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  1. Chris Taylor

    GBS

    Yeah I kinda went hog wild yesterday :P It works. This shit is fun, like any other hobby you share with awesome people. Though I may find myself regretting this if I can't finish that literature review...
  2. Chris Taylor

    General What are the failings of the MTG cardpool?

    Green doesn't have any way of interacting on the board unless it's already winning (Prey Upon) Fucking every black creature ever can't block OR loses you life or both Everything white does other than creatures/removal/walkers is HORRIBLE (Slight exception a few combat tricks, but a narrow set at...
  3. Chris Taylor

    Card/Deck Making Delver Work

    That's what I'm saying, I think the article needs an update for modern times, maybe to be a bit less instructional and a bit more theoretical. The current WotC crop of 3+ toughness 2 drops which attack well is....5 cards (Aquamoeba, Incursion Specialist, Frilled Occulus, Frostburn Weird, and...
  4. Chris Taylor

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    How about you comment on the articles themselves? Stirring up discussion from the non-lab folk would probably go well to getting us to think differently about them anyways. The actual article isn't being edited to have your critique, is it, it's separate? Man autocorrect is hilarious :P...
  5. Chris Taylor

    The Dandy Cube (Chris Taylor's Cube)

    I've never had much success with X counters, they always seem so flimsy. I don't think I'm going for another cancel variant, since I'm removing forbid for one of these, and not because it was opressive :P
  6. Chris Taylor

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    Post them all at once Jason. It gives a big advantage to those who have been up longer, since they get more traffic time, which won't affect votes till the very end, but it will give them the most time to be discussed. I can't start working on my article till friday :( Ah well, I think the...
  7. Chris Taylor

    General CBS

    Eh, not so much. Phasing works that they get it back on their turn, so even if the enchantment phased out every damn permanent they own it still isn't actually killing anything (Other than tokens) It doesn't seem that great since if you don't want their biggest guys blocking, you need to have...
  8. Chris Taylor

    General Print this Wizards! (So I can put it in my cube)

    Alright, I can head up the "Tearing People's Dreams Down" committee :D Also I wanna go on record here: I think one of the major problems with Ali/Justin's custom cube is they departed too far from what we know as magic. Last I checked there was a :g: 3/1 with no drawback, and if that card is a...
  9. Chris Taylor

    The Dandy Cube (Chris Taylor's Cube)

    The "unless 1" counters are less reliable here, since the curves are less tight and the games are longer due to the increased cube size. You see a lot more turn 3 2 drops and turn 4 3 drops then you might in your cube jason :p Still good, but I want something a little more universal
  10. Chris Taylor

    The Dandy Cube (Chris Taylor's Cube)

    Well, probably not. Counterspell isn't going anywhere, and I'm not counting remand/memory lapse for this experiment since they don't actually deal with a threat, just delay it; it more like a bounce spell than a counterspell. It's also possible my cubetutor is out of date, I'll try and fix...
  11. Chris Taylor

    General Print this Wizards! (So I can put it in my cube)

    Don't look at me man, I hate set design :P I've been trying for as long as I've been creating cards to zero in on exactly what makes a balanced card, and when we can deviate from that, since it's a skill a LOT of card designers lack. That narrow focus really doesn't translate well to the macro
  12. Chris Taylor

    General Print this Wizards! (So I can put it in my cube)

    Then you get my cube :P
  13. Chris Taylor

    CML's Cube (405, polychromatic)

    You know we are also focusing the section in addition to adding the tempo blue thing, right? Those cuts for Consecrated Sphinx weren't for nothing you know :P Also, having taken a good look at those changes, why is the roman leaving? He's sweet, and in this deck too! Glad your cutting scute...
  14. Chris Taylor

    Card/Deck Making Delver Work

    I think my current plan is 3 power fliers which can block (Sorry Rishadan Airship), 2 cost walls which don't suck at attacking (Frostburn Weird, Aquamoeba) and Cloudfin Raptors. I'm pulling the rest together at the moment, but I might be able to make a full primer out of this. Someone oughta...
  15. Chris Taylor

    General Print this Wizards! (So I can put it in my cube)

    Eh, even if we could I'm not sure I'd want to. Coming up with entire sets is hard, ESPECIALLY entire cube sets. (No unplayables) Making archetypes feel wholly new is insanely hard, and balancing cards against each other just makes my head spin.
  16. Chris Taylor

    The Dandy Cube (Chris Taylor's Cube)

    So I've decied I want a few more counters in prep for the tempo patch I'm working on, since at the moment I only have mana leak and miscalculation. Can anyone give me a compelling argument for or against any of these? Probably Bad: Arcane Denial Spell Rupture Spell Syphon Unified Will...
  17. Chris Taylor

    Card/Deck Making Delver Work

    Man, early magic sucked :P
  18. Chris Taylor

    Card/Deck Making Delver Work

    Goblins of the Flarg was played because he got pumped by your king, and enabled goblin grenade, nothing else. HE WAS ALL THEY HAD MAN Cursecatcher is played in legacy because sometimes you lose if you don't have force spike, and he gets pumped by your million kings. Stormkirk Noble and Champion...
  19. Chris Taylor

    General Print this Wizards! (So I can put it in my cube)

    Cards: Snapdragon :1::u: Flying :u::~ gets +1/-1 until end of turn 1/3 Order of Fate :1::w: First Strike Players search libraries at random (If a player would search for a mountain, shuffle the library and reveal cards from the top until they reveal a mountain) 2/1 I think it works guys :D
  20. Chris Taylor

    Card/Deck Black 2 drops

    He is unblockable though, so I think I'll try him out. Skeleton: Another card I wish had 2 power. More things need the piker treatment :P
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