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  • posted a message on [ELD] What's with all the creature creep?
    Quote from SpeedGrapher »
    I can't think of what the last down swing set was? Shadows over Innistrad? I'm not sure if there was a down swing.


    Ixalan was.

    The problem is, if they do one set of lower power level, y'all will come back here and complain how they don't make good cards anymore lmao
    Posted in: Magic General
  • posted a message on Enemy Temples are back
    Quote from AtraxianShade »
    These might be the least exciting rare dual lands they could have chosen to reprint...


    Least exciting? We have shocklands and checklands in standard right now, what could they reprint, orignal duals?

    No, they couldnt do fetches.

    These were really cool and good in standard. Complaining about these is kinda ridiculous.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on If Wizards is going to create things like Dimir then they need to create ways to deal with them
    If you're loosing vs Dimir as Jeskai you are playing redacted.
    Per Forum Rules, posts should be constructive, nice and respectful. Please PM me if you think this post was. - hoser2
    Posted in: Standard (Type 2)
  • posted a message on Dovin, Grand Arbiter (The Mana Source preview)
    Quote from desruprot »
    an aggressive WU o.O rather odd. His Ult is meh anyways its a better Dig Through Time that you have to wait 5 turns at minimum to trigger.




    Have you read his +1 or what? 5 turns? if you flood out super badly, I guess...
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Absorb
    Quote from Dontrike »
    I was wondering when this would see a reprint. A little surprised every single guild with blue in it didn't come with a XUU counterspell, or it could just be me wanting Voidslime to finally get a reprint.


    Disallow was printed not so long time ago.

    I know, gold spells look cooler.

    I love absorb in standard. I saw this card likr a year ago and thought "why cant we have this in standard?". Well, here we go!
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [GRN] Good deck options for beating UX control?
    Mono blue tempo kills control easily.

    That being said, Red is not really "pray for no wipe". You attack early, and if he has the board wipe, you finish him with burn spells. And experimental frenzy, if resolves, will win by itself. Beating red aggro with control is almost impossible (in BO3 anyway, you can get bad draws)
    Posted in: Standard (Type 2)
  • posted a message on GP Schedule
    Is this 100% final? Seriously? I wanted to go to more GPs next year, but there are barely any in Europe. Not even one in Poland? Great job, Wizards.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Mothership Spoilers 9-18
    Deafening Clarion looks real good with this guy on the battlefield, I tell you that
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Unmoored Ego
    Quote from Zemarr »
    Looks disappointing enough to be real. Cranial Extraction abilities just seem to never really evolve beyond the core use (and the card draw for the opp is just bad).

    Did Lost Legacy even see play in Standard? Do they need an effect like this always in standard?


    What more do you want from these cards? I don't get what you mean.

    Card draw for opponent is a good thing - it's supposed to strip his deck from a card, not to get random win because he had 2 of the card in his hand. Old design was terrible.

    They do see play. Dispossess saw heavy play back when Marvel dominated standard. Lost Legacy was used when someone wanted better matchup vs Approach of the Second Sun or Saheeli combo.

    For last few years, when standard was terrible, it was because there was no hate cards vs oppresive strategies. Yes, there should be a card like this in standard, it keeps things fair just in case something slips through R&D.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Justice Strike
    Even comparing it to other Boros stuff, this is worse than Lightning Helix, while Assassin's Trophy is better than Decay and Pulse.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Justice Strike
    When you want to push Golgari

    Ridiculous. Not completely terrible card, but compared to some green cards in this set, it looks so underpowered.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Mothership Spoilers 9-13
    You can't cast sorcery spells instant speed with it. It says "you can cast it this turn". Doesn't say "cast it now", so you still need to respect timing restrictions (so, sorcery only in main phase when stack is empty) when casting it later that turn.

    The reason why Torrential Gearhulk was able to cast Memory instant speed, was because Gearhulk says "you may cast it", meaning "you can cast it now and only now". This overrides timing restrictions, because if text on card conflicts game rules, card wins. So it doesn't matter that "now" is not your main phase and/or stack isn't empty, because Gearhulk's ability instructs you to cast it anyway.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on "Centaur With Flowers"
    Quote from leslak »
    If it is ETB gain 4 i guess this make red deck wins agro very bad in the new standard. I guess we will have to go for mid range ish decks.


    Everyone will play Golgari anyway, so doesn't matter
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Golgari Raiders Dana Fischer Preview
    I like how noone cares that it is kinda like Grave Troll, since noone ever actually cast the troll
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Narcomoeba - from future-shifted uncommon to rare
    All people hating on rare shift, you sure would enjoy all of these floating around draft table, picked dead last.

    For Limited it makes sense.

    "Doesn't drive you to buy packs" guess what, you shouldn't buy packs just to crack them anywya.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
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