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5 months ago ::
Jan 07, 2013 - 4:18PM
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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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4 months ago ::
Jan 13, 2013 - 10:16PM
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Jan 13, 2012
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Cool decks, good article! I think playing forests in the 2nd deck is not a good idea though, because of the full set of Geralf's Messenger  . I'd play Golgari Guildgate  there.
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Okay, here is the clincher. I've been waiting to say this.
The "cam girl" this was inspired by was just a girl from a social networking website, Stickam. Her name was TinyTerror and she was just a regular girl who was on her webcam, totally unrelated to any type of adult content.
I hope you all feel really smart now. 
This is like someone coming into class with a bloody nose and everyone's like "Jeez what happened to you" and they're like "I ran into a wall" and everyone laughs at them for being an idiot but then at the end of the class they say "HAHA JUST KIDDING I PUNCHED MYSELF IN THE FACE!!!!!! TALK ABOUT OWNED HAHAHAHAHA"
I really enjoy imagining this from Kevin's perspective. Because in Kevin's world, Rosewater actually reads everything he types. Mark is sitting there right now, reading this, and thinking "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled. . ." Or some such. He chuckles low, then clicks on "The Best Of KEVINSET" and says "Yes, this'll do just fine. A busty lady with banding who deals direct damage to Zones!? Why this will be the star of my next set, and no one will ever believe you Kevin." Then he closes his Macbook, so his servant may move it out of the way, while another servant puts a Fetal Richard Garfield Clone lathered in Steak Sauce in front of him. Then Mark Feasts.
Sorin walked into the chamber where his newly wed bride, Vampy, awaited. A beam of moonlight illuminated his brilliant silver hair as he strode with confidence towards the bed. His shirtless body showcased his powerful abdominal muscles and he was wearing jeans with holes in the knees.
I wish more girls play magic cards...
Have you considered assassinating Kevin?
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4 months ago ::
Jan 13, 2013 - 10:38PM
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Oct 13, 2009
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So Undying Ooze-Ville would have won the match, except that it apparently gets an automatic match loss for playing its games with only 56 cards in the deck. I'm pretty certain it's the more powerful deck anyway, but having a 10% better chance of drawing its combo pieces certainly can't hurt.
Edit: Ah, my mistake. I see that the decklist doesn't include the preview card, so it's at 60 cards after all. Feel free to ignore my comment.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 3:11AM
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Yeah, the preview card manages to be wrong in both decklists in different ways: it shows up in the creatures column for the white deck. Nifty card. One consequence of it being in Gatecrash specifically that Mike didn't point out is that it can remove Evolve counters. If you have 3 Evolvers out and remove all their counters to make a 3/3 Ooze, odds are you're going to trigger Evolve again. And if you do it again, you're going to do it again. Potentially several times a turn. Yikes. "   : Make a 3/3" is a leetle bit more efficient than Centaur Glade  back in the day. And if you have more Evolvers out, it only gets madder. Six Evolvers gives you " : Make a 6/6"! It also goes really rather nicely with Fathom Mage, Zameck Guildmage, or in a different guild but still in monogreed, Rubblebelt Raiders.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 4:41AM
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Yeah, I really like the idea of this with evolve, in a draft I would love to open this and then try and force Simic with as much evolve as possible, especially with the 2 0/x creatures. They have evasion so they will be good even if you don't draw this and with it they will always evolve even if you just make a 1/1 token. On the crusade deck: How about Gyre Sage or Viridian Joiner  ? The Cathars' Crusade  will make either of them bigger every time you make a token and then you can tap them for mana to make even more tokens! Yes, I know it might be a bit "win more", but since you are already playing mana dorks you might as well play some that profit from the counters. With Gyre Sage and some additional tweaks you could even make this standard legal. Although two enchantments that don't do anything on their own might not be very competitive.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 6:01AM
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Apr 14, 2012
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they made a johnny card thats good!
(when not johnnied) great decks, i like the duel at the end. the bit about whats happened to mike is a litttle disturbing, but funny
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4 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 7:37AM
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That was fabulously well written. I love your wit and humor Mike. You definitely got a fun preview card: very versatile and very very Johnny.
I also love the synergy with evolve that was pointed out above. That's sooooo sick. This card could easily see Standard competitive play.
******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** From Mark Rosewater's Tumblr: the0uroboros asked: How in the same set can we have a hexproof, unsacrificable(not a word) creature AND a land that makes it uncounterable. How does this lead to interactive play? I believe I’m able to play my creature and you have to deal with it is much more interactive than you counter my creature. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Post #777
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4 months ago ::
Jan 14, 2013 - 2:22PM
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Feb 10, 2010
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On Evolve: It's definitely a strong interaction. The main reason I didn't use it in this article is that Simic Week isn't very far away, and I didn't want to have two Evolve combo decks within a few weeks of each other.
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