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11 months ago ::
Jul 29, 2012 - 2:55PM
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I always thought that Sleeper Agent and Zedruu, the Greathearted were great design, but that's because I love any card that plays around with the nuances between owning something and controlling something.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 29, 2012 - 3:03PM
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Favorite Designs: Mitotic Slime * Crib Swap * Confusion in the Ranks Glimpse the Unthinkable Pitfall Trap , and most of the other Traps as well. Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer * maybe Cocoon , though it could stand to be a tad more elegant. Evil Twin * Chronozoa * Goatnapper *art might be worthy of banner.
Whiny weenie and observant aren't the same thing pablo, somehow I thought you'd understand.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 29, 2012 - 3:12PM
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Batterskull
Wow I cannot believe people think Batterskull is a good design, I think it is one of the worst and most clunky designs on a recent card. Eugh.
You can't make a banner without Damnation in it. Prettiest Magic card ever, and it's not even close.
Well, if pretty is the only qualifier Pillarfield Ox and Staggershock are defs in.
Well, fair enough. But Damnation is the prettiest!
No it's not.
and here you go: community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...
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11 months ago ::
Jul 29, 2012 - 6:51PM
#54
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I like playing with batterskull but I hate thinking about it. Complete trash design.
I don't really want to argue more about Batterskull specifically, but how can a card that by your admission plays well be a "complete trash design"? Aesthetics are important, but surely gameplay value should be the most important element of design in a game that is meant to be, you know, played.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 29, 2012 - 7:24PM
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Hands down, best card ever designed is Form of the Dragon . Its filled with flavour, it does something unique and interesting, it is perfectly executed. The Sarkhan art is amazing. How did we get to page 6 without mentioning this card :-(
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11 months ago ::
Jul 29, 2012 - 8:27PM
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How did we get to page 6 without mentioning this card :-(
Because you have the number of posts per page set to an unreasonably low number?

I don't think I could list my 'best designed cards' there's just too many.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 29, 2012 - 9:53PM
#57
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Infiltration Lens is a card a new player might overlook, but it demonstrates how the punishing mechanic works.
I've always found the term "punisher card" kind of ironic. If I wanted to punish my opponent I wouldn't give them choices. 
Their punishment must be more severe.
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Everything is better when you read it in Bane's voice.
Your human antics and desire to continue living have moved me. Just kidding. You cannot move me physically or emotionally. Wall humor.
Copy effects work like a photocopy machine: you get a copy of the 'naked' card, NOT of what's on it.
Funny story: InQuest Magazine (I think it was InQuest) had an oversized Chaos Orb which I totally rooked someone into allowing into a (non-sanctioned) game. I had a proxy card that was a Mountain with "Chaos Orb" written on it. When I played it, my opponent cried foul:
Him: "WTF? a Proxy? no-one said anything about Proxies. Do you even own an actual Chaos Orb?" Me: "Yes, but I thought it would be better to use a Proxy." Him: "No way. If you're going to put a Chaos Orb in your deck you have to use your actual Chaos Orb." Me: "*Sigh*. Okay."
I pulled out this huge Chaos Orb and placed it on the table. He tried to cry foul again but everyone else said he insisted I use my actual Chaos Orb and that was my actual Chaos Orb. I used it, flipped it and wiped most of his board.
Unsurprisingly, that only worked once and only because everyone present thought it was hilarious. 
My DM on Battleminds:
no, see i can kill defenders, but 8 consecutive crits on a battlemind, eh walk it off.
Hi guys! So, I'm a sort of returning player to Magic. I say sort of because as a child I had two main TCG's I liked. Yu-Gi-Oh, and Pokemon. Some of my friends branched off in to Magic, and I bought two pre-made decks just to kind of fit in. Like I said, Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon were what I really knew how to play. I have a extensive knowledge of deck building in those two TCG's. However, as far as Magic is concerned, I only ever used those two pre made decks. I know how the game is played, and I know general things, but now I want to get in the game for real. I want to begin playing it as a regular. My question is, are all cards ever released from the time of the inception of this game until present day fair game in a deck? Or are there special rules? Are some cards forbidden or restricted? Thanks guys, and I will gladly accept ANY help lol. 
I have the same problem with women.
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And that's why you should never, ever call RP Jesus on being a troll, because then everyone else playing along gets outed, too, and the thread goes back to being boring.
See, this is why RPJesus should be in charge of the storyline. The novel line would never have been cancelled if he had been running the show. Specifically the Slobad and Geth's Head talkshow he just described.
Not only was that an obligatory joke, it was an on-topic post that still managed to be off-topic due to thread derailment. RP Jesus does it again folks.
I think I'm gonna' start praying to Jesus... That's right, RPJesus, I'm gonna' be praying to you, right now.
O' Jesus
Please continue to make my time here on the forums fun and cause me to chuckle.
Amen.
It was wonderful. Us Johnnies had a field day. That Timmy with the Grizzly bears would actually have to think about swinging into your Mogg Fanatic , giving you time to set up your silly combo . Nowadays it's all DERPSWING! with thier blue jeans and their MP3 players and their EM EM OH AR PEE JEES and their "Dewmocracy" and their children's card games and their Jersey Shores and their Tattooed Tenaged Vampire Hunters from Beverly Hills 
Seriously, that was amazing. I laughed my *ss off. Made my day, and I just woke up.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 29, 2012 - 9:56PM
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Infiltration Lens is a card a new player might overlook, but it demonstrates how the punishing mechanic works.
I've always found the term "punisher card" kind of ironic. If I wanted to punish my opponent I wouldn't give them choices. 
Their punishment must be more severe.
Everything is better when you read it in Bane's voice.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 29, 2012 - 11:04PM
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I like playing with batterskull but I hate thinking about it. Complete trash design.
I don't really want to argue more about Batterskull specifically, but how can a card that by your admission plays well be a "complete trash design"? Aesthetics are important, but surely gameplay value should be the most important element of design in a game that is meant to be, you know, played.
Should've been more clear: only the spike part of me likes playing with it. It's just really strong and easy to throw in a deck. I like it a lot less when it's other the other side of the table.
I think it appeals ONLY to spike sensibilities and falls flat in every other aspect.
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11 months ago ::
Jul 30, 2012 - 10:36AM
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I personally fancy Garruk Relentless // Garruk, the Veil-Cursed and how all of the abilities on the backside work equally well in both green and black.
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