New Posts For Thread: 8/10/2012 LD: "Ah Yes. Very Standard."http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304619/8102012_LD:_Ah_Yes._Very_Standard.This thread is for discussion of this week's Latest Developments, which goes live Friday morning on magicthegathering.com.Even beyond that, any amount of "complex calculations" loses importance as long as the combined, forward-moving efforts of the player base are able to comprehend and evaluate a given position. It's just like if you know that Fermat's Last Theorem ishttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304619/8102012_LD:_Ah_Yes._Very_Standard.?post_id=523452115#523452115Even beyond that, any amount of "complex calculations" loses importance as long as the combined, forward-moving efforts of the player base are able to comprehend and evaluate a given position. It's just like if you know that Fermat's Last Theorem isSun, 26 Aug 2012 02:55:44 -0500Solar Flare is midrangey, it aims to stick bigger threats than it's opponents and remove their early game to get the game sown up.The Casual FNM'ers loving combo is from my own personal experience, the people who are trying to run HEartless decks, anhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304619/8102012_LD:_Ah_Yes._Very_Standard.?post_id=523028627#523028627Solar Flare is midrangey, it aims to stick bigger threats than it's opponents and remove their early game to get the game sown up.The Casual FNM'ers loving combo is from my own personal experience, the people who are trying to run HEartless decks, anWed, 15 Aug 2012 07:21:36 -0500Can I have a puff of what you're smoking?Because I fail to see where any Control or Combo decks are being played on the tournament level right now, save for ONE Elf-Wave deck that we saw two weeks ago. The only other "Combo" decks are Havengul Hearthttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304619/8102012_LD:_Ah_Yes._Very_Standard.?post_id=523026201#523026201Can I have a puff of what you're smoking?Because I fail to see where any Control or Combo decks are being played on the tournament level right now, save for ONE Elf-Wave deck that we saw two weeks ago. The only other "Combo" decks are Havengul HeartWed, 15 Aug 2012 05:00:01 -0500Are they the same deck? They both overlap with a few cards, but I thought Esper Midrange was the current deck that uses things like Blade Splicer, while Solar Flare was the deck that was popular about 3/4 year ago that didn't play that much midrangehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304619/8102012_LD:_Ah_Yes._Very_Standard.?post_id=523025217#523025217Are they the same deck? They both overlap with a few cards, but I thought Esper Midrange was the current deck that uses things like Blade Splicer, while Solar Flare was the deck that was popular about 3/4 year ago that didn't play that much midrangeWed, 15 Aug 2012 03:40:04 -0500Well on tournament lists it's been called Esper Midrange more than anything.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29304619/8102012_LD:_Ah_Yes._Very_Standard.?post_id=523010565#523010565Well on tournament lists it's been called Esper Midrange more than anything.Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:14:45 -0500