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axeil posted:for a fun time go post that on the arena subreddit and watch the howling masses lose their minds I hate the 2:1 wildcard thing too, but the MTGA reddit is OBSESSED with it. Only 2:1 wildcard that I would be fine with is for sets like Modern Masters/Horizons/etc., but they will change it back of Historic isn't doing so great. It'll be future good pr and a promotion. Ppl just need to calm down about it.
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fadam posted:Regardless of how superficial the similarities between them, never count any two fictional characters out as being related. People go nuts for it. MikeCrotch posted:Speaking of if anyone has not yet purchased a Kaya av for 3000 gold, you need to re-evaluate your life
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Realtalk it was only after seeing the trailer for WAR that I realized "Oh the Gatewatch is basically the Avengers/Justice league"
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Sep 12, 2019 18:51
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I'm using Ral because I hope his smug visage enrages my opponent
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Sep 12, 2019 18:51
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Ral is even voiced by Superman!
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Sep 12, 2019 18:52
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I use Karn because Im not a goddamn philistine
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Sep 12, 2019 18:57
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I use Jaya for the same reason.
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Sep 12, 2019 19:09
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 OP committing style crimes over there.
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Sep 12, 2019 19:13
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i think using any premium counts as a style crime
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Sep 12, 2019 19:14
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Arena needs white border lands that look distinctly played, so I can make my deck half white border lands
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Sep 12, 2019 19:20
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A Moose posted:Arena needs white border lands that look distinctly played, so I can make my deck half white border lands I absolutely hate that they are doing the premium cards the way they are instead of doing alpha frames, white borders, and art reprints from the 90s.
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Ruling question brought up in spoilers: If Oko makes a casket or Deputy of Detention into an Elk, does the "til" ability still persist?Huxley posted:I absolutely hate that they are doing the premium cards the way they are instead of doing alpha frames, white borders, and art reprints from the 90s.
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Huxley posted:I absolutely hate that they are doing the premium cards the way they are instead of doing alpha frames, white borders, and art reprints from the 90s. They gave us Mirage lands, I hope the rest is just a matter of time
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zoux posted:I have a feeling they're gonna lose this one. They're also losing it because people are more interested in card previews than people who have never spent a dime on the game begging people to not spend money on the game. I think they are too. It's a dumb thing to change but it makes sense why they're doing it. I just hope it means Historic isn't stillborn due to lack of a playerbase. I still think they might decide to axe the 15-20 random cards and just start adding sets as blocks though as that makes more sense for a format. As for avatar I use Karn because I'm a sad robot too  Huxley posted:I absolutely hate that they are doing the premium cards the way they are instead of doing alpha frames, white borders, and art reprints from the 90s. the planecation events giving away different land art has been the only cosmetic i've been interested in so far.
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Sep 12, 2019 19:46
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As time goes on, it's going to be a lot more expensive to stay current with standard than historic, a new set might have a couple of cards that slot into your favorite Historic deck, but maybe not and then there's no reason to buy anything from new sets at all. So I imagine that WotC would rather people play standard than historic and support for historic will probably reflect that.
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zoux posted:I'm using Ral because I hope his smug visage enrages my opponent
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Alpha frames or 90s reprint art would be awesome. The special cosmetic art for all the cards (the 3D shift/wobble thing) is lame as hell. And it seems like it'd be even more work to produce than previous art reprints. I figure they just saw gold cards from Hearthstone and tried to do that, except it was one dude, and he was tasked with coming up with a plan in a week.
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I’m surprised at how much negativity I’ve seen surrounding the plans to throw a bit of non-standard spice into Historic every few months. As long as it’s not a pain in the rear end to get the cards, making Historic more than just slightly bigger standard seems like a great idea, and putting stuff banned in Modern in does a lot to make it more than just “Modern, but lovely”
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zoux posted:As time goes on, it's going to be a lot more expensive to stay current with standard than historic, a new set might have a couple of cards that slot into your favorite Historic deck, but maybe not and then there's no reason to buy anything from new sets at all. So I imagine that WotC would rather people play standard than historic and support for historic will probably reflect that.
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Yeah, I can't fault them too much for wanting to prioritize and incentivize the play pattern most likely to keep them in a job. So 2:1 is a slim bummer, but it is a problem a wallet can solve if I want it to badly enough, so it'll all work out one way or another.
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I like it but some people want Historic to grow naturally. Which is stupid of course because it means it's not worth playing for like four years.
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If you don't buy the Kaya AV you've outed yourself as racist already.
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No Wave posted:you've played hearthstone. you know it doesnt work this way. That's exactly how it works. Wild got zero support for years, they didn't make a card change to help it until they nerfed Patches big turtle! 
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Sep 12, 2019 19:58
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Because people want to see the emergence of a new modern to supplant the "Budget decks are only $890" format that Modern has become. Oh I guess burn is only 696. So more than I paid for my S10 to play burn. The adding random cards thing confirms it as a joke and also further increases the high price of entry for anyone who joins the format later on, as wizards has long loved rarity bumping old powerful cards. Personally I'll finish my cycle of checklands and maybe play it next year, I feel like Brawl in October will carry me with Throne for the rest of the year.
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Sep 12, 2019 19:59
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Yessssss I finally got a 7 win on M20 Draft. God drat it I love drafting I wish I wasn't so bad. 1RR + 2RR Chandra and the GR Elemental ayyyyy
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At some point, "good and fair cards that we're never going to put in standard again" entering the card pool is really exciting, and as long as there's a way to get them other than happening to be online during the week they put them in (which obviously there will be), I don't see any downside whatsoever. What are people even mad about? At some point a Shock format grows into a Bolt format, and putting in Bolt is going to be the right call. Same for like, Birds or Snapcaster or one of the good Lilianas.
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Sep 12, 2019 20:06
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putting in bolt will not be a good call unless your intention is to invalidate like 90 percent of the playable creatures.
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Bolt would be too good in the first year, but 3-4 years from now it'll be safe.
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how will bolt ever be safe if the rest of the format was not designed around bolt? Like I get it eternal format magic players want to play with the same 15 cards for all eternity but lets not pretend there's any other reason to put it in there. No Wave fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Sep 12, 2019 |
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No Wave posted:how will bolt ever be safe if the rest of the format was not designed around bolt? There are plenty of decks that don't particularly care if you're 1-1ing their creatures with a bolt. If you want to double bolt Kethis or Golos go right ahead.
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Huxley posted:Bolt would be too good in the first year, but 3-4 years from now it'll be safe. We’re all gonna be dead tho
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:There are plenty of decks that don't particularly care if you're 1-1ing their creatures with a bolt. If you want to double bolt Kethis or Golos go right ahead.
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zoux posted:We’re all gonna be dead tho I made children, so for my own sanity I have to live in hope that humanity holds out long enough for them to cast Lightning Bolt in Magic The Gathering: Arena.
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we already have bolt for all intents and purposes, we have the spectacle bolt. It didn't invalidate 3-toughness creatures any more than lava coil invalidated 4-toughness creatures. Also lightning strike sees a lot of play.
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Dude, Skewer isn't even close to Bolt.
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I wish the game would tell me how many times I cast Wizard's Lightning for 1 vs 3.
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lightning strike seeing a lot of play is a great reason NOT to print bolt
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I'm afraid if you cannot bolt the bird it's just not real Magic.
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Shock the Goose would be common if Goose sees lots of play, which it currently doesn't look like it will.
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