New Posts For Thread: 08/05/2011 LD: "The Right Mechanic"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28095635/08052011_LD:_The_Right_MechanicThis thread is for discussion of this week's Latest Developments, which goes live Friday morning on magicthegathering.com.Obvious failure to understand.By "doing intimidate" I mean actually doing it, giving it a presence, like flying or M12's Bloodthirst, not a token couple of cards.Unblockable stuff can be okay, but having games constantly decided by it is not fun. Thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28095635/08052011_LD:_The_Right_Mechanic?post_id=504329411#504329411Obvious failure to understand.By "doing intimidate" I mean actually doing it, giving it a presence, like flying or M12's Bloodthirst, not a token couple of cards.Unblockable stuff can be okay, but having games constantly decided by it is not fun. ThMon, 08 Aug 2011 23:33:23 -0500Obvious failure to understand.By "doing intimidate" I mean actually doing it, giving it a presence, like flying or M12's Bloodthirst, not a token couple of cards.Unblockable stuff can be okay, but having games constantly decided by it is not fun. Thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28095635/08052011_LD:_The_Right_Mechanic?post_id=504328985#504328985Obvious failure to understand.By "doing intimidate" I mean actually doing it, giving it a presence, like flying or M12's Bloodthirst, not a token couple of cards.Unblockable stuff can be okay, but having games constantly decided by it is not fun. ThMon, 08 Aug 2011 23:12:22 -0500There'a reason why landwalk is rather rare and most walkers on the small side and why anti-flying defenses are pretty widespread, be it with flyers of your own, reach creatures, or other thingsIf they did intimidate, it would have to be in a set thathttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28095635/08052011_LD:_The_Right_Mechanic?post_id=504320569#504320569There'a reason why landwalk is rather rare and most walkers on the small side and why anti-flying defenses are pretty widespread, be it with flyers of your own, reach creatures, or other thingsIf they did intimidate, it would have to be in a set thatMon, 08 Aug 2011 18:38:41 -0500The dragon is a bit of a waste. Biggest problem with it is that bloodthirst is rather pointless at its casting cost. By the time you have that much mana, if you are getting damage through (so you can get bloodthirst), you don't need a 12/12 flyer.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28095635/08052011_LD:_The_Right_Mechanic?post_id=504317197#504317197The dragon is a bit of a waste. Biggest problem with it is that bloodthirst is rather pointless at its casting cost. By the time you have that much mana, if you are getting damage through (so you can get bloodthirst), you don't need a 12/12 flyer.Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:31:43 -0500So you're telling me any kind of evasion like Flying or Landwalk is actually bad and you'd rather have Limited games won by decking due to giant stalemates?[/quote]Did I say that that was MY opinion? I was merely trying to state what I believe the ohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28095635/08052011_LD:_The_Right_Mechanic?post_id=504295551#504295551So you're telling me any kind of evasion like Flying or Landwalk is actually bad and you'd rather have Limited games won by decking due to giant stalemates?[/quote]Did I say that that was MY opinion? I was merely trying to state what I believe the oMon, 08 Aug 2011 10:52:36 -0500