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Exactly this. Ask the majority of people what their least favorite things to have happen to them are, and I can bet that "land Destruction" makes the list somewhere. Keeping a land tapped is Land Destruction, and the Ult is obvious. Exile > Destroy, just sayin WHY. Seriously, why? Is there...

An interesting take on Ajani and Nahiri. I could just make a list back, but there's no point really. One example "Nahiri -2 is potentially stronger, but also potentially weaker blah blah blahb" or "if you only have one creature Ajani's plus isn't very fair blahblabhla". But, You've made your...

Nahiri's ulitmate does seem to have some color issues, but the other two abilities are solidly in RW. She might have more loyalty than Ajani V, but he can protect himself right off the bat with a keep-tapped without going to 2 loyalty. His minus is most likely a better removal spell than...

Ajani is too good for most cubes around here, imo. Nahiri being weaker but way more interesting (imo) is all upside. Now she falls in the power range I need, and she supports things that aren't as well supported already as "RW aggro" and "RWx control".

That makes more sense said that way. So: Landfall - Gain 2 life (reminder text wheee)

The only blue card in all of mtg like that. Probably only allowed because the card is actually called "Guile". Like, white Akroma has haste, but that doesn't make Haste in white's color pie. underworld cerberus is the in-color implementation of this. I guess I'm stuck on even giving evasion to...

Effectively the exact same power problem as Magister of Worth, but no voting and exile. It's too bad cause these self-enclosed wipe-angels are really cool in theory.

His argument seems to be: 1) I personally don't think flavor needs to be spelled out explicitly. And gives examples of creatures with "devour flavor" that don't use Devour. Also posits that Exploit can be flavored with art and name. 2) Some keywords can be spelled out. Here's two examples of...

Menace is the break. Only Red, Green and Black get that.

Like seeing that Experiment Two has some new polish :). I'd put Evolve at the end, but eh. Thresher weird is a color pie break, but only if you follow mean ol' WotC, so what do I know. On the other hand, it's a perfect example of why keywords are awesome. Without "Menace" as a word, it'd have to...

Some other stuff spoiled too, including a Final Judgment 2: the Angeling. And this: I think Mortify found it's exit in my cube. Anguished Unmaking was exactly what Utter End needed to be to be awesome imo. 3 is so much more flexible in usage than 4, and the downside isn't horrendous. Nahiri...

Exactly what Onder said! Can't agree more with him. Even landfall. It takes up an important space, giving the linguistic and mental link between lands etb to do thinks, the zendikari forces, etc. Keywords aren't for saving space on cards specifically, but that is one important role they play...

You don't have to like mechanic words, and that's totally fine. And my argument doesn't actually care either way because I'm talking about relative flavor. I'm comparing the mechanic words to the Kicker word. What's the flavor of kicker? Is that telling the large number of people that do use...

I'd agree that a lot of abilities could be templated as kicker, but almost zero of them would maintain their flavor, or be as clean as they are with their own keywords. Also a lot of functionality is different when you actually use kicker. Devour is an "as etb" ability, kicker is on cast so your...

Isn't green more in tune with "this is what nature and my visions tell me"? Green card draw is very shamanistic and in tune with the natural. White's draw is spot on imo :p. "hmm. maybe the blacksmith will know what this is"

Almost all the stores I've played at have done promos to top two, and 2 to two completely random other people. Nice little incentive, as Eric said, to new people or people who had a bad day.

My current LGS cuts to top 4, even with crowds easily as big as 16-24. I do wish some times they'd cut to top 8 more, but I'm not the TO so it is what it is. Your prize support method sure is an interesting way to do it. Sounds like how me and my buddies used to split boxes once we had drafted...

Doesn't sound very phyrexian to me, honestly. Beyond the obvious corruption the angels are facing, phyrexians turn metal organic, they don't just twist it and "bend it impossibly" or whatever. I hope the fact that artifacts are supported incidentally means something slightly more far-reaching...

I mean, this is Avacyn we're talking about. She prolly does great works all the time! Just her definition of "great" has... changed a little bit

yeah it is. I guess it's ok because theirs is a special event "The Great Work" proper nouns etc. while Avacyn's is just a plain ol' great work. :p