WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Yeah. And Burn eats it for lunch when it starts to rise up and they start adding Pyroclasm back to the sideboard.
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Magic: the Gathering - Battle for Zendikar |OT| Lands matter (but nothing else does)
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Yeah. And Burn eats it for lunch when it starts to rise up and they start adding Pyroclasm back to the sideboard.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I got banned from the magic channel because i asked if we could get a hot host for some Manservice
At least you died doing what you love.
SigmasonicX
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It was a shame seeing that Eldrazi Ramp deck lose to LSV's Dark Jeskai.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I have to admit this Standard kind of sucks.
SigmasonicX
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Reserved List has changed to now only include Jace cards.
SigmasonicX
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They showed the white feather again, but now it's being soaked in blood. Definitely means something about the next block.
SigmasonicX
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It isn't strictly better, because you can't force your opponent to draw three to mill them /s
Infinite Stars
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phazedplasma
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aw man
modern allies 6-0 in scg
must resist urge to 3/4 build another modern deck
modern allies 6-0 in scg
must resist urge to 3/4 build another modern deck
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
People not figuring out the interaction between Deceiver Exarch/Splinter Twin and Auriok Champion is pretty funny.
This article is beautiful: http://themeadery.org/b/The_MTG_Hob...-pre-post-and-mid-game-social-interactions-1/
That looked a looooot like an Innistrad thing (bloody angel feather in front of a dark church looking thing) but two Returns in a row seems unlikely. So the MM slot this year is obviously Innistrad flashback reprint.
SigmasonicX
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I hope it isn't Return to Innistrad already.
Anyway, Narset Transcendent is surprisingly good against creature-light decks.
As for that article, the most important part,
Anyway, Narset Transcendent is surprisingly good against creature-light decks.
As for that article, the most important part,
They're not stretching to play him, they're stretching for extra colors and the "good stuff" that allows you to play. The fact that you can stretch Mardu, Jeskai, and Abzan all into a fourth or fifth color means he's playable in every deck in the format. Unless Mono-White or BW tokens become the dominant deck(s) in the format he's already seeing the broadest use he's ever going to see now and he only has one direction to go as far as usage goes. Gideon isn't likely to see the highs that JVP has seen for a variety of reasons.
That was obvious very quickly.
God, I get angry when I watch people play affinity sometimes
On the SCG Stream, some guy kept a hand of Mox, Jar, Memnite, Vault Skirge, Negate, and 2 lands on the draw in the mirror. He got bailed out by drawing Ancient Gurdge like 3 turns later, but it infuriates me to see someone have such a terrible keep
On the SCG Stream, some guy kept a hand of Mox, Jar, Memnite, Vault Skirge, Negate, and 2 lands on the draw in the mirror. He got bailed out by drawing Ancient Gurdge like 3 turns later, but it infuriates me to see someone have such a terrible keep
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Return to Innistrad!!!
Shadows Over Innistrad, was it April or May?
Shadows Over Innistrad, was it April or May?
Infinite Stars
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Shadows over Innistrad is the spring set!
SigmasonicX
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Shadows Over Innistrad announced. Rather surprised if Liliana appears in that block, since I was sure that she was going off to fight her next demon, and she already killed Griselbrand.
Maybe Sorin's story is receiving development first. I guess this does mean that Avacyn is Nahiri, if that's the case.
Maybe Sorin's story is receiving development first. I guess this does mean that Avacyn is Nahiri, if that's the case.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
why a return set after a return set so dumb
Yeah just saw that on stream. Feels way too soon IMO. Also a return after a return feels weird. Battle for Zendikar as a limited format pales in comparison to Rise of the Eldrazi. I'm expecting them to similarly drop the ball for Shadows over Innistrad limited as well
SigmasonicX
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I was thinking that Jace would be a bit weaker with delve rotating out and the graveyard mattering less, but I guess not.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Video is up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm8CdY75K-s
Back to back return does feel weird though. Like they are out of creative ideas and need more time. Now reprint that Snapcaster and watch Standard get even worse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm8CdY75K-s
Back to back return does feel weird though. Like they are out of creative ideas and need more time. Now reprint that Snapcaster and watch Standard get even worse.
