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Natirasha · Post Post #6400 (ISO) » Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:49 pm

Izzet v Golgari was pretty even in my playing.

Natirasha · Post Post #6401 (ISO) » Mon Sep 07, 2015 1:06 pm

Kiora is like a 12/10 planeswalker design and I can't wait to play Sultai midrange with Kiora all season.

Still kinda mad she isn't Sultai colored though

bv310 · Post Post #6402 (ISO) » Mon Sep 07, 2015 4:19 pm

In post 6401, Natirasha wrote:Kiora is like a 12/10 planeswalker design and I can't wait to play Sultai midrange with Kiora all season.

Still kinda mad she isn't Sultai colored though

Same, but in RUG rather than Sultai. I feel a burning desire to run her alongside Sarkhan Unbroken and Savage Knuckleblade. I really love both of those cards, and Kiora feels like she'll play perfectly with them.

Knight of Cydonia · Post Post #6403 (ISO) » Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:11 pm

They might as well rename every Return To set they print "Strictly Worse Than Last Time We Went To ______ - By Mark Rosewater" since all they want people to do these days is ram big dumb fat creatures into each other like speed dating night at an American steakhouse

thank fuck they haven't quite managed to kill off Legacy yet

Natirasha · Post Post #6404 (ISO) » Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:54 pm

Scars of Mirrodin was far more interesting than Mirrodin was.

Shanba · Post Post #6405 (ISO) » Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:56 pm

In post 6403, Knight of Cydonia wrote:They might as well rename every Return To set they print "Strictly Worse Than Last Time We Went To ______ - By Mark Rosewater" since all they want people to do these days is ram big dumb fat creatures into each other like speed dating night at an American steakhouse

thank fuck they haven't quite managed to kill off Legacy yet

Devoid is possibly the most boring mechanic they have ever printed

chamber · Post Post #6406 (ISO) » Sat Sep 12, 2015 10:08 am

In post 6404, Natirasha wrote:Scars of Mirrodin was far more interesting than Mirrodin was.

I completely disagree.

Natirasha · Post Post #6407 (ISO) » Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:13 pm

To be fair, I tend to overestimate Scars. It's a very weird and interesting block.

Oman · Post Post #6408 (ISO) » Sat Sep 12, 2015 10:17 pm

Building a green/white counters deck. Lot of renown, bolster. How do I play it though?

Siveure DtTrikyp · Post Post #6409 (ISO) » Sun Sep 13, 2015 1:34 pm

In post 6405, Shanba wrote:
In post 6403, Knight of Cydonia wrote:They might as well rename every Return To set they print "Strictly Worse Than Last Time We Went To ______ - By Mark Rosewater" since all they want people to do these days is ram big dumb fat creatures into each other like speed dating night at an American steakhouse

thank fuck they haven't quite managed to kill off Legacy yet

Devoid is possibly the most boring mechanic they have ever printed

Devoid also wasn't going to be a keyword until they realized that it didn't work without a keyword.

Natirasha · Post Post #6410 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:39 am

...This might be the worst day of spoilers I've ever seen.

bv310 · Post Post #6411 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:20 am

I'm building Ally EDH, so I'm psyched. This set is really forgettable, though.

Natirasha · Post Post #6412 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:29 am

X/X for X is like actually the least rare card I've ever seen.

sthar8 · Post Post #6413 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 11:23 am

In post 6406, chamber wrote:
In post 6404, Natirasha wrote:Scars of Mirrodin was far more interesting than Mirrodin was.

I completely disagree.

As someone who played competitively during Mirrodin and judged GPs during Scars, you are objectively wrong.

chamber · Post Post #6414 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 11:28 am

In post 6413, sthar8 wrote:
In post 6406, chamber wrote:
In post 6404, Natirasha wrote:Scars of Mirrodin was far more interesting than Mirrodin was.

I completely disagree.

As someone who played competitively during Mirrodin and judged GPs during Scars, you are objectively wrong.

