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LadyMapi

LadyMapi

Weird hypothetical question: imagine a format where, at the start of each game, each player got some number of Voucher tokens with "when you cast a spell, you may sacrifice this token instead of paying one of that spell's additional costs". How many Vouchers do you think each player should get? I'm leaning towards three.

(To give an example of what I'm thinking of, you could cast, say, Into the Roil and sacrifice a Voucher to kick it instead of paying an extra {1}{U}, or you could cast Threatening Voice and sacrifice a Voucher instead of discarding a card.)
 
Velrun

Velrun

I would hate that format because it breaks a few ground rules that I consider important:

A voucher can give a discount of 2 mana or 5 mana. Huge difference and this will not create fun games.

One game will maybe have an opponent who uses 0 vouchers against you. Another game will have an opponent use 3 vouchers against you. Not fun. In other words if you win or lose is not up to how well you draft, build and play. It’s also political and out of your hands. Also imagine the statistics after the tournament. Maybe you were the player who had the most vouchers played against you. You won’t win that tournament. It’s too powerful.
 
Humpty_Dumpty

Humpty_Dumpty

Velrun said:
I saw this I thought was funny

“How powerful Bolas will be when he returns.”

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And he is set to return according to Wizards. But oh dear :)
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I don’t get all the references, but is the suggestion that Bolas’s return will connect Universes Beyond to Universes Within? Will he travel to the plane of Middle Earth to pick up the one ring, to the plane of Hyrule to seize the triforce, and so on? Is this the fault of Jace and Loot? Will there be a 4th-wall-breaking Deadpool in the upcoming Marvel set who can defeat Chris Cocks, Hasbro CEO (Legendary Creature — Vampire Villain)?
 
Seeker

Seeker

if they kill off Chris Cocks, I hear Doug Bowser's newly unemployed

(the "Bowser Leaves Nintendo" headlines were too funny to miss)
 
Velrun

Velrun

Humpty_Dumpty said:
I don’t get all the references, but is the suggestion that Bolas’s return will connect Universes Beyond to Universes Within? Will he travel to the plane of Middle Earth to pick up the one ring, to the plane of Hyrule to seize the triforce, and so on? Is this the fault of Jace and Loot? Will there be a 4th-wall-breaking Deadpool in the upcoming Marvel set who can defeat Chris Cocks, Hasbro CEO (Legendary Creature — Vampire Villain)?
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That’s the joke. However the joke doesn’t originate from any official source like MARO or Wizards of the Coast.

However they (Mark Rosewater) have said that Bolas could return and is not eternally bound to his current fate which is a change of scenery since his prison seemed everlasting last we had any reference to it. So they are probably planning for him in a distant future.
 
N0oh

N0oh

For this to be an official picture would require some self-awareness from WoTC. Not to mention the credit on the bottom left (@BDEgameowners). Made me laugh.

They've thrown so much UB at us I have a hard time feeling something for it (or against it, whatever). I mean, I liked Lotr and Final Fantasy a lot, so I can't be angry at people liking something else...

But 7 sets in standard for the year to come. We will be on prerelease day for Lorwyn Eclipsed and discuss spoilers from 3 sets later ? FFS wizard, how are we supposed to even enjoy sets if we don't have time to play them. Imho that's a bigger problem.
 
Seeker

Seeker

N0oh said:
But 7 sets in standard for the year to come. We will be on prerelease day for Lorwyn Eclipsed and discuss spoilers from 3 sets later ? FFS wizard, how are we supposed to even enjoy sets if we don't have time to play them. Imho that's a bigger problem.
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It's weird, because I crave novelty (spoilers good) and I get tired of draft formats easily (new sets good), and even I, the shortest-attention-span man alive, was happy to see FF come back on Arena this past week. Let the sets breathe! Give us time to draft them!
 
Mondschwein

Mondschwein

Seeker said:
It's weird, because I crave novelty (spoilers good) and I get tired of draft formats easily (new sets good), and even I, the shortest-attention-span man alive, was happy to see FF come back on Arena this past week. Let the sets breathe! Give us time to draft them!
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damn son
 
Onderzeeboot

Onderzeeboot

Ecstatic Orb
I've heard good things about Spiderman, actually, with one big caveat: the set is too small, so you get multiples too easily.
 
Seeker

Seeker

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it's happening

the rest of the leaks were already confirmed so we're not surprised but uh, yeah, this is February's set I guess
 
MilesOfficial

MilesOfficial

Onderzeeboot said:
I've heard good things about Spiderman, actually, with one big caveat: the set is too small, so you get multiples too easily.
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I've gotten one game away from getting an invite from the last two weekends of RCQs with Spider-Man sealed. It's fine! It's actually a lot of fun. Drafting it like normal (8-man pods) makes it less miserable. It's comparable to Strixhaven and New Capenna in that there are only 5 archetypes and two of them are useless (the red ones) so everyone is stepping on everyone else's toes. Still, the mechanics are great in action and the heavy hybrid goes a long way to make sure everyone gets some sweet playables. Red can also work just fine in sealed or as a splash from green decks.

I've honestly enjoyed it more than EoE. I feel like I've already "done everything" though since the set is so small and there aren't too many novel build-arounds. But yeah, aesthetically it's only marginally worse than Aetherdrift and I like the individual cards more, so I'm going to say it's not even the worst set of the year, because it's only insulting to what I like about Magic on a meta-textual level instead of on the cards themselves (like Aetherdrift did).
 
Brad

Brad

Thoughts on manlands and other board affecting lands vs newbs?


Does a beginner stand much of a chance to remember that these could spoil their plans? Cards like this are good for my format, but I play with half beginners and don't want a day ruined because they forgot about a blocker from the land section.
 
MilesOfficial

MilesOfficial

Brad said:
Thoughts on manlands and other board affecting lands vs newbs?


Does a beginner stand much of a chance to remember that these could spoil their plans? Cards like this are good for my format, but I play with half beginners and don't want a day ruined because they forgot about a blocker from the land section.
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This is a case where, when you play them, you clearly explain what the card does to newer players and it's (mostly) fine. I mean, I do this for all lands anyways for anyone who's not a regular competitive player.
 
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