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2 years ago ::
Aug 24, 2011 - 11:18AM
#191
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So Ajani uses green mana now? WTH wizards?
Look at Soul's Majesty  , Soul's Might  , Titanic Ultimatum  . See that whitey nacatl in the background, giving power to his allies? Yes, Ajani does use green mana; he's from Naya  , after all.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 24, 2011 - 12:36PM
#192
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So Ajani uses green mana now? WTH wizards?
Well, he did in the first DotP game (Hello, Godsire  ), so there is precedent.
Never played that game. If you say he uses green mana then fine but it seems out of character to me. A Boros build would have been better imo.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 24, 2011 - 7:24PM
#193
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i'd like to have these two decks just to pit them against each other. The only cards I see worth poaching, taking into account my own collection, are bolas, and the ultimatum. The alara tri-colors are nice too. I like how the duel decks tend to be matched, and it allows me to play with people who haven't kept up with the game, without having to worry about mismatched power levels when using my own decks against each other, or my new decks against thier archaic block decks. Poachable cards aside, I like that these are evenly matched out of the box. It allows you to reintroduce people to the game, without some kind of one-sided blowout, that leaves a bad taste in thier mouth. Keep it up wizards, the duel decks are pretty useful for teaching, or reteaching the game, and are pretty damn fun even against a seasoned veteran player.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2011 - 8:06AM
#194
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Date Joined:
Apr 17, 2011
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I'm a little late to the party, but I almost got up and did a little dance hearing about Koth vs. Venser. NEED SPOILERS. Wotc you tantalizing fiend!
Momus, the Greek god of sarcasm
Pray to him.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2011 - 9:10PM
#195
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That art is awesome at wallpaper size. So much detail!
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2 years ago ::
Aug 26, 2011 - 4:59AM
#196
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Date Joined:
Jun 16, 2010
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That Living End deck is really interesting. If I'm understanding the interaction between Living End  and cascade correctly, when you cast a cascade spell it will always find Living End (because no casting cost is the same thing as zero CMC, and it's the only spell in the deck with a lower CMC than the cascade spells), and it will cast it right away rather than suspending it? The only thing is, I don't understand why he's using even three copies of Living End. Because like I said, it's the only spell in the deck with a lower CMC than the cascade spells, and you really don't want to risk it winding up in your hand. Still, what do I know, I haven't won a tournament recently. Clever deck. Just evoke cards like Ingot Chewer  and cast creatures like Architects of Will  to keep your opponent under control, cycle everything else, and when they've killed off your creatures and are about to overwhelm you despite that, cast either cascade spell and Living End. If they manage to recover somehow, just start all over.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 26, 2011 - 12:23PM
#197
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Date Joined:
Jun 24, 2003
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The only thing is, I don't understand why he's using even three copies of Living End. Because like I said, it's the only spell in the deck with a lower CMC than the cascade spells, and you really don't want to risk it winding up in your hand.
More importantly, I think, you really don't want to risk having your only copy wind up in your hand.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 26, 2011 - 12:34PM
#198
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Jun 14, 2006
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Regarding Goblin Berserker  (Card of the Day 8/26/11), the person who wrote Goblin Striker  's flavor text should feel even worse!
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2 years ago ::
Aug 28, 2011 - 2:58PM
#199
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Feb 26, 2004
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The flavor text for Goblin Berserker was written by Monty Ashley. He still feels bad that he used pretty much the same gag on Phyrexian Monitor in the same set.
Not to mention that this card is also the same gag as Goblin Striker in Mirrodin - did Monty write that one too?
Edit - Ninja'd. But for the record, I agree that the Berserker is the better version of this joke. The goblins of Mirrodin were very sad even before Chippy completely redesigned them (the result of which looks cool and all, but it didn't have to be on Mirrodin, they could have used it for a different goblin race without putting the originals on a bus). In Warcraft's universe, goblins aren't stupid and sucidal warriors, they're clever artificers - and yet in Mirrodin even the goblins that had the Artificer subtype were incompetend idiots, and most were the same old anti-intellectual thugs. Tragic.
I've always loved the aesthetic of Korean writing. Why isn't English prettier? :P
Because we became too lazy to write in Blackletter Gothic about 600 years ago. Our language can be pretty, if we put enough effort into making it so.
So Ajani uses green mana now? WTH wizards?
Look at Soul's Majesty , Soul's Might , Titanic Ultimatum  . See that whitey nacatl in the background, giving power to his allies? Yes, Ajani does use green mana; he's from Naya  , after all.
Not every Nayan has to use green mana, and there was only a little indication Ajani ever did. However I would be interested in seeing a W/G version of the character, after he gets his revenge and has to go try and build a new life for himself. We've seen too much of "avenger white" lately, and I'd like to hear a bit more from "peacemaker white" again sometime (that they tend to dial it back in a game where you win by attacking ftw is not surprising, but I still prefer it).
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 ::
Aug 28, 2011 - 3:27PM
#200
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Feb 26, 2004
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I still don't get why they are fighting. It just seems forced.
The deck concept they'e going for should havebeen done as a four-pack: Venser, Koth and Elspeth decks, plus an infect deck and a pack of new Archenemy schemes. Packaging an exclusive New Phyrexia plane card with the schemes wouldn't be bad either.
Although, you can do this yourself with this pack and the Elspeth vs Tezzeret decks, plus the infect Event Deck and a regular Archenemy deck. Might be a fun night for you and four friends.
Now I want an Archenemy Phyrexian deck. And also Eldrazi. With schemes that fit them.
This idea is made of win. Throw in Nicol Bolas (I'm sick of him too, but there's no way they wouldn't count him as a villain equivalent to Phyrexia and Eldrazi), and one other mega-villain...or maybe an anti-villain fighting three anti-heroes? The magnificent b****d Sorin vs. racist elf Nissa, alpha jock Garruk and maybe Jace or something (since none of the existing white planeswalkers are quite jerky enough - Gideon started out that way but then they had to go and redeem him, the cowards)...yeah I'd buy that scheme deck.
See? They should give me a damn job. We'd have had this a year ago, PLUS mini-busts of the Karn shrines.
The question is would you have been able to do such things on the budget they'd give you. I wish being awesome was the only relevant criterion, and I suspect most of the Wizards do too, but sadly they all have to eat and pay the rent, so some ideas are just too high-concept to happen right away. Product development costs millions; they have to please more than a handful of people. (Still, I think they're missing a bet by not taking speculative pre-orders - let you commit to buying a product as soon as it exists, and make it as soon as enough such specs are made to cover the cost after accounting for a certain percentage of back-outs, with profit happening if more people go through with the deal than you were afraid they might.)
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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