- AUTUMNTWILIGHT
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The Lord of Tresserhorn posted a message on Magic Animated Series Coming to Netflix - Due 2020It's just going to be Jace and Chandra and Nissa and Gideon joining their fists high in the air, shouting: "By the power of Graymox, together we are Captain Planeswalker! Love is the sixth color!"Posted in: The Rumor Mill -
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CavalryWolfPack posted a message on End of an EraMark, you specifically were huge for me getting into the format and forums. As a young person looking to get into Stax, I spent hours reading through the RW Stax/Bridge Prison primer and brewing with it. I guarantee you what we're working on is gonna be sick.Posted in: Modern Archives -
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ilovesaprolings posted a message on Brand new world after Core 2020 confirmedPosted in: SpeculationQuote from AUTUMNTWILIGHT »
Indeed. Though I think WOTC missed peak time for such a plane. We had that sweet overlap between Game of Thrones and Skyrim.
Yeah this is the worst time possible to make something inspired by game of thrones -
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Flisch posted a message on Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) and War of the Spark (WAR) General DiscussionThere has never been a character in Magic that almost made me want to quit reading. (Well, maybe the two portal men in Onslaught, but the entire novel was a bit unhinged.) Until Rat. Sheesh, she hits all the boxes of how not to write a character. She doesn't fit the tone of the story, she's got too many abilities that don't fit her and actively detract from the plot, she has no weaknesses, no story arc, no nothing. I'm trying hard to find a single good aspect about her character, but there isn't any.Posted in: Magic Storyline -
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idSurge posted a message on The State of Modern Thread (B&R 20/05/2019)It's an untenable argument to state Blue is in any way struggling, it could easily be the best colour in the format after MH goes live.Posted in: Modern Archives
UW Control/Midrange (more Tap Out Control) could easily be the formats best deck.
UR Phoenix is still the best xerox deck.
Esper Control can still snipe a tournament if the meta warps.
GDS is still a Grixis deck, and is therefore Blue.
I'm actually getting concerned that outside of fringe decks that beat up on UW, that UW is potentially going to be the best deck in the format, and people will hate it. -
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cfusionpm posted a message on The State of Modern Thread (B&R 20/05/2019)Posted in: Modern ArchivesQuote from ktkenshinx »We can do better.
So can WOTC.
Remember when printed small Eldrazi, knowing about the manabase, because it would be cool and fun?
Remember when they said Ancestral Vision would help grindy slow blue decks?
Remember when they said Thopter Sword would help grindy slow blue decks?
Remember when they said Jace would help grindy slow blue decks?
Remember when they said Twin stifled blue diversity?
Remember when they bombarded blue with specifically UW cards (stifling diversity) and it still wasn't good enough for sustained competitive relevance?
Remember when they gave Dredge Cathartic Reunion and free 3/3s?
Remember when they printed a free, uninteractable Lightning Helix for Dredge?
Remember when they thought GGT was the problem with Dredge?
Remember when they thought BBE was the problem with Jund?
Remember when Jace and BBE came back and did nothing?
Remember when Tron kept getting new toys to become more obnoxious all the time?
Remember how they keep printing busted colorless cards for Tron/Prison?
Remember how they let Phoenix dominate GPs at disturbing levels for months?
Remember how green and red still have the best cantrips in Modern?
Remember how they think any blue cantrip has to be worse than Serum Visions?
Remember how they think Stoneforge Mystic is too good for Modern?
Remember how they think Counterspell is too good for Modern?
Remember when they printed that wacky new pump spell so Infect can T2 kill better?
Remember how they view diversity from a name standpoint and not archetype?
Remember how they hide and obfuscate information in order to create a false narrative of format health?
Remember when they printed Iconic Masters, and it lacked any sort of Iconic cards?
Remember when they printed a celebration of 25 years of Magic, and left out the most celebrated cards of Magic's history?
Remember when they printed a Modern-focused set, filled with maybe half a dozen playable cards, and a ton of Commander and Limited chaff?
Remember when they missed the mark entirely on what it takes to make a card playable in Modern?
And then there's recent Standard...
Remember when they printed ridiculous graveyard abuse cards with no way to fight it?
Remember when they printed Energy, and no way to interact with it?
Remember when no one in R&D noticed the Saheeli combo, spotted within 15 minutes of its spoiler?
Remember when they printed fetchlands and fetchable duals with a tri-color themed set?
Remember when they ignored all the other formats because they were too busy putting out the dumpster fire that was Standard?
