New Posts For Thread: 04/18/2011 MM: "Common Knowledge"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/27460709/04182011_MM:_Common_KnowledgeThis thread is for discussion of this week's Making Magic, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.I didn't feel that the article provided any new insights as MaRo has often commented on the role of commons in design. If you will, this article summed up his previous musings. Which is mostly nice for him, but unless you have had your head in the sahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/27460709/04182011_MM:_Common_Knowledge?post_id=493217609#493217609I didn't feel that the article provided any new insights as MaRo has often commented on the role of commons in design. If you will, this article summed up his previous musings. Which is mostly nice for him, but unless you have had your head in the saThu, 21 Apr 2011 06:07:01 -0500For those of you forced to draft at $15 a go, I sympathize. Card stores attract more flies with honey than vinegar, and if the place isn't making the best form of competitive Magic more accessible to everyone by lowering the price, then maybe it doeshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/27460709/04182011_MM:_Common_Knowledge?post_id=493051157#493051157For those of you forced to draft at $15 a go, I sympathize. Card stores attract more flies with honey than vinegar, and if the place isn't making the best form of competitive Magic more accessible to everyone by lowering the price, then maybe it doesTue, 19 Apr 2011 14:47:11 -0500*sigh*Willpell, you are so narrow-minded it hurts others on the regular.I've been putting the first draft of my personal cube through the paces at my local gaming club.In each color there are around 17 commons, four copies of each...this means commonhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/27460709/04182011_MM:_Common_Knowledge?post_id=493037449#493037449*sigh*Willpell, you are so narrow-minded it hurts others on the regular.I've been putting the first draft of my personal cube through the paces at my local gaming club.In each color there are around 17 commons, four copies of each...this means commonTue, 19 Apr 2011 12:29:45 -0500But magic is applied art =pAh yes in that case, as you say, it is a necessary evil to keep the game from not existinghttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/27460709/04182011_MM:_Common_Knowledge?post_id=493013969#493013969But magic is applied art =pAh yes in that case, as you say, it is a necessary evil to keep the game from not existingTue, 19 Apr 2011 07:47:43 -0500Yes yes, as I said Wizards likes to pander to people who will pay $15 to play for one evening instead of trying to get lifetime value out of that money. I don't really blame them, but it's still sad in my opinion, according to the money-is-entirhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/27460709/04182011_MM:_Common_Knowledge?post_id=493011669#493011669Yes yes, as I said Wizards likes to pander to people who will pay $15 to play for one evening instead of trying to get lifetime value out of that money. I don't really blame them, but it's still sad in my opinion, according to the money-is-entirTue, 19 Apr 2011 07:17:53 -0500