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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 1:44AM
#121
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Let's see...Magic's standard recurring baddie, who is secretly responsible for everything wrong that happens in the multiverse ever, versus a cliche nonhuman hero-type that virtually nobody cares about. I wonder what the canonical outcome of this one might be.
There seems to be a theme lately of Wizards trying to convince us that we get to decide contests whose outcomes are already set in stone. I hope this is market research for the viability of actually letting the community influence the storyline some day...but if the effort fails, retroactively it will always have been nothing more than a cheap attempt at generating hype. So I wish they would have just skipped the market research and actually given us control, or else not bothered to play up the idea that we're deciding things.
WotC have never said that the players affect their decisions, in fact they've even said that the next set is already decided upon.
About the new duel deck, I am keeping my fingers crossed for an alt art Lightning Helix. It might be a bit redundant considering that it seems like it's Ajani Vengeant in the image, but dang it, I'd be thrilled.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 1:44AM
#122
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Date Joined:
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Great, more useless Planeswalker decks...
Where's my Tarmogoyf  vs. Force of Will  duel deck? 
Why, we have it right here.
MSRP: $119.99
I would buy that on the spot.
Me too.
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You clearly overestimate my cognitive skills by assuming that I could have accumulated that knowledge independently.
Okay, I'll be sure not to make that kind of assumption in the future. 
Now, if you'd like to go back to the main Magic General 'forum' page (that's the one that lists all the different 'discussion threads' that people have 'posted') from this page, just press the up-arrow key on your keyboard until you reach the top of the page, then click the link that says "Magic General"--it should be in fairly small font, just above the buttons labeled "Post Reply" and "Subscribe" and the box labeled "Jump Menu", but below the blue link labeled "Preferences". It'll be in a line with a number of other small-font links with different names.
From the 'forum' page you will be able to select another 'thread' to view; 'threads' that people have 'posted' to since you last looked at them will have their names listed in bold font and have the number of unread replies listed just to the right of the name. If you click that unread replies number, it will take you right to the last reply you viewed in the 'thread' so that you can continue reading all the new replies from there. To get back to the main Magic General 'forum' page, just repeat the process from the previous paragraph--don't worry if you're on a different page, all 'thread' pages will have the same basic layout, so it should work exactly the same on any page in the Magic General 'forum'.\
And remember, if you accidentally click on the wrong link and find yourself on a page you're not familiar with, there's no need to panic; you can always press the 'back' button in your browser to go back to whatever you were looking at before. It should be on the left-hand side near the top of the screen, just below the menu bar, and will probably have a picture of some kind of arrow pointing to the left on it.
Hope that helps! 
The explanation given was that since land cards represent mystical bonds to far-off places rather than actual tangible things like creatures and other permanents, a person might have more than one memory of an area, or different mages could forge a bond to different parts of a place, etc. and that simply being a unique location doesn't necessarily mean that a land card has to be legendary.
"I remember my days as a schoolboy at the Tolarian Academy  ..."
"Really? I went there too-"
"Wait don't- Well ****, there goes my childhood."
I was clearly wrong about Dragon_Whelp, he clearly is a jerk.
Allow me to extrapolate—regular game play, as defined by WotC, is tournament play. As such, Casual, EDH, Planechase, and all that other stuff is irregular Magic; if Magic at all.
So the next time someone says Competitive Constructed decks are not the only decks that count in Constructed (Casual Constructed), then I can gleefully point to the definition set forth by WotC and say that Competitive Constructed is in deed the only ones that count, and that they are playing some irregular form of Magic.
Dragon, just don't argue with Hovercraft. He's his own Legacy metagame.
One with Nothing is the third iteration in an attempt to make Black Lotus fair:
Black Lotus  : That's too good, we need to tone it down.
Lion's Eye Diamond  : Dammit, players are still using it in a very broken manner!
One with Nothing  : Alright! We got it now.
What happened to the really fun cards? Well you see a long long time ago the earth was ruled by dinosaurs. They were big so not a lot of people went around hassling them. Then a giant meteorite struck the earth, good bye dinosaurs. But what if the dinosaurs weren't all destroyed? What if the impact of that meteorite created a parallel dimension where the dinosaurs continue to thrive and evolve into intelligent vicious aggressive beings? What if they found a way back? ....wait that's not what happened to the fun cards that's the intro to the mario brothers movie. Get those two confused all the time, my bad.
It's a folllow-up on the Priceless Treasures, Deadly Perils idea. See, what happened was, you got the packs that the Eldrazi had already gotten to--the had annihilated everything but the land itself.
