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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 4:07PM
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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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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 9:11PM
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Aug 29, 2009
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They even have the same artist, Kev Walker.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 9:22PM
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May 18, 2002
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Card costs BBB
Article brings up Necropotence and Doomsday.
No mention whatsoever of Dark Ritual.
huh.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 9:30PM
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Jan 30, 2008
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This article does such a good job of bringing things in perspective.
While the card must have been playtested to death, how can any 3-drop that's reasonable for its cost be balanced with a free Lava Axe attached to it, much less one that has built in card advantage? It must be balanced only because there aren't other free Lava Spike or free Lava Axe creatures that have good bodies for their cost at other points of the curve in the same environment. (Or are there?)
I shudder to think of decks that keep bringing this back with some kind of Zombie synergy.
Goblin Artisans - A Magic Design Blog by GDS2 Contestants and Collaborators
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 9:36PM
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May 18, 2002
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While the card must have been playtested to death, how can any 3-drop that's reasonable for its cost be balanced with a free Lava Axe attached to it, much less one that has built in card advantage?
Because rarer = better nowadays, that's why.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 9:41PM
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Jan 30, 2008
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The BBB cost seems masterful. While I don't know much about constructed, it looks prohibitive enough not to get put together with RDW-style cards in Standard. Older formats like Modern are probably less affected by the color commitment, but maybe being a 3-drop makes it just slow enough to not be broken for those fast formats? I wonder if its meant to hurt Zoo a lot, since they say Zoo decks start with a lower life total.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 9:56PM
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Jul 21, 2010
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Something about this card is upsetting my stomach (Or mabye it was the BUUURRRRRIIITTTOOOSSSSS!!)
I want to love it, and I want to hate it at the same time. I think that's becase it has great potential, but at the same time I don't think it'll work. I have absolutely not clue until I can see it in action with the rest of Dark Ascension. Sad that there is no flavor text on a Garalf card.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 11:10PM
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Jan 13, 2012
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So Geralf and his sister are a real thing. I think Geralf will be a Blue/Black and Gisa a mono Black Legendary creature.
And this card is really good. Mono Black is the most loved mono-coloured deck strategy by R&D cards it seems, they keep making stuff that is exclusively good for it, and how GOOD they are. I think we might finally see monoblack as a top tier deck after DA.
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Okay, here is the clincher. I've been waiting to say this.
The "cam girl" this was inspired by was just a girl from a social networking website, Stickam. Her name was TinyTerror and she was just a regular girl who was on her webcam, totally unrelated to any type of adult content.
I hope you all feel really smart now. 
This is like someone coming into class with a bloody nose and everyone's like "Jeez what happened to you" and they're like "I ran into a wall" and everyone laughs at them for being an idiot but then at the end of the class they say "HAHA JUST KIDDING I PUNCHED MYSELF IN THE FACE!!!!!! TALK ABOUT OWNED HAHAHAHAHA"
I really enjoy imagining this from Kevin's perspective. Because in Kevin's world, Rosewater actually reads everything he types. Mark is sitting there right now, reading this, and thinking "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled. . ." Or some such. He chuckles low, then clicks on "The Best Of KEVINSET" and says "Yes, this'll do just fine. A busty lady with banding who deals direct damage to Zones!? Why this will be the star of my next set, and no one will ever believe you Kevin." Then he closes his Macbook, so his servant may move it out of the way, while another servant puts a Fetal Richard Garfield Clone lathered in Steak Sauce in front of him. Then Mark Feasts.
Sorin walked into the chamber where his newly wed bride, Vampy, awaited. A beam of moonlight illuminated his brilliant silver hair as he strode with confidence towards the bed. His shirtless body showcased his powerful abdominal muscles and he was wearing jeans with holes in the knees.
I wish more girls play magic cards...
Have you considered assassinating Kevin?
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 11:17PM
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May 18, 2004
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Honestly; this card is worse than Kitchen Finks. I doubt it will ever see tournament play for the following reasons:
- Cost is too black
- Enters battlefield tapped.
- It has no protection or evasion
Only real garantee; it wil take two life. Maybe 4.
Nice try but bulk rare by design.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 19, 2012 - 12:51AM
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Geralf's Messenger + Altar's Reap  + Ghoulcaller's Chant  to do it over and over again. I could see a mono-black, slightly zombie-themed deck built around: Gravecrawler Geralf's Messenger Smallpox Mikeaus, the Unhallowed Black Sun's Zenith Altar's Reap Also this thing has 3CMC, so you control decks can get it into the graveyard, then bring it back over and over with Sun Titan.
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