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7 months ago ::
Dec 09, 2012 - 3:41AM
#21
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Oct 10, 2009
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my rules knowledge sucks, but I suspected they were trying to avoid a creature with conflicting characteristic-defining abilities
http://magiccardswithgooglyeyes.tumblr.com/
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7 months ago ::
Dec 09, 2012 - 3:46AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 10, 2011
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Scenarios of which contradictory abilities would create confusion. For example, Chaos Lord  // Blistering Firecat  . or Maraxus of Keld  // Battle Squadron  . I solved this problem by simply developing advanced rulings, but they must have not wanted to bother.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 09, 2012 - 3:48AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 10, 2009
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Again, my rules knowledge sucks, but I suspect the problem isn't the rules being able to handle it, it's that players would have no idea how to handle the situations such a card would create without deeper rules knowledge than the average casual player can boast.
http://magiccardswithgooglyeyes.tumblr.com/
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7 months ago ::
Dec 09, 2012 - 3:48AM
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May 29, 2007
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Oh yeah, that's what causes heavy problems!  As long as that "gravemind" mechanic only copies one single creature card, you should be fine..
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7 months ago ::
Dec 09, 2012 - 3:54AM
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Oct 10, 2011
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Oh yeah, that's what causes heavy problems! As long as that "gravemind" mechanic only copies one single creature card, you should be fine..
I always thought it was heavy flows that caused heavy problems.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 09, 2012 - 3:59AM
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May 29, 2007
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By the way, putting that "gravemind" ability on the stack multiple times allows every creature that has that mechanic to execute some of the game-warping combos that Necrotic Ooze  could execute, tight?
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7 months ago ::
Dec 09, 2012 - 4:33AM
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Warcast is fine. Encourages overextension, but that's not too important.
Rebirth is okay. While the mechanic itself is sound, it can lead to highly consistent and repetive games if there's a good enough card out there. Especially dangerous on limited bombs.
Colonize isn't all that hot for me. I think you might end up with a bunch of cards that are only useful with a bunch of other cards, and they are all somewhat useless on their own. There's only so much you can do with it on common, since it by itself creates a lot of chump blockers, stalling limited games.
I'm not sure what to think of dreamcast. I don't like the name, but other than that I don't know. Feels a lot like conspire.
Gravemind has aforementioned issues.
Really sad you didn't go with "When ~ is reborn,"
Everything Mown does is elegant.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 09, 2012 - 5:05AM
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Date Joined:
Jan 23, 2012
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For a specific issue with Gravemind, instead of these nebulous possibilities: Wormfang Manta  . Combined with any Gravemind card, that's free turns. Lots of them. To fix it, you could make it into the Necrotic Ooze mechanic. Which ever way you go with it, it needs to feel more green, and green's main graveyard interaction is stuff like Eternal Witness  , so the whole mechanic may need to change. One idea for a mechanic that I've had which would fit in Black, Blue and Green is this: "At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~ is in your graveyard, you may exile another card from your graveyard. If you do, return ~ to your hand and skip your draw step." It's a mix between Genesis  , Ichorid  , and Dredge, basically.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 09, 2012 - 5:11AM
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Nov 15, 2012
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I've always found haste over rated
and firstrike underated
TLDR
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7 months ago ::
Dec 09, 2012 - 5:15AM
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@3-7-15-1-292: I'm afraid that's green-black or even green-black-white, not blue!
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