New Posts For Thread: 9/7/2012 LD: "A Changing Landscape"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29367201/972012_LD:_A_Changing_LandscapeThis thread is for discussion of this week's Latest Developments, which goes live Friday morning on magicthegathering.com.Yes, the format as a whole in eternal format is "power creeped" by printing any cards at all. But that power creep can be limited to increased diversity in the available options to play rather than by obsoleting existing cards with stronger versions.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29367201/972012_LD:_A_Changing_Landscape?post_id=524068303#524068303Yes, the format as a whole in eternal format is "power creeped" by printing any cards at all. But that power creep can be limited to increased diversity in the available options to play rather than by obsoleting existing cards with stronger versions.Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:51:27 -0500It's impossible not to power creep in eternal formats when printing new cards, unless you want all of your new stuff to be worse than your old stuff, which sounds worse than the alternative. The issue about long-term health of the game is way more cohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29367201/972012_LD:_A_Changing_Landscape?post_id=524067843#524067843It's impossible not to power creep in eternal formats when printing new cards, unless you want all of your new stuff to be worse than your old stuff, which sounds worse than the alternative. The issue about long-term health of the game is way more coWed, 12 Sep 2012 14:36:20 -0500Just to remember: Wizards has said that there IS power creep. In creatures anyway. They are conciously upping the power level of creatures.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29367201/972012_LD:_A_Changing_Landscape?post_id=524064029#524064029Just to remember: Wizards has said that there IS power creep. In creatures anyway. They are conciously upping the power level of creatures.Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:20:13 -0500In the current state of Magic, two-color really isn't a drawback. Especially not ally two-color.But anyway, maybe the elephant isn't power creep. How about the 5/5 with Scavenge? The Mana Tithe / Force Spikehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29367201/972012_LD:_A_Changing_Landscape?post_id=524047921#524047921In the current state of Magic, two-color really isn't a drawback. Especially not ally two-color.But anyway, maybe the elephant isn't power creep. How about the 5/5 with Scavenge? The Mana Tithe / Force SpikeTue, 11 Sep 2012 21:05:08 -0500I'm going to disagree with this. I never thought much of Vexing Devil, mainly because it was a one time choice. Desecration Demon is a constant choice that grows each time you sac to tap it in a format where black has a board sweeper that might nothttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29367201/972012_LD:_A_Changing_Landscape?post_id=524030917#524030917I'm going to disagree with this. I never thought much of Vexing Devil, mainly because it was a one time choice. Desecration Demon is a constant choice that grows each time you sac to tap it in a format where black has a board sweeper that might notTue, 11 Sep 2012 11:20:37 -0500