New Posts For Thread: 05/16/2012 BoaB: "Budget Reanimator"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29120065/05162012_BoaB:_Budget_ReanimatorThis thread is for discussion of this week's Building on a Budget, which goes live Wednesday morning on magicthegathering.com.AGrowth isn't ramp :(.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29120065/05162012_BoaB:_Budget_Reanimator?post_id=519925895#519925895AGrowth isn't ramp :(.Mon, 21 May 2012 15:56:44 -0500Is it just me or with the reanimator deck, wouldn't abundent growth be a better option than birds of paradise? It fixes the mana. It's harder to remove an enchantment then a 0/1 creature, and you get to draw a card, so it replaces itself. Seems a behttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29120065/05162012_BoaB:_Budget_Reanimator?post_id=519915685#519915685Is it just me or with the reanimator deck, wouldn't abundent growth be a better option than birds of paradise? It fixes the mana. It's harder to remove an enchantment then a 0/1 creature, and you get to draw a card, so it replaces itself. Seems a beMon, 21 May 2012 10:31:46 -0500I know they do it because it sells packs. That's why in my post I said "putting them at rare makes us lots of money". The problem is, they're making this money at the expense of what's good for their players.Lands do nothing but facilitate the playinhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29120065/05162012_BoaB:_Budget_Reanimator?post_id=519896317#519896317I know they do it because it sells packs. That's why in my post I said "putting them at rare makes us lots of money". The problem is, they're making this money at the expense of what's good for their players.Lands do nothing but facilitate the playinSun, 20 May 2012 16:46:05 -0500There's a quote by Maro saying that they keep most duals at rare to sell packs.www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/s6iw9...http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29120065/05162012_BoaB:_Budget_Reanimator?post_id=519887441#519887441There's a quote by Maro saying that they keep most duals at rare to sell packs.www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/s6iw9...Sun, 20 May 2012 12:01:28 -0500It'd be slightly more accurate to say their reasoning is "Since the very first dual lands were rare, nobody questions WHY something that does nothing more than facilitate the playing of spells is rare these days, and putting them at rare makes us lothttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29120065/05162012_BoaB:_Budget_Reanimator?post_id=519876721#519876721It'd be slightly more accurate to say their reasoning is "Since the very first dual lands were rare, nobody questions WHY something that does nothing more than facilitate the playing of spells is rare these days, and putting them at rare makes us lotSun, 20 May 2012 05:38:45 -0500