New Posts For Thread: 05/24/2012 TD: "Calca-Yes!"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29134667/05242012_TD:_Calca-Yes!This thread is for discussion of this week's Top Decks article, which goes live Thursday morning on magicthegathering.com.MaRo's tumblr today has given me another theory for why Blue is almost always the undeniably best color.MaRo keeps saying that Red isn't allowed a long-term game, because it's the "short-sighted" color, and it's the color that seeks to win ASAP. Convhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29134667/05242012_TD:_Calca-Yes!?post_id=520029801#520029801MaRo's tumblr today has given me another theory for why Blue is almost always the undeniably best color.MaRo keeps saying that Red isn't allowed a long-term game, because it's the "short-sighted" color, and it's the color that seeks to win ASAP. ConvThu, 24 May 2012 16:44:43 -0500I think one of the problems with Blue is that is covers way too much ground. And when they make new abilities, they seem to think, "Well, this works in blue" or "why not add it to blue." They've given blue the domain over too many strong abilities. Bhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29134667/05242012_TD:_Calca-Yes!?post_id=520008913#520008913I think one of the problems with Blue is that is covers way too much ground. And when they make new abilities, they seem to think, "Well, this works in blue" or "why not add it to blue." They've given blue the domain over too many strong abilities. BThu, 24 May 2012 08:19:15 -0500Ghost Quarter ? If all you are wanting to do is remove nonbasic lands, it does the job. Of course, it also gives a basic land as well so it might not help too much.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29134667/05242012_TD:_Calca-Yes!?post_id=520005593#520005593Ghost Quarter ? If all you are wanting to do is remove nonbasic lands, it does the job. Of course, it also gives a basic land as well so it might not help too much.Thu, 24 May 2012 06:03:40 -0500yeah... getting REAL sick of seeing blue, since you see it in almost every single deck. The majority of them run the same 16-18 cards (4 delver, 4 snapcaster, usually 2 phantasmal, 3-4 mana leak, and 3-4 vapor snag). There should really be some morehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29134667/05242012_TD:_Calca-Yes!?post_id=520004051#520004051yeah... getting REAL sick of seeing blue, since you see it in almost every single deck. The majority of them run the same 16-18 cards (4 delver, 4 snapcaster, usually 2 phantasmal, 3-4 mana leak, and 3-4 vapor snag). There should really be some moreThu, 24 May 2012 04:42:32 -0500Yep, pretty much. Blue is more dominant now than it was in, for example, the Mercadian Masques-Invasion Standard era. That era had Counterspell, Fact or Fiction, Rising Waters, and later Opposition . . . and yet red-green midrange was considered thehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29134667/05242012_TD:_Calca-Yes!?post_id=520002923#520002923Yep, pretty much. Blue is more dominant now than it was in, for example, the Mercadian Masques-Invasion Standard era. That era had Counterspell, Fact or Fiction, Rising Waters, and later Opposition . . . and yet red-green midrange was considered theThu, 24 May 2012 02:45:41 -0500