You know, I never knew there were so many banned and restricted cards in MTG. Way back when I first got into it, I always thought magic was pretty cautious about making potentially OP or exploitable cards. I guess when you keep coming out with 2 or 3 new sets a year you're bound to overlook something when there's so many cards now. Back when I was basically a kid when I played both this and Yugioh for funs, I guess I didn't consider that both had that kind of issue (though yugioh is proper fucked by that stuff and a joke now tbh).
I guess I'm always put off by metas and min/maxing in card games but it seems somewhat difficult to really get into something while only being in it for fun at the same time because many of the people who are also into it are more competitive.
That's the kind of thing that really bugs me ; having to invent specific cards to fill a need to answer other cards. Stuffing a deck or wasting space in a sideboard with a pile of different "just in case" cards for if someone's playing something that turned out to be a little unbalanced is a bit of a buzzkill. It's the card game equivalent of finding out they have a rat, so they release a snake to get rid of it. That's kind of unfortunate. I guess the only alternative would be ban or restrict those cards which isn't much better so it puts everything in a weird position.They have gotten better- the last few sets (and Core 2019 in particular) are full of answer cards
sideboard games have always been a core part of the more serious games.That's the kind of thing that really bugs me ; having to invent specific cards to fill a need to answer other cards. Stuffing a deck or wasting space in a sideboard with a pile of different "just in case" cards for if someone's playing something that turned out to be a little unbalanced is a bit of a buzzkill. It's the card game equivalent of finding out they have a rat, so they release a snake to get rid of it. That's kind of unfortunate. I guess the only alternative would be ban or restrict those cards which isn't much better so it puts everything in a weird position.
Just dropped to 47 and it's gonna keep dropping.
Implying that they won't cash low and then buy in the hype again.They will get the chance to out them at a PROFIT in a few months the next time people start to get worked up about it getting unbanned. Don't feel bad for them
The biggest flaw with the game (the F2P economy is fundamentally broken and won't ever be fixed unless they scrap the entire system) is something that you don't really use when comparing it to MTGO, as MTGO has no F2P element
You can scroll long text boxes with the mousewheel.That part about how they are doing the patch without taking the servers down is cool.
The biggest flaw with the game (the F2P economy is fundamentally broken and won't ever be fixed unless they scrap the entire system) is something that you don't really use when comparing it to MTGO, as MTGO has no F2P element
It still has some issues (you can't easily see what has happened like PW targeting), and sometimes card text gets cut off (I have to have Gatherer nearby when I play Pia Nalaar as her 2nd ability gets cut off in windowed mode), but its a great way to play Standard if you are willing to throw $100 at it
I'm enjoying the actual play experience a ton. Upfront I'll note I did put some money in so I could put together a good Standard deck, so I can't comment on the free to play experience. As someone who hasn't played Standard, or constructed Magic in general, in quite a long time, it's pretty fun to have a super easy way to play a lot of matches and get a feel for a format. I think if you wanted to seriously practice competitively, especially for Draft, you definitely want to stick with MTGO, but as something that fits into the same play patterns as I was using Hearthstone for, I'm fairly happy with it.
It plays pretty well but is still in beta and has lots of weird quirks they are slowly ironing out. Also the economy is still in flux. They mentioned sending out a bunch more beta invites in a couple weeks so go sign up if you haven't already.
The biggest flaw with the game (the F2P economy is fundamentally broken and won't ever be fixed unless they scrap the entire system) is something that you don't really use when comparing it to MTGO, as MTGO has no F2P element
It still has some issues (you can't easily see what has happened like PW targeting), and sometimes card text gets cut off (I have to have Gatherer nearby when I play Pia Nalaar as her 2nd ability gets cut off in windowed mode), but its a great way to play Standard if you are willing to throw $100 at it
Tomorrow will be the first, and last time I play Legacy Maverick at an official event then.
BR reanimator and D&T owner here. FeelsAmazingMan. Only a little bummed that I didn't pull the trigger on selling my extra Underground Sea last week since Sea decks got hit HARD.
I don't think it's all bad. D&T just got a big boost in legacy and the total deck is only like $1000 which is going to be a steal for a tier 1 legacy deck lol. Could also see a return of UWR delver.
Just turn it into G/W maverick like the old days. Probably wouldn't feel good picking up Hierarchs but it'll still be a good deck.
I don't think it's all bad. D&T just got a big boost in legacy and the total deck is only like $1000
Just turn it into G/W maverick like the old days. Probably wouldn't feel good picking up Hierarchs but it'll still be a good deck.
Does Atraxa's proliferate work on lands like Gemstone mine,Time Spiral storage lands and Ice Age/Mercadian Masques depletion lands?
Random basic land question:
I was looking through different island arts and came across these by J. W. Frost, which as far as I can tell are only in World Championship Decks:
Is that really the only printing of these lands? I love the look of them and would love to use them in some decks...but I don't want to deal with the gold border...
Those are 5th Edition Basics. You can get them in a white border! As best I can tell, there was no FBB printing of 5th edition
Just remember that while your EDH/Cube/Casual playgroup may be OK with the championship deck cards, they do not have normal card backs and are NOT tournament legal cardsThank you so much!
Though I do prefer how bright the Championship Deck printing is, I'm definitely going to pick some of these up next time I'm ordering cards.
He has a Dominaria unboxing on his Twitch at least- i'm not watching to see if it's sponsered, but in the past WOTC has sent him a bunch of stuffBigkrev Which videos are you saying are sponsored? I don't see any MTG stuff from him recently on his Youtube at least.