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2 years ago ::
Aug 17, 2011 - 4:38PM
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This thread is for discussion of this week's Top Decks article, which goes live Thursday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 17, 2011 - 10:09PM
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Best article of the week hands down.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 17, 2011 - 11:30PM
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Mike, I legit wish this was the kind of article you put here every week.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 17, 2011 - 11:59PM
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Very very good article. While it wasn't as in depth as your others, it was very good at giving an overview of both standard and somewhat modern.. even post-rotation standard.
A very good article that was easy to grasp.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 18, 2011 - 1:51AM
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I'll give credit where it's due, I enjoyed this article. One niggle: you still won't admit that Jace was horrendous, will you? Q: Since the bannings, Standard has infinite decks you can play. Were the banning successful?
A: My opinion is that there were always lots of different decks you could play in Standard, even pre-bannings. The difference is that more people are actually embracing more different decks now than they previously were (which is different from whether or not you could reasonably play some of those decks... you could). For example oid()" class="nodec">Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle has picked up hugely in terms of popularity since the bannings....
... If the goal was to increase player attendance—and I do think the overall popularity and health of the game has to be top of mind for decision makers—then they have definitely been successful!
Yeh, yeh. And yet you support the Modern bannings. Through gritted teeth, eh Mike?
Anyway, you get a free pass cos the rest of the article was thoughtful and interesting, even in parts where I disagree.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 18, 2011 - 6:27AM
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You would put Squadron Hawk  in the top 20 creatures of all time? Standard warps peoples' minds, yo.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 18, 2011 - 8:32AM
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Could / Should WotC have done more to kill CawBlade (i.e. ban the birds)?
Really? You're asking Mike Flores whether or not more effort should have been made to kill Caw-Blade? I'm pretty sure if people stop playing Caw-Blade, Mike Flores starts gradually fading from reality.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 18, 2011 - 8:54AM
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May 17, 2011
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What is Slash Panther.dec? Google showed no results
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2 years ago ::
Aug 18, 2011 - 9:01AM
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L1 Judge
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2 years ago ::
Aug 18, 2011 - 4:45PM
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Apr 22, 2009
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ok my favorite was a little of shards think about it lots of good creatures a heathy meta good removal every color had its power cards and decks had a nice win condition and some truely smart decks come on swan plus sismic the trbo fog deck if that is not a good meta i dont know what is
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