EPTBut Wizards is on record as saying "rare lands sell packs so we do them". Its a transparent money-grab and the playerbase has lived with it for 15+ years
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
But Wizards is on record as saying "rare lands sell packs so we do them". Its a transparent money-grab and the playerbase has lived with it for 15+ years | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On September 07 2013 03:47 MoonBear wrote: So apparently putting Scry 1 on a Guildgate and taking away the Gate type makes a land Rare. Ok. I already talked about this in the post above--guildgates had to be uncommon to give the set's theme an identity. When guilds are the main hook for a set, you need to make the things that allow them to work easy to access for the sake of drafts and booster pack buyers. Monocolor seems to be the theme of this set and so dual lands are made rare--to show that being mono color in this set becomes rewarded. | ||
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DEN1ED
United States1087 Posts
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
On September 07 2013 04:37 Thieving Magpie wrote: I already talked about this in the post above--guildgates had to be uncommon to give the set's theme an identity. When guilds are the main hook for a set, you need to make the things that allow them to work easy to access for the sake of drafts and booster pack buyers. Monocolor seems to be the theme of this set and so dual lands are made rare--to show that being mono color in this set becomes rewarded. Guildgates were common. | ||
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caelym
United States6421 Posts
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DEN1ED
United States1087 Posts
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micronesia
United States24753 Posts
Tonight I went mostly fliers, with a shadowborn demon and a windreader sphinx. My favorite play was when I put out the demon on one turn, sacrificed him during my next upkeep, then used a corpse hauler's ability to bring him back to my hand and cast him again. | ||
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FireSA
Australia555 Posts
Regarding the new lands, I plan on playing UW in standard, so will use 4 uw guildgates till the scry lands come out. And then prob 3 d spheres, 3 or 4 of the 1u 1/3 scry 2 or whatever guy, then the legendary that can't be blocked by 3 power or above, and who lets you cast the spell you exile off the top of their library, thassa, bident, and then all the uw stuff from current standard that doesn't rotate, plust nightveil specters I guess....plan is prob curve out fine, play thassa or bident whenever, board wipe, and then just bring out aetherling and whatever else, and have essence scatter and the like to back it up. Will see how it all goes.. | ||
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RagequitBM
Canada2270 Posts
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Shotcoder
United States2316 Posts
Why would you even call it a money grab when the lands are simply guildgates with scry? The only thing that will keep them relevant post standard is EDH. Edit: About actually liking them? I'm a huge fan as an off beat midrange player. Lands than help me smooth out draws and get me the colors I need. TYVM | ||
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Audemed
United States893 Posts
Best parts of the night were the packs; got a free M14 from a raffle during the night, pulled a jedi. Won 5 packs from placing, pull serenity and garruk, caller! | ||
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Shotcoder
United States2316 Posts
On September 07 2013 17:42 Audemed wrote: Got bored of playing UWR control in a meta with 65%+ GR or jund, so right before FNM I made a Boros/Archangel deck right before I left. Went 5-1, finished tied 1st-2nd. Beat 2 jund, junk goodstuff.dec, grixis control, and some goofly slivers. Lost to golgari control, desecration demon so strong vs boros >.> Best parts of the night were the packs; got a free M14 from a raffle during the night, pulled a jedi. Won 5 packs from placing, pull serenity and garruk, caller! This is kinda what I want to run postrotation. Chained to the rocks <3 | ||
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Fawkes
Canada1935 Posts
Went 1-2, 1-2, 2-1 in first one, I threw both 3rd games by misplaying (blocks and attacks, coulda killed someone but didn't then end up losing). Went 2-1, 2-1, 2-1 in second one. Didn't open anything interesting, so slowly bleeding :D I think I rush my moves too much, guess I should play slower since I'm not exactly losing on time. The third match here lasted a total of under 4 minutes. 1st game was 2 minutes, second game was under 1 minute and third game ended in like 30s. Thank you dealer. I also stream my games at twitch.tv/Fawkes711 whenever I play. So if anybody is bored and wants to criticize my drafting or plays, feel free to stop by  | ||
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micronesia
United States24753 Posts
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micronesia
United States24753 Posts
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Kinie
United States3106 Posts
Steam Augury 2UR Instant (R) Reveal the top five cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. This probably cements a control deck into URx, with the X being white for Chained to the Rocks and Supreme Verdict. | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
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MoonBear
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
Also EOTSAYL just doesn't have the same ring as EOTFOFYL. | ||
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heartlxp
United States1258 Posts
i really like hearthstone's arena and wouldn't mind spending some $$ on MTGO if there's something similar | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
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