Remember how they continued to ignore Modern almost entirely to focus on the "new! better!" Ravnica Standard?
There are likely many more instances, but these are just off the top of my head and I think you get the idea. You make the case that many of these things are isolated and specific events. This is true. But when taken on the whole, they indicate a pattern of incompetence, a lack of understanding of the format, and a specific desire to force their own narrative about what the format is by hiding data and telling us that our miserable experiences are just isolated small events. -
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cfusionpm posted a message on The State of Modern Thread (B&R 20/05/2019)Posted in: Modern ArchivesQuote from Joban8 »Assuming the second half of spoilers are as mediocre as the first, I think we'll have to seriously question wotc's understanding of the format and how that affects B&R decisions or rule changes.
I have literally been saying this for years, and constantly mocked for it. But time and time again, they show that their understanding of the format is embarrassingly thin and almost entirely dictated by spreadsheets and data sets of names. There is no deep and fundamental understanding of the actual format meta or how the decks interact with each other, outside of the absolute most basic, surface level observations. Is this set what it finally takes for others to see that? -
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Geonova posted a message on [MH1] Modern Horizons Discussion ThreadI'm really trying to be optimistic here but I can't lie to myself about being disappointed. When the set first got announced I thought it would be a good mix between old cards and new cards... then you find out it's only 15% reprints. I tried to stay positive, but with every reprint it just made me hurt even more. Professionals and casuals made lists of cards they wanted in Modern but now they're lucky if one of those made it into the set. As of now, there is no counterspell, containment priest, wirewood symbiote, quirion ranger, vindicate. It feels like the day I watched the Last Jedi -- I just feel hollow.Posted in: Modern
It looks like some EDH players will be happy, though. -
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Taleran posted a message on [MH1] Modern Horizons Discussion ThreadMomishPosted in: Modern
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user_938036 posted a message on Just how powerful is Urza?Posted in: Magic Storyline
Urza's line wasn't killing he had no problem killing. His line was the fusion of flesh and machine. Like batman wouldn't kill no matter how much easier it would be Urza wouldn't fuse flesh and machines regardless of how much stronger it could make his creations.Quote from NZB2323 »Quote from LeyShade »The TLDR for those just joining:
Urza is basically the Batman of the MTG franchise, with the same caveats, story templating, moral ambiquity and everything else that people adore about DC's 'Dark Knight'.
Fin.
Urza has magical powers in addition to his wits and machinery. Also he created an entire race, lived for centuries, and would have no issue killing the Joker.
It's about having the line and not crossing it rather than where that line is. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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Not to mention Maro tells us nonhumans just aren't popular which is why we have so few compared to Human Walkers...funny and here I thought the most popular character in D&D is a Dark Elf. Funny how they can make it work but MTG just cannot sell nonhumans.
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As for the cards themselves the 6 cmc one is problematic. A guaranteed Emblem cause the only way u can stop Chandra is with discard. Counters have been crippled between T3feri and nothing below 3 cmc allowed by Maro and Friends. And you probably need a Walker killing spell because you it goes up to 8 Loyalty after One Plus. So direct damage for Red and creature damage is unlikely to take it down unless you have an overwhelming board advantage. And if so she probably wipes most of your creatures if you were going low to the ground. The death of interaction.
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Indeed. Though I think WOTC missed peak time for such a plane. We had that sweet overlap between Game of Thrones and Skyrim.
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Yes it will be interesting to see if Modern Horizons can match such power.
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Honestly what makes it disgraceful is that it aint hard for WOTC if they care about this stuff to sign up to some Forums like this, Cruise multiple Reddit for Magic and sit in Discords. This isn't the 90s or early 00s. If they actually cared it wouldnt be that hard to do a decent job. If they wanted to do some research and find out what people think about various decks it be easy. But I honestly don't think they care and wanna fix things.
I mean really we don't want to give some colors answers cause they make the current answers bad? What do you care your selling packs not singles and presumably you want your new stuff to sell...stuff like this makes it hard to believe WOTC doesn't profit off the Secondary Market. But also its just a fundamental flawed people want new answers cause the current ones are lagging behind. I respect them more if they just flat out said we don't want better answers. But not printing Counterspell aint going to make people play 3 CMC Counter in Modern. They will pay the 2 CMC ones they got and the 1 CMC options. Besides Cryptic cause that is special.
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Now on Force of Negation I agree the main use seems to be saying nope to their Walkers.