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11 months ago ::
Jul 23, 2012 - 10:08PM
#21
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Date Joined:
Jan 13, 2012
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Don't tar and feather me: For me Thundermaw Hellkite  went into category 3: Bad/Good.
When I saw it previewed I felt utterly let down: It looks like a glorified Lava Axe.
Now I haven't had the chance to actually play with it yet, but I stopped and thought about it. And I realized it's a Lava Axe that can hit you again. And again. And again.
Not only that, but if you happen to have other fliers on the board (and I know I will in my Dragonstorm Deck), he lets all the other guys through too (barring spiders).
So while I recognize now that this is, in fact, an insanely powerful card, my first impression was definitely negative.
The Hellkite went into the category Jesus why?/Jesus why? right off the bat for me. I hate it.
Let me clarify, I too greatly dislike the repetitve unplayable 6+ CMC dragons we've been geetting every set, ala Moonveil Dragon  , and I liked Archwing Dragon  a lot.
But Thundermaw Hellkite is so inelegant, so obviously in your face with its abilities (I read its ability as 'protection from lingering souls') and so over the curve. It is the cardification of everything that's wrong with Mythic Rare cards. There is NOTHING mythic about this card, it just has a  or  shaved from it's casting cost.
I love red dragons, playable ones even more so, but I can't do anything but hate the Hellkite.
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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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11 months ago ::
Jul 24, 2012 - 9:39PM
#22
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Date Joined:
Apr 16, 2011
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Exalted can be really fun to play with, but it can be really oppressive to play against. You know how frustrating it was to watch an Invisible Stalker with Silver-Inlaid Dagger or Butcher's Cleaver destroy you, while trying to figure how on earth to race? Yeah, it can be like that, except Ajani's Sunstriker is coming in for six every turn and you can't do anything but chump. Losing your rescources can feel even worse than just being dead in a few turns.
Sometimes it's only worth 1 or 2 power, which makes it create some very interesting game states, but I don't think it's something that should be turned "evergreen". Sometimes upside is TOO much upside. (*cough* TITANS *cough*)
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11 months ago ::
Jul 24, 2012 - 10:31PM
#23
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Date Joined:
Nov 18, 2004
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Exalted can be really fun to play with, but it can be really oppressive to play against. You know how frustrating it was to watch an Invisible Stalker with Silver-Inlaid Dagger or Butcher's Cleaver destroy you, while trying to figure how on earth to race? Yeah, it can be like that, except Ajani's Sunstriker is coming in for six every turn and you can't do anything but chump. Losing your rescources can feel even worse than just being dead in a few turns.
Sometimes it's only worth 1 or 2 power, which makes it create some very interesting game states, but I don't think it's something that should be turned "evergreen". Sometimes upside is TOO much upside. (*cough* TITANS *cough*)
That has more to do with one of the reasons why Invisible Stalker  was a mistake to print (as it is), rather than a problem with exalted. My favorite creature to race with limited exalted was Sighted-Caste Sorcerer  . It was correctly costed or the ability and activating your protection instead of having it innate made you invest in it a bit.
"Possibilities abound, too numerous to count."
"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)
"Ever since man first left his cave and met a stranger with a different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race has had a dream: to kill him, so we don't have to learn his language or his new way of looking at things." --- Zapp Brannigan (Beast With a Billion Backs)
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11 months ago ::
Jul 25, 2012 - 9:29AM
#24
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Date Joined:
Aug 11, 2008
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*shrugs* I never had an issue understanding exalted. It may have helped that I played in a time where lifelink DID accumulate as well before they changed it, but I could understand why abilities like Flying, First Strike, or Deathtouch didn't (because it was a redundant statement).
Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.
I've seen angels fall from blinding heights.
But you yourself are nothing so divine.
Just next in line.
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