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9 months ago ::
Sep 14, 2012 - 5:36PM
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This thread is for discussion of this week's From the Lab, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 16, 2012 - 9:14PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 16, 2011
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Cute.
I'm always fond of these cards despite my draft attitude being more that of a Spike...because although they're "bad" rares at first glance, they're clever and creative design, and do have the possibility to be broken. I don't mind ending up with one, because at worst it's a card I like thinking about, and that can possibly go in a goofy casual deck.
Incidentally, my first thought for a deck was..."Ooh, lots of Relentless Rats, plus four of this!" :P
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9 months ago ::
Sep 16, 2012 - 9:25PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 23, 2007
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Short article.
Spoiler:
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My sig was so awesome it broke Browsers, I had to remove it.
Support Magic Fiction! Or Bolas will eat youYou should never explain layers to people unless one of the following is true: they're studying for a judge exam, you're both in a Ben Affleck movie and it's the only way to save the world, or you hate them.
We try to maintain the illusion that Magic cards are written in English.
Hell, if they steal from us, we'd be honored.
oh my god, AWESOME!
Then changing the Slivers was your idea! haha
lol
Occassionally when catering, I've been put the task of arranging Fruit and Cheese or Grilled Vegetable platters. More than once a high class buffet has started with the mark of Phyrexia upon it. Since i've got a good eye for color so it looks great to people who don't get the "joke" (it's a niceley divided circle after all: the outline gives you 4-6 "regions" to work with), this has actually got me put on platter design more often, resulting in Phyrexia's presence at more private and industry events.
I have 6743 Planeswalker points, that's probably more than you. "Destiny, chance, fate, fortune, mana screw; they're all just ways of claiming your successes without claiming your failures."  Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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9 months ago ::
Sep 16, 2012 - 9:28PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 18, 2012
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Riftsweeper  seems like a good card for that deck.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 16, 2012 - 9:53PM
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The thing that gets me is its 5 mana + a condition to take an extra turn. 4U, meet a condition, take an extra turn, vs 3UU take an extra turn. I'd like to either see this card cheaper or give a bigger payout. Maybe 6 or 7 mana and take two turns?
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9 months ago ::
Sep 16, 2012 - 9:56PM
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The thing that gets me is its 5 mana + a condition to take an extra turn. 4U, meet a condition, take an extra turn, vs 3UU take an extra turn. I'd like to either see this card cheaper or give a bigger payout. Maybe 6 or 7 mana and take two turns?
You forgot that it also draws you 5 cards.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 16, 2012 - 10:01PM
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Noel: Search the City relies on the assumption that your deck has other copies of the cards exiled on it. Me: Relentless Rats.Throw in some pricey land and an Alluren and you've got yourself 5 7/7s with haste . . . .
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9 months ago ::
Sep 17, 2012 - 12:10AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 29, 2010
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While I think it's an interesting challenge, the reward is utterly underwhelming. If I have to somehow fetch five specific cards, at that point I can just as well create infinite tokens, get infinite life, draw infinite cards, have infinite mana, etc. Hell, it's probably even easier to set up a Magosi combo for a whole lot more turns than this. Not to mention that with blue/red copying (which the Izzet's guidlmage provides in this very set) you might as well just get a whole lot of mana, cast an extra turn sorcery and copy it.
I love a challenge, but with almost no reward it just feels like a waste of time. At least winning with a Homelands deck allows you to say you've won with a Homelands deck, but this card just gives you a mere extra turn, after which you'll be obliterated by your opponents since you've just been wasting so much effort getting this thing to do *something*. Not much of an impressive feat.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 17, 2012 - 12:10AM
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Date Joined:
Apr 21, 2011
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This card seems like it was designed by an amatuer, like something you might see on the forums. The card doesn't feel cohesive at all, it just feels like somebody had a cute idea and forced it onto a card. It's not even really flavourfully resonant.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 17, 2012 - 1:42AM
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Oct 21, 2008
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Just pointing out that Search the City is not entirely dead in Commander: Praetor's Grasp  .
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