I just noticed that "Wizards of the Coast" suffer from the Llanowar Elves problem, wherein it's mildly confusing to refer to it (Wizards) as a singular entity. "Wizards loves you" is correct in this instance, but also fugly.
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I only go to 41 if I straight up am hurting for playables or can't justify a cut. It's very rare that I'll go there since I go into all my 40 card decks with the mindset of a 17/23 split of lands to creatures + spells. I mean, you can obviously change to 16/24 for a low-curve aggro deck or 18/22 in slower formats, but 17/23 is usually the sweet spot.
I've heard this line before, and have also read about it in an article on CFB, but without a lot more additional research onto this topic, I'm unconvinced that most situations call for subbing out a land in a limited environment. You run the risk of colour screwing yourself to a much greater degree when you go down a land - even if it's just a basic - because the nature of most limited environments means that your mana base is a lot shakier at producing all of your desired colours than the equivalent constructed mana base. The potential for colour screw remains the main reason that most aggro decks run 17/40 = 42.5% lands, even when their constructed counterparts often get away with 23/60 = 38.3% lands, or fewer.
As a corollary, if you're running a mono-colour aggro deck in limited, there are few reasons to go above 15 lands, or possibly even 14. When colour screw is no longer a factor, you can get away with a lot more than you'd normally be able to.
I apologize for not seeing and loving this until today but nice draft venny!Decided to draft blacksmithy's Power Cube (it's squaded) for the lolz and ended up with this deck:
Wheel of Pack-Rat from CubeTutor.com
That cube is my way of saying to powermaxers, "if you REALLY wanted to powermax, you would break singleton." Or something. I forget the point i was making??? Its a funny cube tho.
Sorry again for the necro self-aggrandizement! Carry on!
To be fair he is playing a powered cube in that video.
Dom Harvey
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RIP Bloom, it was a good run
Cloud of Faeries ban in Pauper is interesting
Cloud of Faeries ban in Pauper is interesting
Grillo_Parlante
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Dom Harvey
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at least the Sprouting Vines deck is still intact!
Learning from Pauper: The Aristocrats
There is a thread for discussion as well: here
Grillo_Parlante
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It's a good article, I agree with his reasoning for the most part. Twin was fine and it did a great job policing the format and keeping certain decks honest. With it gone, I'm not looking forward to facing Tron/Affinity/Infect all the damn time. Maybe it will take a shitty Pro Tour in two weeks for them to realize the horrible mistake they've made. That 10% opened up by Twin won't be filled with blue decks; Tron is just going to fill in a huge chunk of that void. I'm going to miss the Twin mirrors very much, they were a ton of fun for me to watch.
I do not want to see the Modern Pro Tour gone. I love watching Modern and Legacy because Standard just becomes super stale a few weeks after the new set is officially released. I make sure to tune into most Modern/Legacy SCG events on stream if I have the time, but I won't go out of my way for Standard ever. It's just not worth it.
I do not want to see the Modern Pro Tour gone. I love watching Modern and Legacy because Standard just becomes super stale a few weeks after the new set is officially released. I make sure to tune into most Modern/Legacy SCG events on stream if I have the time, but I won't go out of my way for Standard ever. It's just not worth it.
Chris Taylor
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Okay, so this reddit thread scratches my itch in a good way:
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4309x7/wordplay_of_the_day_take_a_50_card_then_change/
Take a 50$ card, change one word, make it a 50 cent card.
Also, is this not actual decently cool design space?
[[Scalding Tarn]]
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Scalding Tarn: Search your sideboard for an Island or Mountain card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
Like people keep on complaining about how fetching and shuffling adds like 30 minutes onto each legacy round, this would be hilarious.
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4309x7/wordplay_of_the_day_take_a_50_card_then_change/
Take a 50$ card, change one word, make it a 50 cent card.
Also, is this not actual decently cool design space?
[[Scalding Tarn]]
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Scalding Tarn: Search your sideboard for an Island or Mountain card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.Like people keep on complaining about how fetching and shuffling adds like 30 minutes onto each legacy round, this would be hilarious.
Onderzeeboot
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Oh! Oh! I don't have a Reddit account, but changing flashback to recover on Snapcaster Mage would most certainly do the trick!
Chris Taylor
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Basically, he turns into U1 Archaeomancer, but he needs morbid. And it's super complicated.
Still useable, probably too bad. Also actually functions within the rules, unlike changing instant to Equipment, or changing flashback to overload or some shit.
I love all the people who think removing flash would make snapcaster a bulk rare. Who the fuck are they kidding
Onderzeeboot
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I would still cube the shit out of Snapcaster without flash. That card is way better than Wizards anticipated I think, but it's also very cool to play and it scales well with the power of your cube, so still a homerun. Good job Tiago Chan!
PS. Would not have mind if snappy had turned out red though.
Chris Taylor
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I would still cube the shit out of Snapcaster without flash. That card is way better than Wizards anticipated I think, but it's also very cool to play and it scales well with the power of your cube, so still a homerun. Good job Tiago Chan!
PS. Would not have mind if snappy had turned out red though.
I think Evan Erwin said a podcast or two ago "Someday we're going to look back on modern and wonder how Snapcaster was ever legal"
CML
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Onderzeeboot
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Soooo.... No snapcaster at all in the meta?