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7 months ago ::
Nov 15, 2012 - 3:04PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 17, 2012
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This thread is for discussion of this week's Latest Developments, which goes live Friday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 15, 2012 - 9:37PM
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Date Joined:
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Damn, another set, another awesome idea of a land destruction spell dismissed without being given a single chance.
C'mon, in what world is it fair to cast Cyclonic Rift at end of turn and alpha swing in spite of whatever the opponent had on board while at the same time it is terribly unfun to waste a turn destroying his manabase without even affecting the rest of his permanents?
If Limited gets in the way of printing good Constructed cards...
Screw limited
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7 months ago ::
Nov 15, 2012 - 10:37PM
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My guess about their take on mass LD versus Cyclonic Rift effects:
- It's a lot harder to come back from a destroyed mana base.
- Being able to have your resources available means you have the chance* for an out for what's coming your way (because you can theoretically cast something in your hand that's useful). When you don't have those resources, because they were blown up, that goes out the window.
- Not being able to do anything isn't "fun". When I say not do anything, I mean literally can't, because you don't have the resources/land/mana.
* Deck dependant, of course.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 5:16AM
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7 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 8:52AM
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Yeah, but the marginal benefit of a 'destroy all lands' spell would not have been worth having one exception to the "all of mine" or "All of theirs" thing on Overload.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 10:51AM
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I love these articles. Seriously, I would be fine with one week of nothing but Multiverse entries and stories about what cards used to be like.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 19, 2012 - 7:34AM
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I love these articles. Seriously, I would be fine with one week of nothing but Multiverse entries and stories about what cards used to be like.
Heh, yeah, I'd be so up for that. 
Failing that, more articles like this would be great.
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