In fall, expect to open some packs and find cards covered in goopy, black oil.
It's all about the marketing angle, people.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 3:56AM
#123
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Date Joined:
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Chance Encounter  and Fiery Gambit  do not "provide an immediate win". Encounter triggers at the beginning of your upkeep and since Gambit is a sorcery you will have to survive a turn before you win, and a turn can be a long time in Magic. Also, your enchantment needs to survive the turn as well, and its counters need to remain on it ( Vampire Hexmage  etc). RTFC, COTD. [Frankly though, Fiery Gambit probably should be winning you the game without any help from Chance Encounter if you had that many successful flips - when you've just done 3 to a creature, 6 to your opponent, drawn 9 cards and untapped all your lands you're already looking in pretty good shape I'd guess.]
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 3:57AM
#124
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Date Joined:
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WotC have never said that the players affect their decisions, in fact they've even said that the next set is already decided upon.
Yes I know, I helped write for it and breathed a sigh of relief the moment they announced that little tidbit. That doesn't change the fact that they've been marketing MBS as if the players had an influence, telling everybody to "choose a side" and "fight for your faction". You can't possibly fight for your faction if it's already been decided whether your faction will win or not; you're just fighting with your faction, but they've gone out of their way to imply otherwise in order to build hype.
Like I said, I hope it's for a good cause, but it's still annoying either way.
About the new duel deck, I am keeping my fingers crossed for an alt art Lightning Helix. It might be a bit redundant considering that it seems like it's Ajani Vengeant in the image, but dang it, I'd be thrilled.
They're very likely to put a (it's too potent for more than one, alt-art or no) Lightning Helix in the deck just so they can say "Hey, kids, look! Ajani is so awesome that he can cast Lightning Helix just about every turn!"
My New Phyrexia Writing CreditsMy M12 Writing CreditsAs far as the benefit of the rest of Magic is concerned, gold cards in Legends were executed perfectly. They got all the excitement a designer could hope out of a splashy new mechanic without using up any of the valuable design space. Truly amazing.
--Aaron Forsythe's Random Card Comment on Kei Takahashi 
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 5:55AM
#125
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Date Joined:
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Depending on the decklists, I may actually get this one. It'll be interesting to see how they do it though, considering that Bolas is expensive and 3 colors, none of which is green. They'll have to include a good amount of manafixing if they want to avoid having the deck collapse on itself. The match does still seem a bit lopsided. Maybe they'll include OldBolas so that you can have TWO copies of Nicol Bolas in play at the SAME TIME!
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 6:50AM
#126
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Date Joined:
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Called it!
"People want balance but can't accept this homogenization that occurs as a result of that balance being implemented. then they complain that the fighter is weaker than the wizard ad nauseam.: - Teitan
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 9:20AM
#127
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Let's see...Magic's standard recurring baddie, who is secretly responsible for everything wrong that happens in the multiverse ever, versus a cliche nonhuman hero-type that virtually nobody cares about. I wonder what the canonical outcome of this one might be.
Didn't...didn't this already happen in the story? It sounds like something that happened at the end of the Alara block.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 12:59PM
#128
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I want to know what version of Ajani we're getting. While he is the only walker of the original 5 not to be in a verses deck it sounds like he will represent Naya meaning we might get the Vengeant version. My guess is normal Ajani with the deck being built around his shard color.
Also, the battle did already happen, and Ajani was the winner.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 2:30PM
#129
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Oct 23, 2003
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I wonder, why would they put a creature that already has trample in the art of a spell that grants trample? 
Actually, I suspect that Putrefax was a perfectly normal mirrodin creature of some kind until the Phyrexians came along and unnaturally predated it giving it +1/+1 and trample for all time--and, one would assume, the Phyrexians gave it Infect, too.
Of course, that means that putrefax (perhaps we should call it just "Fax"?) was a 4/2 green creature back then. With haste. Hmm...
Anyone have a better idea?
Whatever it does, mechanically, it would obviously be called a Purefax.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 3:21PM
#130
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Date Joined:
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I want to know what version of Ajani we're getting. While he is the only walker of the original 5 not to be in a verses deck it sounds like he will represent Naya meaning we might get the Vengeant version. My guess is normal Ajani with the deck being built around his shard color.
Also, the battle did already happen, and Ajani was the winner.
Not quite. While Ajani certainly achieved his goal (preventing Alara from being completely destroyed), he didn't actually fight Bolas. In fact, if I remember correctly, Bolas didn't even know he was there. All Ajani did was distract Bolas at a critical moment so he couldn't devour the Maelstrom.
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