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  1. TrainmasterGT

    General Rehabilitating Parasites

    I have not, but I think this sounds like a good idea. They basically did that in Guilds of Ravnica (when Surveil debuted), so they could get the density they needed for "Surveil matters" as a draft/casual constructed theme. Because Surveil was in the set, no cards with scry were printed.
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    General Rehabilitating Parasites

    Man imagine if this card's last ability was somewhere between Eye Gouge and Cut Down... I'd love that.
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    General (BRO) The Brother's War Spoilers

    MaRo confirms Brother's War will be a good set.
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    Velrun’s List of TV Shows Everyone Should Watch

    HOTD is based on the book "Fire and Blood," so the showrunners won't have to create any portions of the story. They will just have to adapt the rest of the book. I think Game of Throne's downfall was that the last two or three books in the series weren't written when the show was being finished...
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    General (M30) M30 Previews / Spoilers

    Good, we're on the same page! I think WOTC was doing this from like 2015-2018 when they were really going hard on lowering the power level and complexity of Standard sets, and only providing reprints established players wanted in what eventually became the bi-yearly(!) Master's sets. This...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Yes and I'm convinced it's not as fun or powerful as other options.
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    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    I mean if it can consistently be 2-mana divination it's pretty good. I'd play it in a low-power environment where it's always "turned on" for sure.
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    General (M30) M30 Previews / Spoilers

    I think Minecraft's free updates are part of what drives further sales for them, though. According to this source (which is roughly equivalent to other information I've found on the topic but this one has the best chart), Minecraft sells about 25 million copies per year, plus or minus around 5...
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    General (M30) M30 Previews / Spoilers

    I would be surprised if this particular card costs $30 given the fact that it's going to be a common and the normal version can be acquired for as low as 8 cents currently. Even the Beta version is "only" $20. I don't think anyone could charge that much for a card no one cares about that isn't...
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    General Fight Club

    I've been playing both of these lately, and I think channeler is both cooler and better. Easy Huntmaster. It's a cooler, more iconic, and more powerful card that your drafters are more likely to recognize. It is harder to deal with 1 for 1 and still provides value even when you aren't doing...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Anthony Mattox plays multiple copies of Prismatic Vista in his Regular Cube. They just did an entire episode talking about it on Lucky Paper Radio, and they spoke highly of the multiple Prismatic Vistas.
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    General CBS

    You're definitely correct in saying there is a lot of money to be made in making uber-expensive collector products like this. That's why things like collector boosters exist: they can charge more for a pack that costs about the same amount to produce as a normal draft booster. The problem is...
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    General (BRO) The Brother's War Spoilers

    I like how these two cards come together to form something really cool. I don't like how they have to survive on the board for multiple turns in order to meld, but when they combine you basically get to win the game, so it balances out. Phyrexian Dragon Engine is a really cool design, although...
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    General CBS

    But that's exactly my point: Who is going to buy these cards other than people trying to speculate with them? The last time WOTC did an insanely overpriced product with a ridiculously low number of cards with the Double Masters VIP edition, they rotted on the shelves until stores started cutting...
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    General CBS

    I kind of feel like the type of person who would spend $1000 on a pack of proxies probably has enough money where getting a Lord of the Pit instead of a Black Lotus isn't a particularly big blow on their financial situation, assuming they even open the packs in the first place. This product...
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    General (M30) M30 Previews / Spoilers

    I cant believe you didn't mention this card: It can both attack AND block in the same turn cycle! Absolutely broken!
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    General Ever feel like bounce > flicker?

    I think if the bounce is stapled to another card or is coming free as part of an ETB, or enabling another effect it can be cool, but I can't imagine a format where players would want to actively cast unsummon on their own things just to re-buy an ETB. Most of the time when I see people...
  18. TrainmasterGT

    Mordor's Cube (The Ship of Theseus)

    I agree. I always draft my Cube with as much of the card pool as possible, even when there aren't enough players to fill out the entire draft pod normally. In these events, players are given a wealth of cards to play, but they don't necessarily play anything offbeat because the normal strategies...
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    Mordor's Cube (The Ship of Theseus)

    I wonder if the reason why changing the card pool is having a smaller effect on gameplay patterns than one might expect given the number of cards changed is because of the tight-ish power band of this environment coupled with the high interchangeability of many of the parts. At this point, I...
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