FieryBalrog
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This is one reason why cards like Ponder and Preordain are so ridiculously good. Also why control decks love to run cards like Deep Analysis or Thirst for Knowledge on top of that. They really want to hit those land drops.
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This is one reason why cards like Ponder and Preordain are so ridiculously good. Also why control decks love to run cards like Deep Analysis or Thirst for Knowledge on top of that. They really want to hit those land drops.
Or hell, with planeswalkers.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
No retreat. No surrender.
One of my favorite interactions in my Green/Black ramp deck. I miss that card.
FieryBalrog
Member
Do you play Standard? You can still play her in other formats.
fifasnipe2224
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Zaraki_Kenpachi
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More like wait until you play with zombies. UGH.
I thought cubes were max of one of each card?
I took the deck apart a bit to build commander decks and/or other, now standard decks. I miss that deck though.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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She only sucked because of the clones that were running around, otherwise she was ridiculous. She was really good in my B/U/G Tezz deck but once people started going heavy blue and having both phantasmal image and phyrexian metamorph she was kind of pointless (like pretty much all legends) but other than that she was absurd.
Switftlame
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Magicgaf who here's going to Seattle for the scg open if so what will you be playing.
I will be playing 4 colour reanimator
I will be playing 4 colour reanimator
fifasnipe2224
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I never heard that before. Even if that was a thing... I think this Cube would work our just fine.
I've never seen a cube that had duplicate cards in it. It kind of defeats the purpose of cube, which is playing with all these different cards from different eras and sets, and creating a limited enviorment that still works
I ran metamorph in almost every deck I had when it was standard legal
Owlowiscious
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Literal Cubes are singleton: one copy of a card allowed.
But feel free to make a cube with more than one copy of something. Who cares. My "cubes" were the current set, 2 of each common, 1 of each uncommon, to practice drafting that set.
But feel free to make a cube with more than one copy of something. Who cares. My "cubes" were the current set, 2 of each common, 1 of each uncommon, to practice drafting that set.
I've seen the Planechase mode on Magic 2013 iOS, I haven't tried it yet though - is that similar?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Not really. Planeswalkers are a whole new card type that's played in normal Magic. Planechase is a special variant mode that involves alternate cards.
robotzombie
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Okay, two quick questions:
1. If you are playing two vs two, and a card says deals 2 damage to each opponent, does that mean 4 total damage to the enemy team? Or only 2 because they share a health pool?
2. If I have Guttersnipe on the field (deal 2 damage to each opponent whenever you cast an instant or sorcery), and I use Nivix Guildmage to copy an instant spell, will Guttersnipe trigger twice and do double damage? Or is the copy not considered another instant spell?
1. If you are playing two vs two, and a card says deals 2 damage to each opponent, does that mean 4 total damage to the enemy team? Or only 2 because they share a health pool?
2. If I have Guttersnipe on the field (deal 2 damage to each opponent whenever you cast an instant or sorcery), and I use Nivix Guildmage to copy an instant spell, will Guttersnipe trigger twice and do double damage? Or is the copy not considered another instant spell?
divisionbyzorro
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1) You deal 2 to each opponent, thus 4 to the team.
2. No. The copy was not "cast."
robotzombie
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Okay, new one:
Playing two on two: Can I cast Angelic Benediction (a general Enchantment) on my teammate instead of myself?
Playing two on two: Can I cast Angelic Benediction (a general Enchantment) on my teammate instead of myself?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Same, and that with image and good blue decks made all the legends pretty much suck. It was rare someone didn't have a good answer to glissa, before that though she was pretty beastly.
divisionbyzorro
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No. It doesn't enchant a player; it just comes in under your control.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
But there are a few enchantments that specifically target players, like Paradox Haze or the Curses
Just FYI
Well, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Niv is supermad that he isn't a planeswalker. Ripping a whole between the planes could easily be his plan.
Right, but that is Yawgmoth's origin story too. Unless they're retelling the Thran story on Ravnica, it doesn't make sense to go in that direction for Niv's character.
A power mad Niv WOULD be totally sick though.
A power mad Niv WOULD be totally sick though.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Memnarch as well...
