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I think you've identified the main ones, but I also think Balance is stronger than you give it credit for. A two-mana wrath is super valuable. Cards from that list I don't run: Treachery (but only because I wanted to try Vedalken Shackles) Balance Wurmcoil Engine Elspeth, Knight Errant Maze of...

Well, I meant in terms of cube. Even if there are more players in one color (blue), it's very well possible to have archetypes that are so weak they are beyond the range of self-correction. If the self-correction was stronger there wouldn't be years worth of articles about <insert archetpe>...

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Ah, yeah, I didn't really think about MTGO. I mean, I knew, because everybody has been tweeting about phantom drafts, but in my mind I was still thinking about the comments from people who say "I signed up for one of my stores two MM drafts!"

Starcraft is a really good example of game design. Anyone can see Starcraft and immediately know that the goal of design is not to power max. It's to put the power in interesting places. The main challenge of designing something like Starcraft is to create the most enjoyable gameplay you can...

My theory is that most people won't evaluate MM critically, as the limited supply means that many people won't be able to draft it enough to get beyond the novelty.

That's a lot to digest, and I read it all, but I don't really know that I can engage all of it. I do wonder about this line though: I think criticism is extremely helpful, especially to those who can take it. But I think it's important to be able to filter out what criticism is helpful and...

I think part of the problem is that Lena Dunham is so prolific at such a young age that she gets a great deal of criticism. I'm glad she's done the work she has, and even with flaws, I'm usually glad to have consumed it. I don't know if your reaction is more to her work or more to the articles...

Yeah, I've been meaning to write an article around this general topic for a long time. Design is much more about making sure the strong things are fun than making sure the strong things are balanced. Balance is relatively easy to achieve. The entire sword conversation kind of misses the point...

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Yeah, I'll continue to watch Girls, as it's pretty much tailor-made for my demographic, but I wasn't super thrilled with Season 2. Also, I try not to criticize her directly as it only emphasizes the fact that she is three months younger than me and has done much much more in life than I likely...

I would much rather them downgrade some uncommon lands to common rarity.

Good point Eric. I hadn't checked back to see how my comment was doing.

Ah, delayed triggers again! Also this still feels a bit color bleedy (black). I like the sorceries that make creatures fight, but this version feels a little clunky and not like an actual card. I could maybe see a fight sorcery with a (creature) regrowth stapled to it, though.

Feel free to look at the block that had suspend and storm cards. This isn't really a new phenomenon.

The biggest point against Exploding Borders is that it is a gold card. The second issue is that I don't know if this is really the effect those sorts of decks are looking for. Damage to the player isn't that important to a ramp deck. It's mostly a really expensive rampant growth. If it could...

Well my current Utility Land Assortment of fixers is: Celestial Colonnade Creeping Tar Pit Lavaclaw Reaches Raging Ravine Horizon Canopy Cascade Bluffs Rugged Prairie Fetid Heath Twilight Mire Flooded Grove I run 20 fetches with 10 shocks and 10 duals in 360 and it works wonderfully...

From the DeMars article: You could replace "Vintage" with "Cube" and it would pretty accurately reflect the opinions of a certain Magic writer I know.

I could always put only 5-color fixers in the utility draft (~ 5 of them), then push a few of the better lands (Colonnade, Tar Pit, GW Future Sight leafy card I can't think of the name of) to the main.