I'm mostly a limited player(I was also a filthy affinity player). I think scars limited is one of the worst limited experiences I've had in years. Theros is also pretty bad so I'm reluctant to call it -the- worse but~.

hasdgfas · Post Post #6415 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 11:32 am

Theros Block >>>>>>>>>> DTK/FRF

bv310 · Post Post #6416 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 11:42 am

In post 6415, hasdgfas wrote:Theros Block >>>>>>>>>> DTK/FRF

I strongly disagree. At least DTK/FRF had variety in mechanics, instead of Bestow/Constellation and nothing else relevant.

sthar8 · Post Post #6417 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:52 pm

In post 6414, chamber wrote:
In post 6413, sthar8 wrote:
In post 6406, chamber wrote:
In post 6404, Natirasha wrote:Scars of Mirrodin was far more interesting than Mirrodin was.

I completely disagree.

As someone who played competitively during Mirrodin and judged GPs during Scars, you are objectively wrong.

I'm mostly a limited player(I was also a filthy affinity player). I think scars limited is one of the worst limited experiences I've had in years. Theros is also pretty bad so I'm reluctant to call it -the- worse but~.

Have you drafted mirrodin recently? I found a box in my closet and we drafted it two years ago. It's painful.

Mirrodin release weekend I bought an affinity precon and won FNM with it.

Generally when I hear someone shitting on the new sets, there are a few options going on:
1. They've never played in a format with a 90% incidence of a single deck and therefore do not understand how miserable that is.
2. They've dumped a bunch of money into one of the masturbating-with-sandpaper formats and are desperate for other players/ to not feel like they've wasted their money
3. They're teenagers who dumped a ton of money into a standard deck to buy wins and are now feeling the effects of a rotation for the first time, but don't have the experience to understand WHY rotations exist.

I've been playing for 18 years and judging for 14 and magic pays my bills. I promise you that the golden age for MTG started in Ravnica block and has continued since.

Natirasha · Post Post #6418 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:03 pm

I'd say the golden age started with Ravnica and ended with Innistrad. That being said, a seven-year streak is really good.

Also for formats, as someone who has grinded and almost-cashed-out GPs, I'd rate the last few sets(since Innistrad I guess)

ISD
M13
--("God Tier" formats)
DKA
KTK
---(The above are what I'd consider "Really Good")
M14
ORI
---(This is the line where I'd say I stopped really enjoying the format)
JIN
FRF
DGM
---(This is the line where I'd start saying the formats are "Bad")
M15
RTR
DTK
---(Guttertrash tier)
THS
AVR
GTC
BNG

Funnily, if you roughly stratified these by the prevalence of strong removal, this is sort of their rankings too.

sthar8 · Post Post #6419 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:13 pm

sales figures disagree with you

Natirasha · Post Post #6420 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:17 pm

Yeah but I ascribe to the Magic-as-Art view and reject the constraints of Wizards. If I could actually find people who wanted to create and draft custom sets, I'd do that. Hell, I actually am working on a custom set.

Also, this card is actually the worst designed card in every aspect I have ever seen.

Only perk, it describes B4Z well.

sthar8 · Post Post #6421 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:39 pm

ember shot.

checkmate

Natirasha · Post Post #6422 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:17 pm

I dunno, that card does say draw a card on it...and the name+art+flavor text aren't all terrible....

InflatablePie · Post Post #6423 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:12 pm

Second perk is that LRR's preview vid for that card was amazing.

sthar8 · Post Post #6424 (ISO) » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:52 pm

In post 6422, Natirasha wrote:I dunno, that card does say draw a card on it...and the name+art+flavor text aren't all terrible....

What are you talking about? Embers deal the same amount of damage as lightning? There are no embers or shooting in the art, which is a bad angle of an elderly Guy Fieri using mittens to catch rocks that are flying out of an explosion. And the flavor text again totally misses on the name and implies that it is easier to throw lava with magic than emulate what dwarves commonly do with the rocks they keep in their pockets.