They have plenty of planes they clearly have ideas for. The more european fairy tale esque take (although a return to innistrad could touch on this) Shandalar, Kaladesh, the Viking plane we've seen in other cards, the arabian plane- I think they honestly believe (and I guess the surveys might back this up) that players want these returns.
Innistrad is maybe my favorite set of all time, but I'm disappointed by this announcement. Whenever they revisit planes, they seem to try to recapture the same mechanical bent they had originally, and it hasn't worked out yet once.
Innistrad is maybe my favorite set of all time, but I'm disappointed by this announcement. Whenever they revisit planes, they seem to try to recapture the same mechanical bent they had originally, and it hasn't worked out yet once.
Snapcaster and Liliana of the Viel legit do need to be reprinted badly though. I just assume WOTC doesn't want to put them through standard again but next summer is too soon for MM3. I wonder what they are going to do about that.
I consider Scars of Mirrodin block to be MUCH better than the original Mirrodin block. So they can do it right - it just seems they've whiffed more than they've hit.
I consider Scars of Mirrodin block to be MUCH better than the original Mirrodin block. So they can do it right - it just seems they've whiffed more than they've hit.
charlequin
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The chance of them reprinting Liliana of the Veil is like 0 I imagine given Maro explicitly saying as much.
I would consider that more a testament to how broke the original Mirrodin was that a success on the part of Scars
It's probably the best return block, though; that much is true.
SigmasonicX
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Huh? Where have they shown that?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Eh, back to back returns is weird but I do like Innistrad, looking forward to that
They've said so. She's the only Origins walker not in BFZ block.
I'd be surprised if she wasn't included. They were going to put her in M15, but realized that having Thoughtsieze and Lili legal simultaneously was real dumb.
I'd be shocked to see Snapcaster though. It just got a promo and is clearly too strong for Standard.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Mirrodin was the block I really got invested into magic so it'll always have a special place for me so it's always gonna have a special place in my heart.
Scars not so much, especially since the lore was so unresolved compared to the original. And no Bruenna a 2nd time.
There's a chance. They think she's too good, but she badly needs a reprint. And Jace is clearly even stupider than she ever would be.
shrapnelmagnet
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The Technomancer
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Scars was better than Mirrodin
RTR was better than the worst parts of Ravnica but worse than the best parts of Ravnica so I consider it a wash
BFZ seems worse then Zendikar
That's not the worst track record, but it is a worrying trend
RTR was better than the worst parts of Ravnica but worse than the best parts of Ravnica so I consider it a wash
BFZ seems worse then Zendikar
That's not the worst track record, but it is a worrying trend
SigmasonicX
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Wouldn't having both Jace and Liliana of the Veil be doubly dumb, though?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
There isn't even a good reason for Liliana to be on Innistrad
Not really. There's synergy, but hardly what I would imagine is a busted one.
The chance of them just doing a reprint for the face planeswalker doesn't seem terribly high to me though.
Not really. There's synergy, but hardly what I would imagine is a busted one.
The chance of them just doing a reprint for the face planeswalker doesn't seem terribly high to me though.
charlequin
Banned
Players do want them. WotC know they need to keep sales up as much as possible to keep Hasbro off their backs and a familiar and popular setting, like a popular theme, is a good way to do that.
I'm not particularly concerned about two returns on a row, they have plenty of possibilities for original blocks and it's been obvious since SoM that they were going to aim for a 50/50 split between new and old planes. In order for that to work with things like two originals in a row (Theros --> Tarkir) there needs to also be times with two consecutive returns.
The thing that does seem weird to me is how this fits with the seven year plan. When Rosewater pitched it, it had Innistrad as the first year; this block would be the sixth. INN was supposed to be a risky and experimental block so there's no way it had a planned sequel in the same plan.
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