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9 months ago ::
Oct 14, 2012 - 12:58AM
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Rakdos's Return  is such a bad card compared to say Blightning  . At least in the type of Rakdos aggro scenario I'm thinking. You don't really see too many R/B ramp decks as there isn't any...
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9 months ago ::
Oct 14, 2012 - 11:30AM
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Rakdos's Return is such a bad card compared to say Blightning . At least in the type of Rakdos aggro scenario I'm thinking. You don't really see too many R/B ramp decks as there isn't any...
There's always adding green, though without Prime Time, how miraculous can ramp be in Standard?
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9 months ago ::
Oct 14, 2012 - 11:45AM
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I've personally Rakdos's return  used as a 1-of in Jund midrange to great effect, and in that case, it becomes more useful than Blighting  given how much mana you'll have available by the time you want to use it. It's not a wincon, just a neato tool. And Trostani is great, she stops aggro hard, and given that we have 3/3 tokens, as well as 5/5 trample tokens, or even 8/8 vigilance tokens, with no ratchet bomb in standard, it can be great given both the population and lifegain.
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9 months ago ::
Oct 14, 2012 - 4:19PM
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The difference between rare and mythic rare is largely arbitrary beyond Planeswalkers, and most legendary creatures which are typically mythic rares dual land cycles are generally rare After that you see cards like broodmate dragon  at rare and armada wurm  at mythic. What is the difference? You're guess is as good as mine but essentially someone made an arbitrary decision to print one at rare and the other at mythic.
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9 months ago ::
Oct 14, 2012 - 6:33PM
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5 toughness is the new 6 toughness in this here standard, if it has 4 toughness or less it better be quick or very good  . Rakdos's Return completely kills a control deck, even at 5 mana (thats discard + take 3). So Trostani doesn't die very easily and a resolved return against some decks (especially control) will win a game on it's own. Return doesn't need ramp to be good
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For standard, I have a typical, horribly budget Rakdos Deck Wins.
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For Commander/EDH, I'm running The Mimeoplasm  .
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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 3:04PM
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The difference between rare and mythic rare is largely arbitrary beyond
Planeswalkers, and most legendary creatures which are typically mythic rares
dual land cycles are generally rare
After that you see cards like broodmate dragon at rare and armada wurm at mythic. What is the difference? You're guess is as good as mine but essentially someone made an arbitrary decision to print one at rare and the other at mythic.
Johnny cards tend to be uncommon or rare. You don't see many bizarre cards at common, and they're not universally good, so no mythic.
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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 4:21PM
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Then for Trostani, Selesnya's Voice  . I understand you will gain life for your tokens when you populate (great for the 8/8 elemental tokens that some cards in Return to Ravnica give), but let's say you aren't running a heavy token deck or putting out either lots of creatures or big hitters, it seems like a waste to have. I guess you could use it as a good wall for early game given the 5 toughness, but it doesn't seem to do much other than that.
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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:
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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.
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9 months ago ::
Oct 16, 2012 - 11:53AM
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The difference between rare and mythic rare is largely arbitrary beyond
Planeswalkers, and most legendary creatures which are typically mythic rares
dual land cycles are generally rare
After that you see cards like broodmate dragon at rare and armada wurm at mythic. What is the difference? You're guess is as good as mine but essentially someone made an arbitrary decision to print one at rare and the other at mythic.
To be fair, Mythics were a new concept when broodmate came out. Furthermore, armada wurm makes 1 more power on both creatures, and only needs 2 colors of mana.
However, I may be spouting, so ifthat's not enough, my bad.
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Oct 16, 2012 - 12:39PM
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Then for Trostani, Selesnya's Voice . I understand you will gain life for your tokens when you populate (great for the 8/8 elemental tokens that some cards in Return to Ravnica give), but let's say you aren't running a heavy token deck or putting out either lots of creatures or big hitters, it seems like a waste to have. I guess you could use it as a good wall for early game given the 5 toughness, but it doesn't seem to do much other than that.
"I understand that Tolarian Academy and Goblin Welder ar bonkers, but if you run them in a deck with no artifacts, they seem like kind of a waste to have."
But those cards die to Stone Rain  and Shock  , respectively. They're horrible.
Clever deduction Watson! Maybe you can explain why Supergirl is trying to kill me.
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Oct 16, 2012 - 12:57PM
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OP, you kind of made the case against your own argument when you said that Trostani could be good in a token-heavy deck, but not in a lot of other scenarios. Trostani's not just "good" in a GW token deck. I believe the word you're looking for is sicknasty. And oh, what do we have here? This little thing called "Populate," which appears to be all the rage today in GW. It's almost like Trostani was conceived solely for this type of deck! Which, again, completely explains (along with the guild leader thing) Trostani's rarity. The first time you see an opponent drop an 8/8 elemental during your EoT step and go from 13 to 21 life—all for 1WG, I might add—maybe you'll understand. And yeah, as others have said here, Mana Bloom is absolutely crippled by its activation limit. Mana Bloom deserves mythic status about as much as Wit's End  does.
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