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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 11:35AM
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Date Joined:
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But if you think the overall quality of the set is abysmal why were you considering going to the prerelease?
Nothing really to do next Saturday after Ponies, and the full gallery wasn't out there yet.
Also to pick up Lootings.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 1:28PM
#12
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Anyone else see a general increase in the casting cost of the high-end spells this time around?
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 2:21PM
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What's to be confused about?
it's just another asinine gimmick to distract everyone from the abysmal overall card-quality or the set.
What in the world are you talking about? Dark Ascension is cool and objectively very powerful.
I'm ambivalent about the gimmick; it definitely feels like a last-minute addition since this is the first we're hearing of it, but I'm open to being pleasantly surprised. And I expect a good day of fun from the prerelease, even though mine will be Sealed Luck.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 6:00PM
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What's the point of this monsters vs humans business? Are there special prizes that everybody gets if they're on the "winning side" or something?
Apparently so. The article states: "At the end of each Prerelease, though, there will be one team with the most players—either monster or human. Whichever has the greatest population at the end of the event wins, and organizers will surely make certain that to the winning team go the spoils."
I think it sounds silly but hey, I'll give it a try. Doing new things keeps you young.
Weird, it looks like they made a change to the article. It now states:
"At the end of each Prerelease, the remaining humans and the largest monster tribe or tribes will be the winners and the organizers will surely make certain that they get the spoils."
So this would mean that if all the monsters go 0-2 drop, everyone else automatically "wins."
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1 year ago ::
Jan 23, 2012 - 8:17PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 20, 2011
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I actually really like the gimmick! It kind of encourages people at the small events to keep playing. Unfortunately, this feels like a limited set to me. Doesn't really get my mind thinking anything other than how cards should cost less, be an instant, just be a completely different card, not have a 'creature spell. Draw a card.' attached to it, so on so forth.
3.5/5
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1 year ago ::
Jan 24, 2012 - 1:09AM
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Date Joined:
Jul 17, 2007
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What about the "spoils"? Will these be included in the prerelease kits?
EDIT: there's nothing (except for the stickers) in the kits. That's kinda lame...
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1 year ago ::
Jan 25, 2012 - 8:27AM
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Date Joined:
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Weird, it looks like they made a change to the article. It now states:
"At the end of each Prerelease, the remaining humans and the largest monster tribe or tribes will be the winners and the organizers will surely make certain that they get the spoils."
Well its good that they made this change, because the previous iteration (Monsters v. Humans, whichever side has more wins) was ridiculous. Someone who actually understands mathematics over there finally realized that under that scheme, the Humans had about a 5% chance of outnumbering the monsters at the end of 5 rounds, and thats with the max number of starting humans lol.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 26, 2012 - 7:53PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 19, 2009
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Is anyone else skipping the prerelease like my buddy and I because there are no booster drafts anymore? We aren't looking for any Innistrad stuff, just Dark Ascension...
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