The thing that bothers me about the hydra is that in draft, I want mythical to be an auto- first pick, even if only for value. But I would take removal over this, any day. That is a problem in my mind; I just don't value this card high enough on any scale.
It really doesn't matter how bad the lands are, or what Wizards tries to do to fix this, there is nothing that can be done about the cost of lands in standard. It is driven by the player base and dual lands are always needed for standard, their relative "strength" compared to older lands means nothing when they are the only option you have for standard.
Au contraire. They could simply make "rare" lands uncommon, and the problem is solved. Wizards has everything to do with the cost of standard. I love the game, but they know how to make money.
Sorry, back to topic. I love the number crunch, and Marquisd is doing a great job. Thanks for this.
So, I really like this, but it is relatively hard to make a build, particularly final build decisions, because I want to have spells and creatures separate, and by CMC. Sort of the standard way shown in MTGO and just about every sealed how-to. I think you could get rid of the CMC Mana Curve table if you did this, since the curve shows in the way the cards are laid out.
Secondarily, I don't think you need to show all basic lands. Just the 5, and have them never run out as they are clicked. That would save a lot of screen space and screen updates. In fact, you don't need to show the cards at all in the pool, just on the tool bar above the build. An "add lands" button could do the standard pip-count based estimate, and add the lands to get to 40 in one shot.
I would be happy to beta test. If you need clarification on anything I said, let me know.
Dear Trick:
I call bull on your article bemoaning leaks. Your goal is understandable, but your analogies are false, and your blame is way off target. I am not a leaker, and I never have been. But I read MTG Salvation more than your website (especially since the recent "improvement" which makes it almost unreadable).
A leak is a WOTC failure. Not our moral failure for being fans. No, I don't agree that you are telling a story that we would all enjoy better if there weren't these pesky leakers. You are trying to control the narrative. But the real world is in your way. You have to let stuff out before the big day, because you physically have to make and ship stuff in advance. Even to Russia. As long as you make a good product (and no, marketing doesn't do that), there will be a tremendous interest in it. You fan it (marketing DOES do that). All that fanning has a cost: the desire to learn what it coming. You create the pressure, the force that draws leaks out. So don't point this way. Look in the mirror.
Do you really think we are getting an unfair advantage? Then why were you sending out the God Book to pros for years? Didn't you have the same philosophy then? No, you had hype in mind. You didn't care about the advantage those article-writing pros got, you wanted hype. It was a WOTC failure that sent out complete set information all over the world for a little hype.
Don't cry to us that we ruined your hype. You are driving it. And no, I don't like the WOTC-controlled narrative since you clamped down on Rancored Elf et al. Having you control every leak is pretty bad, actually. It isn't nearly as exciting as the old days. Look at the number of posts on boring old colorless mana! Your announcement wouldn't have done that!
I could go on, but I will spare you; if you want to control leaks, then don't send stuff out before you discuss it. If you can't do that, then accept that your security will not be 100% and you are making a product where advance info is "worth" leaking by some segment of the population, and worth reading by a huge segment of your customers.
I am sorry, but this site uses those annoying jump ads. The browser jumps to the ad when you are trying to concentrate. It is unusable as a result. Why doesn't anyone complain about this?
The most interesting interaction of the night came when my second opponent threatened a face-down Misthoof Kirin. I had the mana up to megamorph it, but obviously did not do so in response to him stealing it. After stealing it, he looked at it and then cast Defeat on it and there was nothing I could do. If I knew that my opponent had defeats in his deck, might it have been the right play to megamorph it in response to him stealing it?
You should be able to flip Misthoof Kirin when he cast Defeat and Defeat would have "fizzled" because it's target wasn't legal anymore
We should soon see "real" spoilers from people opening packs intended for Pre-Releases. They have been unusually good at keeping those off lately.
But I actually am liking this tension. It gives each spoiled card a little zip of anticipation. Not spoiling the Vial, even though we know it, is brilliant.
Au contraire. They could simply make "rare" lands uncommon, and the problem is solved. Wizards has everything to do with the cost of standard. I love the game, but they know how to make money.
Sorry, back to topic. I love the number crunch, and Marquisd is doing a great job. Thanks for this.
this. Hard to believe he didn't mention the awful graphic design / usability.
Secondarily, I don't think you need to show all basic lands. Just the 5, and have them never run out as they are clicked. That would save a lot of screen space and screen updates. In fact, you don't need to show the cards at all in the pool, just on the tool bar above the build. An "add lands" button could do the standard pip-count based estimate, and add the lands to get to 40 in one shot.
I would be happy to beta test. If you need clarification on anything I said, let me know.
I call bull on your article bemoaning leaks. Your goal is understandable, but your analogies are false, and your blame is way off target. I am not a leaker, and I never have been. But I read MTG Salvation more than your website (especially since the recent "improvement" which makes it almost unreadable).
A leak is a WOTC failure. Not our moral failure for being fans. No, I don't agree that you are telling a story that we would all enjoy better if there weren't these pesky leakers. You are trying to control the narrative. But the real world is in your way. You have to let stuff out before the big day, because you physically have to make and ship stuff in advance. Even to Russia. As long as you make a good product (and no, marketing doesn't do that), there will be a tremendous interest in it. You fan it (marketing DOES do that). All that fanning has a cost: the desire to learn what it coming. You create the pressure, the force that draws leaks out. So don't point this way. Look in the mirror.
Do you really think we are getting an unfair advantage? Then why were you sending out the God Book to pros for years? Didn't you have the same philosophy then? No, you had hype in mind. You didn't care about the advantage those article-writing pros got, you wanted hype. It was a WOTC failure that sent out complete set information all over the world for a little hype.
Don't cry to us that we ruined your hype. You are driving it. And no, I don't like the WOTC-controlled narrative since you clamped down on Rancored Elf et al. Having you control every leak is pretty bad, actually. It isn't nearly as exciting as the old days. Look at the number of posts on boring old colorless mana! Your announcement wouldn't have done that!
I could go on, but I will spare you; if you want to control leaks, then don't send stuff out before you discuss it. If you can't do that, then accept that your security will not be 100% and you are making a product where advance info is "worth" leaking by some segment of the population, and worth reading by a huge segment of your customers.
But I actually am liking this tension. It gives each spoiled card a little zip of anticipation. Not spoiling the Vial, even though we know it, is brilliant.