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Lucas proposed almost this exact same card a month or two ago, and we had a spirited debate about it over text message. My argument against it at the time was that even blue doesn't get instant speed two-card draw at {U}{U}, as far as I know. For life gain and instant speed, you've got to add a...

Your posts represent only 23% of the total now. That's progress!

So I watched Niki draft and play what looked like a really sweet U/B Tezzeret deck last week in Jason's inaugural online draft, replete with utility pile-supplied artifact lands, and I immediately pledged to try it out in my own cube. What's a good, non-obnoxious finisher for Tezz to dig for...

I need to make green ramp better, are these ideas horrible or just plain dumb Sylvan Caryatid Wall of Roots Overgrown Battlement Utopia Sprawl Wild Growth Fertile Ground Arbor Elf Voyaging Satyr edit: hmmm why mess around maybe it should just be Utopia Sprawl Utopia Sprawl Arbor Elf Arbor Elf

I googled a bit, and it seems like.. it's not easy. Is there any way you could switch to WordPress at this point, or is your blog already established? WordPress offers free hosting, too, and has better plug-in support for both card tooltips and decklists, courtesy of deckbox.org. Of course, if...

Probably going to be out in the afternoon tmw, so won't be birding after all. :( Somebody please record it!

Just change up fifty or sixty cards in your regular cube each week? Your whole philosophy centers around tightly crafted cubes, where every slot has a purpose and none of the cards are just thrown in. Seems like you could achieve what you want by making specific changes via careful design...

Yep, you said it. In some people's minds, a random distribution is the same thing as a uniform distribution. So flipping five coins and having them all land heads must be 'wrong'. People have a very hard time dealing with randomness in general. (Not pointing fingers at any people on here, rather...

It sounded like a bad idea for the long list of reasons you expounded on in the other thread. It sounds even worse now now that you're trying to justify it. Are you ok with people having zero Birthing Pods collectively in one draft? And then having all seven float around the next? Because...

didn't we.. all just rag on the guy who suggested this three weeks ago

Could it even be red? Mindclaw Shaman kind of sets a precedent for stealing instants & sorceries from opponent's hands.

The triple Cenn draw was always a fun one, especially after you added a Goldmane pump or two. "Uh, how big are those things again?"

Before I returned to Magic in 2008, my 4th Edition-era white weenie decks were using Savannah Lions, Order of Leitbur, and Crusade. I couldn't have been more thrilled and pleasantly surprised when I came back to discover that white weenie was being pushed as hard as it was - and has ever been...

Man, you said it. I remember Bloodbraid Elf into Blightning - and the cascade mechanic in general - being an unviable strategy, even though the mana base could more than support it, because the power level of all of the decks was so high. I played Standard for another year and a half after...

Yeah, from what I understand, the keywords were manageable. It was more that there were plenty of creatures granting universal buffs, creatures with activated abilities that scaled, and creatures that affected combat math, among other things.

Same here. I know Lorwyn is kind of universally disliked by most of the Magic playing populace, but count me as one of its ardent supporters. I had a ton of fun playing the Lorwyn / Shards Standard format, which, while it was mostly remembered for the dominance of Faeries and various Reflecting...

Goldmeadow Stalwart Knight of Meadowgrain Wizened Cenn Treefolk Harbinger Dauntless Dourbark Timber Protector Flamekin Harbinger Smokebraider Horde of Notions Hada Freeblade Akoum Battlesinger Bloodbraid Elf Hey, what can I say. I'm a Timmy who loves me a good linear theme.

In the ramp category: Joraga Treespeaker Noble Hierarch Wall of Roots In the value category: Eternal Witness Garruk Wildspeaker And in the finisher category: Polukranos, World Eater Wolfir Silverheart Primeval Titan Avenger of Zendikar Bonus awesome multicolour green cards...

No, I think that's actually fantastic. Especially in aggro decks! Those decks can sometimes deal with mana screw, by virtue of having low mana costs across the board, but mana flood in the mid or late game is brutal when you're trying to deal those last five points of damage.

I see your angel and raise you a Tromokratis