New Posts For Thread: 10/8/2009 TD: "All Your Lands Are Belong to Us"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/20560181/1082009_TD:_All_Your_Lands_Are_Belong_to_UsThis thread is for discussion of this week's Top Decks, which goes live Thursday morning on .Unfortunately, I can't find (okay, am too lazy to spend time seriously looking for) the original source, but iirc, that 10% came from an observation of facts; it was not an arbitrary figure. Magic design -- and CCG design in general -- has progressehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/20560181/1082009_TD:_All_Your_Lands_Are_Belong_to_Us?post_id=359961977#359961977Unfortunately, I can't find (okay, am too lazy to spend time seriously looking for) the original source, but iirc, that 10% came from an observation of facts; it was not an arbitrary figure. Magic design -- and CCG design in general -- has progresseMon, 12 Oct 2009 02:34:03 -050010% is an arbitrary, made up number. Their goal is to make the set not too much better or worse than those around it; trying too hard to make X% playable will make for a pretty lame set.As for the 10% figure; let's consider Zendikar, 234 cards. Thathttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/20560181/1082009_TD:_All_Your_Lands_Are_Belong_to_Us?post_id=359932329#35993232910% is an arbitrary, made up number. Their goal is to make the set not too much better or worse than those around it; trying too hard to make X% playable will make for a pretty lame set.As for the 10% figure; let's consider Zendikar, 234 cards. ThatSun, 11 Oct 2009 21:48:19 -0500i'm a little confused about the eternity vessel thing...it's really playable? this expensive and easily disrupted artifact is going to show up in constructed decklists? when i saw it, i thought "hey that's a fun card for casual that isn't remotely cohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/20560181/1082009_TD:_All_Your_Lands_Are_Belong_to_Us?post_id=359827485#359827485i'm a little confused about the eternity vessel thing...it's really playable? this expensive and easily disrupted artifact is going to show up in constructed decklists? when i saw it, i thought "hey that's a fun card for casual that isn't remotely coSun, 11 Oct 2009 08:02:27 -0500I don't know that it's especially weak.  Premise:  About 10% of the cards in a set should be tourney viable.  (I don't remember who first set that down, but the idea is that your tourney players are going to play with the top 10% of the card pool,http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/20560181/1082009_TD:_All_Your_Lands_Are_Belong_to_Us?post_id=359817789#359817789I don't know that it's especially weak.  Premise:  About 10% of the cards in a set should be tourney viable.  (I don't remember who first set that down, but the idea is that your tourney players are going to play with the top 10% of the card pool,Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:15:30 -0500Well, it was what it could be expected from the site. Of course that Mike Flores can't come up with us and say that the signature mechanic of the just released block is crap and that we should avoid playing it and thus, buying boosters to get it. Hehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/20560181/1082009_TD:_All_Your_Lands_Are_Belong_to_Us?post_id=359797385#359797385Well, it was what it could be expected from the site. Of course that Mike Flores can't come up with us and say that the signature mechanic of the just released block is crap and that we should avoid playing it and thus, buying boosters to get it. HeSat, 10 Oct 2009 22:45:57 -0500