New Posts For Thread: 10/1/2012 MM: "Love and Compassion"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29403423/1012012_MM:_Love_and_CompassionThis thread is for discussion of this week's Making Magic, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.I will not comment the previous statements directly... this would create a very long reply.What's the Easiest Thing About This Color Pairing?The easiest part about this color combination comes from the fact that R&D has a wicked understanding of theshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29403423/1012012_MM:_Love_and_Compassion?post_id=528891513#528891513I will not comment the previous statements directly... this would create a very long reply.What's the Easiest Thing About This Color Pairing?The easiest part about this color combination comes from the fact that R&D has a wicked understanding of thesSat, 09 Feb 2013 09:08:29 -0600I'm eagerly awaiting the one on Rakdos :Dhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29403423/1012012_MM:_Love_and_Compassion?post_id=525078565#525078565I'm eagerly awaiting the one on Rakdos :DSat, 13 Oct 2012 20:39:07 -0500Brainwashing does not necessarily mean convincing your opponent's followers to come over and fight for you. It also means convincing more people to join your side than join their side. In this sense populate is a brainwashing/control (flavour, not gahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29403423/1012012_MM:_Love_and_Compassion?post_id=524814039#524814039Brainwashing does not necessarily mean convincing your opponent's followers to come over and fight for you. It also means convincing more people to join your side than join their side. In this sense populate is a brainwashing/control (flavour, not gaSat, 06 Oct 2012 05:58:56 -0500Recall earlier when you wrote:Your comment has several facets, and so too did my response. One was on the matter of brainwashing as a strictly blue theme: it isn't.[/quote]I didn't say brainwashing was a strictly blue theme. It is, however, a dominanhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29403423/1012012_MM:_Love_and_Compassion?post_id=524706801#524706801Recall earlier when you wrote:Your comment has several facets, and so too did my response. One was on the matter of brainwashing as a strictly blue theme: it isn't.[/quote]I didn't say brainwashing was a strictly blue theme. It is, however, a dominanTue, 02 Oct 2012 21:22:25 -0500This is getting, a bit long, so I hope you'll excuse some abbreviated quotation:As you pointed out, not all authority is just/good/beneficial to underlings. I doubt someone under the ruinous authority of Konda, Lord of Eiganjohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29403423/1012012_MM:_Love_and_Compassion?post_id=524704135#524704135This is getting, a bit long, so I hope you'll excuse some abbreviated quotation:As you pointed out, not all authority is just/good/beneficial to underlings. I doubt someone under the ruinous authority of Konda, Lord of EiganjoTue, 02 Oct 2012 19:26:50 -0500