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TetzaHexloq posted a message on Dominaria United Release Notes Posted EarlyPosted in: The Rumor Mill -
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Rosy Dumplings posted a message on More leaks commander legends scroll racl reprintStaff of Domination, Rings of Brighthearth, and now Scroll Rack? This year is getting ALL of those reprints out there. Nice!Posted in: The Rumor Mill -
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Phosphorus posted a message on Secret Lair x The Walking DeadSo I've given it a couple of days of thought, and my conclusion is twofold:Posted in: The Rumor Mill
- There are three-and-a-half major arguments for banning these in EDH.
- None of them hold up.
The beauty of EDH is that unlike other formats, there isn't a defining best strategy for the overwhelming majority of environments. cEDH is a very small sliver of the community, and even there, there are still a multitude of top-tier deck builds and strategies (at least since the banning of Flash, which is tangentially relevant but not enough so for me to delve in-depth.) You don't need all the most expensive cards to play in an environment--and even if your playgroup is higher power, proxies or simple communication are always options. Not every product is for everyone.
To wit, there already is an artificial barrier to entry imposed on some cards with the RL. Do we say that these should be banned too? Sheldon stated as late as December of last year that scarcity/price is no longer an argument they use for banning a card. Thereby, this argument comes off as innately selfish, the inverse of the "I got mine so eff the rest" saw. To quote the official philosophy page:
The primary focus of the list is on cards which are problematic because of their extreme consistency, ubiquity, and/or ability to restrict others’ opportunities.
2. "TWD doesn't belong in Magic, so we should ban it on principle."
Ever since 1999, we have had an entire set pulled straight from another property: Portal: 3 Kingdoms. We have another one coming next year. Saying what aesthetically is "part of the game" and what isn't is entirely subjective and capricious: to use it as reasoning for a ban is dangerous. I have already seen reports of people excited to get in/back into the game with TWD as an impetus. Do we gatekeep them from using the cards that sparked their interest in one of the largest formats just because? I hope not.
(As an aside, I started following the game back in OG Ravnica. The number of things I've seen described as "not belonging" in Magic by now is too long to count.)
3. "The RC should be the voice of the community, and the majority has spoken for a bam."
The online community is not everyone that plays EDH. This is axiomatically true: to pretend otherwise is disingenuous. Similarly, it's within human nature to seek out things to criticize than to praise, especially on the Internet where opinions get amplified and reflected.
I also have the real fear that with the sanctioning of EDH as a format, the RC is no longer truly independent from WotC; and doing something to harm Hasbro's bottom line (like a ban) may cause the dissolution of the RC altogether.
3.5. "I don't like TWD."
...then that's a you problem. Please reread my point #2.
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To anyone who read this, thanks for sticking with me, and going forward I hope you'll at least examine this release a bit more critically. I don't expect to change minds, though: this is a polarizing issue. But if I haven't, at least listen to my conclusion.
Banning these cards in EDH will do nothing but hurt the community. If you don't support Wizards' move of releasing this product, do not order it from them; do not buy the cards on the secondary market; and continue to respectfully voice criticism while understanding this is a complex problem.
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lookingupanddown posted a message on [CMR] Commander Legends Previews from CommandFest 2Posted in: The Rumor Mill -
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DJK3654 posted a message on Cards Banned for Racist Imagery and/or TextPosted in: The Rumor MillQuote from Humphrey01 »Quote from Shadow345 »Banning art is comparable to book burning, ironically an action taken by the Nazi's.
I guess the more you try to avoid the thing you hate, the more you become that very thing.
Oddly enough D&D and early Magic were criticized for Satanic imagery from outside sources, now it's the company censoring itself from within. Really strange.
I assume we are at the dawn of the big 21st century ethnic genocide. An anti-white one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_genocide_conspiracy_theory
The white genocide, white extinction,[1] or white replacement conspiracy theory[2][3][4] is a white supremacist[5][6][7][8] belief that there is a deliberate plot, often blamed on Jews,[5][8] to promote miscegenation,[9] mass non-white immigration, racial integration, low fertility rates, abortion, governmental land-confiscation from whites, organised violence,[10] and eliminationism in white-founded countries[5] in order to cause the extinction of whites through forced assimilation[10] and violent genocide.[1]
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rowanalpha posted a message on Cards Banned for Racist Imagery and/or TextAlso, interesting note from the Gatherer comments from Invoke Prejudice:Posted in: The Rumor Mill
Just an FYI, about the artist, Harold McNeill:
I met him in '95 at WotC's Artist's Caravan along with other Magic artists.
I expressed to him my enjoyment of his (I thought absurd) art for Invoke Prejudice. He lit up, and said I might be interested in some of his other art, then. He pulled out a couple artbooks filled with racist and Nazi-inspired art. Creeped out beyond belief, I sheepishly thanked him and got the hell away from that table as quick as I could.
There's a reason why he has done almost zero professional work for a long time.
His MySpace confirms he's a complete racist nutjob. I'd say "not that there's anything wrong with that", but this is the 21st century, and YEAH - THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT.
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WizardMN posted a message on [IKO] Sean Plott - Kinnan, Bonder ProdigyPosted in: The Rumor Mill
It doesn't work with either card no matter what you are tapping. It doesn't work with Urza or anything else that produces mana without the ability having the tap symbol. To "tap for mana" it needs to use the tap symbol and produce mana. Neither of those cards use the tap symbol so they won't work.Quote from .H. »Can anyone possibly clarify how this card would work with something like Heritage Druid or Birchlore Rangers? In the case where you tap the Druid or Ranger itself, does this make +1 mana? Or plus 3 (or 2 for Birchlore)? I'd think it is only +1. In the case of tapping other Elves and not Druid or Ranger, does this make any extra mana? -
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Ryperior74 posted a message on [IKO] Lurrus of the Dream-DenPosted in: The Rumor MillQuote from TheOnlyOne652089 »Well THIS abomination (ok, Cat Nightmare) is insanely viable in cEDH !!
Slotting your deck with permanents 0-2 mana is totally viable, there are even a lot of combos that work with this.
note your non-permanent spells, aka Force of Will and friends, can still cost more
Get to cast all the OP goodness out of the graveyard with this.
But there’s only 2 commanders that can use the cat as a companion
That’s Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim and Karlov of the Ghost Council
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Ryperior74 posted a message on [C20] EDHREC - 4 Reprints for the cycling deckhttps://articles.edhrec.com/edhrec-exclusive-ikoria-commander-preview-cards/Posted in: The Rumor Mill
If fluctuator wasn’t reprinted in the cycling they would have never heard the end of it
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Ryperior74 posted a message on Alleged Ikoria Box Toppers, leaked from a brazilian LGSPosted in: SpeculationQuote from protoaddict »Also, of the 3 location pics tweeted so far, 2 of them are dual land types. A MAN CAN HOPE.
*snaps*
One of them in this suposive leak has cycling right
The enemy bicycle lands perhaps? - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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It got taken down. I copied the text into my post on MTG Nexus. I tried to do that here but it wouldn't let me.
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You can also have a blast playing EDH with a $50 deck. TappedOut values one of my favorite lists, cycling tribal, at $70-80. Most of my more casual decks come in at $125-300.
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Perhaps EasyLover is a red mage.
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We've come a long way.
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https://twitter.com/MSigrist83/status/1133751770105221120
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The awkward name makes me suspect the card's legit. I'd think a faker would do the obvious & caller it "Sanctum Ruins" or similar. Who other than WotC could come up with "Hall of Heliod's Generosity"?
If it's a fake, it's an impressive one.
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