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  1. TrainmasterGT

    General CBS

    There is so much wrong with these three sentences it makes my head hurt. First, just because you're playing a linear deck doesn't mean that the whole game is linear. There are tons of Magic decks where decision making is front and center. My favorite example of this is Death and Taxes in...
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    Sets [ELD] Throne of Eldraine

    Would anyone be upset if I made a new Throne of Eldraine spoiler thread when we get some previews? The set code is ELD and it really bothers me that ours is tagged as [TOE]
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    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Ghoultree Any thoughts on this guy? He looks like a fun reanimator target that dredge decks can also just hardcast. He also has surprisingly relevant creature types.
  4. TrainmasterGT

    General CBS

    I mean, the first part of the statement sounds like magic, but not anything regarding the design. Unless you're playing a really bad starter deck, Magic games are not on auto-pilot. Even super linear strategies like Boros burn in modern have more options and more complexity than most Hearthstone...
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    General Speculation-Thread

    So, Throne of Eldrane is right around the corner, and I would like to predict the color of the new Planeswalker Oko: Here's his story description ripped from the MTGS wiki: So that's... interesting. In addition... So... he turns Garruk into his dog??!! That seems really, really cool. So...
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    General CBS

    Hipsters of the Coast has only marginally more journalistic integrity than Unsleeved Media did back when he was terrorizing the Magic community. The opinions argued on that site shouldn't be given much weight. As for Owen Turtenwald... Who cares? He's not even playing Magic again. Obviously...
  7. TrainmasterGT

    General CBS

    I think we need to subscribe to the Hank Green philosophy and run our potential names in front of a focus group of 12-year olds so that they can come up with all the worst insults for us. Actually, there's a lot of good naming tips in here.
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    The Magic Crumble Pie

    Backdraft Hellkite looks really fun. Fledgling Dragon looks like the type of card that players would ignore because it looks weak without considering the other synergies in the cube. I almost suggested Territorial Hellkite, but he hits really hard and has haste. He might be a little too...
  9. TrainmasterGT

    General CBS

    Ok, even excusing the fact that in current American culture naming a boy Anne would probably get them bullied at school, it's still not something I'd want to name my hypothetical kid regardless of gender. Like, it's not a bad name, but it's pretty basic. I'm a big fan of the name Scarlett for...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Zurgo Bellstriker is actually kind of sweet. I completely forgot this card existed.
  11. TrainmasterGT

    General CBS

    Yeah... If I named my theoretical son Anne or Thijmen, he'd get bullied. I think we should all just agree that all boys names are terrible except for...
  12. TrainmasterGT

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    The body isn't good, but I think this card is more of a combo-engine enabler than a generic value creature. You can get a lot of value out of this guy if you build your deck around him.
  13. TrainmasterGT

    General CBS

    Why would I tag Brushwagg when I was clearly trying to talk about Elspeth? Like Daan, Bram, and Sem? Those are only marginally better than Larry...
  14. TrainmasterGT

    The Magic Crumble Pie

    They're definitely both cards that have terrific ceilings. It's just that the floor on them is kind of meh. Unless I were in a very specific deck, I'd probably want a Thunderbreak Regent before needletooth or hound unless I already had a shell to make them work.
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    That's ultimately the problem with control magic effects. 4-5 mana is too cheap of a cost to steal something, 6+ mana is usually too late in the game to be really impactful. There's no good middle ground cost wise... ...hence why I Lay Claim. The cycling fixes the issue of having a dead card...
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    The Magic Crumble Pie

    I'm a big fan of Thunderbreak Regent, although it would probably be your second best red 4 in a way which is not favorable towards the bottom two. I like it as a burn finisher a lot though. Keiga seems like she could be very annoying. I'm a bigger fan of Icefall Regent for my blue dragon, since...
  17. TrainmasterGT

    General CBS

    I actually don't hate Jace as a boy's name. Side tangent- Boys names usually either suck or shorten to something that sucks. Why would I want to name my kid Lawrence if everyone is going to call him "Larry?" I guess you could go with the "Italian Option" and call your kid Lorenzo (or the...
  18. TrainmasterGT

    The Magic Crumble Pie

    This is looking really good so far!! I would recommend adding a couple more dragons to the cube to facilitate Sarkhan Unbroken a little bit better. Right now, you're only running 4 dragons, 2 of which are not in the Temur shard. That works for Kaalia, Zenith Seeker (especially since she can...
  19. TrainmasterGT

    General CBS

    I just started another semester at College today and one of my classmates is named Elspeth.
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    It isn't against aggro but it is against midrange. The cycling is for matchups where 7 Mana is too much.
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