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    Jan 13, 2018
    OSHAWinfrey posted a message on Possible solution to reserve list problem: Reserve list buyback program
    Did any card currently on the reserve list crater in price before 2011? I ask, because while I can't name which ones, I know there was either a judge promo or a FTV version of a card on the reserve list and it caused them to make this change:

    A previous version of this policy allowed premium versions of cards on the reserved list to be printed. Starting in 2011, no cards on the reserved list will be printed in either premium or non-premium form.
    Posted in: Legacy (Type 1.5)
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    Dec 30, 2017
    OSHAWinfrey posted a message on MTGO Solitare Games
    I was on MTGO yesterday trying to get ideas for decks and I noticed every time I sat down to watch a solitaire match the person I was watching would usually quit.
    What about you guys? Would you quit if someone started watching you decktest?
    Posted in: Magic General
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    Dec 25, 2017
    OSHAWinfrey posted a message on January 1st is when spoilers start on rivals of ixalan
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    I don't plan on seeing anything until later in the day (Noonish time) and it won't be on the mothership.

    Quote from OSHAWinfrey »
    I thought i read they start tomorrow, and i'm more inclined to believe that than Marro guessing.


    Then why is the main website "closed" until Jan 1?

    Don't know, don't care.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • OSHAWinfrey's avatar
    Dec 25, 2017
    OSHAWinfrey posted a message on January 1st is when spoilers start on rivals of ixalan
    I thought i read they start tomorrow, and i'm more inclined to believe that than Marro guessing.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
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    Nov 27, 2017
    OSHAWinfrey posted a message on Christine Sprankle and Harassment in the MTG Community
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    I watched the video by Sprankle months ago where she discussed how she was not paid to cosplay at major events. Her costumes, travel, lodging was all paid out of pocket, and that she was losing the ability to afford to do this. That is no one's fault but her own. Personally, I hate what Patreon has done, turning people into virtual panhandlers wanting their hobbies funded by strangers. And yes, that extends to Jeremy, who I do not support on Patreon. She began to cry, and all I could think was "this is not my problem." Jeremy took a very similar stance, while also making the claim that she was only getting support by way of being one of the few instances of a woman involved with MtG who may be considered cute by the general public.


    This is fair and valid criticism. The issue arises with how he went about criticising Christine, and how he has asked people to attack others on hus behalf. It's fine to criticise people. It's fine to disagree with them. But if someone incites a mob to verbally attack people, they should face the backlash without blaming the victim or falling back on the tired excuse of 'It was clearly a joke!'. As the Prof said, he has a platform and an ability to influence thousands of people. He needs to be responsible with what he says.


    I think you are really overestimating this influence. Also, the later statement about throwing the rock? The rock causes pain and injury. Words don't. I'm very Ayn Rand on these matters - force or threat of force, that's it.

    Yes words can hurt, and inciting a mob is a threat of force.
    Posted in: Magic General
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    Nov 20, 2017
    OSHAWinfrey posted a message on The Immortal Sun and a black Dino
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    The Immortal Sun is going straight into Daretti, I think. Also, I guess the first ability pretty much confirms that the Sun is what was trapping walkers on Ixalan.


    How easily can Daretti use this if it blocks his abilities?

    Because it doesn't function in the graveyard, and sometimes you just need to turn off all Planeswalkers as you bring out your anthem/helm of awakening.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
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    Oct 22, 2017
    OSHAWinfrey posted a message on SCG Article: Our format is too thicc for them to handle.
    I just don't buy the argument that Modern isn't a good competitive format because you can't sideboard perfectly against every strategy. I believe Modern just requires more generic sideboard strategies. For example, Wrath of God would cover more decks than just affinity but wouldn't shut it down as effectively as stony silence does.
    Posted in: Modern
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    Oct 8, 2017
    OSHAWinfrey posted a message on BUG Zombie Artistocrats
    What if someone took Dredgivine, and Aristocrats, and waited for them to adopt a zombie sub-theme? Zombies are good at dying, interacting with the graveyard, and in recent sets have been aggressively costed. Yesterday I was at a 1K modern tournament and some guy managed to go 4-2 with straight u/b zombies, but the way he described it he only won when he was enacting a combo, or mass-murder strategy.
    DeckMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards
    //25 Creatures
    4 Gravecrawler
    4 Dread Wanderer
    4 Blood Artist
    4 Lotleth Troll
    4 Bloodghast
    3 Prized Amalgam
    2 Cryptbreaker

    //14 Spells
    3 Blasting Station
    3 Collective Brutality
    3 Abrupt Decay
    3 Fatal Push
    2 Damnation

    		//22 Land
    4 Polluted Delta
    4 Verdant Catacombs
    2 Watery Grave
    4 Overgrown Tomb
    1 Forest
    7 Swamp

    		//Sideboard
    4 Fog
    4 Thoughtseize
    1 Ratchet Bomb
    1 Maelstrom Pulse
    2 Ghost Quarter
    3 Pithing Needle

    Step one is to find one card to cut, but if I knew that I would't be begging for help! Smile
    Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
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