Eh, I could see them doing it despite the Yawgmoth thing because of the kind of creative reboot the game has recieved, I don't think they're worried about old lore that much.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
One thing I actually really respect about Magic's storyline is that they killed Urza off. For good. Without any kind of hint at even a trace of a possibility that they're ever going to bring him back. Sometimes characters die, and sometimes stories just end, without being brought back or rebooted or retconned into oblivion
divisionbyzorro
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I have this theory that we'll see "Maze" lands in DM that get "unlocked" by Gates:
Dune-Brood Maze - Land
{T}: Add (1) to your mana pool
{T}: Add (B), (R), (G) or (W) to your mana pool. Activate this ability only if you control a Gate.
I also expect to see creatures with "Gatewalk" in Gatecrash.
narcosis219
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You mean Gatecrash *badumtish*
I admit, I loled.
3:30 AM, can't sleep, dream up stupid cards instead. You know those silly over costed red cards WOTC likes to make? I decided to make a cycle of them.
Promises Betrayed
RRRRRRR
Sorcery - World
Starting with you, each player gains control of the following player during his or her turns for the rest of the game.
If Promises Betrayed is in your hand on your first turn of the game, you may play it without paying its mana cost.
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Moments Regained
UUUUUUU
Sorcery - World
For the rest of the game, whenever a player ends a turn, every other player takes an additional turn after his or her next turn.
If Moments Regained is in your hand on your first turn of the game, you may play it without paying its mana cost.
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Wishes Fulfilled
BBBBBBB
Sorcery - World
For the rest of the game, whenever a player would draw a card, that player may instead search his or her library for a card and put it into his or her hand. Then that player shuffles his or her library.
If Wishes Fulfilled is in your hand on your first turn of the game, you may play it without paying its mana cost.
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Essence Unleashed
GGGGGGG
Sorcery - World
For the rest of the game, whenever a player casts a spell, each other player may put a creature, enchantment, artifact or land from his or her hand onto the battlefield.
If Essence Unleashed is in your hand on your first turn of the game, you may play it without paying its mana cost.
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Balance Preserved
WWWWWWW
Sorcery - World
For the rest of the game, at the end of every player's turn, each player's life total becomes the greatest life total among all players.
If Balance Preserved is in your hand on your first turn of the game, you may play it without paying its mana cost.
Owlowiscious
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What if they typo'd on Dragon's Maize and Niv-Mizzet just wants to give everyone delicious corn?
I thought that was Venser's story -- he couldn't actually PW but he had a device that could? Or something?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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I thought he had both? I know he had the device but I'm pretty sure he had a spark, didn't he give it to Karn or something during mirrodin?
fifasnipe2224
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Ok, new Cube idea: 3 x Common, 2x Uncommon, and 1 x Rare / Mythic. This way I can increase the number of cards, rarity still means something, and gives you a real life draft experience.
Is that what happened? It's hard to keep track of these things when they don't put books out.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I'm pretty sure Venser had a spark and he gave it to Karn. That one did piss me off. You're going to bring back Venser just to kill him off in the same block?
captainblye
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That could be fun.
In our playgroup, we limit decks to M12 and beyond, with 4 x commons, 2x uncommons...1 x Rares (max of 4), 1 Mythic, and 2 rare lands (1xeach).
It helps keep the budget down, and makes for a nice variety of decks...and actually makes even janky rares fun/useful.
This. If they are only going to give him one card, at least they nailed it. Kinda cool interaction when he blinks Shaper Savant.
His device could planeswalk, but for the purposes of the narrative, it mostly served to awaken his latent planeswalking potential.
I forget the details, but I know Venser had the same kind of spark as Radha and the new planeswalkers, there was a memorable moment where he gets all pissy when he learns that he spent his life on the planeswalking machine when he could do it all along.
Also during TSP, the multiverse was all kinds of fucked up (apparently), if WOTC wanted to, they could retcon that planeswalking without the spark in a normalized multiverse is now impossible.
Sucks to be New Phyerxia if that's the case though, unless we get some Phyerxian planeswalkers.
(This convo is hella Vorthos)
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