Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight
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I am so freaking close to making my own Frankie Peanuts that costsit's not even funny. I think it's one of the best things to come out of Un sets, but it's just a tad too expensive. Anyone else have an Un cards that are super close to making it but are held back by something small?
It was never strong enough to warrent a 5-color card in any of my cubes. I wish it would have a smaller pool with stronger planeswalker abilities.
However I just learned two days ago (on this page) that this opportunity is still an option in the future because they appearently keep updating him.
From an elegance stand point, how annoying is this to read in a two player game?
Much much more elegant and less annoying than something like council’s judgement which becomes dependable spot removal in 1v1. Explorer gets worse with less players, and the spirit of the card isn’t really changed in being taken out of a multiplayer context. IMO YMMV ETC
Onderzeeboot
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Technically, you could search for two Plains in a two player game as well, if you find a way to control less lands than yourself
Technically, you could search for two Plains in a two player game as well, if you find a way to control less lands than yourself
How would one do that technically? Some kind of Mindslaver (+ other cards I can’t really think of right now) shenanigan?
Onderzeeboot
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No, I meant that Oreskos Explorer says "where X is the number of players who control more lands than you" instead of "where X is the number of opponents who control more lands than you" (or "other players"), which means it includes you in the count! Really, all you have to do is find a way to control less lands than yourself and you're set!
This seems super fun! I would give someone losing the best thing I can, and someone winning... well, something that wouldn't make them win much more. It's playgroup dependent, like a lot of silver-bordered cards, but the ceiling is high!On the topic of un-cards...
This feels... interesting, especially if your cube has a pretty narrow power band and good fixing.
And again, how do you technically do that?No, I meant that Oreskos Explorer says "where X is the number of players who control more lands than you" instead of "where X is the number of opponents who control more lands than you" (or "other players"), which means it includes you in the count! Really, all you have to do is find a way to control less lands than yourself and you're set!
Onderzeeboot
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I only said that technically you could do it, not that there is an actual way to do it. It was a joke.
Two things
1 - I don't think you technically could do it. Maybe theoretically.
2 - I appreciate the joke, thanks
Not annoying enough to make me avoid the card. A 2/2 creature that draws a card is pretty good, even if it draws something that won't always be relevant.
From an elegance stand point, how annoying is this to read in a two player game?
Also it searches for any plains, not just basics. So you can fetch up an Indatha Triome or something in a pinch.
I think if you want to play with it you absolutely should.
Since I'm intending to run both the schocklands and the snow duals I'm hoping it'll both be able to help land drops and help with fixing. I'll put in the cube and try it out!
I wanted to open this topic once again
I have always called the red ability for looting (Discard -> Draw)
But now I read Mark Rosewater call it rummaging in today’s article (December 6’th 2021 about Innistrad: Crimson Vow):
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articl...-ends-innistrad-crimson-vow-part-1-2021-12-06
I’ll add the question and answer here:
“ Q: Is there a future for Blood tokens?
I believe all of our artifact token resources (Clues, Treasure, Food, Blood, etc.) are essentially deciduous for two reasons. One, they're flavorful yet generic. Most planes have those components on them. Two, they tend to do simple game actions, so it's not hard to find ways to make them synergistic. Let's take Blood as an example.
Magic is a combat game with creatures at the center, meaning there are always going to be spells that have to deal with creatures. That's kind of the basic recipe for Blood showing up frequently. Rummaging (discarding and drawing) is an ability that is useful in all games and especially synergistic in sets with a graveyard theme, something we do a lot. Can I imagine another set that might be a little bloody with mechanical themes that work with rummaging? Absolutely. So yes, I see a future for Blood tokens.”
If Wizards want rummaging to be the red discard, then draw, what do we call the blue draw, then discard since it cannot be rummaging?
Dom Harvey
Contributor
You call it Looting because that effect is named after Merfolk Looter in the first place
Wait, looting means "draw then discard" and "discard then draw" is rummage
Onderzeeboot
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Yup, Rasmus has the exact two card inspirations for the ability nicknames.
How do you feel about including this Disenchant/Naturalize in a cube where matches consist of only a single game (thus no sideboarding)?
Probably depends on the number of targets you'd be able to get. There is however a lot of creatures with disenchant or naturalize abilities, why not run those?How do you feel about including this Disenchant/Naturalize in a cube where matches consist of only a single game (thus no sideboarding)?
I especially like
it has a nice mini gamejust the other day i told a fellow cuber “i will never, ever maindeck disenchant” so that pretty much sums up my thoughts on straight disenchants for BO1. the dino and cathar that sac to blow up an art/ench are both pretty good in BO1 environments IMO
It all depends on the cube....
Sure, it depends on the cube, but it's still not the card I'd pick for this slot if only because artifacts and enchantments typically don't kill you. I'm on about 25% of my non-land cards as artifacts or enchantments and I'd still be leery about including Nature's Chant due to a lack of targets that actually matter. Sure, in the long run artifacts and enchantments might win games, but they're typically not "remove or die" checks in the way that creatures can often be.
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kinda but not really