of Zendikar block spell lands and a Leechridden Swamp.
Also interesting to see "colors matter" cards, such as normal slam dunks such as creatures with protection or intimidate. When all colors are readily available, it's much easier to answer a White Knight than if you were a normal black deck. -
May 12, 2015Sephon19 posted a message on High Stakes Magic - A New Way to PlayHave you found an optimal auction block deck size?Posted in: Articles
I'm personally going to make a Peasant auction block and call this format High Market (referring to Mercadia) or something because I personally find the High Stakes name unsexy. I prefer something that has more Vorthosian substance. Infact, after I'm done I'm doing a forum thread with my decklist.
Have you tried the Theros block Hero cards? I'm personally considering inserting a variety of tokens into the deck rather than vanilla creatures since mana costs don't matter anyways (even if I consider adding some devotion cards as well).
EDIT: What about land cards with utility btw? They can provide mana a good bit.
EDITEDIT: I additionally see your auction block is 200 cards. Do you find that the optimal size? - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Whether it synergizes is another question entirely.
What will stop player from playing both this guy, Thassa, and "enablers" suhc as Frostburn Weird, Ral Zarek and UR removal-drawing goodstuff?
The strategy doesn't seem bad. But I wouldn't know.
Isn't this better than Pyrostatic Pillar?
I think that the creature bit is what makes him better. Admittedly, it has a body and can therefore die, but it having a body means it can apply pressure and deal damage to the opponent if he does not actually deal with it - and if he does, he will probably lose a chunk of life doing it. How is that not a good thing?
For Pyrostatic Pillar is easier to play around. It doesn't attack.
I know burn strategies are not happy about generating board advantage, but I see this as more similar to Keldon Marauders than anything else.
Admittedly, the symmeticral burn makes it horrible against other aggro decks, but doesn't that simply compel you to side it out?
This losing to aggro isn't really an argument to me. For it applies pressure to so many other decks, especially in fast formats with fast draw.
Burn deals damage faster than Brainstorm. I think this may very well be very good.
Or it may crash and burn (heh burn).
I mean, it's not a powerhouse, but its built-in tension is great and you want it in your deck. Great card for the format.
Removal will be at common. It will just not be unconditional.
It's better limited that way actually. As a limited player, I approve.
edit: reading your latter post, fwiw I agree that uncommon is the good spot for good removal.
I guess it helps against counterfeiting, but it's really not pretty...
EDIT: I'd prefer this.
I really don't like the circle thing. It feels intrusive.
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