I am just curious about what others think. I believe that mass LD is good if one person is mass ramping and getting turns ahead the entire table, even 1v1.
While I agree with you on the merits, I think I'd just drop the issue and avoid antagonizing your friend/roommate. Perhaps make a deck to out-ramp him or something.
There's nothing wrong with this, per se. The problem starts when people think that a question like this can be definitively answered.
You know, I think you could come pretty close -- take a look at tournament data for each format, and examine how predictive a player's win record is. The more someone's history can be used to predict future performance, the more skill intensive the format overall.
I think they're freaking great. I appreciate pre-releasing being made more unique and social -- it gives them some fun flavor that you wouldn't get at other events. The structure helps get to know other players too.
Hypothetically, what if WotC took a poll of all its players, if this were even possible, and asked every single one if they wanted the RL abolished and it was a unanimous yes, or even just 99%?
I am surprised that there aren't more people saying "Splice into Arcane". It was one of the reasons people didn't like Kamigawa, because they thought it was "too hard" to figure it out.
I liked the idea behind Splice a great deal -- it's just that the execution was problematic. If I heard WotC was bringing back Splice, I'd be quite excited!
Because if there's two things people like to do, is bookkeeping and paying taxes.
I agree with this. I hate how fiddly it is, and keeping track of it (for such negligible benefit) sucks. I think it worked best on the cards like Jötun Grunt and Braid of Fire, where it wasn't as much of a downside.
I've started going to board game nights, and have had good luck with bringing the Knights vs Dragons duel deck to encourage people to play Magic without requiring anyone bring their own deck. I'm interested in expanding out.
I'm interested in buying some more dual decks -- however, I'm especially interested in decks that would be balanced against the KvD decks. That way, I'd be able to either mix and match ("Knights vs Elspeth!"), or try using them in some sort of multiplayer format.
One has to agree, that creature cards power has gone into topgear during the last few years.
Actually, I've gotten the feeling they've been pulling back on power level lately -- yeah, there are the titans (which are on their way out), but I don't really get the impression that SoM or Innistrad have creatures that are generally that much stronger than Ravinca or Time Spiral.
My advice to you is just to drop the subject, and give what kind of deck advice you can and let your friend figure things out on his own. I just don't see this as being worth arguing about, and I doubt you'll change his mind. Give what deck construction advice you can, and let him play the way he wants. Either he'll have fun continuing as he is, in which case there's no need to stage an intervention, or he'll get tired of losing and rethink his position on his own. Possibly suggest he play a format like Pauper, where the playing field will be closer to a level he thinks appropriate.
I assume we are talking about fairly recent cards, here's a list of commons and uncommons after Masques worth more than $1.50:
Honorable mention to the Wurm tokens from SOM (Wurmcoil Engine) which are $2.
While I agree with you on the merits, I think I'd just drop the issue and avoid antagonizing your friend/roommate. Perhaps make a deck to out-ramp him or something.
You know, I think you could come pretty close -- take a look at tournament data for each format, and examine how predictive a player's win record is. The more someone's history can be used to predict future performance, the more skill intensive the format overall.
Yeah, I did this too.
What happens if the 1% sues them? For example -- http://www.watchfreeks.com/view_topic.php?id=4294&forum_id=16
Land destruction is unpopular in general, not just with newer players.
I liked the idea behind Splice a great deal -- it's just that the execution was problematic. If I heard WotC was bringing back Splice, I'd be quite excited!
I agree with this. I hate how fiddly it is, and keeping track of it (for such negligible benefit) sucks. I think it worked best on the cards like Jötun Grunt and Braid of Fire, where it wasn't as much of a downside.
It may be that there will be non-DFC werewolves in AVR.
I'm interested in buying some more dual decks -- however, I'm especially interested in decks that would be balanced against the KvD decks. That way, I'd be able to either mix and match ("Knights vs Elspeth!"), or try using them in some sort of multiplayer format.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Actually, I've gotten the feeling they've been pulling back on power level lately -- yeah, there are the titans (which are on their way out), but I don't really get the impression that SoM or Innistrad have creatures that are generally that much stronger than Ravinca or Time Spiral.
My advice to you is just to drop the subject, and give what kind of deck advice you can and let your friend figure things out on his own. I just don't see this as being worth arguing about, and I doubt you'll change his mind. Give what deck construction advice you can, and let him play the way he wants. Either he'll have fun continuing as he is, in which case there's no need to stage an intervention, or he'll get tired of losing and rethink his position on his own. Possibly suggest he play a format like Pauper, where the playing field will be closer to a level he thinks appropriate.
Out of curiosity, how did you generate that list?