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Aug 25, 2012 -- 12:28AM, fractal wrote:

Aug 24, 2012 -- 11:26PM, Fenix. wrote:

Aug 24, 2012 -- 8:00PM, fractal wrote:

Aug 24, 2012 -- 4:32PM, S1AL wrote:

As long as lapille doesn't start writing again we should be fine... but hey, this is the happiest news I've seen from latest developments in a long time

Even if you actually believe that (in my opinion, many of Zac's articles have been great), why would you say something that mean?

I think you can find the answer to that in his signature.

Being "not a nice person" isn't really an answer to my question, it just emphasizes the need for me to ask it.

Because although Zac Hill probably isn't everything that's wrong with R&D these days, he's certainly the face of it. He is the symbol of the arrogant poor judgment that R&D has shown over these past few years. As soon as he's gone, we'll transition to hating the next guy, because the problem isn't any one writer. It's the whole system they've built up over there.

Aug 25, 2012 -- 6:51AM, Acritter wrote:

Because although Zac Hill probably isn't everything that's wrong with R&D these days, he's certainly the face of it. He is the symbol of the arrogant poor judgment that R&D has shown over these past few years. As soon as he's gone, we'll transition to hating the next guy, because the problem isn't any one writer. It's the whole system they've built up over there.

Okay, I certainly agree that R&D has made some mistakes in recent years.  Mythic Rares, Titans, Jace, the Mind Sculptor , Snapcaster Mage are all Constructed mistakes that R&D made intentionally (unintentional Constructed mistakes like Delver of Secrets are a hallmark of Magic design since the beginning).  In terms of Limited, Avacyn Restored wasn't really a great format.  However, R&D has also done some things very well - Standard right now is quite diverse with interesting decks, and both Innistrad and M13 have been among the best sets ever for Limited (M13 is easily the best core set ever).  Zac has played a key role in a lot of those successes.

Aug 26, 2012 -- 4:13AM, Acritter wrote:

Aug 25, 2012 -- 3:17PM, fractal wrote:

However, R&D has also done some things very well - Standard right now is quite diverse with interesting decks

Bald-faced lie. There is only aggro in Standard.

That's not what I've seen at either PTQs or FNM.  There is also lots of aggro-control and midrange, a fair amount of control, and occasionally some comboish decks.  Even within the aggro decks, however, there are many different speeds and varieties of aggro.  It's a lot of fun - I'm glad that Constructed has finally joined Limited (my preferred format) in emphasizing the most interactive element of the game: creature combat.

Aug 30, 2012 -- 9:10PM, 12three45 wrote:

I can tell by the screw up of linking this page, this post will probably never be read. But whatever.

I really respect Dave as a gamer, but shaving a point off primal surge just shows how out of touch you are with this game. That card either does nothing or wins the game. Either it cost too much to ever be relevent, or people cast it off hideaway lands or some other eternal quirk where the casting cost doesn't matter and vomits an entire permanent-filled deck onto the table. 

There is a trend in modern times to make cards that are insane like the casting cost balances it. It only does if you ingore all of Maro's past failures. Outside of that, the cards cost 4 or less, and ruin interaction.       

Don't worry. You're not alone.

One thing you're not quite keeping in mind is that there are some decks (elf decks) that will try to hardcast the spell. With such a deck, lowering CMC by one could be the difference between casting it on time or a turn late. So it really depends on the cards surrounding your super spell.